diff --git a/cypress/e2e/spectrogram.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/spectrogram.cy.js
index fcaa80f96..89938c72e 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/spectrogram.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/spectrogram.cy.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const id = '#waveform'
+const scales = ['linear', 'mel', 'log', 'bark', 'erb']
 
 xdescribe('WaveSurfer Spectrogram plugin tests', () => {
   it('should render a spectrogram', () => {
@@ -81,4 +82,34 @@ xdescribe('WaveSurfer Spectrogram plugin tests', () => {
       })
     })
   })
+
+  scales.forEach(scale => {
+    it(`should display correct frequency labels with 1kHz tone (${scale})`, () => {
+      cy.visit('cypress/e2e/index.html')
+      cy.window().then((win) => {
+        return new Promise((resolve) => {
+          win.wavesurfer = win.WaveSurfer.create({
+            container: id,
+            height: 200,
+            url: '../../examples/audio/1khz.mp3',
+            plugins: [
+              win.Spectrogram.create({
+                height: 200,
+                labels: true,
+                scale: scale,
+                frequencyMin: 0,
+                frequencyMax: 4000,
+                splitChannels: false
+              }),
+            ],
+          })
+
+          win.wavesurfer.once('ready', () => {
+            cy.get(id).matchImageSnapshot(`spectrogram-1khz-${scale}`)
+            resolve()
+          })
+        })
+      })
+    })
+  })
 })
diff --git a/examples/audio/1khz.mp3 b/examples/audio/1khz.mp3
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6269ad508
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diff --git a/src/plugins/spectrogram.ts b/src/plugins/spectrogram.ts
index 8d234c975..46658fb35 100644
--- a/src/plugins/spectrogram.ts
+++ b/src/plugins/spectrogram.ts
@@ -255,7 +255,7 @@ export type SpectrogramPluginOptions = {
   alpha?: number
   /** Min frequency to scale spectrogram. */
   frequencyMin?: number
-  /** Max frequency to scale spectrogram. Set this to samplerate/4 to draw whole range of spectrogram. */
+  /** Max frequency to scale spectrogram. Set this to samplerate/2 to draw whole range of spectrogram. */
   frequencyMax?: number
   /**
    * Based on: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/spectrogram_settings.html
@@ -384,10 +384,12 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
     this.gainDB = options.gainDB ?? 20
     this.rangeDB = options.rangeDB ?? 80
     this.scale = options.scale || 'mel'
-    this.numMelFilters = this.fftSamples / 4
-    this.numLogFilters = this.fftSamples / 8
-    this.numBarkFilters = this.fftSamples / 8
-    this.numErbFilters = this.fftSamples / 8
+
+    // Other values will currently cause a misalignment between labels and the spectrogram
+    this.numMelFilters = this.fftSamples / 2
+    this.numLogFilters = this.fftSamples / 2
+    this.numBarkFilters = this.fftSamples / 2
+    this.numErbFilters = this.fftSamples / 2
 
     this.createWrapper()
     this.createCanvas()
@@ -504,7 +506,11 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
     const spectrCc = this.spectrCc
     const height = this.height
     const width = this.getWidth()
+
+    // Maximum frequency represented in `frequenciesData`
     const freqFrom = this.buffer.sampleRate / 2
+
+    // Minimum and maximum frequency we want to draw
     const freqMin = this.frequencyMin
     const freqMax = this.frequencyMax
 
@@ -512,6 +518,13 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
       return
     }
 
+    if (freqMax > freqFrom) {
+      // Draw background since spectrogram will not fill the entire canvas
+      const bgColor = this.colorMap[this.colorMap.length - 1]
+      spectrCc.fillStyle = `rgba(${bgColor[0]}, ${bgColor[1]}, ${bgColor[2]}, ${bgColor[3]})`
+      spectrCc.fillRect(0, 0, width, height * frequenciesData.length)
+    }
+
     for (let c = 0; c < frequenciesData.length; c++) {
       // for each channel
       const pixels = this.resample(frequenciesData[c])
@@ -521,7 +534,7 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
       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 = ((bitmapHeight / 2 - j) * width + i) * 4
+          const redIndex = ((bitmapHeight - j - 1) * width + i) * 4
           imageData.data[redIndex] = colorMap[0] * 255
           imageData.data[redIndex + 1] = colorMap[1] * 255
           imageData.data[redIndex + 2] = colorMap[2] * 255
@@ -529,15 +542,28 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
         }
       }
 
-      // scale and stack spectrograms
+      // The relative positions of `freqMin` and `freqMax` in `imageData`
+      const rMin = this.hzToScale(freqMin) / this.hzToScale(freqFrom)
+      const rMax = this.hzToScale(freqMax) / this.hzToScale(freqFrom)
+
+      // Only relevant if `freqMax > freqFrom`
+      const rMax1 = Math.min(1, rMax)
+
+      // Crop, scale and stack spectrograms
       createImageBitmap(
         imageData,
         0,
-        Math.round(bitmapHeight - bitmapHeight * (freqMax / freqFrom)) / 2,
+        Math.round(bitmapHeight * (1 - rMax1)),
         width,
-        Math.round(bitmapHeight * ((freqMax - freqMin) / freqFrom)),
+        Math.round(bitmapHeight * (rMax1 - rMin)),
       ).then((bitmap) => {
-        spectrCc.drawImage(bitmap, 0, height * c, width, height * 2)
+        spectrCc.drawImage(
+            bitmap,
+            0,
+            height * (c + 1 - rMax1 / rMax),
+            width,
+            height * rMax1 / rMax,
+        )
       })
     }
 
@@ -637,6 +663,34 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
     return this.createFilterBank(numErbFilters, sampleRate, this.hzToErb, this.erbToHz)
   }
 
+  private hzToScale(hz: number) {
+    switch (this.scale) {
+      case 'mel':
+        return this.hzToMel(hz)
+      case 'logarithmic':
+        return this.hzToLog(hz)
+      case 'bark':
+        return this.hzToBark(hz)
+      case 'erb':
+        return this.hzToErb(hz)
+    }
+    return hz
+  }
+
+  private scaleToHz(scale: number) {
+    switch (this.scale) {
+      case 'mel':
+        return this.melToHz(scale)
+      case 'logarithmic':
+        return this.logToHz(scale)
+      case 'bark':
+        return this.barkToHz(scale)
+      case 'erb':
+        return this.erbToHz(scale)
+    }
+    return scale
+  }
+
   private applyFilterBank(fftPoints: Float32Array, filterBank: number[][]): Float32Array {
     const numFilters = filterBank.length
     const logSpectrum = Float32Array.from({ length: numFilters }, () => 0)
@@ -656,7 +710,7 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
     const fftSamples = this.fftSamples
     const channels = this.options.splitChannels ?? this.wavesurfer?.options.splitChannels ? buffer.numberOfChannels : 1
 
-    this.frequencyMax = this.frequencyMax || buffer.sampleRate / 4
+    this.frequencyMax = this.frequencyMax || buffer.sampleRate / 2
 
     if (!buffer) return
 
@@ -738,12 +792,10 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
   private getLabelFrequency(
     index: number,
     labelIndex: number,
-    hzToScale: (hz: number) => number,
-    scaleToHz: (scale: number) => number,
   ) {
-    const scaleMin = hzToScale(0)
-    const scaleMax = hzToScale(this.frequencyMax)
-    return scaleToHz(scaleMin + (index / labelIndex) * (scaleMax - scaleMin))
+    const scaleMin = this.hzToScale(this.frequencyMin)
+    const scaleMax = this.hzToScale(this.frequencyMax)
+    return this.scaleToHz(scaleMin + (index / labelIndex) * (scaleMax - scaleMin))
   }
 
   private loadLabels(
@@ -796,25 +848,7 @@ class SpectrogramPlugin extends BasePlugin<SpectrogramPluginEvents, SpectrogramP
         ctx.textAlign = textAlign
         ctx.textBaseline = 'middle'
 
-        let freq
-        switch (this.scale) {
-          case 'mel':
-            freq = this.getLabelFrequency(i, labelIndex, this.hzToMel, this.melToHz)
-            break
-          case 'logarithmic':
-            freq = this.getLabelFrequency(i, labelIndex, this.hzToLog, this.logToHz)
-            break
-          case 'bark':
-            freq = this.getLabelFrequency(i, labelIndex, this.hzToBark, this.barkToHz)
-            break
-          case 'erb':
-            freq = this.getLabelFrequency(i, labelIndex, this.hzToErb, this.erbToHz)
-            break
-          default:
-            freq = freqStart + step * i
-            break
-        }
-
+        const freq = this.getLabelFrequency(i, labelIndex)
         const label = this.freqType(freq)
         const units = this.unitType(freq)
         const x = 16