diff --git a/examples/mat-get.js b/examples/mat-get.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f27cbe0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/examples/mat-get.js
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+var cv = require('../lib/opencv');
+
+cv.readImage("./files/mona.png", function(err, orig) {
+  if (err) throw err;
+
+  var chan1 = orig.split()[0];
+
+  var floatMatrix = new cv.Matrix();
+  var chan1Back = new cv.Matrix();
+
+  chan1.convertTo(floatMatrix, cv.Constants.CV_32F);
+  floatMatrix.convertTo(chan1Back, cv.Constants.CV_8U);
+
+  var rowId = 0;
+  var colId = 0;
+
+  console.log(orig.get(rowId,colId), orig.pixel(rowId, colId));
+  // ACTUAL : => -8.425768939900947e-273 [25, 51, 57]
+  // EXPECTED : => [25, 51, 57] (this is R : 57 G : 51 and B : 25)
+  console.log(chan1.get(rowId,colId), chan1.pixel(rowId, colId));
+  // ACTUAL => 1.76244473776441e-105 36
+  // EXPECTED => 154
+  console.log(floatMatrix.get(rowId,colId), floatMatrix.pixel(rowId, colId));
+  // ACTUAL => 481036405168
+  // EXPECTED => 154.0
+  console.log(chan1Back.get(rowId,colId), chan1Back.pixel(rowId, colId));
+  // ACTUAL => 1.76244473776441e-105
+  // EXPECTED => 154
+
+});
diff --git a/src/Matrix.cc b/src/Matrix.cc
index d95ab1e..72d54bd 100755
--- a/src/Matrix.cc
+++ b/src/Matrix.cc
@@ -208,6 +208,9 @@ double Matrix::DblGet(cv::Mat mat, int i, int j) {
     case CV_64FC1:
       val = mat.at<double>(i, j);
       break;
+    case CV_32FC1:
+      val = mat.at<float>(i, j);
+      break;
     default:
       val = mat.at<double>(i, j);
       break;
diff --git a/test/unit.js b/test/unit.js
index c28ad04..97767f3 100755
--- a/test/unit.js
+++ b/test/unit.js
@@ -103,8 +103,10 @@ test('Matrix functions', function(assert) {
   // convertTo
   var mat = new cv.Matrix(75, 75, cv.Constants.CV_32F, [2.0]);
   var matNew = new cv.Matrix(75, 75, cv.Constants.CV_8U);
-  mat.convertTo(matNew, cv.Constants.CV_8U, 2, 1);
-  assert.equal(matNew.pixel(0, 0), 5);
+  var alpha = 2;
+  var beta = 1;
+  mat.convertTo(matNew, cv.Constants.CV_8U, alpha, beta);
+  assert.equal(matNew.pixel(0, 0), mat.get(0, 0)*alpha + beta);
 
   // reshape
   mat = new cv.Matrix(75, 75, cv.Constants.CV_8UC1);