diff --git a/slurm-eff-tool.py b/slurm-eff-tool.py
index 71b105f..01641c3 100755
--- a/slurm-eff-tool.py
+++ b/slurm-eff-tool.py
@@ -1480,12 +1480,36 @@ def histogram_table(
     return edges, counts
 
 def histo_graphs(out_rows: list[OutputRow], args: argparse.Namespace):
+    # dumb term defaults
+    width = 120
+    height = 30
+    outfileroot=None
+    term = args.hterm
+    plotstyle = "set style fill transparent solid 0.35 noborder"
+    linestyle = "with steps lw 2"
+
+    if term in ("svg", "png"):
+        width, height = 900, 600
+        outfileroot="./histo-out"
+        plotstyle = ('set style fill transparent solid 0.35 noborder\n'
+                     'set grid')
+        linestyle = "with boxes"
+
+        # nice, but not with logy
+        # plotstyle = "set style fill transparent solid 0.6 noborder"
+        # linestyle = "smooth kdensity with filledcurves y=0"
+        # ## linestyle = "smooth kdensity bandwidth .5 lw 2"
+
+    termsetup = {
+        "dumb": ("set encoding utf8\n"
+                 "set colorsequence classic\n"
+                 f"set terminal dumb ansi size {width},{height}\n"),
+        "png": (f"set terminal pngcairo size {width},{height}"),
+        "svg": (f"set terminal svg size {width},{height}")
+    }
+
     colnames = args.histo.lower().split(',')
     for metric in colnames:
-        tmpfile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+t', delete=False,
-                                         dir='.',prefix=f"tmp-seff-{metric}",
-                                         suffix=".data")
-
         # create bins
         try:
             edges, counts = histogram_table([getattr(row,"vectors")[metric] for row in out_rows])
@@ -1493,9 +1517,13 @@ def histo_graphs(out_rows: list[OutputRow], args: argparse.Namespace):
             sys.stderr.write(f"WARNING: failed to produce histogram for {metric}: {e}\n")
             return
 
-        # currently we name the aggregations with numbers
+        # currently we name the aggregations by the number of the row
         names = [str(x) for x in range (0, len(out_rows))]
 
+        # Write histogram data
+        tmpfile = tempfile.NamedTemporaryFile(mode='w+t', delete=False,
+                                         dir='.',prefix=f"tmp-seff-{metric}",
+                                         suffix=".data")
         tmpfile.write(f"# bin_center {' '.join(names)}\n")
         for i in range(len(edges) - 1):
             left = edges[i]
@@ -1509,34 +1537,33 @@ def histo_graphs(out_rows: list[OutputRow], args: argparse.Namespace):
             tmpfile.write("\n")
         tmpfile.close()
 
+        # Gnuplot command
+        setoutput = ""
+        if outfileroot:
+            outfname = f'{outfileroot}-{metric}.{term}'
+            setoutput = f'set output "{outfname}"\n'
+
         logy = ""
         if args.hlogy:
             logy = "set logscale y\n"
-        gnuplot_cmd = f"""set title "{metric} distribution" noenhanced
-set xlabel "{metric}" noenhanced
-set ylabel "Jobs"
-set style fill transparent solid 0.35 noborder
-set encoding utf8
-# set terminal dumb size 120, 30
-set terminal dumb enhanced size 120, 30
 
-set colorsequence classic
-set terminal dumb ansi size 120, 30
-{logy}
-plot_cmd = 'plot "{tmpfile.name}" \\
-"""
-        # gnuplot_cmd += f' using 1:2 with boxes title "{names[0]}" \\\n'
-        # for col in range(1,len(names)):
-        #     gnuplot_cmd += \
-        #         f', "" using 1:{col+2} with boxes title "{names[col]}" \\\n'
+        gnuplot_cmd = (f'set title "{metric} distribution" noenhanced\n'
+                       f'set xlabel "{metric}" noenhanced\n'
+                       f'set ylabel "jobs"\n'
+                       f'{plotstyle}\n'
+                       f'{termsetup[term]}\n'
+                       f'{logy}\n'
+                       f'{setoutput}'
+                       f'plot_cmd = \'plot "{tmpfile.name}"'
+                       )
 
-        gnuplot_cmd += f' using 1:2 with steps lw 2 title "{names[0]}" \\\n'
+        gnuplot_cmd += f' using 1:2 {linestyle} title "{names[0]}" \\\n'
         for col in range(1,len(names)):
             gnuplot_cmd += \
-                f', "" using 1:{col+2} with steps lw 2 title "{names[col]}" \\\n'
+                f', "" using 1:{col+2} {linestyle} title "{names[col]}" \\\n'
 
         gnuplot_cmd += "'\neval plot_cmd\n"
-        # print(f"DEBUG: GNUPLOT_SCRIPT:\n{gnuplot_cmd}")
+        #print(f"DEBUG: GNUPLOT_SCRIPT:\n{gnuplot_cmd}")
         try:
             run(["gnuplot"],
                 input=gnuplot_cmd,
@@ -1632,6 +1659,8 @@ def parse_args(argv: list[str]) -> argparse.Namespace:
                    default=None)
     p.add_argument("-H", "--histo", help=f"print histogram of the given metric (Supported columns: {', '.join(HISTO_COLUMNS)}).", default=None)
     p.add_argument("--hlogy", action="store_true", help="use logscale for histogram y axis")
+    p.add_argument("--hterm", help=f"terminal type to plot histogram to.",
+                   default="dumb", choices=("dumb", "png", "svg"))
 
     # Options for writing/reading cache files
     p.add_argument("-B", "--write-binary-cache", help="write a binary cache file in gzipped msgpack format")