diff --git a/pyrelacs/ui/plots/continously.py b/pyrelacs/ui/plots/continously.py
index 1b7fafb..297591d 100644
--- a/pyrelacs/ui/plots/continously.py
+++ b/pyrelacs/ui/plots/continously.py
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ class Continously:
     def __init__(self, figure: pg.GraphicsLayoutWidget, buffer: CircBuffer):
         self.figure = figure
         self.buffer = buffer
+        self.last_plotted_index = 0
 
     def plot(self, *args, **kwargs):
         self.figure.setBackground("w")
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@ class Continously:
         self.timer = QTimer()
         self.CHUNK_PLOT = int(self.buffer.samplerate / 6)
         self.PLOT_HISTORY = 500_000  # The amount of data you want to keep on screen
-        self.last_plotted_index = 0
         self.timer.setInterval(150)
         self.timer.timeout.connect(self.update_plot)
         self.timer.start()
@@ -49,18 +49,20 @@ class Continously:
 
         start_time = time.time()
         if total_count - self.last_plotted_index >= self.CHUNK_PLOT:
-            times, items = self.buffer.read(
-                self.last_plotted_index,
-                extend=self.CHUNK_PLOT,
-            )
-
-            self.time = np.concatenate((self.time, times))[-self.PLOT_HISTORY :]
-            self.data = np.concatenate((self.data, items))[-self.PLOT_HISTORY :]
-            self.line.setData(
-                self.time,
-                self.data,
-            )
-            self.last_plotted_index += self.CHUNK_PLOT
+            try:
+                times, items = self.buffer.read(
+                    self.last_plotted_index,
+                    extend=self.CHUNK_PLOT,
+                )
+                self.time = np.concatenate((self.time, times))[-self.PLOT_HISTORY :]
+                self.data = np.concatenate((self.data, items))[-self.PLOT_HISTORY :]
+                self.line.setData(
+                    self.time,
+                    self.data,
+                )
+                self.last_plotted_index += self.CHUNK_PLOT
+            except IndexError:
+                log.error("Could not acces the data from the buffer for plotting")
             end_time = time.time()
             log.debug(f"total time for plotting {end_time - start_time}")
         else:
@@ -68,6 +70,18 @@ class Continously:
 
     def stop_plotting(self):
         self.timer.stop()
+        total_count = self.buffer.totalcount()
+        times, items = self.buffer.read(
+            self.last_plotted_index,
+            extend=total_count - self.last_plotted_index,
+        )
+        self.time = np.concatenate((self.time, times))[-self.PLOT_HISTORY :]
+        self.data = np.concatenate((self.data, items))[-self.PLOT_HISTORY :]
+        self.line.setData(
+            self.time,
+            self.data,
+        )
+        self.last_plotted_index += total_count - self.last_plotted_index
 
     def refresh(self):
         self.continous_ax.enableAutoRange()