diff --git a/parameters.yaml b/parameters.yaml
index a33dbfe..cfce588 100644
--- a/parameters.yaml
+++ b/parameters.yaml
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ THRESHOLDS:
 CHANNELS:
   EX1:
     unit: 1e-6
-    name: "Temperature (°C)"
+    name: "PowBox Temperature (°C)"
     ticks: [-10, 50, 10]
     transform:
       - ["*", 20]
@@ -70,40 +70,40 @@ CHANNELS:
     warn: "max_temp"
   EX2:
     unit: 1e-6
-    name: "230V/12V (V)"
+    name: "PowBox 230V/12V (V)"
     ticks: [1, 5, 1]
     warn: [2, 3, 4, 4.5, 5]
   EX3:
     unit: 1e-6
-    name: "Rout/Charge (V)"
+    name: "PowBox Router/Charger (V)"
     ticks: [1, 5, 1]
     warn: [2, 2.5, 3, 4, 5]
   VEI:
     unit: 1e-3
-    name: "Logger (V)"
+    name: "Datalogger (V)"
     ticks: [9, 15, 1]
     warn: ["low_volt", "high_volt"]
     fail: 10.5
   VM1:
     unit: 1e-6
-    name: "Mass 1 (V)"
+    name: "Mass position W (V)"
     ticks: [-2.5, 2.5, 1]
     warn: [-1.5, 1.5]
     fail: [-2.5, 2.5]
   VM2:
     unit: 1e-6
-    name: "Mass 2 (V)"
+    name: "Mass position V (V)"
     ticks: [-2.5, 2.5, 1]
     warn: [-1.5, 1.5]
     fail: [-2.5, 2.5]
   VM3:
     unit: 1e-6
-    name: "Mass 3 (V)"
+    name: "Mass position U (V)"
     ticks: [-2.5, 2.5, 1]
     warn: [-1.5, 1.5]
     fail: [-2.5, 2.5]
   LCQ:
-    name: "Clock Q (%)"
+    name: "Clock quality (%)"
     ticks: [0, 100, 20]
     warn: "clockquality_warn"
     fail: "clockquality_fail"
diff --git a/survBot.py b/survBot.py
index fea08c4..d73019d 100755
--- a/survBot.py
+++ b/survBot.py
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ from obspy.clients.filesystem.sds import Client
 
 from write_utils import write_html_text, write_html_row, write_html_footer, write_html_header, get_print_title_str, \
     init_html_table, finish_html_table
-from utils import get_bg_color, modify_stream_for_plot, trace_yticks, trace_thresholds
+from utils import get_bg_color, modify_stream_for_plot, set_axis_yticks, set_axis_color, plot_axis_thresholds
 
 try:
     import smtplib
@@ -350,9 +350,10 @@ class SurveillanceBot(object):
             try:
                 st = modify_stream_for_plot(st, parameters=self.parameters)
                 st.plot(fig=fig, show=False, draw=False, block=False, equal_scale=False, method='full')
-                # trace_ylabels(fig, self.parameters, self.verbosity)
-                trace_yticks(fig, self.parameters, self.verbosity)
-                trace_thresholds(fig, self.parameters, self.verbosity)
+                # set_axis_ylabels(fig, self.parameters, self.verbosity)
+                set_axis_yticks(fig, self.parameters, self.verbosity)
+                set_axis_color(fig)
+                plot_axis_thresholds(fig, self.parameters, self.verbosity)
             except Exception as e:
                 print(f'Could not generate plot for {nwst_id}:')
                 print(traceback.format_exc())
diff --git a/survBotGUI.py b/survBotGUI.py
index e0e8fee..3a21c97 100755
--- a/survBotGUI.py
+++ b/survBotGUI.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ from obspy import UTCDateTime
 
 from survBot import SurveillanceBot
 from write_utils import *
-from utils import get_bg_color, modify_stream_for_plot, trace_yticks, trace_thresholds
+from utils import get_bg_color, modify_stream_for_plot, set_axis_yticks, set_axis_color, plot_axis_thresholds
 
 try:
     from rest_api.utils import get_station_iccid
@@ -316,9 +316,10 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
             self.plot_widget.setWindowTitle(nwst_id)
             st = modify_stream_for_plot(st, parameters=self.parameters)
             st.plot(equal_scale=False, method='full', block=False, fig=self.plot_widget.canvas.fig)
-            # trace_ylabels(fig=self.plot_widget.canvas.fig, parameters=self.parameters)
-            trace_yticks(fig=self.plot_widget.canvas.fig, parameters=self.parameters)
-            trace_thresholds(fig=self.plot_widget.canvas.fig, parameters=self.parameters)
+            # set_axis_ylabels(fig=self.plot_widget.canvas.fig, parameters=self.parameters)
+            set_axis_yticks(fig=self.plot_widget.canvas.fig, parameters=self.parameters)
+            set_axis_color(fig=self.plot_widget.canvas.fig)
+            plot_axis_thresholds(fig=self.plot_widget.canvas.fig, parameters=self.parameters)
             self.plot_widget.show()
 
     def notification(self, text):
diff --git a/utils.py b/utils.py
index 53bd027..a88f158 100644
--- a/utils.py
+++ b/utils.py
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def modify_stream_for_plot(input_stream, parameters):
 
         # modify trace id to maintain plotting order
         name = channel_dict.get('name')
-        tr.id = f'trace {index + 1}: {name} - {tr.id}'
+        tr.id = f'{index + 1}: {name} - {tr.id}'
 
         st.append(tr)
 
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ def transform_trace(data, transf):
     return data
 
 
-def trace_ylabels(fig, parameters, verbosity=0):
+def set_axis_ylabels(fig, parameters, verbosity=0):
     """
     Adds channel names to y-axis if defined in parameters.
     """
@@ -155,7 +155,16 @@ def trace_ylabels(fig, parameters, verbosity=0):
             ax.set_ylabel(channel_name)
 
 
-def trace_yticks(fig, parameters, verbosity=0):
+def set_axis_color(fig, color='grey'):
+    """
+    Set all axes of figure to specific color
+    """
+    for ax in fig.axes:
+        for key in ['bottom', 'top', 'right', 'left']:
+            ax.spines[key].set_color(color)
+
+
+def set_axis_yticks(fig, parameters, verbosity=0):
     """
     Adds channel names to y-axis if defined in parameters.
     """
@@ -176,7 +185,7 @@ def trace_yticks(fig, parameters, verbosity=0):
         ax.set_ylim(ymin - 0.33 * step, ymax + 0.33 * step)
 
 
-def trace_thresholds(fig, parameters, verbosity=0):
+def plot_axis_thresholds(fig, parameters, verbosity=0):
     """
     Adds channel thresholds (warn, fail) to y-axis if defined in parameters.
     """