diff --git a/bashplotlib/scatterplot.py b/bashplotlib/scatterplot.py
index 76d20e4..2a8bef8 100644
--- a/bashplotlib/scatterplot.py
+++ b/bashplotlib/scatterplot.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ def _plot_scatter(xs, ys, size, pch, colour, title, cs):
     if title:
         print(box_text(title, 2 * len(get_scale(xs, False, size)) + 1))
 
-    print("-" * (2 * len(get_scale(xs, False, size)) + 2))
+    print("+" + "-" * (2 * len(get_scale(xs, False, size)) + 3)  + "+")
     for y in get_scale(ys, True, size):
         print("|", end=' ')
         for x in get_scale(xs, False, size):
@@ -46,8 +46,8 @@ def _plot_scatter(xs, ys, size, pch, colour, title, cs):
                     if cs:
                         colour = cs[i]
             printcolour(point, True, colour)
-        print(" |")
-    print("-" * (2 * len(get_scale(xs, False, size)) + 2))
+        print(" "*(size+4) + "|")
+    print("+" + "-" * (2 * len(get_scale(xs, False, size)) + 3) + "+")
 
 def plot_scatter(f, xs, ys, size, pch, colour, title):
     """
diff --git a/bashplotlib/utils/helpers.py b/bashplotlib/utils/helpers.py
index 8b37cf5..6865f6d 100644
--- a/bashplotlib/utils/helpers.py
+++ b/bashplotlib/utils/helpers.py
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ def box_text(text, width, offset=0):
     """
     Return text inside an ascii textbox
     """
-    box = " " * offset + "-" * (width+2) + "\n"
-    box += " " * offset + "|" + text.center(width) + "|" + "\n"
-    box += " " * offset + "-" * (width+2)
+    box =  " " * offset + "+" + "-" * (width+2) + "+" "\n"
+    box += " " * offset + "|" + text.center(width+2) + "|" + "\n"
+    box += " " * offset + "+" + "-" * (width+2) + "+"  
     return box
diff --git a/scratch.py b/scratch.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cd37262
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scratch.py
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+# scratch.py
+from bashplotlib.scatterplot import plot_scatter
+
+x_coords = [-10,20,30]
+y_coords = [-10,20,30]
+width = 10
+char = 'x'
+color = 'green'
+title = 'My Test Graph'
+
+plot_scatter(
+    None,
+    x_coords,
+    y_coords,
+    width,
+    char,
+    color,
+    title)
+