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diff --git a/figures/mlfmm_minsky.pdf b/figures/mlfmm_minsky.pdf
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diff --git a/figures/plots.py b/figures/plots.py
index 5519558..7b57527 100644
--- a/figures/plots.py
+++ b/figures/plots.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import math
 sns.set(style="white", context="talk")
 plt.rcdefaults()
 DPI=600
+BBOX_INCHES='tight'
 
 def autolabel(ax, rect):
     """
@@ -29,9 +30,9 @@ ax.set_xticklabels(systems)
 ax.set_ylabel("Execution Time (ms)")
 handles, labels = ax.get_legend_handles_labels()
 ax.legend(handles, labels)
-sns.despine()
-plt.savefig(path+'.pdf')
-plt.savefig(path+'.png', dpi=DPI)
+sns.despine(trim=True)
+plt.savefig(path+'.pdf', bbox_inches=BBOX_INCHES)
+plt.savefig(path+'.png', dpi=DPI, bbox_inches=BBOX_INCHES)
 print path
 
 
@@ -66,9 +67,9 @@ handles, labels = ax.get_legend_handles_labels()
 ax.legend(handles, labels)
 # plt.ylim([1, 1e4])
 # ax.set_title('How fast do you want to go today?')
-sns.despine()
-plt.savefig(path+'.pdf')
-plt.savefig(path+'.png', dpi=DPI)
+sns.despine(trim=True)
+plt.savefig(path+'.pdf', bbox_inches=BBOX_INCHES)
+plt.savefig(path+'.png', dpi=DPI, bbox_inches=BBOX_INCHES)
 print path
 
 path='figures/mlfmm_bw'
@@ -96,8 +97,8 @@ ax.set_xticks(x_pos)
 ax.set_xticklabels(systems)
 ax.set_ylabel("Per-MLFMM Execution Time (ms)")
 ax2.set_ylabel("Speedup over 1T")
-plt.savefig(path+'.pdf')
-plt.savefig(path+'.png', dpi=DPI)
+plt.savefig(path+'.pdf', bbox_inches=BBOX_INCHES)
+plt.savefig(path+'.png', dpi=DPI, bbox_inches=BBOX_INCHES)
 print path
 
 
@@ -125,8 +126,8 @@ ax.set_xticks(x_pos)
 ax.set_xticklabels(systems)
 ax.set_ylabel("Per-MLFMM Execution Time (ms)")
 ax2.set_ylabel("Speedup over 1T")
-plt.savefig(path+'.pdf')
-plt.savefig(path+'.png', dpi=DPI)
+plt.savefig(path+'.pdf', bbox_inches=BBOX_INCHES)
+plt.savefig(path+'.png', dpi=DPI, bbox_inches=BBOX_INCHES)
 print path