diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 103cd80e..f7425bfe 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 Changelog
 =========
+1.0.3
+-----
+Bug fixes
+~~~~~~~~~
+- Fixed creating 1D slices of 2D images.
+
 1.0.2
 -----
 Bug fixes
diff --git a/src/napari_matplotlib/slice.py b/src/napari_matplotlib/slice.py
index e3aa80b2..f0d01f3f 100644
--- a/src/napari_matplotlib/slice.py
+++ b/src/napari_matplotlib/slice.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from typing import Any, Dict, Optional, Tuple
+from typing import Any, Dict, List, Optional, Tuple
 
 import matplotlib.ticker as mticker
 import napari
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@
 __all__ = ["SliceWidget"]
 
 _dims_sel = ["x", "y"]
-_dims = ["x", "y", "z"]
 
 
 class SliceWidget(SingleAxesWidget):
@@ -37,7 +36,7 @@ def __init__(
         self.dim_selector = QComboBox()
         button_layout.addWidget(QLabel("Slice axis:"))
         button_layout.addWidget(self.dim_selector)
-        self.dim_selector.addItems(_dims)
+        self.dim_selector.addItems(["x", "y", "z"])
 
         self.slice_selectors = {}
         for d in _dims_sel:
@@ -61,7 +60,7 @@ def _layer(self) -> napari.layers.Layer:
         return self.layers[0]
 
     @property
-    def current_dim(self) -> str:
+    def current_dim_name(self) -> str:
         """
         Currently selected slice dimension.
         """
@@ -74,12 +73,27 @@ def current_dim_index(self) -> int:
         """
         # Note the reversed list because in napari the z-axis is the first
         # numpy axis
-        return _dims[::-1].index(self.current_dim)
+        return self._dim_names[::-1].index(self.current_dim_name)
+
+    @property
+    def _dim_names(self) -> List[str]:
+        """
+        List of dimension names. This is a property as it varies depending on the
+        dimensionality of the currently selected data.
+        """
+        if self._layer.data.ndim == 2:
+            return ["x", "y"]
+        elif self._layer.data.ndim == 3:
+            return ["x", "y", "z"]
+        else:
+            raise RuntimeError("Don't know how to handle ndim != 2 or 3")
 
     @property
     def _selector_values(self) -> Dict[str, int]:
         """
         Values of the slice selectors.
+
+        Mapping from dimension name to value.
         """
         return {d: self.slice_selectors[d].value() for d in _dims_sel}
 
@@ -87,19 +101,22 @@ def _get_xy(self) -> Tuple[npt.NDArray[Any], npt.NDArray[Any]]:
         """
         Get data for plotting.
         """
-        x = np.arange(self._layer.data.shape[self.current_dim_index])
+        dim_index = self.current_dim_index
+        if self._layer.data.ndim == 2:
+            dim_index -= 1
+        x = np.arange(self._layer.data.shape[dim_index])
 
         vals = self._selector_values
         vals.update({"z": self.current_z})
 
         slices = []
-        for d in _dims:
-            if d == self.current_dim:
+        for dim_name in self._dim_names:
+            if dim_name == self.current_dim_name:
                 # Select all data along this axis
                 slices.append(slice(None))
             else:
                 # Select specific index
-                val = vals[d]
+                val = vals[dim_name]
                 slices.append(slice(val, val + 1))
 
         # Reverse since z is the first axis in napari
@@ -115,7 +132,7 @@ def draw(self) -> None:
         x, y = self._get_xy()
 
         self.axes.plot(x, y)
-        self.axes.set_xlabel(self.current_dim)
+        self.axes.set_xlabel(self.current_dim_name)
         self.axes.set_title(self._layer.name)
         # Make sure all ticks lie on integer values
         self.axes.xaxis.set_major_locator(
diff --git a/src/napari_matplotlib/tests/baseline/test_slice_2D.png b/src/napari_matplotlib/tests/baseline/test_slice_2D.png
index 639f25b8..ee3ce3b6 100644
Binary files a/src/napari_matplotlib/tests/baseline/test_slice_2D.png and b/src/napari_matplotlib/tests/baseline/test_slice_2D.png differ
diff --git a/src/napari_matplotlib/tests/baseline/test_slice_3D.png b/src/napari_matplotlib/tests/baseline/test_slice_3D.png
index 43c8c3b6..c30211da 100644
Binary files a/src/napari_matplotlib/tests/baseline/test_slice_3D.png and b/src/napari_matplotlib/tests/baseline/test_slice_3D.png differ
diff --git a/src/napari_matplotlib/tests/test_slice.py b/src/napari_matplotlib/tests/test_slice.py
index 412e71c3..32eb9ad4 100644
--- a/src/napari_matplotlib/tests/test_slice.py
+++ b/src/napari_matplotlib/tests/test_slice.py
@@ -9,9 +9,13 @@
 def test_slice_3D(make_napari_viewer, brain_data):
     viewer = make_napari_viewer()
     viewer.theme = "light"
-    viewer.add_image(brain_data[0], **brain_data[1])
+
+    data = brain_data[0]
+    assert data.ndim == 3, data.shape
+    viewer.add_image(data, **brain_data[1])
+
     axis = viewer.dims.last_used
-    slice_no = brain_data[0].shape[0] - 1
+    slice_no = data.shape[0] - 1
     viewer.dims.set_current_step(axis, slice_no)
     fig = SliceWidget(viewer).figure
     # Need to return a copy, as original figure is too eagerley garbage
@@ -23,7 +27,12 @@ def test_slice_3D(make_napari_viewer, brain_data):
 def test_slice_2D(make_napari_viewer, astronaut_data):
     viewer = make_napari_viewer()
     viewer.theme = "light"
-    viewer.add_image(astronaut_data[0], **astronaut_data[1])
+
+    # Take first RGB channel
+    data = astronaut_data[0][:, :, 0]
+    assert data.ndim == 2, data.shape
+    viewer.add_image(data)
+
     fig = SliceWidget(viewer).figure
     # Need to return a copy, as original figure is too eagerley garbage
     # collected by the widget