diff --git a/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs b/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs
index 1df5c8776..625f40756 100644
--- a/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs
+++ b/packages/core/test/pattern.test.mjs
@@ -796,7 +796,7 @@ describe('Pattern', () => {
     });
   });
   describe('apply', () => {
-    it('Can apply a function', () => {
+    (it('Can apply a function', () => {
       expect(sequence('a', 'b').apply(fast(2)).firstCycle()).toStrictEqual(sequence('a', 'b').fast(2).firstCycle());
     }),
       it('Can apply a pattern of functions', () => {
@@ -804,7 +804,7 @@ describe('Pattern', () => {
         expect(sequence('a', 'b').apply(fast(2), fast(3)).firstCycle()).toStrictEqual(
           sequence('a', 'b').fast(2, 3).firstCycle(),
         );
-      });
+      }));
   });
   describe('layer', () => {
     it('Can layer up multiple functions', () => {
diff --git a/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs b/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs
index ae75ab690..a24dc7f25 100644
--- a/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs
+++ b/packages/tonal/tonal.mjs
@@ -266,9 +266,14 @@ export const scale = register(
       pat
         .fmap((value) => {
           const isObject = typeof value === 'object';
-          // The case where the note has been defined via `n` or `pure`
-          if (!isObject || (isObject && ('n' in value || 'value' in value))) {
-            const step = isObject ? (value.n ?? value.value) : value;
+          // If value is a pure value, place it on `n` so that we interpret it as a scale
+          // degree
+          value = typeof value !== 'object' ? { n: value } : value;
+          if ('note' in value) {
+            const note = _getNearestScaleNote(scale, value.note);
+            return pure({ ...value, note });
+          } else if ('n' in value || 'value' in value) {
+            const step = value.n ?? value.value;
             delete value.n; // remove n so it won't cause trouble
             if (isNote(step)) {
               // legacy..
@@ -277,7 +282,7 @@ export const scale = register(
             try {
               const [number, offset] = _convertStepToNumberAndOffset(step);
               let note;
-              if (isObject && value.anchor) {
+              if (value.anchor) {
                 note = stepInNamedScale(number, scale, value.anchor);
               } else {
                 note = scaleStep(number, scale);
@@ -290,11 +295,9 @@ export const scale = register(
             }
             return value;
           }
-          // The case where the note has been defined via `note`
-          else {
-            const note = _getNearestScaleNote(scale, value.note);
-            return pure(isObject ? { ...value, note } : note);
-          }
+          throw new Error(
+            `Invalid value format for 'scale'. Value must contain 'n' or 'note' but received ${Object.keys(value)}`,
+          );
         })
         .outerJoin()
         // legacy:
diff --git a/website/src/components/Header/Search.css b/website/src/components/Header/Search.css
index 456ef9f6b..b14146cbd 100644
--- a/website/src/components/Header/Search.css
+++ b/website/src/components/Header/Search.css
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@
   --docsearch-modal-background: var(--background);
   --docsearch-muted-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--foreground), #fff 30%);
   --docsearch-key-gradient: var(--foreground);
-  --docsearch-key-shadow: inset 0 -2px 0 0 var(--gutterForeground), inset 0 0 1px 1px var(--foreground),
-    0 1px 2px 1px var(--gutterBackground);
+  --docsearch-key-shadow:
+    inset 0 -2px 0 0 var(--gutterForeground), inset 0 0 1px 1px var(--foreground), 0 1px 2px 1px var(--gutterBackground);
 }
 .dark {
   --docsearch-muted-color: color-mix(in srgb, var(--foreground), #000 30%);
diff --git a/website/src/pages/learn/samples.mdx b/website/src/pages/learn/samples.mdx
index eb79cccf7..201d57dfa 100644
--- a/website/src/pages/learn/samples.mdx
+++ b/website/src/pages/learn/samples.mdx
@@ -381,7 +381,7 @@ Sampler effects are functions that can be used to change the behaviour of sample
 
 ### scrub
 
-<JsDoc client:idle name="Pattern.scrub" h={0} />{' '}
+<JsDoc client:idle name="Pattern.scrub" h={0} />
 
 ### speed