diff --git a/TimeSeries.pm b/TimeSeries.pm
index e429a7e..5f317fd 100644
--- a/TimeSeries.pm
+++ b/TimeSeries.pm
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@ use Data::Dumper;
 use HTTP::Date qw(parse_date);
 use Time::Local qw(timegm_nocheck);
 
-$VERSION = do { my @r=(q$Revision: 1.14 $=~/\d+/g);sprintf "%d."."%02d"x$#r,@r};
+$VERSION = do { my @r=(q$Revision: 1.15 $=~/\d+/g);sprintf "%d."."%02d"x$#r,@r};
 
 =head2 new(%opts)
 
@@ -487,8 +487,8 @@ sub plot {
 	}
 	$lasttime = $time;
 	print $ctlfh ")\n";
-    } else {
-	# less than 2 days: 1 tick per hour.
+    } elsif ($lasttime - $firsttime > 6 * 3600) {
+	# 6 hours to 2 days: 1 tick per hour.
 
 	my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime($firsttime);
 	$sec = $min = 0;
@@ -509,6 +509,30 @@ sub plot {
 	}
 	$lasttime = $time;
 	print $ctlfh ")\n";
+    } else {
+	# less than 6 hours: 1 tick per minute.
+	# (ok, that's too much - need to find some intermediate steps,
+	# but for now I need graphs over a few minutes.
+
+	my ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year,$wday,$yday,$isdst) = localtime($firsttime);
+	$sec = 0;
+	my $time = $firsttime = timelocal($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year);
+	print $ctlfh "set xtics rotate (";
+	my $comma = 0;
+	for (;;) {
+	    ($sec,$min,$hour,$mday,$mon,$year) = localtime($time);
+	    if ($comma) {
+		print $ctlfh ", ";
+	    } else {
+		$comma = 1;
+	    }
+	    printf $ctlfh qq|"%04d-%02d-%02d %02d:%02d" %d|, $year+1900, $mon+1, $mday, $hour, $min, $time;
+	    if ($time > $lasttime) {last}
+
+	    $time += 60;
+	}
+	$lasttime = $time;
+	print $ctlfh ")\n";
     }
 
     # what to plot