diff --git a/src/tscope.c b/src/tscope.c
index 6cf1803..13d988f 100644
--- a/src/tscope.c
+++ b/src/tscope.c
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ main( int argc, char*argv[] )
     // sadly, COLUMNS is not exported by default (?)
     char *columns_env = getenv("COLUMNS");
     int columns = columns_env ? atoi(columns_env) : 80;
-    int show_nbands = ( (columns - 2 - 9) / pa_nchannels ) - 1;
+    int show_nbands = ( (columns - 2 - 10) / pa_nchannels ) - 1;
     if ( show_nbands > nbands )
          show_nbands = nbands;
     char *magline = malloc(show_nbands+1);
diff --git a/src/tscope_print.c b/src/tscope_print.c
index 7611e19..640cb36 100644
--- a/src/tscope_print.c
+++ b/src/tscope_print.c
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ tscope_print( fftwf_complex * const fftout, int nbands, float magscalar,
 	int one_line_mode, int show_maxmag )
 {
     char *buf = alloca(nbands+1);
-    char magchars[] = " .-=^!";
+    char magchars[] = " .-=#^";
     if ( one_line_mode )
 	magchars[0] = '_';
     float maxmag = 0;