diff --git a/tap.hpp b/tap.hpp
index f53de8e0..d8e94d4c 100644
--- a/tap.hpp
+++ b/tap.hpp
@@ -81,7 +81,14 @@ namespace util::TAP {
         void
         expect_eq (const T &a, const U &b, const char (&fmt)[N], Args&&...args)
         {
+#if 1
             expect (almost_equal (a, b), fmt, std::forward<Args> (args)...);
+#else
+            if (almost_equal (a, b))
+                return expect (true, fmt, std::forward<Args> (args)...);
+            else
+                return expect (false, "%! # %! != %!", format::printf (fmt)(std::forward<Args> (args)...), a, b);
+#endif
         }