diff --git a/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/src/InDetRttPlots.cxx b/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/src/InDetRttPlots.cxx
index 371722d08458c3aaa6de50c7ad5200bc521b6ed8..cf279e1a3dc0255b3be28dff73f5c6f65f015d27 100644
--- a/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/src/InDetRttPlots.cxx
+++ b/InnerDetector/InDetValidation/InDetPhysValMonitoring/src/InDetRttPlots.cxx
@@ -90,6 +90,8 @@ InDetRttPlots::InDetRttPlots(InDetPlotBase* pParent, const std::string& sDir, co
       }
     }
   }
+  /// update detail level of all the child tools 
+  setDetailLevel(m_iDetailLevel); 
 }
 
 //