diff --git a/CHANGELOG b/CHANGELOG
index a93558fb10d60418c31a84ae062cc419132afdd7..be99941b4cddd87b7a0a8f7ac38f90f8c01d2ed9 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG
+++ b/CHANGELOG
@@ -307,6 +307,7 @@ v 7.11.0
   - Protect OmniAuth request phase against CSRF.
   - Don't send notifications to mentioned users that don't have access to the project in question.
   - Add search issues/MR by number
+  - Change plots to bar graphs in commit statistics screen
   - Move snippets UI to fluid layout
   - Improve UI for sidebar. Increase separation between navigation and content
   - Improve new project command options (Ben Bodenmiller)
diff --git a/app/views/projects/graphs/commits.html.haml b/app/views/projects/graphs/commits.html.haml
index 141acbdcf722478d55368bc37f059ba3c0966e17..a357736bf528d5107e5b1f507ce046982b6f2722 100644
--- a/app/views/projects/graphs/commits.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/projects/graphs/commits.html.haml
@@ -50,39 +50,42 @@
     datasets : [{
       fillColor : "rgba(220,220,220,0.5)",
       strokeColor : "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
-      pointColor : "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
-      pointStrokeColor : "#EEE",
+      barStrokeWidth: 1,
+      barValueSpacing: 1,
+      barDatasetSpacing: 1,
       data : #{@commits_per_time.values.to_json}
     }]
   }
 
   ctx = $("#hour-chart").get(0).getContext("2d");
-  new Chart(ctx).Line(data,{"scaleOverlay": true, responsive: true, pointHitDetectionRadius: 2})
+  new Chart(ctx).Bar(data,{"scaleOverlay": true, responsive: true, pointHitDetectionRadius: 2})
 
   data = {
     labels : #{@commits_per_week_days.keys.to_json},
     datasets : [{
       fillColor : "rgba(220,220,220,0.5)",
       strokeColor : "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
-      pointColor : "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
-      pointStrokeColor : "#EEE",
+      barStrokeWidth: 1,
+      barValueSpacing: 1,
+      barDatasetSpacing: 1,
       data : #{@commits_per_week_days.values.to_json}
     }]
   }
 
   ctx = $("#weekday-chart").get(0).getContext("2d");
-  new Chart(ctx).Line(data,{"scaleOverlay": true, responsive: true, pointHitDetectionRadius: 2})
+  new Chart(ctx).Bar(data,{"scaleOverlay": true, responsive: true, pointHitDetectionRadius: 2})
 
   data = {
     labels : #{@commits_per_month.keys.to_json},
     datasets : [{
       fillColor : "rgba(220,220,220,0.5)",
       strokeColor : "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
-      pointColor : "rgba(220,220,220,1)",
-      pointStrokeColor : "#EEE",
+      barStrokeWidth: 1,
+      barValueSpacing: 1,
+      barDatasetSpacing: 1,
       data : #{@commits_per_month.values.to_json}
     }]
   }
 
   ctx = $("#month-chart").get(0).getContext("2d");
-  new Chart(ctx).Line(data, {"scaleOverlay": true, responsive: true, pointHitDetectionRadius: 2})
+  new Chart(ctx).Bar(data, {"scaleOverlay": true, responsive: true, pointHitDetectionRadius: 2})