diff --git a/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION b/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION
index 8c641461..8cac8fcd 100644
--- a/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION
+++ b/pylot/RELEASE-VERSION
@@ -1 +1 @@
-be58-dirty
+d21a-dirty
diff --git a/pylot/core/util/widgets.py b/pylot/core/util/widgets.py
index f89d7b99..891eb341 100644
--- a/pylot/core/util/widgets.py
+++ b/pylot/core/util/widgets.py
@@ -600,7 +600,11 @@ class WaveformWidget(FigureCanvas):
                                        color='m', lw=1)
         # update labels of the entire widget
         self.updateWidget(xlabel, ylabel, title)
-
+        try:
+            self.figure.tight_layout()
+        except:
+            pass
+        
     def getPlotDict(self):
         return self.plotdict