diff --git a/plotly/plotlyfig.m b/plotly/plotlyfig.m
index ef707bd9..2a429d79 100644
--- a/plotly/plotlyfig.m
+++ b/plotly/plotlyfig.m
@@ -265,7 +265,10 @@
             
             % strip the style keys from data
             for d = 1:length(obj.data)
-                if strcmpi(obj.data{d}.type, 'scatter') 
+                if ( ...
+                        strcmpi(obj.data{d}.type, 'scatter') || ...
+                        strcmpi(obj.data{d}.type, 'bar') ...
+                    )
                     return
                 end
                 obj.data{d} = obj.stripkeys(obj.data{d}, obj.data{d}.type, 'style');
@@ -889,7 +892,10 @@ function delete(obj)
             catch exception
                 if obj.UserData.Verbose
                     % catch 3D output until integrated into graphref
-                    if ~(strcmpi(fieldname,'surface') || strcmpi(fieldname,'scatter3d') || strcmpi(fieldname,'mesh3d'))
+                    if ~( ...
+                            strcmpi(fieldname,'surface') || strcmpi(fieldname,'scatter3d') ...
+                        ||  strcmpi(fieldname,'mesh3d') || strcmpi(fieldname,'bar') ...
+                        )
                         fprintf(['\nWhoops! ' exception.message(1:end-1) ' in ' fieldname '\n\n']);
                     end
                 end 
diff --git a/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/handlegraphics/updateHistogram.m b/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/handlegraphics/updateHistogram.m
index 87b96ff4..0c4fb170 100644
--- a/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/handlegraphics/updateHistogram.m
+++ b/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/handlegraphics/updateHistogram.m
@@ -73,13 +73,8 @@
 
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------%
 
-%-hist type-%
-obj.data{histIndex}.type = 'histogram';
-
-%-------------------------------------------------------------------------%
-
-%-HIST XAXIS-%
-obj.data{histIndex}.histfunc= 'count';
+%-bar type-%
+obj.data{histIndex}.type = 'bar';
 
 %-------------------------------------------------------------------------%
 
@@ -93,19 +88,13 @@
 
 switch orientation
     case {'vertical', 'horizontal'}
-        % histogram()
-
-        obj.data{histIndex}.x = sort(hist_data.Data.');
-        obj.data{histIndex}.autobinx = false;
-        
-        obj.data{histIndex}.xbins.start = hist_data.BinEdges(1);
-        obj.data{histIndex}.xbins.end   = hist_data.BinEdges(end);
-        obj.data{histIndex}.xbins.size  = mean(hist_data.BinEdges(2:end)-hist_data.BinEdges(1:end-1));
 
         %-------------------------------------------------------------------------%
+        %-hist y data-%
         
-        %-layout bargap-%
-        obj.layout.bargap = 0;
+        obj.data{histIndex}.x = hist_data.BinEdges(1:end-1) + 0.5*diff(hist_data.BinEdges);
+        obj.data{histIndex}.width = diff(hist_data.BinEdges);%[hist_data.BinEdges(2:end), hist_data.Data(end)];
+        obj.data{histIndex}.y = double(hist_data.BinCounts);
         
         %-------------------------------------------------------------------------%