diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 3d3f5e66..90a0aa9c 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 Package: microViz
 Title: Microbiome Data Analysis and Visualization
-Version: 0.12.5
+Version: 0.12.5.9000
 Authors@R: 
     person(given = "David",
            family = "Barnett",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 22e11e3a..283327c8 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+# microViz (development version)
+
 # microViz 0.12.5
 
 - Fix: tax_fix no longer allows min_length of 0, as empty strings are (and were) always replaced
diff --git a/R/ord_plot.R b/R/ord_plot.R
index 68d9239a..27ec865e 100644
--- a/R/ord_plot.R
+++ b/R/ord_plot.R
@@ -245,9 +245,11 @@ ord_plot <-
       )
       axesLabs <- axesNames <- colnames(siteScoresDf)
     } else {
-      # compute summary of ordination object to ensure
-      # consistent scaling of components
-      ordsum <- summary(ordination, scaling = scaling, axes = max(axes))
+      # get all scores of ordination, to ensure consistent scaling
+      ordsum <- vegan::scores(
+        x = ordination, scaling = scaling,
+        choices = seq_len(max(axes)), display = "all"
+      )
 
       # retrieve scores from model object
       siteScoresDf <- as.data.frame(ordsum[["sites"]][, axes, drop = FALSE])
@@ -268,6 +270,7 @@ ord_plot <-
       axesNames <- colnames(siteScoresDf)
       axesLabs <- paste0(axesNames, " [", sprintf("%.1f", 100 * explainedVar), "%]")
     }
+
     # bind ordination axes vectors to metadata subset for plotting
     df <- dplyr::bind_cols(siteScoresDf, meta)