diff --git a/src/cristallina/plot.py b/src/cristallina/plot.py
index 1fd6b1e..ba72218 100644
--- a/src/cristallina/plot.py
+++ b/src/cristallina/plot.py
@@ -157,7 +157,7 @@ def plot_2d_channel(data: SFDataFiles, channel_name, ax=None):
     axis_styling(ax, channel_name, description)
 
 
-def plot_detector_image(image_data, title=None, comment=None, ax=None, rois=None, norms=None, log_colorscale=False, **fig_kw):
+def plot_detector_image(image_data, title=None, comment=None, ax=None, rois=None, norms=None, log_colorscale=False, show_legend=True, **fig_kw):
     """
     Plots channel data for a channel that contains an image (2d array) of numeric values per pulse.
     Optional:
@@ -207,8 +207,11 @@ def plot_detector_image(image_data, title=None, comment=None, ax=None, rois=None
     else:
         description = f"mean: {mean:.2e},\nstd: {std:.2e}"
 
+    if not show_legend:
+        description=""
+        
     axis_styling(ax, title, description)
-    ax.legend(loc=4)
+
 
 
 def plot_image_channel(data: SFDataFiles, channel_name, pulse=0, ax=None, rois=None, norms=None, log_colorscale=False):