diff --git a/tools/cabana/chartswidget.cc b/tools/cabana/chartswidget.cc
index 220685a86b..06387b3585 100644
--- a/tools/cabana/chartswidget.cc
+++ b/tools/cabana/chartswidget.cc
@@ -207,7 +207,6 @@ ChartView::ChartView(const QString &id, const Signal *sig, QWidget *parent)
   item_group->setZValue(chart->zValue() + 10);
 
   // title
-  msg_title = new QGraphicsTextItem(chart);
   QToolButton *remove_btn = new QToolButton();
   remove_btn->setText("X");
   remove_btn->setAutoRaise(true);
@@ -236,13 +235,11 @@ ChartView::ChartView(const QString &id, const Signal *sig, QWidget *parent)
 
 void ChartView::resizeEvent(QResizeEvent *event) {
   QChartView::resizeEvent(event);
-  msg_title->setPos(11, 6);
   close_btn_proxy->setPos(event->size().width() - close_btn_proxy->size().width() - 11, 8);
 }
 
 void ChartView::updateTitle() {
-  chart()->setTitle(signal->name.c_str());
-  msg_title->setHtml(tr("%1 <font color=\"gray\">%2</font>").arg(dbc()->msg(id)->name).arg(id));
+  chart()->setTitle(tr("<font color=\"gray\" text-align:left>%1 %2</font> <b>%3</b>").arg(dbc()->msg(id)->name).arg(id).arg(signal->name.c_str()));
 }
 
 void ChartView::updateFromSettings() {
@@ -250,7 +247,6 @@ void ChartView::updateFromSettings() {
   chart()->setTheme(settings.chart_theme == 0 ? QChart::ChartThemeLight : QChart::QChart::ChartThemeDark);
   auto color = chart()->titleBrush().color();
   line_marker->setPen(QPen(color, 2));
-  msg_title->setDefaultTextColor(color);
 }
 
 void ChartView::setRange(double min, double max, bool force_update) {
diff --git a/tools/cabana/chartswidget.h b/tools/cabana/chartswidget.h
index e32a6697ce..20c673a757 100644
--- a/tools/cabana/chartswidget.h
+++ b/tools/cabana/chartswidget.h
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ private:
   QGraphicsItemGroup *item_group;
   QGraphicsLineItem *line_marker, *track_line;
   QGraphicsEllipseItem *track_ellipse;
-  QGraphicsTextItem *value_text, *msg_title;
+  QGraphicsTextItem *value_text;
   QGraphicsProxyWidget *close_btn_proxy;
   QVector<QPointF> vals;
  };