diff --git a/flent/plotters.py b/flent/plotters.py
index c0c36218..37e837fd 100644
--- a/flent/plotters.py
+++ b/flent/plotters.py
@@ -1238,7 +1238,10 @@ def _do_scaling(self, axis, data, btm, top, unit=None, allow_log=True):
             axis.set_ylim(0, top_scale)
         else:
             if self.log_base:
-                axis.set_yscale('log', basey=self.log_base)
+                try:
+                    axis.set_yscale('log', base=self.log_base)
+                except TypeError:
+                    axis.set_yscale('log', basey=self.log_base)
                 axis.set_ylim(max(0, btm_scale), top_scale)
             else:
                 axis.set_ylim(btm_scale, top_scale)
@@ -1884,7 +1887,10 @@ def _plot(self, results, config=None, axis=None, postfix="",
             axis.set_xlim(left=min(min_value, axis.get_xlim()[0]))
 
         if self.log_base:
-            axis.set_xscale('log', basex=self.log_base)
+            try:
+                axis.set_xscale('log', base=self.log_base)
+            except TypeError:
+                axis.set_xscale('log', basex=self.log_base)
 
         for a, b in zip(config['axes'], self.bounds_x):
             a.set_xbound(b)