diff --git a/src/console/vtxprintf.c b/src/console/vtxprintf.c
index 28c5a60..9de2584 100644
--- a/src/console/vtxprintf.c
+++ b/src/console/vtxprintf.c
@@ -69,8 +69,22 @@
 	i = 0;
 	if (num == 0)
 		tmp[i++]='0';
-	else while (num != 0)
-		tmp[i++] = digits[do_div(num,base)];
+	else while (num != 0){
+		/* there are some nice optimizations in the
+		 * Macros-From-Hell that form the div64 code
+		 * *IF* you call it with a constant.
+		 * We're firmware, we only do bases
+		 * 8, 10, and 16. Let's be smart.
+		 * This greatly helps ARM, reduces the
+		 * code footprint at compile time, and does not hurt x86.
+		 */
+		if (base == 10)
+			tmp[i++] = digits[do_div(num,10)];
+		else if (base == 8)
+			tmp[i++] = digits[do_div(num,8)];
+		else /* sorry, you're out of choices */
+			tmp[i++] = digits[do_div(num,16)];
+	}
 	if (i > precision)
 		precision = i;
 	size -= precision;