diff --git a/mlair/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py b/mlair/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py
index a3f69ba6910ee5c1046a1393f3e21513b1a68253..c85cba6cef0ac7da2e41511912d423464787064d 100644
--- a/mlair/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py
+++ b/mlair/plotting/postprocessing_plotting.py
@@ -757,7 +757,7 @@ class PlotCompetitiveSkillScore(AbstractPlotClass):
 
         ax.set(ylabel="skill score", xlabel="competing models", title="summary of all stations", ylim=self._lim())
         handles, _ = ax.get_legend_handles_labels()
-        plt.xticks(rotation=90)
+        plt.xticks(rotation=45, horizontalalignment="right")
         ax.legend(handles, self._labels)
         plt.tight_layout()