diff --git a/clearml/utilities/plotlympl/mplexporter/exporter.py b/clearml/utilities/plotlympl/mplexporter/exporter.py
index 2e73fe50..3a1a8e82 100644
--- a/clearml/utilities/plotlympl/mplexporter/exporter.py
+++ b/clearml/utilities/plotlympl/mplexporter/exporter.py
@@ -31,8 +31,10 @@ class Exporter(object):
     def __init__(self, renderer, close_mpl=True):
         self.close_mpl = close_mpl
         self.renderer = renderer
+        self.has_legend = False
+        self.legend_as_annotation = True
 
-    def run(self, fig):
+    def run(self, fig, show_legend=True):
         """
         Run the exporter on the given figure
 
@@ -40,9 +42,12 @@ class Exporter(object):
         ---------
         fig : matplotlib.Figure instance
             The figure to export
+
+        show_legend: If True, plotly show legend if plt has one, If False add legend as annotations on plot.
         """
         # Calling savefig executes the draw() command, putting elements
         # in the correct place.
+        self.legend_as_annotation = not show_legend
         if fig.canvas is None:
             canvas = FigureCanvasAgg(fig)  # noqa: F841
         fig.savefig(io.BytesIO(), format='png', dpi=fig.dpi)
@@ -50,6 +55,8 @@ class Exporter(object):
             import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
             plt.close(fig)
         self.crawl_fig(fig)
+        if show_legend and self.has_legend:
+            self.renderer.plotly_fig['layout']['showlegend'] = True
 
     @staticmethod
     def process_transform(transform, ax=None, data=None, return_trans=False,
@@ -144,10 +151,12 @@ class Exporter(object):
 
             legend = ax.get_legend()
             if legend is not None:
-                props = utils.get_legend_properties(ax, legend)
-                with self.renderer.draw_legend(legend=legend, props=props):
-                    if props['visible']:
-                        self.crawl_legend(ax, legend)
+                self.has_legend = True
+                if self.legend_as_annotation:
+                    props = utils.get_legend_properties(ax, legend)
+                    with self.renderer.draw_legend(legend=legend, props=props):
+                        if props['visible']:
+                            self.crawl_legend(ax, legend)
 
     def crawl_legend(self, ax, legend):
         """
diff --git a/clearml/utilities/plotlympl/mpltools.py b/clearml/utilities/plotlympl/mpltools.py
index 36133219..a55647db 100644
--- a/clearml/utilities/plotlympl/mpltools.py
+++ b/clearml/utilities/plotlympl/mpltools.py
@@ -8,6 +8,10 @@ import math
 
 import warnings
 import matplotlib.dates
+try:
+    from matplotlib.patches import FancyBboxPatch
+except ImportError:
+    FancyBboxPatch = None
 
 
 def check_bar_match(old_bar, new_bar):
@@ -389,6 +393,11 @@ def is_bar(bar_containers, **props):
     return False
 
 
+def is_fancy_bbox(**props):
+    """A test to decide whether a path is a simple FancyBboxPatch."""
+    return FancyBboxPatch and isinstance(props.get("mplobj"), FancyBboxPatch)
+
+
 def make_bar(**props):
     """Make an intermediate bar dictionary.
 
diff --git a/clearml/utilities/plotlympl/renderer.py b/clearml/utilities/plotlympl/renderer.py
index ab6c5ac7..30d754ee 100644
--- a/clearml/utilities/plotlympl/renderer.py
+++ b/clearml/utilities/plotlympl/renderer.py
@@ -509,6 +509,8 @@ class PlotlyRenderer(Renderer):
         is_bar = mpltools.is_bar(self.current_mpl_ax.containers, **props)
         if is_bar:
             self.current_bars += [props]
+        elif mpltools.is_fancy_bbox(**props):
+            self.current_bars += [props]
         else:
             self.msg += "    This path isn't a bar, not drawing\n"
             warnings.warn(
@@ -588,8 +590,8 @@ class PlotlyRenderer(Renderer):
                 self.msg += "        Text object is linked to 'data' " "coordinates\n"
                 x, y = props["position"]
                 axis_ct = self.axis_ct
-                xaxis = self.plotly_fig["layout"]["xaxis{0}".format(axis_ct)]
-                yaxis = self.plotly_fig["layout"]["yaxis{0}".format(axis_ct)]
+                xaxis = self.plotly_fig["layout"]["xaxis{0}".format(axis_ct or '')]
+                yaxis = self.plotly_fig["layout"]["yaxis{0}".format(axis_ct or '')]
                 if (
                     xaxis["range"][0] < x < xaxis["range"][1]
                     and yaxis["range"][0] < y < yaxis["range"][1]
@@ -714,7 +716,10 @@ class PlotlyRenderer(Renderer):
 
         """
         self.msg += "        Adding xlabel\n"
-        axis_key = "xaxis{0}".format(self.axis_ct)
+        axis_key = "xaxis{0}".format(self.axis_ct or '')
+        # bugfix: add on last axis, self.axis_ct-1
+        if axis_key not in self.plotly_fig["layout"]:
+            axis_key = "xaxis{0}".format(max(0, self.axis_ct - 1) or '')
         self.plotly_fig["layout"][axis_key]["title"] = str(props["text"])
         titlefont = dict(size=props["style"]["fontsize"], color=props["style"]["color"])
         self.plotly_fig["layout"][axis_key]["titlefont"] = titlefont
@@ -743,7 +748,10 @@ class PlotlyRenderer(Renderer):
 
         """
         self.msg += "        Adding ylabel\n"
-        axis_key = "yaxis{0}".format(self.axis_ct)
+        axis_key = "yaxis{0}".format(self.axis_ct or '')
+        # bugfix: add on last axis, self.axis_ct-1
+        if axis_key not in self.plotly_fig["layout"]:
+            axis_key = "yaxis{0}".format(max(0, self.axis_ct - 1) or '')
         self.plotly_fig["layout"][axis_key]["title"] = props["text"]
         titlefont = dict(size=props["style"]["fontsize"], color=props["style"]["color"])
         self.plotly_fig["layout"][axis_key]["titlefont"] = titlefont