diff --git a/examples/fromfile_irreg/src/plot_output_thermo.py b/examples/fromfile_irreg/src/plot_output_thermo.py
index 6476814a..7888e52e 100644
--- a/examples/fromfile_irreg/src/plot_output_thermo.py
+++ b/examples/fromfile_irreg/src/plot_output_thermo.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def plot_timeseries_domain_slices(
     """plot 2-D cross-sections along y axis of 3-D data 'data3d' for several timeslices
     given times and meshgrid for centres in x and z, 'xxh' and 'zzh'."""
 
-    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(16, 9))
+    fig = plt.figure(figsize=(21, 15))
     ncols = len(t2plts)
     nrows = data4d.shape[1]
     gs = GridSpec(
@@ -96,8 +96,6 @@ def plot_timeseries_domain_slices(
     )
     plt.colorbar(pcm, cax=cax, orientation="horizontal")
 
-    fig.tight_layout()
-
     if savedir != "":
         savename = savedir + "/timeseries_" + key + ".png"
         fig.savefig(savename, dpi=400, bbox_inches="tight", facecolor="w", format="png")