diff --git a/getting_started/06_plotting.md b/getting_started/06_plotting.md
index ddcd7ecb70dd1a6da5369ace7a0e270ad4de55a7..95f5231e84d063606936a8d14eca35e687b1e981 100644
--- a/getting_started/06_plotting.md
+++ b/getting_started/06_plotting.md
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ axis, you don't need to modify the data - simply swap the axis limits around:
 
 
 ```
-plt.imshow(imslc, cmap=plt.cm.gray)
+plt.imshow(imslc.T, cmap=plt.cm.gray)
 plt.xlim(reversed(plt.xlim()))
 plt.ylim(reversed(plt.ylim()))
 plt.colorbar()