diff --git a/dash_bio/component_factory/_clustergram.py b/dash_bio/component_factory/_clustergram.py
index 0e559b4b4..2980d98a7 100644
--- a/dash_bio/component_factory/_clustergram.py
+++ b/dash_bio/component_factory/_clustergram.py
@@ -340,7 +340,7 @@ def __init__(
         if log_transform:
             self._data = np.log2(self._data)
         if standardize in ['row', 'column']:
-            self._data = self._scale(self._data, standardize)
+            self._data = self._scale(standardize)
 
     def figure(
             self,