diff --git a/src/PyVector.cpp b/src/PyVector.cpp
index b76e038..adf2aff 100644
--- a/src/PyVector.cpp
+++ b/src/PyVector.cpp
@@ -56,28 +56,19 @@ int PyVector::init(PyVectorObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kwds)
     using namespace mcrfpydef;
     static const char* keywords[] = { "x", "y", nullptr };
     PyObject* leader = NULL;
-    double x=0, y=0;
+    float x=0, y=0;
     if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "|Of", const_cast<char**>(keywords), &leader, &y))
     {
         //PyErr_SetString(PyExc_TypeError, "mcrfpy.Vector requires a 2-tuple or two numeric values");
-        self->data = sf::Vector2f();
-        return 0;
+        return -1;
     }
-    else if (leader == NULL || leader == Py_None)
+    if (leader == NULL || leader == Py_None)
     {
         self->data = sf::Vector2f();
         return 0;
     } 
 
-    // if the "r" arg is already a vector, yoink that color value
-    else if (PyObject_IsInstance(leader, (PyObject*)&PyVectorType))
-    {
-        self->data = ((PyVectorObject*)leader)->data;
-        return 0;
-    }
-    // else if the "r" arg is a 3-tuple, initialize to (r, g, b, 255)
-    //     (if the "r" arg is a 4-tuple, initialize to (r, g, b, a))
-    else if (PyTuple_Check(leader))
+    if (PyTuple_Check(leader))
     {
         if (PyTuple_Size(leader) != 2)
         {
@@ -88,6 +79,7 @@ int PyVector::init(PyVectorObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kwds)
         y = PyFloat_AsDouble(PyTuple_GetItem(leader, 1));
 
         self->data = sf::Vector2f(x, y);
+        return 0;
     }
     // else - 
     else if (!PyFloat_Check(leader) && !(PyLong_Check(leader)))