diff --git a/batdetect2/preprocess/spectrogram.py b/batdetect2/preprocess/spectrogram.py
index 89b85ac..5d4fe17 100644
--- a/batdetect2/preprocess/spectrogram.py
+++ b/batdetect2/preprocess/spectrogram.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ reproducible spectrogram generation consistent between training and inference.
 The core computation is performed by `compute_spectrogram`.
 """
 
-from typing import Literal, Optional, Union
+from typing import Callable, Literal, Optional, Union
 
 import numpy as np
 import xarray as xr
@@ -327,44 +327,45 @@ def compute_spectrogram(
     """
     config = config or SpectrogramConfig()
 
-    spec = stft(
-        wav,
-        window_duration=config.stft.window_duration,
-        window_overlap=config.stft.window_overlap,
-        window_fn=config.stft.window_fn,
-    )
-
-    spec = crop_spectrogram_frequencies(
-        spec,
-        min_freq=config.frequencies.min_freq,
-        max_freq=config.frequencies.max_freq,
-    )
-
-    if config.pcen:
-        spec = apply_pcen(
-            spec,
-            time_constant=config.pcen.time_constant,
-            gain=config.pcen.gain,
-            power=config.pcen.power,
-            bias=config.pcen.bias,
+    with xr.set_options(keep_attrs=True):
+        spec = stft(
+            wav,
+            window_duration=config.stft.window_duration,
+            window_overlap=config.stft.window_overlap,
+            window_fn=config.stft.window_fn,
         )
 
-    spec = scale_spectrogram(spec, scale=config.scale)
-
-    if config.spectral_mean_substraction:
-        spec = remove_spectral_mean(spec)
-
-    if config.size:
-        spec = resize_spectrogram(
+        spec = crop_spectrogram_frequencies(
             spec,
-            height=config.size.height,
-            resize_factor=config.size.resize_factor,
+            min_freq=config.frequencies.min_freq,
+            max_freq=config.frequencies.max_freq,
         )
 
-    if config.peak_normalize:
-        spec = ops.scale(spec, 1 / (10e-6 + np.max(spec)))
+        if config.pcen:
+            spec = apply_pcen(
+                spec,
+                time_constant=config.pcen.time_constant,
+                gain=config.pcen.gain,
+                power=config.pcen.power,
+                bias=config.pcen.bias,
+            )
 
-    return spec.astype(dtype)
+        spec = scale_spectrogram(spec, scale=config.scale)
+
+        if config.spectral_mean_substraction:
+            spec = remove_spectral_mean(spec)
+
+        if config.size:
+            spec = resize_spectrogram(
+                spec,
+                height=config.size.height,
+                resize_factor=config.size.resize_factor,
+            )
+
+        if config.peak_normalize:
+            spec = ops.scale(spec, 1 / (10e-6 + np.max(spec)))
+
+        return spec.astype(dtype)
 
 
 def crop_spectrogram_frequencies(
@@ -477,7 +478,7 @@ def scale_spectrogram(
     """Apply final amplitude scaling/representation to the spectrogram.
 
     Converts the input magnitude spectrogram based on the `scale` type:
-    - "dB": Applies logarithmic scaling `log1p(C * S)`.
+    - "dB": Applies logarithmic scaling `log10(S)`.
     - "power": Squares the magnitude values `S^2`.
     - "amplitude": Returns the input magnitude values `S` unchanged.
 
@@ -496,7 +497,7 @@ def scale_spectrogram(
         Spectrogram with the specified amplitude scaling applied.
     """
     if scale == "dB":
-        return scale_log(spec, dtype=dtype)
+        return arrays.to_db(spec).astype(dtype)
 
     if scale == "power":
         return spec**2
@@ -561,12 +562,13 @@ def apply_pcen(
 def scale_log(
     spec: xr.DataArray,
     dtype: DTypeLike = np.float32,  # type: ignore
+    ref: Union[float, Callable] = np.max,
+    amin: float = 1e-10,
+    top_db: Optional[float] = 80.0,
 ) -> xr.DataArray:
     """Apply logarithmic scaling to a magnitude spectrogram.
 
-    Calculates `log(1 + C * S)`, where S is the input magnitude spectrogram
-    and C is a scaling factor derived from the original STFT parameters
-    (sample rate, N-FFT, window function) stored in `spec.attrs`.
+    Calculates `log10(S)`, where S is the input magnitude spectrogram.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
@@ -587,12 +589,29 @@ def scale_log(
         If required attributes are missing from `spec.attrs`.
     ValueError
         If attributes are non-numeric or window function is invalid.
+
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    Implementation mainly taken from librosa `power_to_db` function
     """
-    samplerate = spec.attrs["original_samplerate"]
-    nfft = spec.attrs["nfft"]
-    log_scaling = 2 / (samplerate * (np.abs(np.hanning(nfft)) ** 2).sum())
+
+    if callable(ref):
+        ref_value = ref(spec)
+    else:
+        ref_value = np.abs(ref)
+
+    log_spec = 10.0 * np.log10(np.maximum(amin, spec)) - np.log10(
+        np.maximum(amin, ref_value)
+    )
+
+    if top_db is not None:
+        if top_db < 0:
+            raise ValueError("top_db must be non-negative")
+        log_spec = np.maximum(log_spec, log_spec.max() - top_db)
+
     return xr.DataArray(
-        data=np.log1p(log_scaling * spec).astype(dtype),
+        data=log_spec.astype(dtype),
         dims=spec.dims,
         coords=spec.coords,
         attrs=spec.attrs,