diff --git a/cimetrics/env.py b/cimetrics/env.py
index 4674ff7..28bba6f 100644
--- a/cimetrics/env.py
+++ b/cimetrics/env.py
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ def github_token(self) -> str:
     def pr_user(self) -> str:
         return self.cfg.get("pr_user", "cimetrics")
 
+    @property
+    def monitoring_columns(self) -> int:
+        return self.cfg.get("monitoring_columns", 2)
+
 
 class GitEnv(Env):
     _target_branch = None
diff --git a/cimetrics/plot.py b/cimetrics/plot.py
index e8adfe0..519c2fb 100644
--- a/cimetrics/plot.py
+++ b/cimetrics/plot.py
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ def trend_view(env, tgt_only=False):
 
     if tgt_only:
         columns = sorted(tgt_raw.columns)
-        ncol = 1
+        ncol = env.monitoring_columns
         fsize = matplotlib.figure.figaspect(env.columns * 1.2)
         dpi_adjust = fsize[1] / matplotlib.rcParams["figure.figsize"][1]
         fig = plt.figure(figsize=fsize)
diff --git a/metrics.yml b/metrics.yml
index bb4b691..0cbf20e 100644
--- a/metrics.yml
+++ b/metrics.yml
@@ -6,3 +6,4 @@ span: 50
 ewma_span: 5
 monitoring_span: 150
 pr_user: cimetrics
+monitoring_columns: 2
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