diff --git a/rtgui/editorpanel.cc b/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
index b59a607f4..a9c5e523e 100644
--- a/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
+++ b/rtgui/editorpanel.cc
@@ -2342,7 +2342,7 @@ void EditorPanel::updateHistogramPosition (int oldPosition, int newPosition)
                 histogramPanel->unreference();
             }
 
-            leftbox->set_position(options.historyPanelWidth * options.histogramAspect); // Make sure the panel gets the right aspect ratio
+            leftbox->set_position(options.histogramHeight);
             histogramPanel->reorder (Gtk::POS_LEFT);
             break;
 
@@ -2362,7 +2362,7 @@ void EditorPanel::updateHistogramPosition (int oldPosition, int newPosition)
                 histogramPanel->unreference();
             }
 
-            vboxright->set_position(options.toolPanelWidth * options.histogramAspect); // Make sure the panel gets the right aspect ratio
+            vboxright->set_position(options.histogramHeight); 
             histogramPanel->reorder (Gtk::POS_RIGHT);
             break;
     }
diff --git a/rtgui/histogrampanel.cc b/rtgui/histogrampanel.cc
index 407d7fd34..3d1095f8d 100644
--- a/rtgui/histogrampanel.cc
+++ b/rtgui/histogrampanel.cc
@@ -247,9 +247,6 @@ HistogramPanel::~HistogramPanel ()
 
 void HistogramPanel::resized (Gtk::Allocation& req)
 {
-    
-    // Store current aspect ratio of the histogram 
-    options.histogramAspect = histogramArea->get_height() / (float)histogramArea->get_width();
 
     histogramArea->updateBackBuffer ();
     histogramArea->queue_draw ();
@@ -266,6 +263,10 @@ void HistogramPanel::resized (Gtk::Allocation& req)
         histogramRGBArea->updateBackBuffer(-1, -1, -1);
         histogramRGBArea->queue_draw ();
     }
+
+    // Store current height of the histogram 
+    options.histogramHeight = get_height();
+    
 }
 
 void HistogramPanel::red_toggled ()
diff --git a/rtgui/options.cc b/rtgui/options.cc
index d78fd272a..7350ba056 100644
--- a/rtgui/options.cc
+++ b/rtgui/options.cc
@@ -415,7 +415,7 @@ void Options::setDefaults ()
     multiDisplayMode = 0;
     histogramPosition = 1;
     histogramBar = true;
-    histogramAspect = 0.618;
+    histogramHeight = 200;
     histogramDrawMode = 0;
     curvebboxpos = 1;
     prevdemo = PD_Sidecar;
@@ -1290,9 +1290,9 @@ void Options::readFromFile (Glib::ustring fname)
                 if (keyFile.has_key ("GUI", "HistogramBar")) {
                     histogramBar = keyFile.get_boolean ("GUI", "HistogramBar");
                 }
-
-                if (keyFile.has_key ("GUI", "HistogramAspect")) {
-                    histogramAspect = keyFile.get_double ("GUI", "HistogramAspect");
+                
+                if (keyFile.has_key ("GUI", "HistogramHeight")) {
+                    histogramHeight = keyFile.get_integer ("GUI", "HistogramHeight");
                 }
                 
                 if (keyFile.has_key ("GUI", "HistogramDrawMode")) {
@@ -1943,7 +1943,7 @@ void Options::saveToFile (Glib::ustring fname)
         keyFile.set_double_list ("GUI", "NavGuideBrush", navGuideBrush);
         keyFile.set_integer ("GUI", "HistogramPosition", histogramPosition);
         keyFile.set_boolean ("GUI", "HistogramBar", histogramBar);
-        keyFile.set_double  ("GUI", "HistogramAspect", histogramAspect);
+        keyFile.set_integer ("GUI", "HistogramHeight", histogramHeight);
         keyFile.set_integer ("GUI", "HistogramDrawMode", histogramDrawMode);
         keyFile.set_integer ("GUI", "NavigatorRGBUnit", (int)navRGBUnit);
         keyFile.set_integer ("GUI", "NavigatorHSVUnit", (int)navHSVUnit);
diff --git a/rtgui/options.h b/rtgui/options.h
index 976ea545b..c8d287e08 100644
--- a/rtgui/options.h
+++ b/rtgui/options.h
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ public:
     int histogramPosition;  // 0=disabled, 1=left pane, 2=right pane
     //int histogramWorking;  // 0=disabled, 1=left pane, 2=right pane
     bool histogramBar;
-    float histogramAspect;
+    int histogramHeight;
     int histogramDrawMode;
     bool FileBrowserToolbarSingleRow;
     bool hideTPVScrollbar;