diff --git a/brachiograph.py b/brachiograph.py
index 300cffd..5db9951 100755
--- a/brachiograph.py
+++ b/brachiograph.py
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ def plot_file(self, filename="", wait=0, interpolate=10, bounds=None):
         with open(filename, "r") as line_file:
             lines = json.load(line_file)
 
-        self.plot_lines(lines=lines, wait=wait, interpolate=interpolate, bounds=bounds, flip=True)
+        self.plot_lines(lines=lines, wait=wait, interpolate=interpolate, bounds=bounds)
 
 
     def plot_lines(self, lines=[], wait=0, interpolate=10, rotate=False, flip=False, bounds=None):
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ def plot_lines(self, lines=[], wait=0, interpolate=10, rotate=False, flip=False,
         if not bounds:
             return "Line plotting is only possible when BrachioGraph.bounds is set."
 
-        lines = self.rotate_and_scale_lines(lines=lines, bounds=bounds, flip=True)
+        lines = self.rotate_and_scale_lines(lines=lines, bounds=bounds, flip=flip)
 
         for line in tqdm.tqdm(lines, desc="Lines", leave=False):
             x, y = line[0]
@@ -232,7 +232,7 @@ def rotate_and_scale_lines(self, lines=[], rotate=False, flip=False, bounds=None
                 x = x / divider             # scale x values to fit in our box width
                 x = x + box_x_mid_point     # shift x values so that they have the box x midpoint as their endpoint
 
-                if flip ^ rotate:
+                if flip:
                     x = -x
 
                 y = point[1]