diff --git a/ext/MakieExt.jl b/ext/MakieExt.jl
index 0665666..fc43a3e 100644
--- a/ext/MakieExt.jl
+++ b/ext/MakieExt.jl
@@ -6,11 +6,27 @@ using MonteCarloMeasurements
 Makie.used_attributes(::Type{<:Series}, ::AbstractVector, ::AbstractVector{<:Particles}) = (:N,)
 Makie.used_attributes(::Type{<:Series}, ::AbstractVector{<:Tuple{<:Real,<:Particles}}) = (:N,)
 Makie.convert_arguments(ct::Type{<:Series}, x::AbstractVector, y::AbstractVector{<:Particles}; N=7) = convert_arguments(ct, x, Matrix(y)[1:min(N, end), :])
-Makie.used_attributes(::Type{<:Union{Rangebars,Band}}, ::AbstractVector, ::AbstractVector{<:Particles}) = (:q,)
-Makie.used_attributes(::Type{<:Union{Rangebars,Band}}, ::AbstractVector{<:Tuple{<:Real,<:Particles}}) = (:q,)
-Makie.convert_arguments(p::Type{<:Union{Hist,Density}}, x::Particles) = convert_arguments(p, Vector(x))
-Makie.convert_arguments(ct::Type{<:Union{Rangebars,Band}}, x::AbstractVector, y::AbstractVector{<:Particles}; q=0.16) = convert_arguments(ct, x, pquantile.(y, q), pquantile.(y, 1-q))
+
+Makie.used_attributes(::Type{<:Union{Rangebars,Band}}, ::AbstractVector, ::AbstractVector{<:Particles}) = (:q, :nσ)
+Makie.used_attributes(::Type{<:Union{Rangebars,Band}}, ::AbstractVector{<:Tuple{<:Real,<:Particles}}) = (:q, :nσ)
+function Makie.convert_arguments(ct::Type{<:Union{Rangebars,Band}}, x::AbstractVector, y::AbstractVector{<:Particles}; q=nothing, nσ=nothing)
+    !isnothing(q) && !isnothing(nσ) && throw(ArgumentError("Only one of `q`` or `nσ`` can be specified"))
+    if isnothing(q) && isnothing(nσ)
+        q = 0.16
+    end
+    if !isnothing(q)
+        convert_arguments(ct, x, pquantile.(y, q), pquantile.(y, 1-q))
+    elseif !isnothing(nσ)
+        avgs = pmean.(y)
+        Δs = nσ .* pstd.(y)
+        convert_arguments(ct, x, avgs .- Δs, avgs .+ Δs)
+    end
+end
+
+Makie.convert_arguments(ct::PointBased, x::AbstractVector{<:Real}, y::AbstractVector{<:Particles}; avgfunc=pmedian) = convert_arguments(ct, x, avgfunc.(y))
+
 Makie.convert_arguments(ct::Type{<:AbstractPlot}, X::AbstractVector{<:Tuple{<:Real,<:Particles}}; kwargs...) = convert_arguments(ct, first.(X), last.(X); kwargs...)
-Makie.convert_arguments(ct::PointBased, x::AbstractVector{<:Real}, y::AbstractVector{<:Particles}) = convert_arguments(ct, x, pmean.(y))
+
+Makie.convert_arguments(p::Type{<:Union{Hist,Density}}, x::Particles) = convert_arguments(p, Vector(x))
 
 end
diff --git a/test/runtests.jl b/test/runtests.jl
index b911114..29c3e67 100644
--- a/test/runtests.jl
+++ b/test/runtests.jl
@@ -694,7 +694,9 @@ Random.seed!(0)
         Makie.scatter(tuple.(xs, ys))
         Makie.band(xs, ys)
         Makie.band(tuple.(xs, ys); q=0.01)
+        Makie.band(tuple.(xs, ys); nσ=2)
         Makie.rangebars(tuple.(xs, ys); q=0.16)
+        @test_throws "Only one of" Makie.rangebars(tuple.(xs, ys); q=0.16, nσ=2)
         Makie.series(xs, ys)
         Makie.series(tuple.(xs, ys); N=5)
     end