diff --git a/src/Plots.jl b/src/Plots.jl
index 3d754d63..ed2a7e7e 100644
--- a/src/Plots.jl
+++ b/src/Plots.jl
@@ -70,9 +70,10 @@ export
     backend,
     backends,
     backend_name,
+    backend_object,
     add_backend,
     aliases,
-    dataframes,
+    # dataframes,
 
     Shape,
     text,
diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplots.jl b/src/backends/pgfplots.jl
index 2785d5b6..8e2a67fb 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplots.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplots.jl
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ end
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
 
-function _make_pgf_plot!(plt::Plot)
+function _update_plot_object(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsBackend})
     plt.o = PGFPlots.Axis[]
     for sp in plt.subplots
         # first build the PGFPlots.Axis object
@@ -297,13 +297,10 @@ end
 
 
 function _show(io::IO, mime::MIME"image/svg+xml", plt::Plot{PGFPlotsBackend})
-    _make_pgf_plot!(plt)
     show(io, mime, plt.o)
 end
 
 function _show(io::IO, mime::MIME"application/pdf", plt::Plot{PGFPlotsBackend})
-    _make_pgf_plot!(plt)
-
     # prepare the object
     pgfplt = PGFPlots.plot(plt.o)
 
@@ -320,7 +317,6 @@ end
 
 function _display(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsBackend})
     # prepare the object
-    _make_pgf_plot!(plt)
     pgfplt = PGFPlots.plot(plt.o)
 
     # save an svg
diff --git a/src/plot.jl b/src/plot.jl
index aa42bd7a..87f06ea1 100644
--- a/src/plot.jl
+++ b/src/plot.jl
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ function _plot!(plt::Plot, d::KW, args::Tuple)
 
     # info(3)
     # map(DD, kw_list)
-    
+
     for kw in kw_list
         sp::Subplot = kw[:subplot]
         # idx = get_subplot_index(plt, sp)
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@ function prepare_output(plt::Plot)
     _update_plot_object(plt)
 end
 
-function prepared_object(plt::Plot)
+function backend_object(plt::Plot)
     prepare_output(plt)
     plt.o
 end