diff --git a/R/autoplot.accumulation.R b/R/autoplot.accumulation.R
index ea1f9a77..dcb1d0b9 100644
--- a/R/autoplot.accumulation.R
+++ b/R/autoplot.accumulation.R
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ autoplot.accumulation <-  function(
     ylab = NULL,
     shade_color = "grey75",
     alpha = 0.3,
-    lty = ggplot2::GeomLine$default_aes$linetype,
-    lwd = ggplot2::GeomLine$default_aes$linewidth){
+    lty = 1,
+    lwd = 0.5){
 
   # Add a site column if needed
   if (!"site" %in% colnames(object)) {
diff --git a/R/autoplot.profile.R b/R/autoplot.profile.R
index b3ed81ce..f562330a 100644
--- a/R/autoplot.profile.R
+++ b/R/autoplot.profile.R
@@ -28,8 +28,8 @@ autoplot.profile <-  function(
     ylab = "Diversity",
     shade_color = "grey75",
     alpha = 0.3,
-    lty = ggplot2::GeomLine$default_aes$linetype,
-    lwd = ggplot2::GeomLine$default_aes$linewidth){
+    lty = 1,
+    lwd = 0.5){
 
   # Add a site column if needed
   if (!"site" %in% colnames(object)) {
diff --git a/R/plot.species_distribution.R b/R/plot.species_distribution.R
index ccfb192f..cb872612 100644
--- a/R/plot.species_distribution.R
+++ b/R/plot.species_distribution.R
@@ -188,8 +188,8 @@ autoplot.species_distribution <- function(
     main = NULL,
     xlab = "Rank",
     ylab = NULL,
-    pch = ggplot2::GeomPoint$default_aes$shape,
-    cex = ggplot2::GeomPoint$default_aes$size) {
+    pch = 19,
+    cex = 1.5) {
 
   # Prepare ylab
   if (is.null(ylab)) {
diff --git a/man/autoplot.accumulation.Rd b/man/autoplot.accumulation.Rd
index a17d5d01..e9f8d62e 100644
--- a/man/autoplot.accumulation.Rd
+++ b/man/autoplot.accumulation.Rd
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
   ylab = NULL,
   shade_color = "grey75",
   alpha = 0.3,
-  lty = ggplot2::GeomLine$default_aes$linetype,
-  lwd = ggplot2::GeomLine$default_aes$linewidth
+  lty = 1,
+  lwd = 0.5
 )
 }
 \arguments{
diff --git a/man/autoplot.profile.Rd b/man/autoplot.profile.Rd
index 8562bdab..7ff5c988 100644
--- a/man/autoplot.profile.Rd
+++ b/man/autoplot.profile.Rd
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@
   ylab = "Diversity",
   shade_color = "grey75",
   alpha = 0.3,
-  lty = ggplot2::GeomLine$default_aes$linetype,
-  lwd = ggplot2::GeomLine$default_aes$linewidth
+  lty = 1,
+  lwd = 0.5
 )
 }
 \arguments{
diff --git a/man/plot.species_distribution.Rd b/man/plot.species_distribution.Rd
index 4e2bbdec..f19af34b 100644
--- a/man/plot.species_distribution.Rd
+++ b/man/plot.species_distribution.Rd
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@
   main = NULL,
   xlab = "Rank",
   ylab = NULL,
-  pch = ggplot2::GeomPoint$default_aes$shape,
-  cex = ggplot2::GeomPoint$default_aes$size
+  pch = 19,
+  cex = 1.5
 )
 }
 \arguments{