diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/Engine.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/Engine.java
index 5c03669b2..5a6f249e4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/Engine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/Engine.java
@@ -39,11 +39,9 @@ public class Engine implements Jsonizable {
     public FilteredRows getFilteredRows(Facet except, boolean includeContextual) {
         ConjunctiveFilteredRows cfr = new ConjunctiveFilteredRows(includeContextual, _includeDependent);
         for (Facet facet : _facets) {
-            System.out.println("facet: " + facet);
             if (facet != except) {
                 RowFilter rowFilter = facet.getRowFilter();
                 if (rowFilter != null) {
-                    System.out.println(" rowFilter: " + rowFilter);
                     cfr.add(rowFilter);
                 }
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/facets/ScatterplotDrawingRowVisitor.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/facets/ScatterplotDrawingRowVisitor.java
index df0f79bf3..395bffdcd 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/facets/ScatterplotDrawingRowVisitor.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/facets/ScatterplotDrawingRowVisitor.java
@@ -27,11 +27,6 @@ public class ScatterplotDrawingRowVisitor implements RowVisitor {
     double l;
     double dot;
 
-    double from_x;
-    double from_y;
-    double to_x;
-    double to_y;
-
     double min_x;
     double max_x;
     double min_y;
@@ -44,8 +39,7 @@ public class ScatterplotDrawingRowVisitor implements RowVisitor {
     
     public ScatterplotDrawingRowVisitor(
             int col_x, int col_y, double min_x, double max_x, double min_y, double max_y,
-            int size, int dim_x, int dim_y, int rotation, double dot, Color color,
-            double from_x, double from_y, double to_x, double to_y)  
+            int size, int dim_x, int dim_y, int rotation, double dot, Color color)  
     {
         this.col_x = col_x;
         this.col_y = col_y;
@@ -59,10 +53,6 @@ public class ScatterplotDrawingRowVisitor implements RowVisitor {
         this.dim_x = dim_x;
         this.dim_y = dim_y;
         this.rotation = rotation;
-        this.from_x = from_x;
-        this.from_y = from_y;
-        this.to_x = to_x;
-        this.to_y = to_y;
         
         l = (double) size;
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/facets/ScatterplotFacet.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/facets/ScatterplotFacet.java
index 7a0c519ef..7a246e7a5 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/facets/ScatterplotFacet.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/facets/ScatterplotFacet.java
@@ -166,6 +166,7 @@ public class ScatterplotFacet implements Facet {
         name = o.getString(NAME);
 
         size = (o.has(SIZE)) ? o.getInt(SIZE) : 100;
+        l = size;
 
         dot = (o.has(DOT)) ? o.getInt(DOT) : 0.5d;
         
@@ -184,6 +185,10 @@ public class ScatterplotFacet implements Facet {
             Column x_column = project.columnModel.getColumnByName(columnName_x);
             if (x_column != null) {
                 columnIndex_x = x_column.getCellIndex();
+                
+                NumericBinIndex index_x = ScatterplotFacet.getBinIndex(project, x_column, eval_x, expression_x);
+                min_x = index_x.getMin();
+                max_x = index_x.getMax();
             } else {
                 errorMessage_x = "No column named " + columnName_x;
             }
@@ -210,6 +215,10 @@ public class ScatterplotFacet implements Facet {
             Column y_column = project.columnModel.getColumnByName(columnName_y);
             if (y_column != null) {
                 columnIndex_y = y_column.getCellIndex();
+                
+                NumericBinIndex index_y = ScatterplotFacet.getBinIndex(project, y_column, eval_y, expression_y);
+                min_y = index_y.getMin();
+                max_y = index_y.getMax();
             } else {
                 errorMessage_y = "No column named " + columnName_y;
             }
@@ -239,8 +248,11 @@ public class ScatterplotFacet implements Facet {
                 protected boolean checkValues(double x, double y) {
                     Point2D.Double p = new Point2D.Double(x,y);
                     p = translateCoordinates(p, dim_x, dim_y, rotation, l, min_x, max_x, min_y, max_y);
+                    
                     boolean value = p.x >= from_x && p.x < to_x && p.y >= from_y && p.y < to_y;
-                    System.out.println(p + " " + value);
+                    
+                    //System.out.println(p + " " + value);
+                    
                     return value;
                 };
             };
@@ -283,8 +295,7 @@ public class ScatterplotFacet implements Facet {
                 if (index_x.isNumeric() && index_y.isNumeric()) {
                     ScatterplotDrawingRowVisitor drawer = new ScatterplotDrawingRowVisitor(
                       columnIndex_x, columnIndex_y, min_x, max_x, min_y, max_y, 
-                      size, dim_x, dim_y, rotation, dot, color,
-                      from_x, from_y, to_x, to_y
+                      size, dim_x, dim_y, rotation, dot, color
                     );
                     filteredRows.accept(project, drawer);
                  
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/filters/DualExpressionsNumberComparisonRowFilter.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/filters/DualExpressionsNumberComparisonRowFilter.java
index dd4dee5fb..1179f3d9c 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/filters/DualExpressionsNumberComparisonRowFilter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/browsing/filters/DualExpressionsNumberComparisonRowFilter.java
@@ -67,7 +67,11 @@ abstract public class DualExpressionsNumberComparisonRowFilter implements RowFil
             if (vx instanceof Number && vy instanceof Number) {
                 double dx = ((Number) vx).doubleValue();
                 double dy = ((Number) vy).doubleValue();
-                return (!Double.isInfinite(dx) && !Double.isNaN(dx) && !Double.isInfinite(dy) && !Double.isNaN(dy) && checkValue(dx,dy));
+                return (!Double.isInfinite(dx) && 
+                        !Double.isNaN(dx) && 
+                        !Double.isInfinite(dy) && 
+                        !Double.isNaN(dy) && 
+                        checkValues(dx,dy));
             } else {
                 return false;
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/commands/info/GetScatterplotCommand.java b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/commands/info/GetScatterplotCommand.java
index 1f9e314be..72ed4a5a6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/commands/info/GetScatterplotCommand.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/metaweb/gridworks/commands/info/GetScatterplotCommand.java
@@ -63,11 +63,6 @@ public class GetScatterplotCommand extends Command {
         double min_y = 0;
         double max_x = 0;
         double max_y = 0;
-
-        double from_x = 0;
-        double to_x = 0;
-        double from_y = 0;
-        double to_y = 0;
         
         int columnIndex_x = 0;
         int columnIndex_y = 0;
@@ -105,11 +100,6 @@ public class GetScatterplotCommand extends Command {
             Gridworks.warn("error parsing expression", e);
         }
         
-        if (o.has(ScatterplotFacet.FROM_X) && o.has(ScatterplotFacet.TO_X)) {
-            from_x = o.getDouble(ScatterplotFacet.FROM_X);
-            to_x = o.getDouble(ScatterplotFacet.TO_X);
-        }
-        
         String columnName_y = o.getString(ScatterplotFacet.Y_COLUMN_NAME);
         String expression_y = (o.has(ScatterplotFacet.Y_EXPRESSION)) ? o.getString(ScatterplotFacet.Y_EXPRESSION) : "value";
         
@@ -128,11 +118,6 @@ public class GetScatterplotCommand extends Command {
             Gridworks.warn("error parsing expression", e);
         }
         
-        if (o.has(ScatterplotFacet.FROM_Y) && o.has(ScatterplotFacet.TO_Y)) {
-            from_y = o.getDouble(ScatterplotFacet.FROM_Y);
-            to_y = o.getDouble(ScatterplotFacet.TO_Y);
-        }
-        
         NumericBinIndex index_x = null;
         NumericBinIndex index_y = null;
         
@@ -157,8 +142,7 @@ public class GetScatterplotCommand extends Command {
         if (index_x != null && index_y != null && index_x.isNumeric() && index_y.isNumeric()) {
             ScatterplotDrawingRowVisitor drawer = new ScatterplotDrawingRowVisitor(
                     columnIndex_x, columnIndex_y, min_x, max_x, min_y, max_y, 
-                    size, dim_x, dim_y, rotation, dot, color,
-                    from_x, from_y, to_x, to_y
+                    size, dim_x, dim_y, rotation, dot, color
                   );
             FilteredRows filteredRows = engine.getAllFilteredRows(false);
             filteredRows.accept(project, drawer);
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/scripts/facets/scatterplot-facet.js b/src/main/webapp/scripts/facets/scatterplot-facet.js
index 39a972494..c57a95406 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/scripts/facets/scatterplot-facet.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/scripts/facets/scatterplot-facet.js
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ ScatterplotFacet.prototype.getJSON = function() {
 };
 
 ScatterplotFacet.prototype.hasSelection = function() {
-    // TODO
+    return ("from_x" in this._config);
 };
 
 ScatterplotFacet.prototype._initializeUI = function() {
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ ScatterplotFacet.prototype._initializeUI = function() {
     
     var params = {
         project: theProject.id,
-        engine: JSON.stringify(ui.browsingEngine.getJSON()), 
+        engine: JSON.stringify(ui.browsingEngine.getJSON(false, this)), 
         plotter: JSON.stringify(this._config) 
     };
     var url = "/command/get-scatterplot?" + $.param(params);
diff --git a/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/browsing-engine.js b/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/browsing-engine.js
index f1b94033a..501435590 100644
--- a/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/browsing-engine.js
+++ b/src/main/webapp/scripts/project/browsing-engine.js
@@ -98,14 +98,14 @@ BrowsingEngine.prototype._updateFacetOrder = function() {
     this._facets = newFacets;
 };
 
-BrowsingEngine.prototype.getJSON = function(keepUnrestrictedFacets) {
+BrowsingEngine.prototype.getJSON = function(keepUnrestrictedFacets, except) {
     var a = {
         facets: [],
         includeDependent: this._elmts.includeDependentRowsCheck[0].checked
     };
     for (var i = 0; i < this._facets.length; i++) {
         var facet = this._facets[i];
-        if (keepUnrestrictedFacets || facet.facet.hasSelection()) {
+        if ((keepUnrestrictedFacets || facet.facet.hasSelection()) && (facet.facet != except)) {
             a.facets.push(this._facets[i].facet.getJSON());
         }
     }