diff --git a/src/mirror_maps/FT_plot_mirror_map.m b/src/mirror_maps/FT_plot_mirror_map.m
index 7420c1823e86297534d87a17c0900ff2c6747cdc..5b0a1cd9d85b3458483bc3bdb63d2285fd0601ae 100644
--- a/src/mirror_maps/FT_plot_mirror_map.m
+++ b/src/mirror_maps/FT_plot_mirror_map.m
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ if p==0
     %# change Y limit for colorbar to avoid showing NaN color
     ylim(hc,[z_min z_max])
 else
-    colormap(cmap);
+    colormap(gca,cmap);
 end
 
 % Set a tile and align it to the left in order to leave enough space