diff --git a/mlair/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py b/mlair/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py
index c4f18bfd1324a5775dfb94f3abfb330dfe621457..68cab25b89fdb2fc4717633a071c5c11e9bdafc6 100644
--- a/mlair/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py
+++ b/mlair/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py
@@ -752,11 +752,15 @@ class PlotCompetitiveSkillScore(AbstractPlotClass):
 
         ax.set(ylabel="skill score", xlabel="competing models", title="summary of all stations", ylim=self._lim())
         x_min, x_max = ax.get_xlim()
+        print("-----------------")
+        print(ax.get_xlim())
         ax.set_xlim([max(x_min, -xlim), min(x_max, xlim)])
         handles, _ = ax.get_legend_handles_labels()
         plt.xticks(rotation=90)
+        print(ax.get_xlim())
         ax.legend(handles, self._labels)
         plt.tight_layout()
+        print(ax.get_xlim())
 
     def _plot_vertical(self, single_model_comparison=False, ylim=5):
         """Plot skill scores of the comparisons, but vertically aligned."""