diff --git a/src/args.jl b/src/args.jl
index dca2fd0f..8a3e92b1 100644
--- a/src/args.jl
+++ b/src/args.jl
@@ -466,7 +466,7 @@ autopick_ignore_none_auto(notarr, idx::Integer) = notarr
 function aliasesAndAutopick(plotattributes::KW, sym::Symbol, aliases::Dict{Symbol,Symbol}, options::AVec, plotIndex::Int)
     if plotattributes[sym] == :auto
         plotattributes[sym] = autopick_ignore_none_auto(options, plotIndex)
-    elseif haskey(aliases, [sym])
+    elseif haskey(aliases, plotattributes[sym])
         plotattributes[sym] = aliases[plotattributes[sym]]
     end
 end
diff --git a/src/backends/glvisualize.jl b/src/backends/glvisualize.jl
index 296b79e2..72288380 100644
--- a/src/backends/glvisualize.jl
+++ b/src/backends/glvisualize.jl
@@ -1144,11 +1144,11 @@ function _display(plt::Plot{GLVisualizeBackend}, visible = true)
                  vis = gl_boxplot(plotattributes, kw_args)
              elseif st == :volume
                   volume = plotattributes[:y]
-                  _d = copy(plotattributes)
-                  _d[:y] = 0:1
-                  _d[:x] = 0:1
+                  _plotattributes = copy(plotattributes)
+                  _plotattributes[:y] = 0:1
+                  _plotattributes[:x] = 0:1
                   kw_args = KW()
-                  extract_gradient(_d, kw_args, :fill)
+                  extract_gradient(_plotattributes, kw_args, :fill)
                   vis = visualize(volume.v, Style(:default), kw_args)
              else
                 error("failed to display plot type $st")