diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/tempo_curve.cc b/gtk2_ardour/tempo_curve.cc
index db675c9c5f..7f13e17d24 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/tempo_curve.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/tempo_curve.cc
@@ -121,18 +121,19 @@ TempoCurve::set_position (framepos_t frame, framepos_t end_frame)
 	points->push_back (ArdourCanvas::Duple (0.0, curve_height));
 
 	if (end_frame == UINT32_MAX) {
-		const double tempo_at = _tempo.tempo_at_frame (frame, editor.session()->frame_rate()) * _tempo.note_type();
+		const double tempo_at = _tempo.tempo_at_frame (frame, editor.session()->frame_rate()) * 4.0;
 		const double y_pos =  (curve_height) - (((tempo_at - _min_tempo) / (_max_tempo - _min_tempo)) * curve_height);
 
 		points->push_back (ArdourCanvas::Duple (0.0, y_pos));
 		points->push_back (ArdourCanvas::Duple (ArdourCanvas::COORD_MAX - 5.0, y_pos));
 
 	} else {
+
 		const framepos_t frame_step = max ((end_frame - frame) / 5, (framepos_t) 1);
 		framepos_t current_frame = frame;
 
 		while (current_frame < (end_frame - frame_step)) {
-			const double tempo_at = _tempo.tempo_at_frame (current_frame, editor.session()->frame_rate()) * _tempo.note_type();
+			const double tempo_at = _tempo.tempo_at_frame (current_frame, editor.session()->frame_rate()) * 4.0;
 			const double y_pos = max ((curve_height) - (((tempo_at - _min_tempo) / (_max_tempo - _min_tempo)) * curve_height), 0.0);
 
 			points->push_back (ArdourCanvas::Duple (editor.sample_to_pixel (current_frame - frame), min (y_pos, curve_height)));
@@ -140,7 +141,7 @@ TempoCurve::set_position (framepos_t frame, framepos_t end_frame)
 			current_frame += frame_step;
 		}
 
-		const double tempo_at = _tempo.tempo_at_frame (end_frame, editor.session()->frame_rate()) * _tempo.note_type();
+		const double tempo_at = _tempo.tempo_at_frame (end_frame, editor.session()->frame_rate()) * 4.0;
 		const double y_pos = max ((curve_height) - (((tempo_at - _min_tempo) / (_max_tempo - _min_tempo)) * curve_height), 0.0);
 
 		points->push_back (ArdourCanvas::Duple (editor.sample_to_pixel ((end_frame - 1) - frame), min (y_pos, curve_height)));