diff --git a/src/mesh/RadioInterface.cpp b/src/mesh/RadioInterface.cpp
index 109a5f52..6005147e 100644
--- a/src/mesh/RadioInterface.cpp
+++ b/src/mesh/RadioInterface.cpp
@@ -421,7 +421,12 @@ void RadioInterface::applyModemConfig()
     // If user has manually specified a channel num, then use that, otherwise generate one by hashing the name
     const char *channelName = channels.getName(channels.getPrimaryIndex());
     int channel_num = channelSettings.channel_num ? channelSettings.channel_num - 1 : hash(channelName) % numChannels;
-    float freq = myRegion->freqStart + ((((myRegion->freqEnd - myRegion->freqStart) / numChannels) / 2) * channel_num);
+
+    // Old frequency selection formula
+    // float freq = myRegion->freqStart + ((((myRegion->freqEnd - myRegion->freqStart) / numChannels) / 2) * channel_num);
+
+    // New frequency selection formula
+    float freq = myRegion->freqStart + (bw / 2) + ( channel_num * bw);
 
     saveChannelNum(channel_num);
     saveFreq(freq + config.lora.frequency_offset);