diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 10378f0f..2ef59484 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -12,6 +12,12 @@
 ## (current master)
 - All new development should target Julia 1.x!
 
+## 0.19.2
+- several small fixes for 1.0 compatibility
+
+## 0.19.1
+- don't broadcast plot_color
+
 ## 0.19.0
 - Refactor conditional loading to use Requires
 - Many fixes for 1.0 compatibility
diff --git a/src/backends.jl b/src/backends.jl
index 7f5bcd77..d6dc3bea 100644
--- a/src/backends.jl
+++ b/src/backends.jl
@@ -400,7 +400,10 @@ function add_backend_string(::PyPlotBackend)
     """
     using Pkg
     Pkg.add("PyPlot")
+    Pkg.add("PyCall")
+    Pkg.add("LaTeXStrings")
     withenv("PYTHON" => "") do
+        Pkg.build("PyCall")
         Pkg.build("PyPlot")
     end
     """
diff --git a/src/backends/hdf5.jl b/src/backends/hdf5.jl
index 2c6b3ecb..8389c496 100644
--- a/src/backends/hdf5.jl
+++ b/src/backends/hdf5.jl
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ end
 
 #==Useful constants
 ===============================================================================#
+const _hdf5_nullable{T} = Union{T, Nothing}
 const _hdf5_plotroot = "plot"
 const _hdf5_dataroot = "data" #TODO: Eventually move data to different root (easier to locate)?
 const _hdf5plot_datatypeid = "TYPE" #Attribute identifying type
@@ -129,7 +130,7 @@ if length(HDF5PLOT_MAP_TELEM2STR) < 1
         "AXIS" => Axis,
         "SURFACE" => Surface,
         "SUBPLOT" => Subplot,
-        "NULLABLE" => Nullable,
+        "NULLABLE" => _hdf5_nullable,
     )
     merge!(HDF5PLOT_MAP_STR2TELEM, telem2str)
     merge!(HDF5PLOT_MAP_TELEM2STR, Dict{Type, String}(v=>k for (k,v) in HDF5PLOT_MAP_STR2TELEM))
@@ -344,9 +345,10 @@ function _hdf5plot_gwritearray(grp, k::String, v::Array{T}) where T
     vgrp = HDF5.g_create(grp, k)
     _hdf5plot_writetype(vgrp, Array) #ANY
     sz = size(v)
+    lidx = LinearIndices(sz)
 
     for iter in eachindex(v)
-        coord = LinearIndices(sz, iter)
+        coord = lidx[iter]
         elem = v[iter]
         idxstr = join(coord, "_")
         _hdf5plot_gwrite(vgrp, "v$idxstr", v[iter])
@@ -391,7 +393,7 @@ function _hdf5plot_gwrite(grp, k::String, v::Surface)
 	_hdf5plot_writetype(grp, Surface)
 end
 # #TODO: "Properly" support Nullable using _hdf5plot_writetype?
-# function _hdf5plot_gwrite(grp, k::String, v::Nullable)
+# function _hdf5plot_gwrite(grp, k::String, v::_hdf5_nullable)
 #     if isnull(v)
 #         _hdf5plot_gwrite(grp, k, nothing)
 #     else
@@ -508,10 +510,11 @@ function _hdf5plot_read(grp, k::String, T::Type{Array}, dtid) #ANY
     sz = _hdf5plot_read(grp, "dim")
     if [0] == sz; return []; end
     sz = tuple(sz...)
-    result = Array{Any}(sz)
+    result = Array{Any}(undef, sz)
+    lidx = LinearIndices(sz)
 
     for iter in eachindex(result)
-        coord = LinearIndices(sz, iter)
+        coord = lidx[iter]
         idxstr = join(coord, "_")
         result[iter] = _hdf5plot_read(grp, "v$idxstr")
     end
diff --git a/src/backends/plotly.jl b/src/backends/plotly.jl
index 51c24c85..810a5e88 100644
--- a/src/backends/plotly.jl
+++ b/src/backends/plotly.jl
@@ -645,7 +645,7 @@ end
 
 function plotly_series_shapes(plt::Plot, series::Series)
     segments = iter_segments(series)
-    d_outs = Vector{KW}(length(segments))
+    d_outs = Vector{KW}(undef, length(segments))
 
     # TODO: create a d_out for each polygon
     # x, y = series[:x], series[:y]
@@ -707,7 +707,7 @@ function plotly_series_segments(series::Series, d_base::KW, x, y, z)
         (isa(series[:fillrange], AbstractVector) || isa(series[:fillrange], Tuple))
 
     segments = iter_segments(series)
-    d_outs = Vector{KW}((hasfillrange ? 2 : 1 ) * length(segments))
+    d_outs = Vector{KW}(undef, (hasfillrange ? 2 : 1 ) * length(segments))
 
     for (i,rng) in enumerate(segments)
         !isscatter && length(rng) < 2 && continue
diff --git a/src/backends/plotlyjs.jl b/src/backends/plotlyjs.jl
index 1482b717..127aef52 100644
--- a/src/backends/plotlyjs.jl
+++ b/src/backends/plotlyjs.jl
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function _series_updated(plt::Plot{PlotlyJSBackend}, series::Series)
     end
     PlotlyJS.restyle!(
         plt.o,
-        findfirst(plt.series_list, series),
+        findfirst(isequal(series), plt.series_list),
         kw
     )
 end
diff --git a/src/plot.jl b/src/plot.jl
index 9d0ee6c4..ccce63d1 100644
--- a/src/plot.jl
+++ b/src/plot.jl
@@ -283,11 +283,11 @@ end
 
 function plot(sp::Subplot, args...; kw...)
     plt = sp.plt
-    plot(plt, args...; kw..., subplot = findfirst(plt.subplots, sp))
+    plot(plt, args...; kw..., subplot = findfirst(isequal(sp), plt.subplots))
 end
 function plot!(sp::Subplot, args...; kw...)
     plt = sp.plt
-    plot!(plt, args...; kw..., subplot = findfirst(plt.subplots, sp))
+    plot!(plt, args...; kw..., subplot = findfirst(isequal(sp), plt.subplots))
 end
 
 # --------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/src/plotattr.jl b/src/plotattr.jl
index 7313b2ce..42e3edf5 100644
--- a/src/plotattr.jl
+++ b/src/plotattr.jl
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ function plotattr(attrtype::Symbol, attribute::AbstractString)
     attribute = Symbol(lookup_aliases(attrtype, attribute))
 
     desc = get(_arg_desc, attribute, "")
-    first_period_idx = findfirst(desc, '.')
+    first_period_idx = findfirst(isequal('.'), desc)
     typedesc = desc[1:first_period_idx-1]
     desc = strip(desc[first_period_idx+1:end])
     als = keys(filter((_,v)->v==attribute, _keyAliases)) |> collect |> sort