diff --git a/configfile/main.go b/configfile/main.go
index ff3e4c0..eba2dd8 100644
--- a/configfile/main.go
+++ b/configfile/main.go
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ func main() {
 
 	// show the hypervisors to STDOUT
 	for _, h := range aCluster.Hypervisors {
-		log.Println("\thypervisor =", h.Hostname, h.Memory)
+		log.Println("\thypervisor =", h.Hostname, h.GetMemoryPrintable())
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/helpers.go b/helpers.go
index 81b5fb2..4148a23 100644
--- a/helpers.go
+++ b/helpers.go
@@ -1,5 +1,12 @@
 package virtbuf
 
-func (x *Hypervisor) SetMemory(gb int) {
+import "fmt"
+
+func (x *Hypervisor) SetMemoryGB(gb int) {
 	x.Memory = int64(gb * 1024 * 1024 * 1024)
 }
+
+func (x *Hypervisor) GetMemoryPrintable() string {
+	i := x.Memory / (1024 * 1024 * 1024)
+	return fmt.Sprintf("%d GB", i)
+}
diff --git a/sampleData.go b/sampleData.go
index 806e1f9..03af6ab 100644
--- a/sampleData.go
+++ b/sampleData.go
@@ -31,11 +31,11 @@ func CreateSampleHypervisor(hostname string, mem int) *Hypervisor {
 	h := &Hypervisor{
 		Uuid:     id.String(),
 		Hostname: hostname,
-		Cpus: 16,
-		Memory: 256,
+		Cpus:     16,
+		Memory:   256,
 		Comment:  "this is a fake hypervisor",
 	}
-	h.SetMemory(mem * 32)
+	h.SetMemoryGB(mem * 32)
 	return h
 }
 
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ func CreateSampleCluster(total int) *Cluster {
 
 	for i := 0; i < 3; i++ {
 		hostname := fmt.Sprintf("farm%d", i)
-		h := CreateSampleHypervisor(hostname, i + 1)
+		h := CreateSampleHypervisor(hostname, i+1)
 		h.Comment = fmt.Sprintf("Sample hypervisor %d", i)
 
 		c.Hypervisors = append(c.Hypervisors, h)