diff --git a/ui/src/dashboards/components/Dashboard.js b/ui/src/dashboards/components/Dashboard.js
index b262682db..cb1d3fee7 100644
--- a/ui/src/dashboards/components/Dashboard.js
+++ b/ui/src/dashboards/components/Dashboard.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ const Dashboard = ({
   const cells = dashboard.cells.map(cell => {
     const dashboardCell = {
       ...cell,
-      preventLoad: !inView(cell),
+      notInView: !inView(cell),
     }
     dashboardCell.queries = dashboardCell.queries.map(q => ({
       ...q,
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/components/AutoRefresh.js b/ui/src/shared/components/AutoRefresh.js
index c1a0abda5..ab124399d 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/components/AutoRefresh.js
+++ b/ui/src/shared/components/AutoRefresh.js
@@ -27,9 +27,9 @@ const AutoRefresh = ComposedComponent => {
     }
 
     componentWillReceiveProps(nextProps) {
-      const preventLoadDidUpdate = !_.isEqual(
-        this.props.preventLoad,
-        nextProps.preventLoad
+      const notInViewDidUpdate = !_.isEqual(
+        this.props.notInView,
+        nextProps.notInView
       )
 
       const queriesDidUpdate = this.queryDifference(
@@ -43,13 +43,13 @@ const AutoRefresh = ComposedComponent => {
       )
 
       const shouldRefetch =
-        queriesDidUpdate || tempVarsDidUpdate || preventLoadDidUpdate
+        queriesDidUpdate || tempVarsDidUpdate || notInViewDidUpdate
 
       if (shouldRefetch) {
         this.executeQueries(
           nextProps.queries,
           nextProps.templates,
-          nextProps.preventLoad
+          nextProps.notInView
         )
       }
 
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ const AutoRefresh = ComposedComponent => {
               this.executeQueries(
                 nextProps.queries,
                 nextProps.templates,
-                nextProps.preventLoad
+                nextProps.notInView
               ),
             nextProps.autoRefresh
           )
@@ -82,11 +82,11 @@ const AutoRefresh = ComposedComponent => {
     executeQueries = async (
       queries,
       templates = [],
-      preventLoad = this.props.preventLoad
+      notInView = this.props.notInView
     ) => {
       const {editQueryStatus, grabDataForDownload} = this.props
       const {resolution} = this.state
-      if (preventLoad) {
+      if (notInView) {
         return
       }
       if (!queries.length) {
@@ -225,7 +225,7 @@ const AutoRefresh = ComposedComponent => {
   wrapper.propTypes = {
     children: element,
     autoRefresh: number.isRequired,
-    preventLoad: bool,
+    notInView: bool,
     templates: arrayOf(
       shape({
         type: string.isRequired,
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/components/Layout.js b/ui/src/shared/components/Layout.js
index 2bb0f541b..9bb29f9e7 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/components/Layout.js
+++ b/ui/src/shared/components/Layout.js
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ const Layout = (
       ? <WidgetCell cell={cell} timeRange={timeRange} source={source} />
       : <RefreshingGraph
           colors={colors}
-          preventLoad={cell.preventLoad}
+          notInView={cell.notInView}
           axes={axes}
           type={type}
           cellHeight={h}
diff --git a/ui/src/shared/components/RefreshingGraph.js b/ui/src/shared/components/RefreshingGraph.js
index b4dffd2b1..b5771b9e7 100644
--- a/ui/src/shared/components/RefreshingGraph.js
+++ b/ui/src/shared/components/RefreshingGraph.js
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ const RefreshingGaugeChart = AutoRefresh(GaugeChart)
 
 const RefreshingGraph = ({
   axes,
-  preventLoad,
+  notInView,
   type,
   colors,
   onZoom,
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@ const RefreshingGraph = ({
       colors={colors}
       onZoom={onZoom}
       queries={queries}
-      preventLoad={preventLoad}
+      notInView={notInView}
       key={manualRefresh}
       templates={templates}
       timeRange={timeRange}
@@ -124,12 +124,12 @@ RefreshingGraph.propTypes = {
       value: string.isRequired,
     }).isRequired
   ),
-  preventLoad: bool,
+  notInView: bool,
 }
 
 RefreshingGraph.defaultProps = {
   manualRefresh: 0,
-  preventLoad: false,
+  notInView: false,
 }
 
 export default RefreshingGraph