diff --git a/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/helpers/isOverlappingAxis.m b/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/helpers/isOverlappingAxis.m
index 3c21a245..6b828438 100644
--- a/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/helpers/isOverlappingAxis.m
+++ b/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/helpers/isOverlappingAxis.m
@@ -1,19 +1,25 @@
 function [overlapping, overlapaxes] = isOverlappingAxis(obj, axIndex)
+    %-STANDARDIZE UNITS-%
+    axis_units = cell(1,axIndex);
+    for a = 1:axIndex
+        axis_units{a} = obj.State.Axis(a).Handle.Units;
+        obj.State.Axis(a).Handle.Units = "normalized";
+    end
 
-%-STANDARDIZE UNITS-%
-axis_units = cell(1,axIndex);
-for a = 1:axIndex
-    axis_units{a} = obj.State.Axis(a).Handle.Units;
-    set(obj.State.Axis(a).Handle,'Units','normalized');
-end
-
-% check axis overlap
-overlapaxes = find(arrayfun(@(x)(isequal(x.Handle.Position,obj.State.Axis(axIndex).Handle.Position)),obj.State.Axis(1:axIndex)));
-overlapping = length(overlapaxes) > 1; %greater than 1 because obj.State.Axis(axIndex) will always be an overlapping axis
-
-%-REVERT UNITS-%
-for a = 1:axIndex
-    set(obj.State.Axis(a).Handle,'Units',axis_units{a});
-end
+    % check axis overlap
+    if axIndex == 1 % redundant to check this case
+        overlapaxes = 1;
+    else
+        overlapaxes = find(arrayfun(@(x) isequal(x.Handle.Position, ...
+                obj.State.Axis(axIndex).Handle.Position), ...
+                obj.State.Axis(1:axIndex)));
+    end
+    % greater than 1 because obj.State.Axis(axIndex) will always be an
+    % overlapping axis
+    overlapping = length(overlapaxes) > 1;
 
+    %-REVERT UNITS-%
+    for a = 1:axIndex
+        obj.State.Axis(a).Handle.Units = axis_units{a};
+    end
 end