diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/ScatterplotFacet.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/ScatterplotFacet.java
index 1aa721ef0..83ea01159 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/ScatterplotFacet.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/ScatterplotFacet.java
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ public class ScatterplotFacet implements Facet {
         protected int rotation;
     
         @JsonIgnore
-        protected double l;
+        protected double l = 1.;
         @JsonProperty(DOT)
         protected double dot;
     
diff --git a/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/browsing/GetScatterplotCommand.java b/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/browsing/GetScatterplotCommand.java
index 73fbb2d08..465286464 100644
--- a/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/browsing/GetScatterplotCommand.java
+++ b/main/src/com/google/refine/commands/browsing/GetScatterplotCommand.java
@@ -140,6 +140,16 @@ public class GetScatterplotCommand extends Command {
         public void setDimY(String dim) {
         	dim_y = dim.equals("lin") ? ScatterplotFacet.LIN : ScatterplotFacet.LOG;
         }
+        
+        // rotation can be set to "none" (a JSON string) in which case it should be ignored
+        @JsonProperty(ScatterplotFacet.ROTATION)
+        public void setRotation(Object rotation) {
+        	try {
+        		this.rotation = Integer.parseInt(rotation.toString());
+        	} catch(NumberFormatException e) {
+        		;
+        	}
+        }
     }
     
     public void draw(OutputStream output, Project project, Engine engine, PlotterConfig o) throws IOException {
diff --git a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/ScatterplotFacetTests.java b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/ScatterplotFacetTests.java
index 2b2de40ba..b788ee041 100644
--- a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/ScatterplotFacetTests.java
+++ b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/browsing/facets/ScatterplotFacetTests.java
@@ -26,6 +26,9 @@
  ******************************************************************************/
 package com.google.refine.browsing.facets;
 
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertFalse;
+import static org.testng.Assert.assertTrue;
+
 import java.io.IOException;
 
 import org.testng.annotations.Test;
@@ -34,6 +37,7 @@ import com.fasterxml.jackson.core.JsonParseException;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.databind.JsonMappingException;
 import com.google.refine.RefineTest;
 import com.google.refine.browsing.Engine;
+import com.google.refine.browsing.RowFilter;
 import com.google.refine.browsing.facets.ScatterplotFacet;
 import com.google.refine.browsing.facets.ScatterplotFacet.ScatterplotFacetConfig;
 import com.google.refine.model.Cell;
@@ -102,7 +106,11 @@ public class ScatterplotFacetTests extends RefineTest {
         
         ScatterplotFacet facet = config.apply(project);
         facet.computeChoices(project, engine.getAllFilteredRows());
-        
         TestUtils.isSerializedTo(facet, facetJson);
+        
+        RowFilter filter = facet.getRowFilter(project);
+        assertTrue(filter.filterRow(project, 0, project.rows.get(0)));
+        assertFalse(filter.filterRow(project, 1, project.rows.get(1)));
+        assertTrue(filter.filterRow(project, 3, project.rows.get(3)));
     }
 }
diff --git a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/commands/browsing/ScatterplotDrawCommandTests.java b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/commands/browsing/ScatterplotDrawCommandTests.java
index c624e8620..b3b416d4a 100644
--- a/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/commands/browsing/ScatterplotDrawCommandTests.java
+++ b/main/tests/server/src/com/google/refine/commands/browsing/ScatterplotDrawCommandTests.java
@@ -58,6 +58,25 @@ public class ScatterplotDrawCommandTests {
     		+ "\"color\":\"ff6a00\""
     		+ "}";
     
+    
+    public static String configJsonWithNone = "{"
+    		+ "\"name\":\"b (x) vs. y (y)\","
+    		+ "\"cx\":\"b\","
+    		+ "\"cy\":\"y\","
+    		+ "\"l\":150,"
+    		+ "\"ex\":\"value\","
+    		+ "\"ey\":\"value\","
+    		+ "\"dot\":1.4,"
+    		+ "\"dim_x\":\"lin\","
+    		+ "\"dim_y\":\"lin\","
+    		+ "\"r\":\"none\","
+    		+ "\"type\":\"scatterplot\","
+    		+ "\"from_x\":0,"
+    		+ "\"to_x\":0,"
+    		+ "\"from_y\":0,"
+    		+ "\"to_y\":0,"
+    		+ "\"color\":\"ff6a00\"}";
+    
     @Test
     public void testParseConfig() throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
     	GetScatterplotCommand.PlotterConfig config = ParsingUtilities.mapper.readValue(configJson, GetScatterplotCommand.PlotterConfig.class);
@@ -66,5 +85,11 @@ public class ScatterplotDrawCommandTests {
     	Assert.assertEquals(ScatterplotFacet.LOG, config.dim_x);
     	Assert.assertEquals(ScatterplotFacet.LIN, config.dim_y);
     }
+    
+    @Test
+    public void testParseConfigWithNone() throws JsonParseException, JsonMappingException, IOException {
+    	GetScatterplotCommand.PlotterConfig config = ParsingUtilities.mapper.readValue(configJsonWithNone, GetScatterplotCommand.PlotterConfig.class);
+    	Assert.assertEquals(0, config.rotation);
+    }
 	
 }