diff --git a/src/frontend/spec.c b/src/frontend/spec.c
index 8e5d2c108..c6a6e33f0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/spec.c
+++ b/src/frontend/spec.c
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ com_spec(wordlist *wl)
                 if (maxt-time[i] > span) {
                     win[i] = 0;
                 } else {
-                    win[i] = 2 - fabs(2+4*(time[i]-maxt)/span);
+                    win[i] = 1 - 2 * fabs((time[i]-maxt)-span/2) / span;
                 }
             }
         else if (eq(window, "blackman")) {
diff --git a/src/maths/fft/fftext.c b/src/maths/fft/fftext.c
index 6dc6400e8..802cab8bd 100644
--- a/src/maths/fft/fftext.c
+++ b/src/maths/fft/fftext.c
@@ -115,7 +115,7 @@ fft_windows(char *window, double *win, double *time, int length, double maxt, do
             if (maxt-time[i] > span)
                 win[i] = 0.0;
             else
-                win[i] = 2.0 - fabs(2+4*(time[i]-maxt)/span);
+                win[i] = 1.0 - 2.0 * fabs((time[i]-maxt)-span/2) / span;
         }
     else if (eq(window, "hann") || eq(window, "hanning") || eq(window, "cosine"))
         for (i = 0; i < length; i++) {