diff --git a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
index c0c6e05e..4995feb5 100644
--- a/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/src/backends/pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -149,8 +149,6 @@ function (pgfx_plot::PGFPlotsXPlot)(plt::Plot{PGFPlotsXBackend})
                 # treat segments
                 segments = iter_segments(series)
                 segment_opt = PGFPlotsX.Options()
-                # @show get_markerstrokecolor(opt, 1)
-                # @show get_markercolor(opt,1)
                 for (i, rng) in enumerate(segments)
                     seg_args = (arg[rng] for arg in args)
                     segment_opt = merge( segment_opt, pgfx_linestyle(opt, i) )
diff --git a/test/test_pgfplotsx.jl b/test/test_pgfplotsx.jl
index 7a8c320a..5ffd62c8 100644
--- a/test/test_pgfplotsx.jl
+++ b/test/test_pgfplotsx.jl
@@ -37,11 +37,10 @@ end
         axis = Plots.pgfx_axes(pl.o)[1]
         @test count( x->x isa PGFPlotsX.LegendEntry, axis.contents ) == 5
         @test count( x->x isa PGFPlotsX.Plot, axis.contents ) == 104 # each marker is its own plot
-        marker = axis.contents[5]
+        marker = axis.contents[14]
         @test marker isa PGFPlotsX.Plot
-        @show marker.options.dict |> keys
-        @test marker.options["mark"] == "none"
-        @test marker.options["mark options"]["color"] == convert(RGBA{Float64}, colorant"green")
+        @test marker.options["mark"] == "*"
+        @test marker.options["mark options"]["color"] == RGBA{Float64}( colorant"green", 0.8)
         @test marker.options["mark options"]["line width"] == 1
 
         # TODO: marker stroke color is incorrect