diff --git a/classdesc b/classdesc
index 199cf12..138f8c1 160000
--- a/classdesc
+++ b/classdesc
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 199cf12a2e8d622eebb5a3582e21a721701bd437
+Subproject commit 138f8c144f4c6b666662ac465ad683dbd1184ceb
diff --git a/src/plot.cc b/src/plot.cc
index 9cff0dd..22a6916 100644
--- a/src/plot.cc
+++ b/src/plot.cc
@@ -588,7 +588,7 @@ namespace ecolab
       {
         pango.setFontSize(0.6*lh);
         pango.setMarkup(ylabel);
-        cairo_move_to(cairo,offx-0.48*width,0.5*pango.width());
+        cairo_move_to(cairo,offx-0.5*width+0.5*pango.height(),0.5*pango.width());
         pango.angle=-0.5*M_PI;
         pango.show();
       }
@@ -597,7 +597,7 @@ namespace ecolab
       {
         pango.setFontSize(0.6*lh);
         pango.setMarkup(y1label);
-        cairo_move_to(cairo,0.48*width-pango.height(),0.5*pango.width());
+        cairo_move_to(cairo,0.5*width-1.5*pango.height(),0.5*pango.width());
         pango.show();
       }
     cairo_restore(cairo);