diff --git a/Packages/vcs/Lib/VTKPlots.py b/Packages/vcs/Lib/VTKPlots.py
index 8d6751a7aa..f1e188a78d 100644
--- a/Packages/vcs/Lib/VTKPlots.py
+++ b/Packages/vcs/Lib/VTKPlots.py
@@ -344,6 +344,7 @@ def createRenWin(self, *args, **kargs):
             if not self.bg:
                 self.createDefaultInteractor(self.renderer)
             self.renWin.AddRenderer(self.renderer)
+            self.renWin.AddObserver("ModifiedEvent", self.configureEvent)
         if self.bg:
             self.renWin.SetOffScreenRendering(True)
         if "open" in kargs and kargs["open"]:
@@ -357,7 +358,7 @@ def createRenderer(self, *args, **kargs):
         return ren
 
     def update(self, *args, **kargs):
-        self._lastSize = -1
+        self._lastSize = None
         if self.renWin:
             if self.get3DPlot():
                 plots_args = []
@@ -1076,9 +1077,11 @@ def png(self, file, width=None, height=None,
         if width is not None and height is not None:
             if self.renWin.GetSize() != (width, height):
                 user_dims = (self.canvas.bgX, self.canvas.bgY, sz[0], sz[1])
-                self.renWin.SetSize(width, height)
+                # We need to set canvas.bgX and canvas.bgY before we do renWin.SetSize
+                # otherwise, canvas.bgX,canvas.bgY will win
                 self.canvas.bgX = width
                 self.canvas.bgY = height
+                self.renWin.SetSize(width, height)
                 self.configureEvent(None, None)
             else:
                 user_dims = None
diff --git a/testing/vcs/CMakeLists.txt b/testing/vcs/CMakeLists.txt
index a73d30bb3d..12312e5b22 100644
--- a/testing/vcs/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/testing/vcs/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -333,6 +333,11 @@ cdat_add_test(vcs_test_meshfill_zoom_flip
   "${BASELINE_DIR}/vcs_test_meshfill_zoom_flip.png"
   flip
   )
+cdat_add_test(vcs_test_isofill_labels_off.png
+  "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}"
+  ${cdat_SOURCE_DIR}/testing/vcs/vcs_test_isofill_labels_off.py
+  "${BASELINE_DIR}/vcs_test_isofill_labels_off.png"
+  )
 cdat_add_test(vcs_test_meshfill_zoom_flip
   "${PYTHON_EXECUTABLE}"
   ${cdat_SOURCE_DIR}/testing/vcs/vcs_test_meshfill_zoom.py
diff --git a/testing/vcs/vcs_test_isofill_labels_off.py b/testing/vcs/vcs_test_isofill_labels_off.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aafa7a773a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/testing/vcs/vcs_test_isofill_labels_off.py
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env python
+import cdms2
+import os
+import sys
+import vcs
+
+# Test that the image is created properly when we call plot with bg = 0 and
+# then we save a png. If the default png size is bigger than the screen size,
+# the image was not resized properly
+
+pth = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), "..")
+sys.path.append(pth)
+import checkimage
+
+cdmsfile = cdms2.open(os.path.join(vcs.sample_data, 'clt.nc'))
+clt = cdmsfile('clt')
+clt = clt(latitude=(-90.0, 90.0),squeeze=1,longitude=(-180.0, 175.0),time=('1979-01', '1988-12'),)
+
+x = vcs.init()
+x.setantialiasing(0)
+x.drawlogooff()
+
+gmIsofill = vcs.getisofill('a_robinson_isofill')
+args = []
+args.append(clt)
+gmIsofill.datawc_calendar = 135441
+gmIsofill.datawc_timeunits = 'days since 2000'
+gmIsofill.projection = 'robinson'
+kwargs = {}
+kwargs[ 'cdmsfile' ] = cdmsfile.id
+#kwargs[ 'bg' ] = 1
+args.append( gmIsofill )
+x.plot( *args, **kwargs)
+fileName = os.path.basename(__file__)
+fileName = os.path.splitext(fileName)[0]
+fileName = fileName + '.png'
+x.png(fileName)
+ret = checkimage.check_result_image(fileName, sys.argv[1], checkimage.defaultThreshold)
+sys.exit(ret)