diff --git a/gui/src/Visualization/AxisRenderingUtils.cpp b/gui/src/Visualization/AxisRenderingUtils.cpp
index 4e88ca9..33f47a6 100644
--- a/gui/src/Visualization/AxisRenderingUtils.cpp
+++ b/gui/src/Visualization/AxisRenderingUtils.cpp
@@ -126,6 +126,7 @@ struct AxisSetter<T, typename std::enable_if_t<std::is_base_of<SpectrogramSeries
 
         // Set color scale properties
         setAxisProperties(*colorScale.m_Scale->axis(), valuesUnit, QCPAxis::stLogarithmic);
+        colorScale.m_AutomaticThreshold = true;
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/gui/src/Visualization/SqpColorScale.cpp b/gui/src/Visualization/SqpColorScale.cpp
index 6c36bed..47b91f4 100644
--- a/gui/src/Visualization/SqpColorScale.cpp
+++ b/gui/src/Visualization/SqpColorScale.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ std::pair<double, double> SqpColorScale::computeThresholds(const SqpColorScale &
 
 SqpColorScale::SqpColorScale(QCustomPlot &plot)
         : m_Scale{new QCPColorScale{&plot}},
-          m_AutomaticThreshold{true},
+          m_AutomaticThreshold{false},
           m_GradientPreset{DEFAULT_GRADIENT_PRESET}
 {
     m_Scale->setGradient(m_GradientPreset);