diff --git a/plotly/plotlyfig.m b/plotly/plotlyfig.m
index b052c768..096c849b 100644
--- a/plotly/plotlyfig.m
+++ b/plotly/plotlyfig.m
@@ -71,6 +71,8 @@
             obj.PlotlyDefaults.ErrorbarWidth = 6;
             obj.PlotlyDefaults.ShowBaselineLegend = false;
             obj.PlotlyDefaults.Bargap = 0;
+            obj.PlotlyDefaults.CaptionMarginIncreaseFactor = 1.2; 
+            obj.PlotlyDefaults.MinCaptionMargin = 80;
             
             %-State-%
             obj.State.Figure = [];
@@ -347,6 +349,40 @@ function validate(obj)
             end
         end
         
+        %----ADD A CUSTOM CAPTION-----%
+        function obj = add_caption(obj, caption_string, varargin)
+            
+            caption.text = caption_string; 
+            
+            % defaults
+            caption.xref = 'paper';
+            caption.yref = 'paper';
+            caption.xanchor = 'left';
+            caption.yanchor = 'top';
+            caption.x = 0.1; 
+            caption.y = -0.05;
+            caption.showarrow = false; 
+            
+            % inject any custom annotation specs
+            for n = 1:2:length(varargin)
+                caption = setfield(caption, varargin{n}, varargin{n+1}); 
+            end
+            
+            % adjust the bottom margin
+            obj.layout.margin.b = max(obj.layout.margin.b, ...
+                    obj.PlotlyDefaults.MinCaptionMargin); 
+   
+            % add the new caption to the figure
+            obj.State.Figure.NumTexts = obj.State.Figure.NumTexts + 1;
+            obj.layout.annotations{obj.State.Figure.NumTexts} = caption; 
+            
+            % update the figure state
+            obj.State.Text(obj.State.Figure.NumTexts).Handle = NaN;
+            obj.State.Text(obj.State.Figure.NumTexts).AssociatedAxis = gca;
+            obj.State.Text(obj.State.Figure.NumTexts).Title = false;
+            
+        end
+        
         
         %------------------------REST API CALL----------------------------%