diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 32dea7df..23ea15d6 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@ The format is based on [Keep a Changelog](https://keepachangelog.com/en/1.0.0/),
 and this project adheres to [Semantic Versioning](https://semver.org/spec/v2.0.0.html).
 
 ## [Unreleased]
+### Fixed
+- The `visualise` function properly uses the _elements_ parameter in order to filter visualised elements. ([#256](https://github.com/jstockwin/py-pdf-parser/pull/256))
 
 ## [0.10.0] - 2021-07-01
 - [BREAKING] Changes from using pyqt5 to using tkinter for the visualise tool. This
diff --git a/py_pdf_parser/visualise/main.py b/py_pdf_parser/visualise/main.py
index cbe12c10..8e33bf4b 100644
--- a/py_pdf_parser/visualise/main.py
+++ b/py_pdf_parser/visualise/main.py
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ def __plot_current_page(self):
             self.__ax.set_ylim([0, page.height])
 
         page = self.document.get_page(self.current_page)
-        for element in page.elements:
+        for element in page.elements & self.elements:
             style = STYLES["tagged"] if element.tags else STYLES["untagged"]
             self.__plot_element(element, style)