diff --git a/examples/spectrogram.js b/examples/spectrogram.js
index 20af90fa9..36defea1d 100644
--- a/examples/spectrogram.js
+++ b/examples/spectrogram.js
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ const ws = WaveSurfer.create({
   waveColor: 'rgb(200, 0, 200)',
   progressColor: 'rgb(100, 0, 100)',
   url: '/examples/audio/audio.wav',
-  sampleRate: 22050,
+  sampleRate: 44100,
 })
 
 // Initialize the Spectrogram plugin
@@ -18,6 +18,11 @@ ws.registerPlugin(
     labels: true,
     height: 200,
     splitChannels: true,
+    scale: 'mel', // or 'linear'
+    frequencyMax: 8000,
+    frequencyMin: 0,
+    fftSamples: 1024,
+    labelsBackground: 'rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.1)',
   }),
 )
 
diff --git a/src/plugins/spectrogram.ts b/src/plugins/spectrogram.ts
index c6c0556e0..4b52b9539 100644
--- a/src/plugins/spectrogram.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/spectrogram.ts
@@ -247,7 +247,7 @@ export type SpectrogramPluginOptions = {
   alpha?: number
   /** Min frequency to scale spectrogram. */
   frequencyMin?: number
-  /** Max frequency to scale spectrogram. Set this to samplerate/2 to draw whole range of spectrogram. */
+  /** Max frequency to scale spectrogram. Set this to samplerate/4 to draw whole range of spectrogram. */
   frequencyMax?: number
   /**
    * Based on: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/spectrogram_settings.html
@@ -336,7 +336,8 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
       }
     }
     this.fftSamples = options.fftSamples || 512
-    this.noverlap = options.noverlap || this.fftSamples * 0.75
+    this.height = options.height || 200
+    this.noverlap = options.noverlap || null // Will be calculated later based on canvas size
     this.windowFunc = options.windowFunc || 'hann'
     this.alpha = options.alpha
 
@@ -348,14 +349,7 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
     this.gainDB = options.gainDB || 20
     this.rangeDB = options.rangeDB || 80
     this.scale = options.scale || 'mel'
-    this.numMelFilters = options.numMelFilters || this.fftSamples / 8
-    if (this.scale == 'mel') {
-        this.height = options.height || this.numMelFilters
-        this.height = Math.min(this.height, this.numMelFilters)
-    } else {
-        this.height = options.height || this.fftSamples / 2
-        this.height =  Math.min(this.height, this.fftSamples / 2)
-    }
+    this.numMelFilters = this.fftSamples / 4
 
     this.createWrapper()
     this.createCanvas()
@@ -466,14 +460,13 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
     // Set the height to fit all channels
     this.wrapper.style.height = this.height * frequenciesData.length + 'px'
 
-    this.width = this.wavesurfer.getWrapper().offsetWidth
-    this.canvas.width = this.width
+    this.canvas.width = this.getWidth()
     this.canvas.height = this.height * frequenciesData.length
 
     const spectrCc = this.spectrCc
     const height = this.height
-    const width = this.width
-    const freqFrom = this.buffer.sampleRate / 2
+    const width = this.getWidth()
+    const freqFrom = this.buffer.sampleRate / 4
     const freqMin = this.frequencyMin
     const freqMax = this.frequencyMax
 
@@ -484,12 +477,13 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
     for (let c = 0; c < frequenciesData.length; c++) {
       // for each channel
       const pixels = this.resample(frequenciesData[c])
-      const imageData = new ImageData(width, height)
+      const bitmapHeight = pixels[0].length
+      const imageData = new ImageData(width, bitmapHeight)
 
       for (let i = 0; i < pixels.length; i++) {
         for (let j = 0; j < pixels[i].length; j++) {
           const colorMap = this.colorMap[pixels[i][j]]
-          const redIndex = ((height - j) * width + i) * 4
+          const redIndex = ((bitmapHeight / 2 - j) * width + i) * 4
           imageData.data[redIndex] = colorMap[0] * 255
           imageData.data[redIndex + 1] = colorMap[1] * 255
           imageData.data[redIndex + 2] = colorMap[2] * 255
@@ -498,18 +492,14 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
       }
 
       // scale and stack spectrograms
-      createImageBitmap(imageData).then((renderer) => {
-        spectrCc.drawImage(
-          renderer,
-          0,
-          height * (1 - freqMax / freqFrom), // source x, y
-          width,
-          (height * (freqMax - freqMin)) / freqFrom, // source width, height
-          0,
-          height * c, // destination x, y
-          width,
-          height, // destination width, height
-        )
+      createImageBitmap(
+        imageData,
+        0,
+        Math.round(bitmapHeight - bitmapHeight * (freqMax / freqFrom)) / 2,
+        width,
+        Math.round(bitmapHeight * ((freqMax - freqMin) / freqFrom)),
+      ).then((bitmap) => {
+        spectrCc.drawImage(bitmap, 0, height * c, width, height * 2)
       })
     }
 
@@ -562,11 +552,15 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
     return melSpectrum
   }
 
+  private getWidth() {
+    return this.wavesurfer.getWrapper().offsetWidth
+  }
+
   private getFrequencies(buffer: AudioBuffer): number[] {
     const fftSamples = this.fftSamples
     const channels = this.options.splitChannels ?? this.wavesurfer?.options.splitChannels ? buffer.numberOfChannels : 1
 
-    this.frequencyMax = this.frequencyMax || buffer.sampleRate / 2
+    this.frequencyMax = this.frequencyMax || buffer.sampleRate / 4
 
     if (!buffer) return
 
@@ -680,21 +674,23 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
         ctx.textAlign = textAlign
         ctx.textBaseline = 'middle'
 
-        const freq = freqStart + step * i
+        let freq
+        if (this.scale == 'mel') {
+          const melMin = this.hzToMel(0)
+          const melMax = this.hzToMel(this.frequencyMax)
+          freq = this.melToHz(melMin + (i / labelIndex) * (melMax - melMin))
+        } else {
+          freq = freqStart + step * i
+        }
+
         const label = this.freqType(freq)
         const units = this.unitType(freq)
-        const yLabelOffset = 2
         const x = 16
-        let y
+        let y = (1 + c) * getMaxY - (i / labelIndex) * getMaxY
+
+        // Make sure label remains in view
+        y = Math.min(Math.max(y, c * getMaxY + 10), (1 + c) * getMaxY - 10)
 
-        if (i == 0) {
-          y = (1 + c) * getMaxY + i - 10
-        } else {
-          y = (1 + c) * getMaxY - i * 50 + yLabelOffset
-        }
-        if (this.scale == 'mel' && freq != 0) {
-          y = y * this.hzToMel(freq) / freq
-        }
         // unit label
         ctx.fillStyle = textColorUnit
         ctx.font = fontSizeUnit + ' ' + fontType
@@ -708,7 +704,7 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
   }
 
   private resample(oldMatrix) {
-    const columnsNumber = this.width
+    const columnsNumber = this.getWidth()
     const newMatrix = []
 
     const oldPiece = 1 / oldMatrix.length