diff --git a/src/backends/pyplot.jl b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
index bdd5af27..5d605cc2 100644
--- a/src/backends/pyplot.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pyplot.jl
@@ -207,6 +207,10 @@ function _create_plot(pkg::PyPlotPackage; kw...)
     w,h = map(px2inch, d[:size])
     bgcolor = getPyPlotColor(d[:background_color])
     wrap = PyPlotAxisWrapper(nothing, nothing, PyPlot.figure(; figsize = (w,h), facecolor = bgcolor, dpi = DPI, tight_layout = true), [])
+
+    if haskey(d, :linetype) && first(d[:linetype]) in _3dTypes # && isa(plt.o, PyPlotFigWrapper)
+      push!(wrap.kwargs, (:projection, "3d"))
+    end
   end
 
   plt = Plot(wrap, pkg, 0, d, Dict[])
@@ -218,9 +222,9 @@ function _add_series(pkg::PyPlotPackage, plt::Plot; kw...)
   d = Dict(kw)
 
   lt = d[:linetype]
-  if lt in _3dTypes # && isa(plt.o, PyPlotFigWrapper)
-    push!(plt.o.kwargs, (:projection, "3d"))
-  end
+  # if lt in _3dTypes # && isa(plt.o, PyPlotFigWrapper)
+  #   push!(plt.o.kwargs, (:projection, "3d"))
+  # end
 
   ax = getAxis(plt, d[:axis])
   if !(lt in supportedTypes(pkg))
@@ -249,7 +253,7 @@ function _add_series(pkg::PyPlotPackage, plt::Plot; kw...)
 
   end
 
-  lt = d[:linetype]
+  # lt = d[:linetype]
   extra_kwargs = Dict()
 
   plotfunc = getPyPlotFunction(plt, d[:axis], lt)
@@ -349,15 +353,16 @@ function _add_series(pkg::PyPlotPackage, plt::Plot; kw...)
     handle = plotfunc(x, y, surf, extra_args...; extra_kwargs...)
     if d[:fillrange] != nothing
       extra_kwargs[:cmap] = getPyPlotColorMap(d[:fillcolor], d[:fillalpha])
+      delete!(extra_kwargs, :linewidths)
       handle = ax[:contourf](x, y, surf, extra_args...; extra_kwargs...)
     end
     handle
 
   elseif lt in (:surface,:wireframe)
-    x, y, z = d[:x], d[:y], d[:z].surf
+    x, y, z = d[:x], d[:y], Array(d[:z])
     if !ismatrix(x) || !ismatrix(y)
       x = repmat(x', length(y), 1)
-      y = repmat(y, 1, length(x))
+      y = repmat(y, 1, length(d[:x]))
       z = z'
     end
     plotfunc(x, y, z; extra_kwargs...)
diff --git a/src/components.jl b/src/components.jl
index f1b7114b..5c4be5ba 100644
--- a/src/components.jl
+++ b/src/components.jl
@@ -231,6 +231,8 @@ end
 
 Surface(f::Function, x, y) = Surface(Float64[f(xi,yi) for xi in x, yi in y])
 
+Base.Array(surf::Surface) = surf.surf
+
 # -----------------------------------------------------------------------
 
 type OHLC{T<:Real}
diff --git a/src/plot.jl b/src/plot.jl
index db7a8c02..5eaca478 100644
--- a/src/plot.jl
+++ b/src/plot.jl
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function plot(args...; kw...)
   preprocessArgs!(d)
   dumpdict(d, "After plot preprocessing")
 
-  plotargs = getPlotArgs(pkg, d, 1)
+  plotargs = merge(d, getPlotArgs(pkg, d, 1))
   dumpdict(plotargs, "Plot args")
   plt = _create_plot(pkg; plotargs...)  # create a new, blank plot
 
diff --git a/src/utils.jl b/src/utils.jl
index 56b14539..a6e65c78 100644
--- a/src/utils.jl
+++ b/src/utils.jl
@@ -174,7 +174,9 @@ function replaceAliases!(d::Dict, aliases::Dict)
 end
 
 createSegments(z) = collect(repmat(z',2,1))[2:end]
+
 Base.first(c::Colorant) = c
+Base.first(x::Symbol) = x
 
 
 sortedkeys(d::Dict) = sort(collect(keys(d)))
@@ -201,6 +203,7 @@ isscalar(::Any) = false
 
 
 
+
 # ticksType{T<:Real,S<:Real}(ticks::@compat(Tuple{T,S})) = :limits
 ticksType{T<:Real}(ticks::AVec{T}) = :ticks
 ticksType{T<:AVec,S<:AVec}(ticks::@compat(Tuple{T,S})) = :ticks_and_labels
diff --git a/test/imgcomp.jl b/test/imgcomp.jl
index e61e7523..b8c65878 100644
--- a/test/imgcomp.jl
+++ b/test/imgcomp.jl
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = is
   
   # first 
   Plots._debugMode.on = debug
-  example = ExamplePlots.examples[idx]
+  example = ExamplePlots._examples[idx]
   info("Testing plot: $pkg:$idx:$(example.header)")
   backend(pkg)
   backend()
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = is
   end
 
   # run the example
-  # map(eval, PlotExamples.examples[idx].exprs)
+  # map(eval, PlotExamples._examples[idx].exprs)
 
   # # save the png
   # tmpfn = tempname() * ".png"
@@ -148,7 +148,7 @@ function image_comparison_tests(pkg::Symbol, idx::Int; debug = false, popup = is
 end
 
 function image_comparison_facts(pkg::Symbol; skip = [], debug = false, sigma = [1,1], eps = 1e-2)
-  for i in 1:length(ExamplePlots.examples)
+  for i in 1:length(ExamplePlots._examples)
     i in skip && continue
     @fact image_comparison_tests(pkg, i, debug=debug, sigma=sigma, eps=eps) |> success --> true
   end