diff --git a/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlElementParser.java b/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlElementParser.java
index 0f9972fd83a2d9f993b9b9b4515a6296126ed638..8f630430f001d5675aaabb8b031cf18d5035623f 100644
--- a/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlElementParser.java
+++ b/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/SbmlElementParser.java
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ public abstract class SbmlElementParser<T extends org.sbml.jsbml.Symbol> extends
     return elementWithLayout;
   }
 
-  private void applyStyleToElement(Element elementWithLayout, LocalStyle style) {
+  protected void applyStyleToElement(Element elementWithLayout, LocalStyle style) {
     if (style.getGroup().getFill() != null) {
       Color backgroundColor = getColorByColorDefinition(style.getGroup().getFill());
       elementWithLayout.setColor(backgroundColor);
diff --git a/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/species/SbmlSpeciesExporter.java b/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/species/SbmlSpeciesExporter.java
index 795058f67944c05d89f42c604ce527873e6b8c0e..def1bc2fad311b3f1775e0ab0e42ba07540d7900 100644
--- a/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/species/SbmlSpeciesExporter.java
+++ b/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/species/SbmlSpeciesExporter.java
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import java.util.List;
 import org.apache.log4j.Logger;
 import org.sbml.jsbml.ext.layout.AbstractReferenceGlyph;
 import org.sbml.jsbml.ext.layout.Layout;
+import org.sbml.jsbml.ext.render.LocalStyle;
 
 import lcsb.mapviewer.converter.model.sbml.SbmlCompartmentExporter;
 import lcsb.mapviewer.converter.model.sbml.SbmlElementExporter;
@@ -54,4 +55,10 @@ public class SbmlSpeciesExporter extends SbmlElementExporter<Species, org.sbml.j
     return element.getClass().getSimpleName() + "\n" + element.getName() + "\n" + compartmentName;
   }
 
+  protected LocalStyle createStyle(Species element) {
+    LocalStyle style = super.createStyle(element);
+    style.getGroup().setStrokeWidth(element.getLineWidth());
+    return style;
+  }
+
 }
diff --git a/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/species/SbmlSpeciesParser.java b/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/species/SbmlSpeciesParser.java
index 39b6489a4f39c6e7bdd3b95ba04a8fa3c510dc28..920775107e66d376381f8f13b1d668bcc21c06b4 100644
--- a/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/species/SbmlSpeciesParser.java
+++ b/converter-sbml/src/main/java/lcsb/mapviewer/converter/model/sbml/species/SbmlSpeciesParser.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package lcsb.mapviewer.converter.model.sbml.species;
 
+import java.awt.Color;
 import java.lang.reflect.InvocationTargetException;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
@@ -11,6 +12,7 @@ import org.sbml.jsbml.ext.layout.AbstractReferenceGlyph;
 import org.sbml.jsbml.ext.layout.CompartmentGlyph;
 import org.sbml.jsbml.ext.layout.Layout;
 import org.sbml.jsbml.ext.layout.SpeciesGlyph;
+import org.sbml.jsbml.ext.render.LocalStyle;
 
 import lcsb.mapviewer.common.Pair;
 import lcsb.mapviewer.common.exception.InvalidStateException;
@@ -99,4 +101,14 @@ public class SbmlSpeciesParser extends SbmlElementParser<org.sbml.jsbml.Species>
     return result;
   }
 
+
+  @Override
+  protected void applyStyleToElement(Element elementWithLayout, LocalStyle style) {
+    super.applyStyleToElement(elementWithLayout, style);
+    Species specisWithLayout = (Species) elementWithLayout;
+    if (style.getGroup().getStrokeWidth() != null) {
+      specisWithLayout.setLineWidth(style.getGroup().getStrokeWidth());
+    }
+  }
+
 }