diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/actions/cellEditorOverlay.js b/ui/src/dashboards/actions/cellEditorOverlay.js
index 3ef36d5ec..c70e4f261 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/actions/cellEditorOverlay.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/actions/cellEditorOverlay.js
@@ -43,3 +43,10 @@ export const updateGaugeColors = gaugeColors => ({
     gaugeColors,
   },
 })
+
+export const updateAxes = axes => ({
+  type: 'UPDATE_AXES',
+  payload: {
+    axes,
+  },
+})
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/components/AxesOptions.js b/ui/src/dashboards/components/AxesOptions.js
index 5bcaea167..d5cbf9d1f 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/components/AxesOptions.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/components/AxesOptions.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-import React, {PropTypes} from 'react'
+import React, {Component, PropTypes} from 'react'
+import {connect} from 'react-redux'
+import {bindActionCreators} from 'redux'
 
 import OptIn from 'shared/components/OptIn'
 import Input from 'src/dashboards/components/DisplayOptionsInput'
@@ -11,105 +13,158 @@ import {GRAPH_TYPES} from 'src/dashboards/graphics/graph'
 const {LINEAR, LOG, BASE_2, BASE_10} = DISPLAY_OPTIONS
 const getInputMin = scale => (scale === LOG ? '0' : null)
 
-const AxesOptions = ({
-  axes: {y: {bounds, label, prefix, suffix, base, scale, defaultYLabel}},
-  onSetBase,
-  onSetScale,
-  onSetLabel,
-  onSetPrefixSuffix,
-  onSetYAxisBoundMin,
-  onSetYAxisBoundMax,
-  cellType,
-}) => {
-  const [min, max] = bounds
+import {updateAxes} from 'src/dashboards/actions/cellEditorOverlay'
 
-  const {menuOption} = GRAPH_TYPES.find(graph => graph.type === cellType)
+class AxesOptions extends Component {
+  handleSetPrefixSuffix = e => {
+    const {handleUpdateAxes, axes} = this.props
+    const {prefix, suffix} = e.target.form
 
-  return (
-    <FancyScrollbar
-      className="display-options--cell y-axis-controls"
-      autoHide={false}
-    >
-      <div className="display-options--cell-wrapper">
-        <h5 className="display-options--header">
-          {menuOption} Controls
-        </h5>
-        <form autoComplete="off" style={{margin: '0 -6px'}}>
-          <div className="form-group col-sm-12">
-            <label htmlFor="prefix">Title</label>
-            <OptIn
-              customPlaceholder={defaultYLabel || 'y-axis title'}
-              customValue={label}
-              onSetValue={onSetLabel}
-              type="text"
+    const newAxes = {
+      ...axes,
+      y: {
+        ...axes.y,
+        prefix: prefix.value,
+        suffix: suffix.value,
+      },
+    }
+
+    handleUpdateAxes(newAxes)
+  }
+
+  handleSetYAxisBoundMin = min => {
+    const {handleUpdateAxes, axes} = this.props
+    const {y: {bounds: [, max]}} = this.props.axes
+    const newAxes = {...axes, y: {...axes.y, bounds: [min, max]}}
+
+    handleUpdateAxes(newAxes)
+  }
+
+  handleSetYAxisBoundMax = max => {
+    const {handleUpdateAxes, axes} = this.props
+    const {y: {bounds: [min]}} = axes
+    const newAxes = {...axes, y: {...axes.y, bounds: [min, max]}}
+
+    handleUpdateAxes(newAxes)
+  }
+
+  handleSetLabel = label => {
+    const {handleUpdateAxes, axes} = this.props
+    const newAxes = {...axes, y: {...axes.y, label}}
+
+    handleUpdateAxes(newAxes)
+  }
+
+  handleSetScale = scale => () => {
+    const {handleUpdateAxes, axes} = this.props
+    const newAxes = {...axes, y: {...axes.y, scale}}
+
+    handleUpdateAxes(newAxes)
+  }
+
+  handleSetBase = base => () => {
+    const {handleUpdateAxes, axes} = this.props
+    const newAxes = {...axes, y: {...axes.y, base}}
+
+    handleUpdateAxes(newAxes)
+  }
+
+  render() {
+    const {
+      axes: {y: {bounds, label, prefix, suffix, base, scale, defaultYLabel}},
+      type,
+    } = this.props
+
+    const [min, max] = bounds
+
+    const {menuOption} = GRAPH_TYPES.find(graph => graph.type === type)
+
+    return (
+      <FancyScrollbar
+        className="display-options--cell y-axis-controls"
+        autoHide={false}
+      >
+        <div className="display-options--cell-wrapper">
+          <h5 className="display-options--header">
+            {menuOption} Controls
+          </h5>
+          <form autoComplete="off" style={{margin: '0 -6px'}}>
+            <div className="form-group col-sm-12">
+              <label htmlFor="prefix">Title</label>
+              <OptIn
+                customPlaceholder={defaultYLabel || 'y-axis title'}
+                customValue={label}
+                onSetValue={this.handleSetLabel}
+                type="text"
+              />
+            </div>
+            <div className="form-group col-sm-6">
+              <label htmlFor="min">Min</label>
+              <OptIn
+                customPlaceholder={'min'}
+                customValue={min}
+                onSetValue={this.handleSetYAxisBoundMin}
+                type="number"
+                min={getInputMin(scale)}
+              />
+            </div>
+            <div className="form-group col-sm-6">
+              <label htmlFor="max">Max</label>
+              <OptIn
+                customPlaceholder={'max'}
+                customValue={max}
+                onSetValue={this.handleSetYAxisBoundMax}
+                type="number"
+                min={getInputMin(scale)}
+              />
+            </div>
+            <Input
+              name="prefix"
+              id="prefix"
+              value={prefix}
+              labelText="Y-Value's Prefix"
+              onChange={this.handleSetPrefixSuffix}
             />
-          </div>
-          <div className="form-group col-sm-6">
-            <label htmlFor="min">Min</label>
-            <OptIn
-              customPlaceholder={'min'}
-              customValue={min}
-              onSetValue={onSetYAxisBoundMin}
-              type="number"
-              min={getInputMin(scale)}
+            <Input
+              name="suffix"
+              id="suffix"
+              value={suffix}
+              labelText="Y-Value's Suffix"
+              onChange={this.handleSetPrefixSuffix}
             />
-          </div>
-          <div className="form-group col-sm-6">
-            <label htmlFor="max">Max</label>
-            <OptIn
-              customPlaceholder={'max'}
-              customValue={max}
-              onSetValue={onSetYAxisBoundMax}
-              type="number"
-              min={getInputMin(scale)}
-            />
-          </div>
-          <Input
-            name="prefix"
-            id="prefix"
-            value={prefix}
-            labelText="Y-Value's Prefix"
-            onChange={onSetPrefixSuffix}
-          />
-          <Input
-            name="suffix"
-            id="suffix"
-            value={suffix}
-            labelText="Y-Value's Suffix"
-            onChange={onSetPrefixSuffix}
-          />
-          <Tabber
-            labelText="Y-Value's Format"
-            tipID="Y-Values's Format"
-            tipContent={TOOLTIP_CONTENT.FORMAT}
-          >
-            <Tab
-              text="K/M/B"
-              isActive={base === BASE_10}
-              onClickTab={onSetBase(BASE_10)}
-            />
-            <Tab
-              text="K/M/G"
-              isActive={base === BASE_2}
-              onClickTab={onSetBase(BASE_2)}
-            />
-          </Tabber>
-          <Tabber labelText="Scale">
-            <Tab
-              text="Linear"
-              isActive={scale === LINEAR}
-              onClickTab={onSetScale(LINEAR)}
-            />
-            <Tab
-              text="Logarithmic"
-              isActive={scale === LOG}
-              onClickTab={onSetScale(LOG)}
-            />
-          </Tabber>
-        </form>
-      </div>
-    </FancyScrollbar>
-  )
+            <Tabber
+              labelText="Y-Value's Format"
+              tipID="Y-Values's Format"
+              tipContent={TOOLTIP_CONTENT.FORMAT}
+            >
+              <Tab
+                text="K/M/B"
+                isActive={base === BASE_10}
+                onClickTab={this.handleSetBase(BASE_10)}
+              />
+              <Tab
+                text="K/M/G"
+                isActive={base === BASE_2}
+                onClickTab={this.handleSetBase(BASE_2)}
+              />
+            </Tabber>
+            <Tabber labelText="Scale">
+              <Tab
+                text="Linear"
+                isActive={scale === LINEAR}
+                onClickTab={this.handleSetScale(LINEAR)}
+              />
+              <Tab
+                text="Logarithmic"
+                isActive={scale === LOG}
+                onClickTab={this.handleSetScale(LOG)}
+              />
+            </Tabber>
+          </form>
+        </div>
+      </FancyScrollbar>
+    )
+  }
 }
 
 const {arrayOf, func, shape, string} = PropTypes
@@ -128,13 +183,7 @@ AxesOptions.defaultProps = {
 }
 
 AxesOptions.propTypes = {
-  cellType: string.isRequired,
-  onSetPrefixSuffix: func.isRequired,
-  onSetYAxisBoundMin: func.isRequired,
-  onSetYAxisBoundMax: func.isRequired,
-  onSetLabel: func.isRequired,
-  onSetScale: func.isRequired,
-  onSetBase: func.isRequired,
+  type: string.isRequired,
   axes: shape({
     y: shape({
       bounds: arrayOf(string),
@@ -142,6 +191,16 @@ AxesOptions.propTypes = {
       defaultYLabel: string,
     }),
   }).isRequired,
+  handleUpdateAxes: func.isRequired,
 }
 
-export default AxesOptions
+const mapStateToProps = ({cellEditorOverlay: {cell: {axes, type}}}) => ({
+  axes,
+  type,
+})
+
+const mapDispatchToProps = dispatch => ({
+  handleUpdateAxes: bindActionCreators(updateAxes, dispatch),
+})
+
+export default connect(mapStateToProps, mapDispatchToProps)(AxesOptions)
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/components/CellEditorOverlay.js b/ui/src/dashboards/components/CellEditorOverlay.js
index b37efddc8..534c28d88 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/components/CellEditorOverlay.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/components/CellEditorOverlay.js
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ class CellEditorOverlay extends Component {
   constructor(props) {
     super(props)
 
-    const {cell: {queries, axes}, sources} = props
+    const {cell: {queries}, sources} = props
 
     let source = _.get(queries, ['0', 'source'], null)
     source = sources.find(s => s.links.self === source) || props.source
@@ -45,7 +45,6 @@ class CellEditorOverlay extends Component {
       queriesWorkingDraft,
       activeQueryIndex: 0,
       isDisplayOptionsTabActive: false,
-      axes,
     }
   }
 
@@ -67,7 +66,7 @@ class CellEditorOverlay extends Component {
   }
 
   handleSetSuffix = e => {
-    const {axes} = this.state
+    const {axes} = this.props.cell
 
     this.setState({
       axes: {
@@ -96,46 +95,6 @@ class CellEditorOverlay extends Component {
     this.setState({queriesWorkingDraft: nextQueries})
   }
 
-  handleSetYAxisBoundMin = min => {
-    const {axes} = this.state
-    const {y: {bounds: [, max]}} = axes
-
-    this.setState({
-      axes: {...axes, y: {...axes.y, bounds: [min, max]}},
-    })
-  }
-
-  handleSetYAxisBoundMax = max => {
-    const {axes} = this.state
-    const {y: {bounds: [min]}} = axes
-
-    this.setState({
-      axes: {...axes, y: {...axes.y, bounds: [min, max]}},
-    })
-  }
-
-  handleSetLabel = label => {
-    const {axes} = this.state
-
-    this.setState({axes: {...axes, y: {...axes.y, label}}})
-  }
-
-  handleSetPrefixSuffix = e => {
-    const {axes} = this.state
-    const {prefix, suffix} = e.target.form
-
-    this.setState({
-      axes: {
-        ...axes,
-        y: {
-          ...axes.y,
-          prefix: prefix.value,
-          suffix: suffix.value,
-        },
-      },
-    })
-  }
-
   handleAddQuery = () => {
     const {queriesWorkingDraft} = this.state
     const newIndex = queriesWorkingDraft.length
@@ -157,7 +116,7 @@ class CellEditorOverlay extends Component {
   }
 
   handleSaveCell = () => {
-    const {queriesWorkingDraft, axes} = this.state
+    const {queriesWorkingDraft} = this.state
 
     const {cell, singleStatColors, gaugeColors} = this.props
 
@@ -185,7 +144,6 @@ class CellEditorOverlay extends Component {
     this.props.onSave({
       ...cell,
       queries,
-      axes,
       colors,
     })
   }
@@ -198,34 +156,6 @@ class CellEditorOverlay extends Component {
     this.setState({activeQueryIndex})
   }
 
-  handleSetBase = base => () => {
-    const {axes} = this.state
-
-    this.setState({
-      axes: {
-        ...axes,
-        y: {
-          ...axes.y,
-          base,
-        },
-      },
-    })
-  }
-
-  handleSetScale = scale => () => {
-    const {axes} = this.state
-
-    this.setState({
-      axes: {
-        ...axes,
-        y: {
-          ...axes.y,
-          scale,
-        },
-      },
-    })
-  }
-
   handleSetQuerySource = source => {
     const queriesWorkingDraft = this.state.queriesWorkingDraft.map(q => ({
       ..._.cloneDeep(q),
@@ -325,7 +255,6 @@ class CellEditorOverlay extends Component {
     } = this.props
 
     const {
-      axes,
       activeQueryIndex,
       isDisplayOptionsTabActive,
       queriesWorkingDraft,
@@ -355,7 +284,6 @@ class CellEditorOverlay extends Component {
           initialBottomHeight={INITIAL_HEIGHTS.queryMaker}
         >
           <Visualization
-            axes={axes}
             timeRange={timeRange}
             templates={templates}
             autoRefresh={autoRefresh}
@@ -376,20 +304,8 @@ class CellEditorOverlay extends Component {
             />
             {isDisplayOptionsTabActive
               ? <DisplayOptions
-                  axes={axes}
-                  onChooseColor={this.handleChooseColor}
-                  onValidateColorValue={this.handleValidateColorValue}
-                  onUpdateColorValue={this.handleUpdateColorValue}
-                  onAddGaugeThreshold={this.handleAddGaugeThreshold}
-                  onDeleteThreshold={this.handleDeleteThreshold}
-                  onSetBase={this.handleSetBase}
-                  onSetLabel={this.handleSetLabel}
-                  onSetScale={this.handleSetScale}
                   queryConfigs={queriesWorkingDraft}
-                  onSetPrefixSuffix={this.handleSetPrefixSuffix}
                   onSetSuffix={this.handleSetSuffix}
-                  onSetYAxisBoundMin={this.handleSetYAxisBoundMin}
-                  onSetYAxisBoundMax={this.handleSetYAxisBoundMax}
                 />
               : <QueryMaker
                   source={this.getSource()}
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/components/DisplayOptions.js b/ui/src/dashboards/components/DisplayOptions.js
index cc2ce078e..e4d04fda7 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/components/DisplayOptions.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/components/DisplayOptions.js
@@ -35,17 +35,7 @@ class DisplayOptions extends Component {
   }
 
   renderOptions = () => {
-    const {
-      cell,
-      onSetBase,
-      onSetScale,
-      onSetLabel,
-      onSetPrefixSuffix,
-      onSetYAxisBoundMin,
-      onSetYAxisBoundMax,
-      onSetSuffix,
-    } = this.props
-    const {axes, axes: {y: {suffix}}} = this.state
+    const {cell, cell: {axes: {y: {suffix}}}, onSetSuffix} = this.props
 
     switch (cell.type) {
       case 'gauge':
@@ -53,18 +43,7 @@ class DisplayOptions extends Component {
       case 'single-stat':
         return <SingleStatOptions suffix={suffix} onSetSuffix={onSetSuffix} />
       default:
-        return (
-          <AxesOptions
-            cellType={cell.type}
-            axes={axes}
-            onSetBase={onSetBase}
-            onSetLabel={onSetLabel}
-            onSetScale={onSetScale}
-            onSetPrefixSuffix={onSetPrefixSuffix}
-            onSetYAxisBoundMin={onSetYAxisBoundMin}
-            onSetYAxisBoundMax={onSetYAxisBoundMax}
-          />
-        )
+        return <AxesOptions />
     }
   }
 
@@ -83,19 +62,20 @@ DisplayOptions.propTypes = {
   cell: shape({
     type: string.isRequired,
   }).isRequired,
-  onSetPrefixSuffix: func.isRequired,
+  axes: shape({
+    y: shape({
+      bounds: arrayOf(string),
+      label: string,
+      defaultYLabel: string,
+    }),
+  }).isRequired,
   onSetSuffix: func.isRequired,
-  onSetYAxisBoundMin: func.isRequired,
-  onSetYAxisBoundMax: func.isRequired,
-  onSetScale: func.isRequired,
-  onSetLabel: func.isRequired,
-  onSetBase: func.isRequired,
-  axes: shape({}).isRequired,
   queryConfigs: arrayOf(shape()).isRequired,
 }
 
-const mapStateToProps = ({cellEditorOverlay: {cell}}) => ({
+const mapStateToProps = ({cellEditorOverlay: {cell, cell: {axes}}}) => ({
   cell,
+  axes,
 })
 
 export default connect(mapStateToProps, null)(DisplayOptions)
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/components/Visualization.js b/ui/src/dashboards/components/Visualization.js
index 5025ef08b..f34d17333 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/components/Visualization.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/components/Visualization.js
@@ -90,11 +90,12 @@ DashVisualization.contextTypes = {
 }
 
 const mapStateToProps = ({
-  cellEditorOverlay: {singleStatColors, gaugeColors, cell: {type}},
+  cellEditorOverlay: {singleStatColors, gaugeColors, cell: {type, axes}},
 }) => ({
   gaugeColors,
   singleStatColors,
   type,
+  axes,
 })
 
 export default connect(mapStateToProps, null)(DashVisualization)
diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/reducers/cellEditorOverlay.js b/ui/src/dashboards/reducers/cellEditorOverlay.js
index c57ae87e0..64ca629a6 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/reducers/cellEditorOverlay.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/reducers/cellEditorOverlay.js
@@ -68,6 +68,13 @@ export default function cellEditorOverlay(state = initialState, action) {
 
       return {...state, gaugeColors}
     }
+
+    case 'UPDATE_AXES': {
+      const {axes} = action.payload
+      const cell = {...state.cell, axes}
+
+      return {...state, cell}
+    }
   }
 
   return state