diff --git a/src/function.rs b/src/function.rs
index f67b85a..bb9b56e 100644
--- a/src/function.rs
+++ b/src/function.rs
@@ -311,7 +311,7 @@ impl FunctionEntry {
         self
     }
 
-    pub fn get_derivative_str(&self) -> &str { self.function.get_derivative_str() }
+    pub fn get_derivative_str(&self) -> String { self.function.get_derivative_str() }
 }
 
 #[test]
diff --git a/src/parsing.rs b/src/parsing.rs
index eab5078..77ea0f6 100644
--- a/src/parsing.rs
+++ b/src/parsing.rs
@@ -19,7 +19,9 @@ impl BackingFunction {
         }
     }
 
-    pub fn get_derivative_str(&self) -> &str { self.derivative_1.unparse() } // TODO: maybe pretty-ify the output here? idk, it's pretty ugly
+    pub fn get_derivative_str(&self) -> String {
+        String::from(self.derivative_1.unparse()).replace("{x}", "x")
+    }
 
     pub fn get(&self, x: f64) -> f64 { self.function.eval(&[x]).unwrap_or(f64::NAN) }