diff --git a/matplotlibrc b/matplotlibrc
index 31ccdc1..1dcd78e 100644
--- a/matplotlibrc
+++ b/matplotlibrc
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ axes.grid           : True   # display grid or not
 axes.titlesize      : 12      # fontsize of the axes title
 axes.labelsize      : 10     # fontsize of the x any y labels
 axes.labelcolor     : black
-axes.axisbelow      : True   # whether axis gridlines and ticks are below
+axes.axisbelow      : True # whether axis gridlines and ticks are below
                               # the axes elements (lines, text, etc)  
                       
 
@@ -191,11 +191,11 @@ figure.edgecolor : white   # figure edgecolor
 
 # The figure subplot parameters.  All dimensions are fraction of the
 # figure width or height
-figure.subplot.left  : 0.1  # the left side of the subplots of the figure
-figure.subplot.right : 0.975    # the right side of the subplots of the figure
-figure.subplot.bottom : 0.1   # the bottom of the subplots of the figure
-figure.subplot.top : 0.90      # the top of the subplots of the figure
-figure.subplot.wspace : 0.1   # the amount of width reserved for blank space between subplots
+figure.subplot.left  : 0.04  # the left side of the subplots of the figure
+figure.subplot.right : 0.999 # the right side of the subplots of the figure
+figure.subplot.bottom : 0.04 # the bottom of the subplots of the figure
+figure.subplot.top : 0.999   # the top of the subplots of the figure
+figure.subplot.wspace : 0.1  # the amount of width reserved for blank space between subplots
 figure.subplot.hspace : 0.1   # the amount of height reserved for white space between subplots
 
 
diff --git a/system/plots.py b/system/plots.py
index f614626..bc61973 100644
--- a/system/plots.py
+++ b/system/plots.py
@@ -344,7 +344,7 @@ class LineViewPlot(Plot):
         self.dataset = dataset
         Plot.__init__(self, name)
         self.ax = self.fig.add_subplot(111)
-        self.ax.set_title(self.get_title())
+        #self.ax.set_title(self.get_title())
         self.current_dim = self.dataset.get_dim_name(major_axis)
         if len(self._data.shape)==2 and not minor_axis:
             minor_axis = major_axis-1
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ class ScatterMarkerPlot(Plot):
         self.xaxis_data = dataset_1._array[:, x_index]
         self.yaxis_data = dataset_2._array[:, y_index]
         self.ax.plot(self.xaxis_data, self.yaxis_data, 'o', markeredgewidth=0, markersize=s)
-        self.ax.set_title(self.get_title())
+        #self.ax.set_title(self.get_title())
         self.add(self.canvas)
         self.canvas.show()
 
@@ -507,7 +507,7 @@ class ScatterPlot(Plot):
             self.fig.colorbar(sc,ticks=[], fraction=.05)
         self.ax.axhline(0, color='k', lw=1., zorder=1)
         self.ax.axvline(0, color='k', lw=1., zorder=1)
-        self.ax.set_title(self.get_title())
+        #self.ax.set_title(self.get_title())
         # collection
         self.coll = self.ax.collections[0]