diff --git a/boxmox/plotter.py b/boxmox/plotter.py
index 60c157fb8f827eac7507e393c84b056de6694436..61916b2800dcde7c6c4fef78495076937dc9a1f7 100644
--- a/boxmox/plotter.py
+++ b/boxmox/plotter.py
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ class ExperimentPlotter:
 
         ax.legend()
 
-    def fluxes(self, spec, fig=None, ax=None, plot_legend=True, plot_netflux=True,
+    def fluxes(self, spec, fig=None, ax=None,
+               plot_legend=True, plot_netflux=True, plot_xaxlabels=True,
                scale_factor=3600.0 * 1000.0,
                xlabel='Time in h', ylabel=r'Flux in ppbv h$^{-1}$', plabel=None,
                xaxis=True, yaxis=True):
@@ -83,7 +84,10 @@ class ExperimentPlotter:
                      horizontalalignment='center', verticalalignment='center')
 
         if plot_legend:
-            ax.legend(loc='best', fontsize="xx-small", fancybox=True, framealpha=0.5)
+            ax.legend(loc='lower center', fontsize="xx-small", fancybox=True, framealpha=0.5)
+
+        if not plot_xaxlabels:
+            ax.tick_params(labelbottom='off')
 
         return fig