diff --git a/plot_whisker.py b/plot_whisker.py
index 7a49e44..1c92f78 100755
--- a/plot_whisker.py
+++ b/plot_whisker.py
@@ -24,9 +24,12 @@
 labels = [b["parameters"]["lang"] for b in results]
 times = [b["times"] for b in results]
 
+plt.figure(figsize=(9.6, 7.2), dpi=200)
+
 boxplot = plt.boxplot(times, labels=labels, vert=True, patch_artist=True)
 
 plt.title(args.title)
 plt.ylabel("Time [s]")
 plt.ylim(0, None)
+plt.xticks(rotation=-20, rotation_mode='anchor', horizontalalignment='left')
 plt.savefig(args.savefile)