diff --git a/plotly/plotlyfig.m b/plotly/plotlyfig.m
index 7e5801a6..bb1a8315 100644
--- a/plotly/plotlyfig.m
+++ b/plotly/plotlyfig.m
@@ -499,17 +499,19 @@ function validate(obj)
             temp_ax = ax; deleted_idx = 0;
             for i = 1:length(ax)
                 for j = i:length(ax)
-                    if ((mean(eq(ax(i).Position, ax(j).Position)) == 1) && (i~=j) && strcmp(ax(i).Children.Type, 'histogram'))
-                        temp_plots = findobj(temp_ax(i),'-not','Type','Text','-not','Type','axes','-depth',1);
-                        if isprop(temp_plots, 'FaceAlpha')
-                            update_opac(i) = true;
-                        else
-                            update_opac(i) = false;
+                    if isfield(ax(i).Children,'Type')
+                        if ((mean(eq(ax(i).Position, ax(j).Position)) == 1) && (i~=j) && strcmp(ax(i).Children.Type, 'histogram'))
+                            temp_plots = findobj(temp_ax(i),'-not','Type','Text','-not','Type','axes','-depth',1);
+                            if isprop(temp_plots, 'FaceAlpha')
+                                update_opac(i) = true;
+                            else
+                                update_opac(i) = false;
+                            end
+                            temp_ax(i).YTick = temp_ax(j- deleted_idx).YTick;
+                            temp_ax(i).XTick = temp_ax(j- deleted_idx).XTick;
+                            temp_ax(j - deleted_idx) = []; 
+                            deleted_idx = deleted_idx + 1;
                         end
-                        temp_ax(i).YTick = temp_ax(j- deleted_idx).YTick;
-                        temp_ax(i).XTick = temp_ax(j- deleted_idx).XTick;
-                        temp_ax(j - deleted_idx) = []; 
-                        deleted_idx = deleted_idx + 1;
                     end
                 end
             end
diff --git a/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/helpers/extractAxisData.m b/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/helpers/extractAxisData.m
index a42a4721..d5b480d4 100644
--- a/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/helpers/extractAxisData.m
+++ b/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/helpers/extractAxisData.m
@@ -204,8 +204,12 @@
                 axis.autorange = true;
             else
                 %-axis labels
-                labels = str2double(axis_data.YTickLabel);
+                labels = str2double(Tick);
                 try 
+                    dataLim = eval(['axis_data.' axisName 'Lim']);
+                    if isnumeric (dataLim)
+                         axis.range = dataLim;
+                    else 
                     %find numbers in labels
                     labelnums = find(~isnan(labels));
                     %-axis type linear-%
@@ -214,6 +218,7 @@
                     delta = (labels(labelnums(2)) - labels(labelnums(1)))/(labelnums(2)-labelnums(1));
                     axis.range = [labels(labelnums(1))-delta*(labelnums(1)-1) labels(labelnums(1)) + (length(labels)-labelnums(1))*delta];
                     %-axis autotick-%
+                    end
                     axis.autotick = true;
                     %-axis numticks-%
                     axis.nticks = eval(['length(axis_data.' axisName 'Tick) + 1;']);