diff --git a/src/emcpy/plots/create_plots.py b/src/emcpy/plots/create_plots.py
index 0dd9e00..df755e6 100644
--- a/src/emcpy/plots/create_plots.py
+++ b/src/emcpy/plots/create_plots.py
@@ -248,7 +248,6 @@ def create_figure(self):
         """
         Driver method to create figure and subplots.
         """
-
         # Check to make sure plot_list == nrows*ncols
         if len(self.plot_list) != self.nrows*self.ncols:
             raise ValueError(
@@ -279,7 +278,6 @@ def create_figure(self):
         self.fig = plt.figure(figsize=self.figsize)
 
         for i, plot_obj in enumerate(self.plot_list):
-
             # check if object has projection and domain attributes to determine ax
             if hasattr(plot_obj, 'projection'):
                 # Check if domain object is tuple/list for custom domains
@@ -301,6 +299,8 @@ def create_figure(self):
                         lat_formatter = LatitudeFormatter()
                         ax.xaxis.set_major_formatter(lon_formatter)
                         ax.yaxis.set_major_formatter(lat_formatter)
+                else:
+                    ax.set_extent(self.domain.extent, ccrs.PlateCarree())
 
             else:
                 # Check plot types
diff --git a/src/emcpy/plots/map_tools.py b/src/emcpy/plots/map_tools.py
index 52f2b77..7275ef6 100644
--- a/src/emcpy/plots/map_tools.py
+++ b/src/emcpy/plots/map_tools.py
@@ -391,11 +391,8 @@ def _npstereo(self):
         Creates projection using Orthographic from Cartopy and
         orients it from central latitude 90 degrees.
         """
-        self.cenlon = 0 if self.cenlon is None else self.cenlon
 
-        self.projection = ccrs.Orthographic(central_longitude=self.cenlon,
-                                            central_latitude=90,
-                                            globe=self.globe)
+        self.projection = ccrs.NorthPolarStereo(globe=self.globe)
         self.transform = ccrs.PlateCarree()
 
     def _spstereo(self):
@@ -403,9 +400,6 @@ def _spstereo(self):
         Creates projection using Orthographic from Cartopy and
         orients it from central latitude -90 degrees.
         """
-        self.cenlon = 0 if self.cenlon is None else self.cenlon
 
-        self.projection = ccrs.Orthographic(central_longitude=self.cenlon,
-                                            central_latitude=-90,
-                                            globe=self.globe)
+        self.projection = ccrs.SouthPolarStereo(globe=self.globe)
         self.transform = ccrs.PlateCarree()
diff --git a/src/tests/test_plots.py b/src/tests/test_plots.py
index 856f1e2..240593d 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_plots.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_plots.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 from scipy.ndimage.filters import gaussian_filter
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 
-from emcpy.plots.plots import LinePlot, VerticalLine,\
+from emcpy.plots.plots import LinePlot, VerticalLine, \
     Histogram, Density, Scatter, HorizontalLine, BarPlot, \
     GriddedPlot, ContourPlot, FilledContourPlot, HorizontalBar, \
     BoxandWhiskerPlot, HorizontalSpan, SkewT
diff --git a/src/tests/test_stats.py b/src/tests/test_stats.py
index 8f47b3d..8db6169 100644
--- a/src/tests/test_stats.py
+++ b/src/tests/test_stats.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from emcpy.stats.stats import mstats, lregress, ttest, get_weights,\
+from emcpy.stats.stats import mstats, lregress, ttest, get_weights, \
     get_linear_regression, bootstrap, calc_bins
 import numpy as np