diff --git a/py4DSTEM/braggvectors/braggvector_methods.py b/py4DSTEM/braggvectors/braggvector_methods.py
index 669817788..33de8f8c4 100644
--- a/py4DSTEM/braggvectors/braggvector_methods.py
+++ b/py4DSTEM/braggvectors/braggvector_methods.py
@@ -647,6 +647,7 @@ def show_origin_fit(
             vmin=-1 * plot_range,
             vmax=1 * plot_range,
             intensity_range="absolute",
+            show_cbar=True,
             **kwargs,
         )
 
diff --git a/py4DSTEM/visualize/show.py b/py4DSTEM/visualize/show.py
index 4e99c0de5..1c316f091 100644
--- a/py4DSTEM/visualize/show.py
+++ b/py4DSTEM/visualize/show.py
@@ -75,6 +75,7 @@ def show(
     theta=None,
     title=None,
     show_fft=False,
+    show_cbar=False,
     **kwargs
 ):
     """
@@ -302,7 +303,8 @@ def show(
             does not add a scalebar.  If a dict is passed, it is propagated to the add_scalebar function
             which will attempt to use it to overlay a scalebar. If True, uses calibraiton or pixelsize/pixelunits
             for scalebar. If False, no scalebar is added.
-        show_fft (Bool): if True, plots 2D-fft of array
+        show_fft (bool): if True, plots 2D-fft of array
+        show_cbar (bool) : if True, adds cbar
         **kwargs: any keywords accepted by matplotlib's ax.matshow()
 
     Returns:
@@ -605,6 +607,8 @@ def show(
                 ax.matshow(
                     mask_display, cmap=cmap, alpha=mask_alpha, vmin=vmin, vmax=vmax
                 )
+            if show_cbar:
+                fig.colorbar(cax, ax=ax)
         # ...or, plot its histogram
         else:
             hist, bin_edges = np.histogram(