diff --git a/mango-cli/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/layouts/browser.ssp b/mango-cli/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/layouts/browser.ssp
index 800e45306..dbeb23804 100644
--- a/mango-cli/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/layouts/browser.ssp
+++ b/mango-cli/src/main/webapp/WEB-INF/layouts/browser.ssp
@@ -138,7 +138,7 @@
                     #end
                     tracks.push({
                     viz: pileup.viz.pileup({
-                        hideAlignments: true
+                        hideAlignments: ${reads.get.length > 5}
                     }),
                     isReference: false,
                     data: pileup.formats.GAReadAlignment({