diff --git a/scripts/plot-pca.R b/scripts/plot-pca.R
index 111205c..c0c9d48 100644
--- a/scripts/plot-pca.R
+++ b/scripts/plot-pca.R
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ library("DESeq2")
 dds <- readRDS(snakemake@input[[1]])
 
 # obtain normalized counts
-counts <- counts(dds, normalized=TRUE)
+counts <- rlog(dds, blind=FALSE)
 svg(snakemake@output[[1]])
 plotPCA(counts, intgroup=snakemake@params[["pca_labels"]])
 dev.off()