diff --git a/pytec/pytec/gui/view/live_plot_view.py b/pytec/pytec/gui/view/live_plot_view.py
index 0e1f306..2243263 100644
--- a/pytec/pytec/gui/view/live_plot_view.py
+++ b/pytec/pytec/gui/view/live_plot_view.py
@@ -10,8 +10,12 @@ pg.setConfigOptions(antialias=True)
 
 
 class LiveDataPlotter(QObject):
-    def __init__(self, live_plots):
+    def __init__(self, thermostat, live_plots):
         super().__init__()
+        self._thermostat = thermostat
+
+        self._thermostat.report_update.connect(self.update_report)
+        self._thermostat.pid_update.connect(self.update_pid)
 
         self.NUM_CHANNELS = len(live_plots)
         self.graphs = []
diff --git a/pytec/tec_qt.py b/pytec/tec_qt.py
index f804ec7..389f027 100755
--- a/pytec/tec_qt.py
+++ b/pytec/tec_qt.py
@@ -115,15 +115,13 @@ class MainWindow(QtWidgets.QMainWindow):
         )
 
         self.channel_graphs = LiveDataPlotter(
+            self.thermostat,
             [
                 [getattr(self, f"ch{ch}_t_graph"), getattr(self, f"ch{ch}_i_graph")]
                 for ch in range(self.NUM_CHANNELS)
             ]
         )
 
-        self.thermostat.report_update.connect(self.channel_graphs.update_report)
-        self.thermostat.pid_update.connect(self.channel_graphs.update_pid)
-
         self.plot_options_menu = PlotOptionsMenu(self.channel_graphs)
         self.plot_settings.setMenu(self.plot_options_menu)