diff --git a/matlab/examples/VisualISAMPlot.m b/matlab/examples/VisualISAMPlot.m
index 0459ee201..c68ce5519 100644
--- a/matlab/examples/VisualISAMPlot.m
+++ b/matlab/examples/VisualISAMPlot.m
@@ -13,9 +13,7 @@ function VisualISAMPlot( results, data )
         covarianceEllipse3D([point_j.x;point_j.y;point_j.z],results.Ppoints{j});
     end
     
-    axis([-35 35 -35 35 -35 35])
-    view([36 34])
-    colormap('hot')
+    axis([-35 35 -35 35 -15 15])
     
     hold off;
 end
diff --git a/matlab/examples/VisualISAM_gui.m b/matlab/examples/VisualISAM_gui.m
index e7f44c920..d2127fa70 100644
--- a/matlab/examples/VisualISAM_gui.m
+++ b/matlab/examples/VisualISAM_gui.m
@@ -105,6 +105,9 @@ function handles=initialize(handles)
     handles.results{2}.estimates
     cla(handles.resultAxes);
 	VisualISAMPlot(handles.results{handles.frame_i}, handles.data)
+    view([36 34])
+    colormap('hot')
+
 
 % --- Executes on button press in intializeButton.
 function intializeButton_Callback(hObject, eventdata, handles)