diff --git a/R/ggcorrplot.R b/R/ggcorrplot.R
index 77105af..2eef6cb 100644
--- a/R/ggcorrplot.R
+++ b/R/ggcorrplot.R
@@ -39,6 +39,9 @@
 #'   insig is "pch").
 #' @param tl.cex,tl.col,tl.srt the size, the color and the string rotation of
 #'   text label (variable names).
+#' @param circle.scale to be used as a scaling factor for circles. Depending on
+#'   the output device it may be necessary to adjust this parameter.
+#' @param mirror.axis.text logical value. If TRUE, axis text of plot is mirrored
 #' @return
 #' \itemize{
 #'  \item ggcorrplot(): Returns a ggplot2
@@ -105,12 +108,13 @@ ggcorrplot <- function (corr, method = c("square", "circle"),
                         type = c("full", "lower", "upper"),
                         ggtheme = ggplot2::theme_minimal,
                         title = "", show.legend = TRUE, legend.title = "Corr", show.diag = FALSE,
-                        colors = c("blue", "white", "red"), outline.color = "gray",
-                        hc.order = FALSE, hc.method = "complete",
+                        colors = c("blue", "white", "red"), colors.position = c(-1, 0, 1),
+                        outline.color = "gray", hc.order = FALSE, hc.method = "complete",
                         lab = FALSE, lab_col = "black", lab_size = 4,
                         p.mat = NULL, sig.level = 0.05, insig = c("pch", "blank"),
                         pch = 4, pch.col = "black", pch.cex = 5,
-                        tl.cex = 12, tl.col = "black", tl.srt = 45) {
+                        tl.cex = 12, tl.col = "black", tl.srt = 45,
+                        circle.scale = 1, mirror.axis.text = F) {
 
   type <- match.arg(type)
   method <- match.arg(method)
@@ -151,7 +155,7 @@ ggcorrplot <- function (corr, method = c("square", "circle"),
       corr$value <- corr$value * corr$signif
   }
 
-  corr$abs_corr <- abs(corr$value) * 10
+  corr$abs_corr <- abs(corr$value) * 10 * circle.scale
 
   # Heatmap
   p <-
@@ -161,23 +165,38 @@ ggcorrplot <- function (corr, method = c("square", "circle"),
   else if (method == "circle") {
     p <- p + ggplot2::geom_point(color = outline.color,
                                  shape = 21, ggplot2::aes_string(size = "abs_corr")) +
-      ggplot2::scale_size(range = c(4, 10)) + ggplot2::guides(size = FALSE)
+      ggplot2::scale_size(range = c(4, 10*circle.scale)) + ggplot2::guides(fill = guide_colorbar(barwidth = 8, barheight = 1, raster=TRUE, title=""), size = FALSE)
   }
 
   p <-
-    p + ggplot2::scale_fill_gradient2(
-      low = colors[1], high = colors[3], mid = colors[2],
-      midpoint = 0, limit = c(-1,1), space = "Lab",
-      name = legend.title
+    p + ggplot2::scale_fill_gradientn(
+      colours = colors,
+      values = colors.position,
+      limit = c(-1,1)
     ) +
-    ggtheme() +
-    ggplot2::theme(
+    ggtheme()
+
+  if(mirror.axis.text) {
+    p <- 
+      p + scale_x_discrete(position = "top") +
+      scale_y_discrete(position = "right") +
+      ggplot2::theme(
+        axis.text.x = ggplot2::element_text(
+          angle = tl.srt, vjust = 0, size = tl.cex, hjust = 0
+        ),
+        axis.text.y = ggplot2::element_text(hjust=0, size = tl.cex),
+        legend.position = "bottom"
+      )
+  } else {
+    p <- 
+      p + ggplot2::theme(
       axis.text.x = ggplot2::element_text(
         angle = tl.srt, vjust = 1, size = tl.cex, hjust = 1
       ),
-      axis.text.y = ggplot2::element_text(size = tl.cex)
-    ) +
-    ggplot2::coord_fixed()
+      axis.text.y = ggplot2::element_text(hjust=0, size = tl.cex)
+    )
+  }
+  p <- p + ggplot2::coord_fixed() 
 
   label <- round(corr[, "value"], 2)
   if (lab)