diff --git a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/GnuplotFileGenerator.java b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/GnuplotFileGenerator.java
index bd1589d..cddfe03 100644
--- a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/GnuplotFileGenerator.java
+++ b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/GnuplotFileGenerator.java
@@ -103,7 +103,11 @@ public class GnuplotFileGenerator {
 
 		appendf(result, "plot ");
 
-		settings.getAggregates().addPlots(result, dataSeries); 
+		settings.getAggregates().addPlots(result, dataSeries);
+		
+		// Add a plot outside of the visible range. Without this gnuplot would not
+		// render images when there are not data points on it.
+		appendf(result, "-1 with lines notitle");
 		
 		return result.toString();
 	}
diff --git a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/Plotter.java b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/Plotter.java
index 4d7735e..5c2c341 100644
--- a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/Plotter.java
+++ b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/Plotter.java
@@ -97,10 +97,6 @@ public class Plotter {
       });
       METRICS_LOGGER.debug("csv generation took: " + (System.nanoTime() - start) / 1_000_000.0 + "ms");
 
-      if (dataSeries.isEmpty()) {
-        throw new NoDataPointsException();
-      }
-
       final Limit limitBy = plotSettings.getLimitBy();
       final int limit = plotSettings.getLimit();
       DataSeries.sortAndLimit(dataSeries, limitBy, limit);