diff --git a/guilib/include/rtabmap/gui/StatsToolBox.h b/guilib/include/rtabmap/gui/StatsToolBox.h
index 1cc5c5cb..924dd941 100644
--- a/guilib/include/rtabmap/gui/StatsToolBox.h
+++ b/guilib/include/rtabmap/gui/StatsToolBox.h
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ public:
 	void getFiguresSetup(QList<int> & curvesPerFigure, QStringList & curveNames);
 	void addCurve(const QString & name, bool newFigure = true, bool cacheOn = false);
 	void setWorkingDirectory(const QString & workingDirectory);
+	void setNewFigureMaxItems(int value) {_newFigureMaxItems = value;}
 	void closeFigures();
 	void setCacheOn(bool on);
 
@@ -121,6 +122,7 @@ private:
 	QMenu * _plotMenu;
 	QToolBox * _statBox;
 	QString _workingDirectory;
+	int _newFigureMaxItems;
 	QMap<QString, QWidget*> _figures;
 };
 
diff --git a/guilib/src/MainWindow.cpp b/guilib/src/MainWindow.cpp
index 12ab64e7..ed789d33 100644
--- a/guilib/src/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/guilib/src/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -516,6 +516,7 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(PreferencesDialog * prefDialog, QWidget * parent) :
 	this->changeState(kIdle);
 	this->applyPrefSettings(PreferencesDialog::kPanelAll);
 
+	_ui->statsToolBox->setNewFigureMaxItems(50);
 	_ui->statsToolBox->setWorkingDirectory(_preferencesDialog->getWorkingDirectory());
 	_ui->graphicsView_graphView->setWorkingDirectory(_preferencesDialog->getWorkingDirectory());
 	_cloudViewer->setWorkingDirectory(_preferencesDialog->getWorkingDirectory());
diff --git a/guilib/src/StatsToolBox.cpp b/guilib/src/StatsToolBox.cpp
index acc6d858..c84d0636 100644
--- a/guilib/src/StatsToolBox.cpp
+++ b/guilib/src/StatsToolBox.cpp
@@ -224,6 +224,7 @@ StatsToolBox::StatsToolBox(QWidget * parent) :
 	_plotMenu = new QMenu(this);
 	_plotMenu->addAction(tr("<New figure>"));
 	_workingDirectory = QDir::homePath();
+	_newFigureMaxItems = 0;
 }
 
 StatsToolBox::~StatsToolBox()
@@ -437,7 +438,7 @@ void StatsToolBox::plot(const StatItem * stat, const QString & plotName)
 		//Plot
 		UPlot * newPlot = new UPlot(figure);
 		newPlot->setWorkingDirectory(_workingDirectory);
-		newPlot->setMaxVisibleItems(50);
+		newPlot->setMaxVisibleItems(_newFigureMaxItems);
 		newPlot->setObjectName(newPlotName);
 		hLayout->addWidget(newPlot);
 		_plotMenu->addAction(newPlotName);