diff --git a/src/network/networkMixins/physics/HierarchialRepulsion.js b/src/network/networkMixins/physics/HierarchialRepulsion.js
index e2980406..6cc39b55 100644
--- a/src/network/networkMixins/physics/HierarchialRepulsion.js
+++ b/src/network/networkMixins/physics/HierarchialRepulsion.js
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ var hierarchalRepulsionMixin = {
               distance = 0.01;
             }
 
-            distance = Math.max(0.8*edgeLength,Math.min(1.2*edgeLength, distance));
+            distance = Math.max(0.8*edgeLength,Math.min(5*edgeLength, distance));
 
             // the 1/distance is so the fx and fy can be calculated without sine or cosine.
             springForce = this.constants.physics.springConstant * (edgeLength - distance) / distance;
diff --git a/src/timeline/Timeline.js b/src/timeline/Timeline.js
index dfbb8a9f..d8da83ef 100644
--- a/src/timeline/Timeline.js
+++ b/src/timeline/Timeline.js
@@ -724,7 +724,7 @@ Timeline.prototype._toScreen = function(time) {
  * @private
  */
 // TODO: move this function to Range
-Graph2d.prototype._toGlobalScreen = function(time) {
+Timeline.prototype._toGlobalScreen = function(time) {
   var conversion = this.range.conversion(this.props.root.width);
   return (time.valueOf() - conversion.offset) * conversion.scale;
 };
diff --git a/src/timeline/component/Linegraph.js b/src/timeline/component/Linegraph.js
index aee2ea8d..5f3de406 100644
--- a/src/timeline/component/Linegraph.js
+++ b/src/timeline/component/Linegraph.js
@@ -853,9 +853,12 @@ Linegraph.prototype._drawPoints = function (dataset, group, JSONcontainer, svg,
  */
 Linegraph.prototype._preprocessData = function (datapoints, group) {
   var extractedData = [];
-  var xValue, yValue, increment;
+  var xValue, yValue;
   var toScreen = this.body.util.toScreen;
 
+  var increment = 1;
+  var amountOfPoints = datapoints.length;
+
   var yMin = datapoints[0].y;
   var yMax = datapoints[0].y;
 
@@ -863,19 +866,14 @@ Linegraph.prototype._preprocessData = function (datapoints, group) {
   // of width changing of the yAxis.
   if (group.options.sampling == true) {
     var xDistance = this.body.util.toGlobalScreen(datapoints[datapoints.length-1].x) - this.body.util.toGlobalScreen(datapoints[0].x);
-    var amountOfPoints = datapoints.length;
     var pointsPerPixel = amountOfPoints/xDistance;
     increment = Math.min(Math.ceil(0.2 * amountOfPoints), Math.max(1,Math.round(pointsPerPixel)));
   }
-  else {
-    increment = 1;
-  }
 
   for (var i = 0; i < amountOfPoints; i += increment) {
     xValue = toScreen(datapoints[i].x) + this.width - 1;
     yValue = datapoints[i].y;
     extractedData.push({x: xValue, y: yValue});
-
     yMin = yMin > yValue ? yValue : yMin;
     yMax = yMax < yValue ? yValue : yMax;
   }