diff --git a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/ScatterPlot.java b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/ScatterPlot.java
index 4289562..602c7da 100644
--- a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/ScatterPlot.java
+++ b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/ScatterPlot.java
@@ -180,10 +180,10 @@ public class ScatterPlot {
 			formatX = "%Y-%m-%d";
 			rotateX = 0;
 		} else if (minDate.until(maxDate, ChronoUnit.SECONDS) > 30) {
-			formatX = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S";
+			formatX = "%Y-%m-%d\\n%H:%M:%S";
 			rotateX = gnuplotSettings.getxAxisSettings().getRotateXAxisLabel();
 		} else {
-			formatX = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%.3S";
+			formatX = "%Y-%m-%d\\n%H:%M:%.3S";
 			rotateX = gnuplotSettings.getxAxisSettings().getRotateXAxisLabel();
 		}
 		formattedMinDate = String.valueOf(minDate.toEpochSecond());
diff --git a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/XAxisSettings.java b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/XAxisSettings.java
index 65e9f5c..2f45793 100644
--- a/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/XAxisSettings.java
+++ b/pdb-plotting/src/main/java/org/lucares/recommind/logs/XAxisSettings.java
@@ -6,13 +6,13 @@ public class XAxisSettings {
 	private boolean xDataTime = true;
 	
 	// set format for x-axis
-	private String formatX = "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S";
+	private String formatX = "%Y-%m-%d\\n%H:%M:%S";
 
 	// set xlabel
 	private String xlabel = "Time";
 
-	// set xtics rotate by 10 degree
-	private int rotateXAxisLabel = -10;
+	// set xtics rotation in degree
+	private int rotateXAxisLabel = 0;
 
 	private String from;
 	private String to;