diff --git a/omeroweb/webclient/views.py b/omeroweb/webclient/views.py
index 0978f6d4e0..0dfb072c91 100755
--- a/omeroweb/webclient/views.py
+++ b/omeroweb/webclient/views.py
@@ -1468,6 +1468,23 @@ def load_plate(request, o1_type=None, o1_id=None, conn=None, **kwargs):
     template = None
     if "plate" in kw or "acquisition" in kw:
         fields = manager.getNumberOfFields()
+        if "acquisition" in kw:
+            # need to offset the index for 0-indexing at acquisition level
+            qs = conn.getQueryService()
+            p = omero.sys.ParametersI()
+            p.add("acqid", rlong(o1_id))
+            query = (
+                "SELECT max(index(ws)) - min(index(ws)) "
+                "FROM Well w "
+                "JOIN w.wellSamples ws "
+                "WHERE ws.plateAcquisition.id = :acqid "
+                "GROUP BY w.id"
+            )
+            res = [r[0].getValue() for r in qs.projection(query, p, conn.SERVICE_OPTS)]
+            if len(res) >= 1:
+                # The range of the fields is set for the current acquisition
+                fields = (0, max(res))
+
         if fields is not None:
             form_well_index = WellIndexForm(initial={"index": index, "range": fields})
             if index == 0:
diff --git a/omeroweb/webgateway/plategrid.py b/omeroweb/webgateway/plategrid.py
index ac076045ef..27a9bf6631 100644
--- a/omeroweb/webgateway/plategrid.py
+++ b/omeroweb/webgateway/plategrid.py
@@ -25,12 +25,15 @@ class PlateGrid(object):
     methods useful for displaying the contents of the plate as a grid.
     """
 
-    def __init__(self, conn, pid, fid, acqid, thumbprefix="", plate_layout=None):
+    def __init__(self, conn, pid, fid, thumbprefix="", plate_layout=None, acqid=0):
         """
         Constructor
 
         param:  plate_layout is "expand" to expand plate to multiple of 8 x 12
                 or "shrink" to ignore all wells before the first row/column
+
+                acqid: the acquisition ID. Using it, the field index (fid) must
+                be in the range [0, max_sample_per_well] for that acquisition.
         """
         self.plate = conn.getObject("plate", int(pid))
         self._conn = conn
@@ -58,11 +61,22 @@ def metadata(self):
                 "join ws.image img "
                 "join img.details.owner author "
                 "where well.plate.id = :id "
-                "and index(ws) = :wsidx"
             )
             if self.acquisition > 0:
+                # Offseting index per well for the plateacquisition
+                query += (
+                    "and ws.plateAcquisition.id = :acqid "
+                    "and index(ws) - ("
+                    "    SELECT MIN(index(ws_inner)) "
+                    "    FROM Well well_inner "
+                    "    JOIN well_inner.wellSamples ws_inner "
+                    "    WHERE ws_inner.plateAcquisition.id = :acqid "
+                    "    AND well_inner.id = well.id "
+                    ") = :wsidx "
+                )
                 params.add("acqid", rlong(self.acquisition))
-                query += " and ws.plateAcquisition.id = :acqid"
+            else:
+                query += "and index(ws) = :wsidx "
 
             results = q.projection(query, params, self._conn.SERVICE_OPTS)
             min_row = 0
diff --git a/omeroweb/webgateway/views.py b/omeroweb/webgateway/views.py
index f0cb0b8c68..7d82712744 100644
--- a/omeroweb/webgateway/views.py
+++ b/omeroweb/webgateway/views.py
@@ -1675,9 +1675,9 @@ def get_thumb_url(iid):
         conn,
         pid,
         field,
-        acquisition,
         thumbprefix=kwargs.get("urlprefix", get_thumb_url),
         plate_layout=layout,
+        acqid=acquisition
     )
 
     plate = plateGrid.plate