diff --git a/scripts/extract_new_birdsounds.sh b/scripts/extract_new_birdsounds.sh
index d337240..9ce077b 100755
--- a/scripts/extract_new_birdsounds.sh
+++ b/scripts/extract_new_birdsounds.sh
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ for h in "${SCAN_DIRS[@]}";do
         "${NEWSPECIES_BYDATE}/${NEWFILE}"
 
     # Create spectrogram for extraction
-    sox "${NEWSPECIES_BYDATE}/${NEWFILE}" -n spectrogram \
+    sox "${NEWSPECIES_BYDATE}/${NEWFILE}" -n remix 1 rate 16k spectrogram \
       -t "${COMMON_NAME}" \
       -c "${NEWSPECIES_BYDATE}/${NEWFILE}" \
       -o "${NEWSPECIES_BYDATE}/${NEWFILE}.png"
diff --git a/scripts/spectrogram.sh b/scripts/spectrogram.sh
index c8b6667..7c277e0 100755
--- a/scripts/spectrogram.sh
+++ b/scripts/spectrogram.sh
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@
 source /etc/birdnet/birdnet.conf
 analyzing_now="$(cat /home/pi/BirdNET-Pi/analyzing_now.txt)"
 spectrogram_png=${EXTRACTED}/spectrogram.png
-sudo -u pi sox "${analyzing_now}" -n spectrogram -t "Currently Analyzing" -c "${analyzing_now}" -o "${spectrogram_png}"
+#sudo -u pi sox "${analyzing_now}" -n spectrogram -t "Currently Analyzing" -c "${analyzing_now}" -o "${spectrogram_png}"
+sudo -u pi sox "${analyzing_now}" -n remix 1 rate 16k spectrogram -t "Currently Analyzing" -c "${analyzing_now}" -o "${spectrogram_png}"