diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/forms/form_tab_settings.ui b/slsDetectorGui/forms/form_tab_settings.ui
index 32890e2d0..d99e9d9ba 100755
--- a/slsDetectorGui/forms/form_tab_settings.ui
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/forms/form_tab_settings.ui
@@ -97,6 +97,11 @@
        <string>65535</string>
       </property>
      </item>
+     <item>
+      <property name="text">
+       <string>4095</string>
+      </property>
+     </item>
      <item>
       <property name="text">
        <string>255</string>
diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/include/qTabSettings.h b/slsDetectorGui/include/qTabSettings.h
index 2a2a2c8af..a2a6ad73e 100644
--- a/slsDetectorGui/include/qTabSettings.h
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/include/qTabSettings.h
@@ -69,5 +69,11 @@ class qTabSettings : public QWidget, private Ui::TabSettingsObject {
     enum { DYNAMIC, FORCE_SWITCH_G1, FORCE_SWITCH_G2, FIX_G1, FIX_G2, FIX_G0 };
     bool isVisibleFixG0{false};
 
-    enum { DYNAMICRANGE_32, DYNAMICRANGE_16, DYNAMICRANGE_8, DYNAMICRANGE_4 };
+    enum {
+        DYNAMICRANGE_32,
+        DYNAMICRANGE_16,
+        DYNAMICRANGE_12,
+        DYNAMICRANGE_8,
+        DYNAMICRANGE_4
+    };
 };
diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/src/qDrawPlot.cpp b/slsDetectorGui/src/qDrawPlot.cpp
index 40edc1538..062bc2eb1 100644
--- a/slsDetectorGui/src/qDrawPlot.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/src/qDrawPlot.cpp
@@ -1064,6 +1064,7 @@ void qDrawPlot::toDoublePixelData(double *dest, char *source, int size,
     // mythen3 / gotthard2 debugging
     int discardBits = numDiscardBits;
 
+    uint16_t temp = 0;
     switch (dr) {
 
     case 4:
@@ -1083,6 +1084,28 @@ void qDrawPlot::toDoublePixelData(double *dest, char *source, int size,
         }
         break;
 
+    case 12:
+        for (ichan = 0; ichan < size; ++ichan) {
+            // first 12 bit pixel
+            // lsb (8 bytes)
+            temp = (*((u_int8_t *)source)) & 0xFF;
+            ++source;
+            // msb (4 bytes)
+            temp |= (((*((u_int8_t *)source)) & 0xF) << 8);
+            dest[ichan] = (double)temp;
+
+            // second 12bit pixel
+            ++ichan;
+            // lsb (4 bytes)
+            temp = (((*((u_int8_t *)source)) & 0xF0) >> 4);
+            ++source;
+            // msb (8 bytes)
+            temp |= (((*((u_int8_t *)source)) & 0xFF) << 4);
+            ++source;
+            dest[ichan] = (double)temp;
+        }
+        break;
+
     case 16:
         if (detType == slsDetectorDefs::JUNGFRAU ||
             detType == slsDetectorDefs::GOTTHARD2) {
diff --git a/slsDetectorGui/src/qTabSettings.cpp b/slsDetectorGui/src/qTabSettings.cpp
index dcee0a450..9a3d97132 100644
--- a/slsDetectorGui/src/qTabSettings.cpp
+++ b/slsDetectorGui/src/qTabSettings.cpp
@@ -60,13 +60,19 @@ void qTabSettings::SetupWidgetWindow() {
         QStandardItemModel *model =
             qobject_cast<QStandardItemModel *>(comboDynamicRange->model());
         if (model) {
-            QModelIndex index;
             QStandardItem *item;
-            index =
-                model->index(DYNAMICRANGE_4, comboDynamicRange->modelColumn(),
-                             comboDynamicRange->rootModelIndex());
-            item = model->itemFromIndex(index);
-            item->setEnabled(false);
+            int dr = DYNAMICRANGE_4;
+            for (int i = 0; i != 2; ++i) {
+                // disable dr 4
+                QModelIndex index =
+                    model->index(dr, comboDynamicRange->modelColumn(),
+                                 comboDynamicRange->rootModelIndex());
+                item = model->itemFromIndex(index);
+                item->setEnabled(false);
+
+                // disable dr 12
+                dr = DYNAMICRANGE_12;
+            }
         }
     } else if (detType == slsDetectorDefs::EIGER) {
         lblDynamicRange->setEnabled(true);
@@ -305,6 +311,9 @@ void qTabSettings::GetDynamicRange() {
         case 16:
             comboDynamicRange->setCurrentIndex(DYNAMICRANGE_16);
             break;
+        case 12:
+            comboDynamicRange->setCurrentIndex(DYNAMICRANGE_12);
+            break;
         case 8:
             comboDynamicRange->setCurrentIndex(DYNAMICRANGE_8);
             break;
@@ -333,6 +342,9 @@ void qTabSettings::SetDynamicRange(int index) {
         case DYNAMICRANGE_16:
             det->setDynamicRange(16);
             break;
+        case DYNAMICRANGE_12:
+            det->setDynamicRange(12);
+            break;
         case DYNAMICRANGE_8:
             det->setDynamicRange(8);
             break;