diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
index 56396e3b..d5206e1e 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ function (pgfx_plot::PGFPlotsXPlot)(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
             title_loc = sp[:titlelocation]
             bgc_inside = plot_color(sp[:background_color_inside])
             bgc_inside_a = alpha(bgc_inside)
+            update_clims(sp)
             axis_opt = PGFPlotsX.Options(
                 "point meta max" => get_clims(sp)[2],
                 "point meta min" => get_clims(sp)[1],
diff --git a/src/colorbars.jl b/src/colorbars.jl
index 6340ec17..3e8ac9cb 100644
--- a/src/colorbars.jl
+++ b/src/colorbars.jl
@@ -8,11 +8,11 @@ process_clims(f) = f
 const sp_clims = Dict{Subplot, Tuple{Float64, Float64}}()
 const series_clims = Dict{Series, Tuple{Float64, Float64}}()
 
-get_clims(sp::Subplot)::Tuple{Float64,Float64} = sp_clims[sp]
-get_clims(series::Series)::Tuple{Float64,Float64} = series_clims[series]
+get_clims(sp::Subplot)::Tuple{Float64,Float64} = haskey(sp_clims, sp) ? sp_clims[sp] : update_clims(sp)
+get_clims(series::Series)::Tuple{Float64,Float64} = haskey(series_clims, series) ? series_clims[series] : update_clims(series)
 
 get_clims(sp::Subplot, series::Series)::Tuple{Float64,Float64} =
-    series[:colorbar_entry] ? sp_clims[sp] : series_clims[series]
+    series[:colorbar_entry] ? get_clims(sp) : get_clims(series)
 
 function update_clims(sp::Subplot, op = process_clims(sp[:clims]))::Tuple{Float64,Float64}
     zmin, zmax = Inf, -Inf
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function update_clims(series::Series, op = ignorenan_extrema)::Tuple{Float64,Flo
 end
 
 update_clims(zmin, zmax, vals::AbstractSurface, op)::Tuple{Float64, Float64} = update_clims(zmin, zmax, vals.surf, op)
-update_clims(zmin, zmax, vals::AbstractArray, op)::Tuple{Float64, Float64} = update_clims(zmin, zmax, op(vals)...)
+update_clims(zmin, zmax, vals::Any, op)::Tuple{Float64, Float64} = _update_clims(zmin, zmax, op(vals)...)
 update_clims(zmin, zmax, ::Nothing, ::Any)::Tuple{Float64, Float64} = zmin, zmax
 
 _update_clims(zmin, zmax, emin, emax) = NaNMath.min(zmin, emin), NaNMath.max(zmax, emax)