diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 1ca05bb5d..0ee2994ee 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 Type: Package
 Package: see
 Title: Model Visualisation Toolbox for 'easystats' and 'ggplot2'
-Version: 0.8.4.3
+Version: 0.8.4.4
 Authors@R: 
     c(person(given = "Daniel",
              family = "Lüdecke",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 0aa08dc6a..0d14f6798 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,10 @@
+# see 0.8.5
+
+## Minor Changes
+
+* Improved scaling for detrended QQ plots when package *qqplotr* is not installed.
+  The normal and the detrended QQ plots are now visually more similar.
+
 # see 0.8.4
 
 ## Minor Changes
diff --git a/R/plot.check_normality.R b/R/plot.check_normality.R
index f3ceb9d50..dfb571cd2 100644
--- a/R/plot.check_normality.R
+++ b/R/plot.check_normality.R
@@ -276,6 +276,11 @@ plot.see_check_normality <- function(x,
   } else {
     insight::format_alert("For confidence bands, please install `qqplotr`.")
 
+    # to scale the detrended qq plot
+    N <- length(x$y)
+    SD <- stats::sd(x$y) * sqrt((N - 1) / N)
+    y_range <- round(range(x$y), 1)
+
     gg_init <- ggplot2::ggplot(x, ggplot2::aes(sample = .data$y))
 
     qq_stuff <- list(
@@ -294,13 +299,19 @@ plot.see_check_normality <- function(x,
         )
       },
       ggplot2::geom_qq(
-        mapping = if (detrend) ggplot2::aes(y = ggplot2::after_stat(.data$sample) - ggplot2::after_stat(.data$theoretical)),
+        mapping = if (detrend) ggplot2::aes(
+          x = ggplot2::after_stat(.data$theoretical * SD),
+          y = ggplot2::after_stat(.data$sample - .data$theoretical * SD)
+        ),
         shape = 16,
         na.rm = TRUE,
         stroke = 0,
         size = size_point,
         colour = colors[2]
-      )
+      ),
+      if (detrend) {
+        ggplot2::ylim(y_range)
+      }
     )
 
     if (detrend) {