diff --git a/graphingwindow.cpp b/graphingwindow.cpp
index 2ef9460..390dced 100644
--- a/graphingwindow.cpp
+++ b/graphingwindow.cpp
@@ -481,9 +481,12 @@ void GraphingWindow::loadDefinitions()
 void GraphingWindow::showParamsDialog(int idx = -1)
 {
     NewGraphDialog *thisDialog = new NewGraphDialog(dbcHandler);
-    QString oldName;
-    if (idx > -1) oldName = graphParams[idx].graphName;
-    if (idx > -1) thisDialog->setParams(graphParams[idx]);
+
+    if (idx > -1)
+    {
+        thisDialog->setParams(graphParams[idx]);
+    }
+
     if (thisDialog->exec() == QDialog::Accepted)
     {
         if (idx > -1) //if there was an existing graph then delete it
@@ -494,7 +497,6 @@ void GraphingWindow::showParamsDialog(int idx = -1)
         //create a new graph with the returned parameters.
         GraphParams params;
         thisDialog->getParams(params);
-        params.graphName = oldName;
         createGraph(params);
     }
     delete thisDialog;
diff --git a/newgraphdialog.cpp b/newgraphdialog.cpp
index 2888c3b..ac1b21c 100644
--- a/newgraphdialog.cpp
+++ b/newgraphdialog.cpp
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ void NewGraphDialog::setParams(GraphParams &params)
     ui->txtScale->setText(QString::number(params.scale));
     ui->txtStride->setText(QString::number(params.stride));
     ui->cbSigned->setChecked(params.isSigned);
-
-    graphName = params.graphName;
+    ui->txtName->setText(params.graphName);
 
     if (params.endByte > -1)
     {
@@ -100,7 +99,7 @@ void NewGraphDialog::getParams(GraphParams &params)
     if (params.mask == 0) params.mask = 0xFFFFFFFF;
     if (fabs(params.scale) < 0.00000001) params.scale = 1.0f;
     if (params.stride < 1) params.stride = 1;
-    params.graphName = graphName;
+    params.graphName = ui->txtName->text();
 }
 
 void NewGraphDialog::loadMessages()
diff --git a/newgraphdialog.h b/newgraphdialog.h
index 8c6f537..6cac7d8 100644
--- a/newgraphdialog.h
+++ b/newgraphdialog.h
@@ -29,7 +29,6 @@ private slots:
 private:
     Ui::NewGraphDialog *ui;
     DBCHandler *dbcHandler;
-    QString graphName;
 };
 
 #endif // NEWGRAPHDIALOG_H
diff --git a/newgraphdialog.ui b/newgraphdialog.ui
index fa0570c..48b32b0 100644
--- a/newgraphdialog.ui
+++ b/newgraphdialog.ui
@@ -18,41 +18,41 @@
     <layout class="QHBoxLayout" name="horizontalLayout" stretch="1,1">
      <item>
       <layout class="QFormLayout" name="formLayout">
-       <item row="0" column="0">
+       <item row="1" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label">
          <property name="text">
           <string>ID:</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="0" column="1">
+       <item row="1" column="1">
         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="txtID"/>
        </item>
-       <item row="1" column="0">
+       <item row="2" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_2">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Data:</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="1" column="1">
+       <item row="2" column="1">
         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="txtData"/>
        </item>
-       <item row="2" column="0">
+       <item row="3" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_3">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Signed:</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="2" column="1">
+       <item row="3" column="1">
         <widget class="QCheckBox" name="cbSigned">
          <property name="text">
           <string/>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="3" column="0">
+       <item row="4" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_4">
          <property name="frameShape">
           <enum>QFrame::NoFrame</enum>
@@ -62,47 +62,47 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="3" column="1">
+       <item row="4" column="1">
         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="txtMask"/>
        </item>
-       <item row="4" column="0">
+       <item row="5" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_5">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Bias:</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="4" column="1">
+       <item row="5" column="1">
         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="txtBias"/>
        </item>
-       <item row="5" column="0">
+       <item row="6" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_6">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Scale</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="5" column="1">
+       <item row="6" column="1">
         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="txtScale"/>
        </item>
-       <item row="6" column="0">
+       <item row="7" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_7">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Stride</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="6" column="1">
+       <item row="7" column="1">
         <widget class="QLineEdit" name="txtStride"/>
        </item>
-       <item row="7" column="0">
+       <item row="8" column="0">
         <widget class="QLabel" name="label_8">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Color</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="7" column="1">
+       <item row="8" column="1">
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="colorSwatch">
          <property name="autoFillBackground">
           <bool>true</bool>
@@ -115,13 +115,23 @@
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
-       <item row="8" column="1">
+       <item row="9" column="1">
         <widget class="QPushButton" name="btnAddGraph">
          <property name="text">
           <string>Add this graph</string>
          </property>
         </widget>
        </item>
+       <item row="0" column="0">
+        <widget class="QLabel" name="label_12">
+         <property name="text">
+          <string>&lt;html&gt;&lt;head/&gt;&lt;body&gt;&lt;p&gt;Name:&lt;/p&gt;&lt;/body&gt;&lt;/html&gt;</string>
+         </property>
+        </widget>
+       </item>
+       <item row="0" column="1">
+        <widget class="QLineEdit" name="txtName"/>
+       </item>
       </layout>
      </item>
      <item>