diff --git a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
index def69642737305819e2105ec7e73aea4b77d68ce..ec20892ec58782646bc1bc5753135334cd58c687 100644
--- a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
@@ -326,7 +326,7 @@ void PulsarAnimationWidget::paintGL()
         {
             glRotatef(m_pulsarSpinAxisInclination, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
             glRotatef(m_pulsarRotationAngle, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0);
-            glRotatef(90, 0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+            glRotatef(90, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
 
             // draw spin axis
             if(m_showRotationAxes) {