diff --git a/matlab/plot/plot_metric.m b/matlab/plot/plot_metric.m
index 5fb56042ae281f23a85fa54d7cc09f79419810fd..28e9b1c87cec3c969e6904bc1d3c52a4cf4e3d02 100644
--- a/matlab/plot/plot_metric.m
+++ b/matlab/plot/plot_metric.m
@@ -11,7 +11,13 @@ for i_ = 1:numel(names)
     namae = names{i_};
     geo_arrays(:,i_) = h5read(data.outfilenames{end},['/data/metric/',namae])';
 end
-NPLOT = options.SHOW_FLUXSURF + options.SHOW_METRICS;
+try
+    NPLOT = options.SHOW_FLUXSURF + options.SHOW_METRICS;
+catch
+    NPLOT = 2;
+    options.SHOW_FLUXSURF = 1;
+    options.SHOW_METRICS  = 1;
+end
 if NPLOT > 0
     fig = figure; 
     if options.SHOW_METRICS