diff --git a/other/finding_primes.py b/other/finding_primes.py
index 035a14f4a335..9b95640f20fd 100644
--- a/other/finding_primes.py
+++ b/other/finding_primes.py
@@ -5,9 +5,10 @@
 from __future__ import print_function
 
 
-from math import sqrt
+from math import sqrt, ceil
+
 def SOE(n):
-    check = round(sqrt(n)) #Need not check for multiples past the square root of n
+    check = int(ceil(sqrt(n))) #Need not check for multiples past the square root of n
     
     sieve = [False if i <2 else True for i in range(n+1)] #Set every index to False except for index 0 and 1