diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index ac476c18..f0efbc70 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -631,6 +631,13 @@ function getSeriesArgs(pkg::PlottingPackage, initargs::Dict, kw, commandIndex::I
   for k in keys(_seriesDefaults)
     setDictValue(kwdict, d, k, commandIndex, _seriesDefaults)
   end
+
+  # groupby args?
+  for k in (:idxfilter, :numUncounted, :dataframe)
+    if haskey(kwdict, k)
+      d[k] = kwdict[k]
+    end
+  end
   
   if haskey(_typeAliases, d[:linetype])
     d[:linetype] = _typeAliases[d[:linetype]]
diff --git a/src/backends/gadfly.jl b/src/backends/gadfly.jl
index 4d581471..e0d460e7 100644
--- a/src/backends/gadfly.jl
+++ b/src/backends/gadfly.jl
@@ -376,9 +376,9 @@ end
 
 function updateGadflyGuides(plt::Plot, d::Dict)
   gplt = getGadflyContext(plt)
-  haskey(d, :title) && findGuideAndSet(gplt, Gadfly.Guide.title, d[:title])
-  haskey(d, :xlabel) && findGuideAndSet(gplt, Gadfly.Guide.xlabel, d[:xlabel])
-  haskey(d, :ylabel) && findGuideAndSet(gplt, Gadfly.Guide.ylabel, d[:ylabel])
+  haskey(d, :title) && findGuideAndSet(gplt, Gadfly.Guide.title, string(d[:title]))
+  haskey(d, :xlabel) && findGuideAndSet(gplt, Gadfly.Guide.xlabel, string(d[:xlabel]))
+  haskey(d, :ylabel) && findGuideAndSet(gplt, Gadfly.Guide.ylabel, string(d[:ylabel]))
 
   xlims = addGadflyLimitsScale(gplt, d, true)
   ylims = addGadflyLimitsScale(gplt, d, false)
diff --git a/src/plot.jl b/src/plot.jl
index 424663f4..f89ee1af 100644
--- a/src/plot.jl
+++ b/src/plot.jl
@@ -274,9 +274,9 @@ function createKWargsList(plt::PlottingObject, x, y; kw...)
     # build the series arg dict
     numUncounted = get(d, :numUncounted, 0)
     n = plt.n + i + numUncounted
-    # dumpdict(d, "before getSeriesArgs")
+    dumpdict(d, "before getSeriesArgs")
     d = getSeriesArgs(plt.backend, getinitargs(plt, n), d, i + numUncounted, convertSeriesIndex(plt, n), n)
-    # dumpdict(d, "after getSeriesArgs")
+    dumpdict(d, "after getSeriesArgs")
     d[:x], d[:y] = computeXandY(xs[mod1(i,mx)], ys[mod1(i,my)])
 
     if haskey(d, :idxfilter)