diff --git a/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget.cpp b/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget.cpp
index 336f14d585..eb0b0c4a84 100644
--- a/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget.cpp
+++ b/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget.cpp
@@ -1,150 +1,157 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 
 #include "QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget.h"
 
 #include <QClipboard>
 
 QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget(QWidget* parent) : QWidget(parent)
 {
 	m_Controls.setupUi(this);
   #if QT_VERSION < QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 10, 0)
     m_Controls.labelHistogramIsInvisibleWarning->setVisible(true);
     m_Controls.labelHistogramIsInvisibleWarning->setText("<font color = 'red'>Histogram is not visible because Qt 5.10 is required for MitkChart. You can use the button <i>Copy to Clipboard</i> below to retrieve values.< / font>");
     m_Controls.groupBoxPlot->setVisible(false);
     m_Controls.chartWidget->setVisible(false);
   #else
     m_Controls.labelHistogramIsInvisibleWarning->setVisible(false);
     m_Controls.checkBoxShowSubchart->setChecked(false);
   #endif
+  m_Controls.spinBoxNBins->setValue(m_DefaultNBins);
+  m_Controls.spinBoxNBins->setMinimum(m_MinNBins);
+  m_Controls.spinBoxNBins->setMaximum(m_MaxNBins);
+
   CreateConnections();
 }
 
 void QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::SetHistogram(itk::Statistics::Histogram<double>::ConstPointer histogram, const std::string& dataLabel)
 {
 	if (histogram == nullptr)
 		return;
 
 	m_Histogram = histogram;
 	m_Controls.chartWidget->AddData2D(ConvertHistogramToMap(m_Histogram), dataLabel);
 	m_Controls.chartWidget->SetChartType(dataLabel, QmitkChartWidget::ChartType::bar);
 	m_Controls.chartWidget->SetXAxisLabel("Gray value");
 	m_Controls.chartWidget->SetYAxisLabel("Frequency");
   #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 10, 0)
     m_Controls.chartWidget->Show(m_Controls.checkBoxShowSubchart->isChecked());
   #endif
 	SetGUIElementsEnabled(true);
 }
 
 void QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::Reset()
 {
   #if QT_VERSION >= QT_VERSION_CHECK(5, 10, 0)
     m_Controls.chartWidget->Clear();
   #endif
 	SetGUIElementsEnabled(false);
 }
 
 void QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::SetTheme(QmitkChartWidget::ChartStyle style)
 {
   m_ChartStyle = style;
 }
 
 void QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::CreateConnections()
 {
 	connect(m_Controls.buttonCopyHistogramToClipboard, &QPushButton::clicked, this, &QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::OnClipboardButtonClicked);
 	connect(m_Controls.checkBoxUseDefaultNBins, &QCheckBox::clicked, this, &QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::OnDefaultNBinsCheckBoxChanged);
 	connect(m_Controls.spinBoxNBins, &QSpinBox::editingFinished, this, &QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::OnNBinsSpinBoxValueChanged);
 	connect(m_Controls.checkBoxShowSubchart, &QCheckBox::clicked, this, &QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::OnShowSubchartCheckBoxChanged);
   connect(m_Controls.chartWidget, &QmitkChartWidget::PageSuccessfullyLoaded, this, &QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::OnPageSuccessfullyLoaded);
 }
 
 void QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::SetGUIElementsEnabled(bool enabled)
 {
 	this->setEnabled(enabled);
 	m_Controls.groupBoxHistogram->setEnabled(enabled);
 	m_Controls.groupBoxPlot->setEnabled(enabled);
 	m_Controls.checkBoxShowSubchart->setEnabled(enabled);
 	m_Controls.checkBoxUseDefaultNBins->setEnabled(enabled);
 	m_Controls.spinBoxNBins->setEnabled(!m_Controls.checkBoxUseDefaultNBins->isChecked());
 	m_Controls.buttonCopyHistogramToClipboard->setEnabled(enabled);
 }
 
 std::map<double, double> QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::ConvertHistogramToMap(itk::Statistics::Histogram<double>::ConstPointer histogram) const
 {
 	std::map<double, double> histogramMap;
 	if (histogram)
 	{
 		auto endIt = histogram->End();
 		auto it = histogram->Begin();
 
 		// generating Lists of measurement and frequencies
 		for (; it != endIt; ++it)
 		{
 			double frequency = it.GetFrequency();
 			double measurement = it.GetMeasurementVector()[0];
 			histogramMap.emplace(measurement, frequency);
 		}
 
 	}
 	return histogramMap;
 }
 
 void QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::OnClipboardButtonClicked()
 {
 	if (m_Histogram)
 	{
 		QApplication::clipboard()->clear();
 		QString clipboard("Measurement \t Frequency\n");
 		auto iter = m_Histogram->Begin();
 		auto iterEnd = m_Histogram->End();
 		for (; iter != iterEnd; ++iter)
 		{
 			clipboard = clipboard.append("%L1 \t %L2\n")
 				.arg(iter.GetMeasurementVector()[0], 0, 'f', 2)
 				.arg(iter.GetFrequency());
 		}
 
 		QApplication::clipboard()->setText(clipboard, QClipboard::Clipboard);
 	}
 }
 
 void QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::OnDefaultNBinsCheckBoxChanged()
 {
 	if (m_Controls.checkBoxUseDefaultNBins->isChecked())
 	{
 		m_Controls.spinBoxNBins->setEnabled(false);
-		m_Controls.spinBoxNBins->setValue(100);
+    if (m_Controls.spinBoxNBins->value() != m_DefaultNBins) {
+      m_Controls.spinBoxNBins->setValue(m_DefaultNBins);
+      OnNBinsSpinBoxValueChanged();
+    }
 	}
 	else
 	{
 		m_Controls.spinBoxNBins->setEnabled(true);
 	}
 }
 
 void QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::OnNBinsSpinBoxValueChanged()
 {
 	emit RequestHistogramUpdate(m_Controls.spinBoxNBins->value());
 }
 
 void QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::OnShowSubchartCheckBoxChanged()
 {
 	m_Controls.chartWidget->Show(m_Controls.checkBoxShowSubchart->isChecked());
 }
 
 void QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget::OnPageSuccessfullyLoaded()
 {
   m_Controls.chartWidget->SetTheme(m_ChartStyle);
 }
diff --git a/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget.h b/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget.h
index 10f29d9e1d..aac9fdf1c3 100644
--- a/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget.h
+++ b/Modules/ImageStatisticsUI/Qmitk/QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget.h
@@ -1,72 +1,75 @@
 /*===================================================================
 
 The Medical Imaging Interaction Toolkit (MITK)
 
 Copyright (c) German Cancer Research Center,
 Division of Medical and Biological Informatics.
 All rights reserved.
 
 This software is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without
 even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR
 A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
 
 See LICENSE.txt or http://www.mitk.org for details.
 
 ===================================================================*/
 #ifndef QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget_H__INCLUDED
 #define QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget_H__INCLUDED
 
 #include <MitkImageStatisticsUIExports.h>
 #include <ui_QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget.h>
 
 //itk
 #include <itkHistogram.h>
 
 /**
 * \brief Widget for displaying Histograms.
 */
 
 class MITKIMAGESTATISTICSUI_EXPORT QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget : public QWidget
 {
 	Q_OBJECT
 
 public:
 	QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget(QWidget* parent = nullptr);
 	/** \brief Draws the histogram and enables the GUI elements. */
   void SetHistogram(itk::Statistics::Histogram<double>::ConstPointer histogram, const std::string& dataLabel);
 	/** \brief Clears the histogram and disables all GUI elements. */
 	void Reset();
   /** \brief Sets the theme (either dark or light) */
   void SetTheme(QmitkChartWidget::ChartStyle style);
 
 signals:
 	/** \brief Signal to be emitted when the number of bins is changed by the user. The HistogramCalculator should connect to this signal and recalculate the data accordingly. */
 	void RequestHistogramUpdate(unsigned int nBins);
 
 private:
 
 	void CreateConnections();
 
 	void SetGUIElementsEnabled(bool enabled);
 	/** \brief Helper function to convert the histogram in order to forward it to the ChartWidget. */
 	std::map<double, double> ConvertHistogramToMap(itk::Statistics::Histogram<double>::ConstPointer histogram) const;
 
 //slots
 	/** \brief  Saves the histogram to the clipboard. */
 	void OnClipboardButtonClicked();
 	/** \brief Enables / Disables SpinBox to change the number of bins. */
 	void OnDefaultNBinsCheckBoxChanged();
 	/** \brief Emits the signal RequestHistogramUpdate(unsigned int nBins) with the updated value. */
 	void OnNBinsSpinBoxValueChanged();
 	/** \brief Shows / Hides the subchart. */
 	void OnShowSubchartCheckBoxChanged();
   void OnPageSuccessfullyLoaded();
 
 private:
 	Ui::QmitkHistogramVisualizationControls m_Controls;
+  const unsigned int m_DefaultNBins = 100;
+  const unsigned int m_MinNBins = 10;
+  const unsigned int m_MaxNBins = 10000;
 
 	itk::Statistics::Histogram<double>::ConstPointer m_Histogram;
   QmitkChartWidget::ChartStyle m_ChartStyle = QmitkChartWidget::ChartStyle::darkstyle;
 };
 
 #endif //QmitkHistogramVisualizationWidget_H__INCLUDED
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