diff --git a/scripts/pyic_view.py b/scripts/pyic_view.py
index f4a7fc088427d241dceb9640a023b3fcfe356056..2a9c485f6ff58993278c89bb07638ee4d99f47fb 100755
--- a/scripts/pyic_view.py
+++ b/scripts/pyic_view.py
@@ -368,9 +368,12 @@ class view(object):
         self.ax.set_facecolor('0.7')
         self.update_cmap()
         # set titles
-        self.ht_var = self.ax.set_xlabel('', fontsize=self.font_size)
+        #self.ht_var = self.ax.set_xlabel('', fontsize=self.font_size)
+        self.ht_var = self.cax.set_ylabel('', fontsize=self.font_size)
         self.ht_depth = self.ax.set_title('', loc='left', fontsize=self.font_size)
         self.ht_time = self.ax.set_title('', loc='right', fontsize=self.font_size)
+        self.ht_point = self.ax.text(0., -0.15, f'', 
+            transform=self.ax.transAxes, fontsize=self.font_size)
         for text in self.fig.findobj(plt.Text):
             text.set_fontsize(self.font_size)
         self.update_title()