diff --git a/qt-ui/profile/profilewidget2.cpp b/qt-ui/profile/profilewidget2.cpp
index 3104406cf..6b44dff18 100644
--- a/qt-ui/profile/profilewidget2.cpp
+++ b/qt-ui/profile/profilewidget2.cpp
@@ -499,11 +499,6 @@ void ProfileWidget2::settingsChanged()
 		needReplot = true;
 	}
 
-	if (currentState == PROFILE) {
-		rulerItem->setVisible(prefs.rulergraph);
-	} else {
-		rulerItem->setVisible(false);
-	}
 	if (needReplot)
 		replot();
 }
diff --git a/qt-ui/profile/profilewidget2.h b/qt-ui/profile/profilewidget2.h
index 4517cc144..a5d9eed27 100644
--- a/qt-ui/profile/profilewidget2.h
+++ b/qt-ui/profile/profilewidget2.h
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ public:
 	virtual bool eventFilter(QObject *, QEvent *);
 	void setupItem(AbstractProfilePolygonItem *item, DiveCartesianAxis *hAxis, DiveCartesianAxis *vAxis, DivePlotDataModel *model, int vData, int hData, int zValue);
 	void setPrintMode(bool mode, bool grayscale = false);
+	State currentState;
 
 public
 slots: // Necessary to call from QAction's signals.
@@ -98,7 +99,6 @@ private: /*methods*/
 
 private:
 	DivePlotDataModel *dataModel;
-	State currentState;
 	int zoomLevel;
 	qreal zoomFactor;
 	DivePixmapItem *background;
diff --git a/qt-ui/profile/ruleritem.cpp b/qt-ui/profile/ruleritem.cpp
index 1c52c6ea4..f168da953 100644
--- a/qt-ui/profile/ruleritem.cpp
+++ b/qt-ui/profile/ruleritem.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "ruleritem.h"
 #include "divetextitem.h"
+#include "profilewidget2.h"
+#include "../preferences.h"
 
 #include <QFont>
 #include <QFontMetrics>
@@ -79,6 +81,15 @@ RulerItem2::RulerItem2() : source(new RulerNodeItem2()),
 	textItemBack->setPen(QColor(Qt::white));
 	textItemBack->setFlag(QGraphicsItem::ItemIgnoresTransformations);
 	setPen(QPen(QColor(Qt::black), 0.0));
+	connect(PreferencesDialog::instance(), SIGNAL(settingsChanged()), this, SLOT(settingsChanged()));
+}
+
+void RulerItem2::settingsChanged()
+{
+	ProfileWidget2 *profWidget = NULL;
+	if(scene() && scene()->views().count())
+		profWidget = qobject_cast<ProfileWidget2*>(scene()->views().first());
+	setVisible(profWidget->currentState == ProfileWidget2::PROFILE ? prefs.rulergraph : false);
 }
 
 void RulerItem2::recalculate()
diff --git a/qt-ui/profile/ruleritem.h b/qt-ui/profile/ruleritem.h
index d00e345dd..2ee1703a6 100644
--- a/qt-ui/profile/ruleritem.h
+++ b/qt-ui/profile/ruleritem.h
@@ -31,7 +31,8 @@ private:
 	DiveCartesianAxis *depthAxis;
 };
 
-class RulerItem2 : public QGraphicsLineItem {
+class RulerItem2 :public QObject, public QGraphicsLineItem {
+	Q_OBJECT
 public:
 	explicit RulerItem2();
 	void recalculate();
@@ -41,6 +42,10 @@ public:
 	RulerNodeItem2 *destNode() const;
 	void setAxis(DiveCartesianAxis *time, DiveCartesianAxis *depth);
 	void setVisible(bool visible);
+
+public slots:
+	void settingsChanged();
+
 private:
 	struct plot_info pInfo;
 	QPointF startPoint, endPoint;