diff --git a/src/app/service/monitoring.service.ts b/src/app/service/monitoring.service.ts
index 6022cff77a83117813c00395d1bdb1d75e626a2c..a6d9b53801666cb3b3aede620623e3f260204d24 100644
--- a/src/app/service/monitoring.service.ts
+++ b/src/app/service/monitoring.service.ts
@@ -347,12 +347,14 @@ export class MonitoringService {
   getDisplays(partition: string) {
     var displays = this.appConfig.getConfig().PartitionConfig[partition]["displays"];
     if ( displays.length > 1 ) {
-      var displays_top: string[] = this.appConfig.getConfig().DefaultTimelinesTop;
-      // combine default displays and additional displays
-      displays = displays_top.concat(displays);
-      // remove "DefaultTimelinesTop" from displays
-      var j = displays_top.length;
-      displays.splice(j,1);
+      if ( displays[0] == "DefaultTimelinesTop" ){
+        var displays_top: string[] = this.appConfig.getConfig().DefaultTimelinesTop;
+        // combine default displays and additional displays
+        displays = displays_top.concat(displays);
+        // remove "DefaultTimelinesTop" from displays
+        var j = displays_top.length;
+        displays.splice(j,1);
+      }
     } else {
       displays = this.appConfig.getConfig().DefaultTimelinesTop;
     }