diff --git a/docs/history.md b/docs/history.md
index c8d17a3..142313f 100644
--- a/docs/history.md
+++ b/docs/history.md
@@ -1,8 +1,12 @@
 # History
 
-## 0.6.4 (2024-08-31)
+## development version
 
-ADD: Added `apply_to_sweeps` function for applying custom operations to all sweeps in a `DataTree` radar volume. This function allows users to apply a specified function to each sweep, with options for passing additional arguments and handling errors gracefully. Implemented by [@syedhamidali](https://github.com/syedhamidali), ({pull}`202`).
+* FIX: do not apply scale/offset in datamet reader, leave it to xarray instead ({pull}`209`) by [@kmuehlbauer](https://github.com/kmuehlbauer).
+
+* ADD: Added `apply_to_sweeps` function for applying custom operations to all sweeps in a `DataTree` radar volume. 
+This function allows users to apply a specified function to each sweep, with options for passing additional arguments
+and handling errors gracefully. Implemented by [@syedhamidali](https://github.com/syedhamidali), ({pull}`202`).
 
 ## 0.6.4 (2024-08-30)
 
diff --git a/tests/io/test_datamet.py b/tests/io/test_datamet.py
index 7a1a8f2..5b1838a 100644
--- a/tests/io/test_datamet.py
+++ b/tests/io/test_datamet.py
@@ -44,14 +44,14 @@ def test_moment_metadata(data):
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(
     "moment, expected_value",
     [
-        ("UZ", -3.5),
-        ("CZ", -3.5),
-        ("V", 2.3344999999999985),
-        ("W", 16.0),
-        ("ZDR", 0.6859999999999999),
-        ("PHIDP", 94.06648),
-        ("RHOHV", 1.9243000000000001),
-        ("KDP", 0.5190000000000001),
+        ("UZ", 56),
+        ("CZ", 56),
+        ("V", 139),
+        ("W", 30),
+        ("ZDR", 137),
+        ("PHIDP", 16952),
+        ("RHOHV", 237),
+        ("KDP", 67),
     ],
 )
 def test_moment_data(data, moment, expected_value):
diff --git a/xradar/io/backends/datamet.py b/xradar/io/backends/datamet.py
index 420bf73..23d4f9e 100644
--- a/xradar/io/backends/datamet.py
+++ b/xradar/io/backends/datamet.py
@@ -163,24 +163,13 @@ def get_moment(self, mom, sweep):
         mom_path = os.path.join(".", mom, str(sweep + 1))
         mom_medata = self.get_mom_metadata(mom, sweep)
 
-        offset = float(mom_medata.get("offset") or 1.0)
-        slope = float(mom_medata.get("slope") or 1.0)
-        maxval = mom_medata.get("maxval")
-
-        if maxval:
-            maxval = float(maxval)
-            top = 255
-            bottom = float(mom_medata["bottom"])
-            slope = (maxval - offset) / (top - bottom)
-
         bitplanes = 16 if mom == "PHIDP" else int(mom_medata["bitplanes"] or 8)
         nazim = int(mom_medata.get("nlines"))
         nrange = int(mom_medata.get("ncols"))
 
         dtype = np.uint16 if bitplanes == 16 else np.uint8
         data = self.extract_data(mom_path, dtype)
-        data = slope * np.reshape(data, (nazim, nrange)) + offset
-        data[data < offset + 1e-5] = np.nan
+        data = np.reshape(data, (nazim, nrange))
 
         return data
 
@@ -272,8 +261,15 @@ def open_store_variable(self, mom):
         encoding = {"group": self._group, "source": self._filename}
 
         mom_metadata = self.root.get_mom_metadata(mom, self._group)
-        add_offset = mom_metadata.get("offset")
-        scale_factor = mom_metadata.get("slope")
+        add_offset = float(mom_metadata.get("offset") or 0.0)
+        scale_factor = float(mom_metadata.get("slope") or 1.0)
+        maxval = mom_metadata.get("maxval", None)
+
+        if maxval is not None:
+            maxval = float(maxval)
+            top = 255
+            bottom = float(mom_metadata["bottom"])
+            scale_factor = (maxval + add_offset) / (top - bottom)
 
         mname = datamet_mapping.get(mom, mom)
         mapping = sweep_vars_mapping.get(mname, {})