diff --git a/src/main/java/minihud/config/Configs.java b/src/main/java/minihud/config/Configs.java
index 50cc2b9f2..53988aea5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/minihud/config/Configs.java
+++ b/src/main/java/minihud/config/Configs.java
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public static class Generic
         public static final IntegerConfig DROPPED_CHUNKS_HASH_SIZE              = new IntegerConfig("droppedChunksHashSize", -1, -1, Integer.MAX_VALUE);
         public static final IntegerConfig CHUNK_UNLOAD_BUCKET_OVERLAY_RADIUS    = new IntegerConfig("chunkUnloadBucketOverlayChunkRadius", -1, -1, 40);
         public static final BooleanConfig CHUNK_UNLOAD_BUCKET_HASH_SIZE         = new BooleanConfig("chunkUnloadBucketHashSize", true);
-        public static final StringConfig  COORDINATE_FORMAT_STRING              = new StringConfig( "coordinateFormat", "x: %.1f y: %.1f z: %.1f");
+        public static final StringConfig  COORDINATE_FORMAT_STRING              = new StringConfig( "coordinateFormat", "x: {x:%.1f} y: {y:%.1f} z: {z:%.1f}");
         public static final BooleanConfig COORDINATE_FORMAT_CUSTOMIZED          = new BooleanConfig("coordinateFormatCustomized", false);
         public static final BooleanConfig PATH_FINDING_DEBUG_POINT_WIDTH        = new BooleanConfig("pathFindingDebugPointWidth", true);
         public static final BooleanConfig FIX_VANILLA_DEBUG_RENDERERS           = new BooleanConfig("enableVanillaDebugRendererFix", true);
diff --git a/src/main/java/minihud/event/RenderHandler.java b/src/main/java/minihud/event/RenderHandler.java
index 0ca3b9d56..bda298254 100644
--- a/src/main/java/minihud/event/RenderHandler.java
+++ b/src/main/java/minihud/event/RenderHandler.java
@@ -518,8 +518,45 @@ else if (type == InfoLineToggle.COORDINATES ||
                 {
                     try
                     {
-                        str.append(String.format(Configs.Generic.COORDINATE_FORMAT_STRING.getValue(),
-                            x, bbY, z));
+                        // Follow a python like formatted string input, parse then make it java
+                        StringBuilder javaFormat = new StringBuilder(128);
+                        //                                      aka stuff between {}
+                        Matcher matcher = Pattern.compile("\\{([^\\}]+)\\}").matcher(line);
+
+                        int from = 0, to = 0;
+                        float[] vals = {x, bbY, z};
+
+                        for (int i = 0; i < 3; i++)
+                        {
+                            if (!matcher.find(from)) 
+                            {
+                                break;
+                            }
+                            
+                            to = matcher.start();
+                            // Add the content between the {x:%.2f}
+                            javaFormat.append(line.substring(from, to));
+
+                            String[] parts = matcher.group(1).split(":");
+                            String varname = parts[0], format = parts[1];
+
+                            if (varname.equals("x"))
+                            {
+                                vals[i] = x;
+                            }
+                            else if (varname.equals("y"))
+                            {
+                                vals[i] = bbY;
+                            } else if (varname.equals("z"))
+                            {
+                                vals[i] = z;
+                            }
+                            javaFormat.append(format);
+
+                            from = matcher.end();
+                        }
+
+                        str.append(String.format(javaFormat.toString(), vals[0], vals[1], vals[2]));
                     }
                     // Uh oh, someone done goofed their format string... :P
                     catch (Exception e)
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/minihud/lang/en_us.lang b/src/main/resources/assets/minihud/lang/en_us.lang
index 843ac9f48..28ff5f532 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/minihud/lang/en_us.lang
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/minihud/lang/en_us.lang
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ minihud.config.comment.blockgridoverlayradius=The radius to render the Block Gri
 minihud.config.comment.chunkunloadbucketoverlayfontscale=The font scale for the Chunk Unload Order (HashSet bucket) overlay
 minihud.config.comment.chunkunloadbucketoverlaychunkradius=The radius of chunks to render the Chunk Unload Order overlay text in.\n\nUse §b-1§r for the normal render distance
 minihud.config.comment.chunkunloadbuckethashsize=Enables the more accurate chunk unload bucket calculation, taken from the Carpet mod
-minihud.config.comment.coordinateformat=The format string for the coordinate line (Info Lines -> §eCoordinates§r). Needs to have three float format strings specifiers!\n\n§eNote:§r You must enable the §eCustomized Coordinate Format§r option for this custom format string to be used.
+minihud.config.comment.coordinateformat=The format string for the coordinate line (Info Lines -> §eCoordinates§r). You may remove any of these.\n\n§eNote:§r You must enable the §eCustomized Coordinate Format§r option for this custom format string to be used.
 minihud.config.comment.coordinateformatcustomized=Use the customized coordinate format string from §eCoordinate Format§r for the §eCoordinates§r info line
 minihud.config.comment.debugmessages=Enables some debug messages to the game console, which can be helpful when diagnozing something not working as expected
 minihud.config.comment.droppedchunkshashsize=The HashSet size for the chunk unload order calculation, if §eChunk Unload Order Hash Size§r is enabled.\n\nUse §b-1§r for automatically fetching the current value in single player or on servers that have the Carpet mod.\n\nA value other than §b-1§r will override the automatic value, including the proper value received from a Carpet server.