diff --git a/src/axisitem.cpp b/src/axisitem.cpp
index a642ac8..0686f32 100644
--- a/src/axisitem.cpp
+++ b/src/axisitem.cpp
@@ -90,7 +90,6 @@ void AxisItem::updateItem(int count)
                   if(i%2){
                       QGraphicsRectItem *rectItem =  static_cast<QGraphicsRectItem*>(shades.at(i/2));
                       rectItem->setRect(x,m_rect.top(),deltaX,m_rect.height());
-                      rectItem->setOpacity( 0.5 );
                   }
               }
           }
@@ -114,7 +113,6 @@ void AxisItem::updateItem(int count)
                   if(i%2){
                       QGraphicsRectItem *rectItem =  static_cast<QGraphicsRectItem*>(shades.at(i/2));
                       rectItem->setRect(m_rect.left(),y,m_rect.width(),deltaY);
-
                   }
               }
           }
@@ -166,7 +164,7 @@ void AxisItem::handleAxisUpdate(QChartAxis* axis)
     setShadesBrush(axis->shadesBrush());
 }
 
-void AxisItem::handleLabelsChanged(const QStringList& labels)
+void AxisItem::handleLabelsChanged(QChartAxis* axis,const QStringList& labels)
 {
     m_thicksList=labels;
     QList<QGraphicsItem*> items = m_labels.childItems();
@@ -175,6 +173,7 @@ void AxisItem::handleLabelsChanged(const QStringList& labels)
        m_thicksList=labels;
        createItems(m_thicksList.size());
        items = m_labels.childItems();
+       handleAxisUpdate(axis);
      }
 
     Q_ASSERT(items.size()==m_thicksList.size());
diff --git a/src/axisitem_p.h b/src/axisitem_p.h
index 4732df2..3c4bba1 100644
--- a/src/axisitem_p.h
+++ b/src/axisitem_p.h
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ public:
 
 public slots:
     void handleAxisUpdate(QChartAxis* axis);
-    void handleLabelsChanged(const QStringList& labels);
+    void handleLabelsChanged(QChartAxis* axis,const QStringList& labels);
     void handleGeometryChanged(const QRectF& size);
 protected:
     void updateItem(int count);
diff --git a/src/chartdataset.cpp b/src/chartdataset.cpp
index c8142c1..21cfc93 100644
--- a/src/chartdataset.cpp
+++ b/src/chartdataset.cpp
@@ -292,7 +292,7 @@ QStringList ChartDataSet::createLabels(QChartAxis* axis,qreal min, qreal max)
 
     QStringList labels;
 
-    int ticks = axis->ticksCount();
+    int ticks = axis->ticksCount()-1;
 
     for(int i=0; i<= ticks; i++){
         qreal value = min + (i * (max - min)/ ticks);
diff --git a/src/chartpresenter.cpp b/src/chartpresenter.cpp
index e14bc23..60c844b 100644
--- a/src/chartpresenter.cpp
+++ b/src/chartpresenter.cpp
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ void ChartPresenter::handleSeriesDomainChanged(QChartSeries* series, const Domai
 
 void ChartPresenter::handleAxisLabelsChanged(QChartAxis* axis,const QStringList& labels)
 {
-    m_axisItems.value(axis)->handleLabelsChanged(labels);
+    m_axisItems.value(axis)->handleLabelsChanged(axis,labels);
 }
 
 void ChartPresenter::setChartTheme(QChart::ChartTheme theme)
diff --git a/src/qchartaxis.cpp b/src/qchartaxis.cpp
index 819b26b..d7cfb3b 100644
--- a/src/qchartaxis.cpp
+++ b/src/qchartaxis.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ m_shadesVisible(true),
 m_shadesOpacity(1.0),
 m_min(0),
 m_max(0),
-m_ticksCount(4)
+m_ticksCount(5)
 {
 
 }