diff --git a/src/classes/PMusrCanvas.cpp b/src/classes/PMusrCanvas.cpp
index 81dac627..8bfa7974 100644
--- a/src/classes/PMusrCanvas.cpp
+++ b/src/classes/PMusrCanvas.cpp
@@ -939,6 +939,7 @@ void PMusrCanvas::HandleCmdKey(Int_t event, Int_t x, Int_t y, TObject *selected)
 
   if (fBatchMode) {
     if (fStartWithAvg) { // this is needed to get the averaging in the batch mode
+      fAveragedView = fStartWithAvg;
       HandleAverage();
       PlotAverage(true);
     }