diff --git a/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini b/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini
index 98e6466bfe..d7a8b710ca 100644
--- a/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini
+++ b/stepmania/Themes/default/metrics.ini
@@ -2375,9 +2375,9 @@ WarningStart=6
 WarningBeepStart=5
 MaxStallSeconds=30
 Text1OnCommand=stoptweening;shadowlength,0;zoomx,1;addx,-16
-Text1FormatFunction=function(fSeconds) fSeconds=math.ceil(fSeconds); local digit = math.floor(fSeconds/10); return ""..digit end
+Text1FormatFunction=function(fSeconds) fSeconds=math.min( 99, math.ceil(fSeconds) ); local digit = math.floor(fSeconds/10); return ""..digit end
 Text2OnCommand=stoptweening;shadowlength,0;zoomx,1;addx,16
-Text2FormatFunction=function(fSeconds) fSeconds=math.ceil(fSeconds); local digit = math.mod(fSeconds,10); return ""..digit end
+Text2FormatFunction=function(fSeconds) fSeconds=math.min( 99, math.ceil(fSeconds) ); local digit = math.mod(fSeconds,10); return ""..digit end
 WarningCommand6=stoptweening;sleep,0.8;linear,0.2;zoomx,0
 WarningCommand5=stoptweening;linear,0.2;zoomx,1;sleep,0.6;linear,0.2;zoomx,0;glowshift;effectperiod,0.15;effectcolor1,1,0,0,0;effectcolor2,1,0,0,1
 WarningCommand4=stoptweening;linear,0.2;zoomx,1;sleep,0.6;linear,0.2;zoomx,0