diff --git a/src/backends/plotlyjs.jl b/src/backends/plotlyjs.jl
index 7f86cc66..b43944be 100644
--- a/src/backends/plotlyjs.jl
+++ b/src/backends/plotlyjs.jl
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ _display(plt::Plot{PlotlyJSBackend}) = display(plotlyjs_syncplot(plt))
 
 @require WebIO = "0f1e0344-ec1d-5b48-a673-e5cf874b6c29" begin
     function WebIO.render(plt::Plot{PlotlyJSBackend})
-        plt_html = sprint(show, MIME("text/html"), x)
+        plt_html = sprint(show, MIME("text/html"), plt)
         return WebIO.render(dom"div"(innerHTML=plt_html))
     end
 end