diff --git a/panels/barplot-server.R b/panels/barplot-server.R
index 0962dbf410f5e04a2cd2096f679bd0f57711c65d..06b6f6cd38b296ad4807613a5061027565e04022 100644
--- a/panels/barplot-server.R
+++ b/panels/barplot-server.R
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@ output$barplot <- metaRender2(renderPlot, {
   
   barplotGrid <- if (!is.null(checkNull(input$barplotGrid))) {
     metaExpr({
-      facet_grid(..(paste(".", "~", input$barplotGrid)), scales = "free_x")
+      facet_grid(..(paste(".", "~", input$barplotGrid)), scales = "free_x", space = "free")
     })
   }
   
diff --git a/panels/heatmap-server.R b/panels/heatmap-server.R
index ce40d11d1da8297d78b8b54391a346e36e6b23c9..8b69870d0b8a15366a33ca9dcbfeb70c3667068f 100644
--- a/panels/heatmap-server.R
+++ b/panels/heatmap-server.R
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ output$heatmap <- metaRender2(renderPlot, {
   
   heatmapGrid <- if (!is.null(checkNull(input$heatmapGrid))) {
     metaExpr({
-      facet_grid(..(paste(".", "~", input$heatmapGrid)), scales = "free_x")
+      facet_grid(..(paste(".", "~", input$heatmapGrid)), scales = "free_x", space = "free")
     })
   }
   
diff --git a/panels/rarefactionCurve-server.R b/panels/rarefactionCurve-server.R
index 90dba9bac18b5404c58d25680670896db4854793..2dfe07e8a07687bf1374a9def4aec49f6582a650 100644
--- a/panels/rarefactionCurve-server.R
+++ b/panels/rarefactionCurve-server.R
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ output$rarefactionCurve <- metaRender2(renderPlot, {
   
   rarefactionGrid <- if (!is.null(checkNull(input$rarefactionGrid))) {
     metaExpr({
-      facet_grid(..(paste(".", "~", input$rarefactionGrid)), scales = "free_x")
+      facet_grid(..(paste(".", "~", input$rarefactionGrid)))
     })
   }