diff --git a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_plot_banks b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_plot_banks
index 9828ebd2b03394a92cc053e7b1df85c44ed06646..328f9e57bb5d310dbe10c97cee0039b1641409f1 100755
--- a/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_plot_banks
+++ b/gstlal-inspiral/bin/gstlal_inspiral_plot_banks
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ def marker_and_size(n):
 	if n > 2000:
 		return "ko", (10000.0 / n)**0.7
 	else:
-		return "k.", None
+		return "k.", 5.
 
 def create_plot(x_label = None, y_label = None, width = 165.0, aspect = golden_ratio):
 	fig = matplotlib.figure.Figure()
@@ -134,6 +134,7 @@ def plot_template_bank(filename_template, sngl_inspiral_table):
 
 		fig, axes = create_plot(ax1, ax2, aspect = aspect)
 		mrkr, markersize = marker_and_size(len(col1))
+		print(mrkr, markersize)
 		axes.loglog(col1,col2, mrkr, markersize = markersize)
 		axes.set_xlim(min(col1), max(col1))
 		axes.set_ylim(min(col2), max(col2))