diff --git a/ppanggolin/figures/draw_spot.py b/ppanggolin/figures/draw_spot.py
index b52278f2..15be952f 100644
--- a/ppanggolin/figures/draw_spot.py
+++ b/ppanggolin/figures/draw_spot.py
@@ -100,8 +100,9 @@ def row_order_gene_lists(gene_lists: list) -> list:
         return gene_lists
 
     if len(gene_lists) > sys.getrecursionlimit():
+        print("NO changin...")
         sys.setrecursionlimit(
-            len(gene_lists)
+            len(gene_lists) * 2 - 1
         )  # we need the recursion limit to be higher than the number of regions.
 
     for index, genelist in enumerate([genelist[0] for genelist in gene_lists]):