diff --git a/debug.tex b/debug.tex
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..fc73d925
--- /dev/null
+++ b/debug.tex
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+\begin{tikzpicture}[/tikz/background rectangle/.style={fill={rgb,1:red,1.0;green,1.0;blue,1.0}, draw opacity={1.0}}, show background rectangle]
+\begin{axis}[title={Line}, title style={at={{(0.5,1)}}, font={{\fontsize{14 pt}{18.2 pt}\selectfont}}, color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, rotate={0.0}}, legend style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, line width={1}, solid, fill={rgb,1:red,1.0;green,1.0;blue,1.0}, fill opacity={1.0}, text opacity={1.0}, font={{\fontsize{8 pt}{10.4 pt}\selectfont}}, at={(1.02, 1)}, anchor={north west}}, axis background/.style={fill={rgb,1:red,1.0;green,1.0;blue,1.0}, opacity={1.0}}, anchor={north west}, xshift={1.0mm}, yshift={-1.0mm}, width={69.2mm}, height={99.6mm}, scaled x ticks={false}, xlabel={}, x tick style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, opacity={1.0}}, x tick label style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, opacity={1.0}, rotate={0}}, xlabel style={, font={{\fontsize{11 pt}{14.3 pt}\selectfont}}, color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, rotate={0.0}}, xmajorgrids={true}, xmin={0.88}, xmax={5.12}, xtick={{1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0}}, xticklabels={{$1$,$2$,$3$,$4$,$5$}}, xtick align={inside}, xticklabel style={font={{\fontsize{8 pt}{10.4 pt}\selectfont}}, color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, rotate={0.0}}, x grid style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={0.1}, line width={0.5}, solid}, axis x line*={left}, x axis line style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, line width={1}, solid}, scaled y ticks={false}, ylabel={}, y tick style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, opacity={1.0}}, y tick label style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, opacity={1.0}, rotate={0}}, ylabel style={, font={{\fontsize{11 pt}{14.3 pt}\selectfont}}, color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, rotate={0.0}}, ymajorgrids={true}, ymin={0.88}, ymax={5.12}, ytick={{1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0}}, yticklabels={{$1$,$2$,$3$,$4$,$5$}}, ytick align={inside}, yticklabel style={font={{\fontsize{8 pt}{10.4 pt}\selectfont}}, color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, rotate={0.0}}, y grid style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={0.1}, line width={0.5}, solid}, axis y line*={left}, y axis line style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, line width={1}, solid}, colorbar style={title={}}, point meta max={nan}, point meta min={nan}]
+    \addplot[color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.6056;blue,0.9787}, name path={07c9a36d-057e-4edb-9eab-7bc5bb7dde97}, axis line shift={10pt}, \node at (1,1) {Plot types};, draw opacity={1.0}, line width={1}, solid]
+        coordinates {
+            (1,1)
+            (2,2)
+            (3,3)
+            (4,4)
+            (5,5)
+        }
+        ;
+    \addlegendentry {y1}
+\end{axis}
+\begin{axis}[title={Scatter}, title style={at={{(0.5,1)}}, font={{\fontsize{14 pt}{18.2 pt}\selectfont}}, color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, rotate={0.0}}, legend style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, line width={1}, solid, fill={rgb,1:red,1.0;green,1.0;blue,1.0}, fill opacity={1.0}, text opacity={1.0}, font={{\fontsize{8 pt}{10.4 pt}\selectfont}}, at={(1.02, 1)}, anchor={north west}}, axis background/.style={fill={rgb,1:red,1.0;green,1.0;blue,1.0}, opacity={1.0}}, anchor={north west}, xshift={77.2mm}, yshift={-1.0mm}, width={69.2mm}, height={99.6mm}, scaled x ticks={false}, xlabel={}, x tick style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, opacity={1.0}}, x tick label style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, opacity={1.0}, rotate={0}}, xlabel style={, font={{\fontsize{11 pt}{14.3 pt}\selectfont}}, color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, rotate={0.0}}, xmajorgrids={true}, xmin={0.88}, xmax={5.12}, xtick={{1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0}}, xticklabels={{$1$,$2$,$3$,$4$,$5$}}, xtick align={inside}, xticklabel style={font={{\fontsize{8 pt}{10.4 pt}\selectfont}}, color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, rotate={0.0}}, x grid style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={0.1}, line width={0.5}, solid}, axis x line*={left}, x axis line style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, line width={1}, solid}, scaled y ticks={false}, ylabel={}, y tick style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, opacity={1.0}}, y tick label style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, opacity={1.0}, rotate={0}}, ylabel style={, font={{\fontsize{11 pt}{14.3 pt}\selectfont}}, color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, rotate={0.0}}, ymajorgrids={true}, ymin={0.88}, ymax={5.12}, ytick={{1.0,2.0,3.0,4.0,5.0}}, yticklabels={{$1$,$2$,$3$,$4$,$5$}}, ytick align={inside}, yticklabel style={font={{\fontsize{8 pt}{10.4 pt}\selectfont}}, color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, rotate={0.0}}, y grid style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={0.1}, line width={0.5}, solid}, axis y line*={left}, y axis line style={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, line width={1}, solid}, colorbar style={title={}}, point meta max={nan}, point meta min={nan}]
+    \addplot[color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.6056;blue,0.9787}, name path={30b69258-83e9-4e54-a4e5-5f0cb924a7f0}, axis line shift={10pt}, \node at (1,1) {Plot types};, draw opacity={1.0}, line width={0}, solid, mark={*}, mark size={3.0 pt}, mark options={color={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.0;blue,0.0}, draw opacity={1.0}, fill={rgb,1:red,0.0;green,0.6056;blue,0.9787}, fill opacity={1.0}, line width={0.75}, rotate={0}, solid}, only marks]
+        coordinates {
+            (1,1)
+            (2,2)
+            (3,3)
+            (4,4)
+            (5,5)
+        }
+        ;
+    \addlegendentry {y1}
+\end{axis}
+\end{tikzpicture}
diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index 447de838..86abf9ab 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -281,7 +281,7 @@ const _series_defaults = KW(
                                      #     one logical series to be broken up (path and markers, for example)
     :hover              => nothing,  # text to display when hovering over the data points
     :stride             => (1,1),    # array stride for wireframe/surface, the first element is the row stride and the second is the column stride.
-    :extra_kwargs                => KW()
+    :extra_kwargs       => Dict()
 )
 
 
@@ -293,7 +293,7 @@ const _plot_defaults = KW(
     :fontfamily                  => "sans-serif",
     :size                        => (600,400),
     :pos                         => (0,0),
-    :window_title                 => "Plots.jl",
+    :window_title                => "Plots.jl",
     :show                        => false,
     :layout                      => 1,
     :link                        => :none,
@@ -305,7 +305,7 @@ const _plot_defaults = KW(
     :dpi                         => DPI,        # dots per inch for images, etc
     :thickness_scaling           => 1,
     :display_type                => :auto,
-    :extra_plot_kwargs           => KW(),
+    :extra_plot_kwargs           => Dict(),
     :extra_kwargs                => :series    # directs collection of extra_kwargs
 )
 
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ const _subplot_defaults = KW(
     :colorbar_title           => "",
     :framestyle               => :axes,
     :camera                   => (30,30),
-    :extra_kwargs                => KW()
+    :extra_kwargs             => Dict()
 )
 
 const _axis_defaults = KW(
diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
index a752a4d5..658b1536 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ function (pgfx_plot::PGFPlotsXPlot)(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
     if !pgfx_plot.is_created || pgfx_plot.was_shown
         pgfx_sanitize_plot!(plt)
         # extract extra kwargs
-        extra_plot_opt = PGFPlotsX.Options(plt[:extra_kwargs][:plot]...)
+        extra_plot_opt = PGFPlotsX.Options(plt[:extra_plot_kwargs]...)
         the_plot = PGFPlotsX.TikzPicture(extra_plot_opt)
         bgc = plt.attr[:background_color_outside] == :match ?
             plt.attr[:background_color] : plt.attr[:background_color_outside]
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ 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)
-            extra_sp_opt = PGFPlotsX.Options(plt[:extra_kwargs][:subplot]...)
+            extra_sp_opt = PGFPlotsX.Options(sp[:extra_kwargs]...)
             axis_opt = PGFPlotsX.Options(
                 "title" => sp[:title],
                 "title style" => PGFPlotsX.Options(
@@ -246,7 +246,8 @@ function (pgfx_plot::PGFPlotsXPlot)(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
             else
                 PGFPlotsX.Axis
             end
-            axis = axisf(axis_opt)
+            @show extra_sp_opt
+            axis = axisf(merge(axis_opt, extra_sp_opt))
             if sp[:legendtitle] !== nothing
                 push!(axis, PGFPlotsX.Options("\\addlegendimage{empty legend}" => nothing))
                 push!(
@@ -264,12 +265,12 @@ function (pgfx_plot::PGFPlotsXPlot)(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
                 opt = series.plotattributes
                 st = series[:seriestype]
                 sf = series[:fillrange]
-                extra_series_opt = PGFPlotsX.Options(plt[:extra_kwargs][:series]...)
+                extra_series_opt = PGFPlotsX.Options(series[:extra_kwargs]...)
                 series_opt = PGFPlotsX.Options(
                     "color" => single_color(opt[:linecolor]),
                     "name path" => string(series_id),
-                    extra_series_opt...
                 )
+                series_opt = merge(series_opt, extra_series_opt)
                 if RecipesPipeline.is3d(series) || st == :heatmap
                     series_func = PGFPlotsX.Plot3
                 else
diff --git a/src/pipeline.jl b/src/pipeline.jl
index 7f655674..ef94c8e1 100644
--- a/src/pipeline.jl
+++ b/src/pipeline.jl
@@ -344,15 +344,15 @@ function _add_the_series(plt, sp, plotattributes)
     extra_kwargs = warn_on_unsupported_args(plt.backend, plotattributes)
     @show plt[:extra_kwargs]
     if (kw = plt[:extra_kwargs]) isa AbstractDict
-        merge!(plt[:extra_plot_kwargs], get(kw,:plot,KW()))
-        merge!(sp[:extra_kwargs], get(kw,:subplot, KW()))
-        merge!(plotattributes[:extra_kwargs], get(kw,:series,KW()))
+        plt[:extra_plot_kwargs] = get(kw,:plot,KW())
+        sp[:extra_kwargs] = get(kw,:subplot, KW())
+        plotattributes[:extra_kwargs] = get(kw,:series,KW())
     elseif plt[:extra_kwargs] == :plot
-        merge!(plt[:extra_plot_kwargs], extra_kwargs)
+        plt[:extra_plot_kwargs] = extra_kwargs
     elseif plt[:extra_kwargs] == :subplot
-        merge!(sp[:extra_kwargs], extra_kwargs)
+        sp[:extra_kwargs] = extra_kwargs
     elseif plt[:extra_kwargs] == :series
-        merge!(plotattributes[:extra_kwargs], extra_kwargs)
+        plotattributes[:extra_kwargs] = extra_kwargs
     else
         ArgumentError("Unsupported type for extra keyword arguments")
     end