diff --git a/examples/plot_kymograph.py b/examples/plot_kymograph.py
index e32cb7d89bd5f6476724d2368973a4f8da115310..07ab1b69b91bf520912fad7c9a3828a855cce9ea 100644
--- a/examples/plot_kymograph.py
+++ b/examples/plot_kymograph.py
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@ for dataname in datasets:
     )
     # sorted kymograph
     t, data = dl.get_time_series("median_GFP", group=groups[0])
+    # sort by mean median_GFP over first five hours
     sort_order = sort_by_maximum(data[:, t < 5], np.nanmean)
     kymograph(
         dl.df,
diff --git a/src/wela/plotting.py b/src/wela/plotting.py
index 8595309e290bfb6dde246c812920467b9f0acd62..d7a0700e5a103fb780ccb20693e87425416cf022 100644
--- a/src/wela/plotting.py
+++ b/src/wela/plotting.py
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ def bud_to_bud_plot(
     colour="b",
     group=None,
     nbins=None,
-    no_future_buddings=2,
+    no_future_buddings=1,
     return_signal=False,
     df=None,
     title=None,