diff --git a/private_includes/base/basic_format_and_style_settings.ily b/private_includes/base/basic_format_and_style_settings.ily
index a5f6816..a977e32 100644
--- a/private_includes/base/basic_format_and_style_settings.ily
+++ b/private_includes/base/basic_format_and_style_settings.ily
@@ -290,21 +290,31 @@ updown =
 #}))
 
 dottedExtender = {
-  \override LyricExtender.style = #'dotted-line
   \override LyricExtender.thickness = 2
   \override LyricExtender.Y-offset = 0.1
+  % Punkte selbst zeichnen, damit immer mindestens 3 zu sehen sind
   \override LyricExtender.stencil =
     #(lambda (grob)
-      (let* ((stil (ly:lyric-extender::print grob))
-             (nostil (null? stil))
-             (x-ext (if nostil 0 (ly:stencil-extent stil X))))
-         (if nostil
-           stil
-           (make-connected-line
-             (list
-               (cons (car x-ext) 0)
-               (cons (cdr x-ext) 0))
-             grob))))
+      (let ((stil (ly:lyric-extender::print grob)))
+        (if (null? stil)
+          stil
+          (let* ((x-ext (ly:stencil-extent stil X))
+                 (thick (* (ly:staff-symbol-line-thickness grob)
+                           (ly:grob-property grob 'thickness 1)))
+                 (period (* (ly:staff-symbol-staff-space grob)
+                            (ly:grob-property grob 'dash-period 1.0)))
+                 (min-gap (* 1.5 thick))
+                 (start (car x-ext))
+                 (len (max (interval-length x-ext) (* 2 min-gap)))
+                 (count (max 3 (1+ (inexact->exact (round (/ len period))))))
+                 (gap (/ len (1- count))))
+            (apply ly:stencil-add
+              (map (lambda (i)
+                     (ly:stencil-translate-axis
+                       (make-circle-stencil (/ thick 2) 0 #t)
+                       (+ start (* i gap))
+                       X))
+                   (iota count)))))))
 }
 
 melisOff = \set ignoreMelismata = ##t