diff --git a/src/backends.jl b/src/backends.jl
index 70fba5da..51aeffa7 100644
--- a/src/backends.jl
+++ b/src/backends.jl
@@ -417,6 +417,8 @@ const _plotly_marker = [
 ]
 const _plotly_scale = [:identity, :log10]
 
+defaultOutputFormat(plt::Plot{Plots.PlotlyBackend}) = "html"
+
 # ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # pgfplots
 
diff --git a/src/output.jl b/src/output.jl
index b3392cc5..fd37c10e 100644
--- a/src/output.jl
+++ b/src/output.jl
@@ -55,9 +55,7 @@ tex(fn::AbstractString) = tex(current(), fn)
 function html(plt::Plot, fn::AbstractString)
     fn = addExtension(fn, "html")
     io = open(fn, "w")
-    _use_remote[] = true
     show(io, MIME("text/html"), plt)
-    _use_remote[] = false
     close(io)
 end
 html(fn::AbstractString) = html(current(), fn)