diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 26b14df..59b593c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: interlacer
 Title: Read Tabular Data With Interlaced Values And Missing Reasons
-Version: 0.3.4
+Version: 0.3.5
 Authors@R: 
     person("Kyle", "Husmann", , "kdh38@psu.edu", role = c("aut", "cre"))
 Description: Textual tabular data sources often encode values and missing
diff --git a/R/interlaced.R b/R/interlaced.R
index 57740a2..9fb738e 100644
--- a/R/interlaced.R
+++ b/R/interlaced.R
@@ -328,14 +328,16 @@ vec_ptype_abbr.interlacer_interlaced <- function(x, ...) {
 
 #' @export
 format.interlacer_interlaced <- function(x, ...) {
-  v = format(value_channel(x))
-  m = format(na_channel(x))
+  v <- value_channel(x)
+  m <- na_channel(x)
 
-  if_else(
-    is.empty(x), paste0("<<", m, ">>"),
+  format(
     if_else(
-      is.na(x), paste0("<", m, ">"),
-      v
+      is.empty(x), "<<NA>>",
+      if_else(
+        is.na(x), paste0("<", as.character(m), ">"),
+        format(v)
+      )
     )
   )
 }