diff --git a/pyleoclim/core/ensemblegeoseries.py b/pyleoclim/core/ensemblegeoseries.py
index e73c178d..33d27191 100644
--- a/pyleoclim/core/ensemblegeoseries.py
+++ b/pyleoclim/core/ensemblegeoseries.py
@@ -13,6 +13,8 @@
 
 import warnings
 
+from collections import Counter
+
 import numpy as np
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
 import matplotlib.gridspec as gridspec
@@ -86,6 +88,19 @@ def __init__(self, series_list,label=None,lat=None,lon=None,elevation=None,archi
 
         super().__init__(series_list,label)
 
+        # Assign archiveType if it isn't passed and it is present in all series in series_list
+        if archiveType is None:
+            if not all([isinstance(ts, GeoSeries) for ts in series_list]):
+                pass
+            else:
+                archiveList = [str(ts.archiveType) for ts in series_list]
+                #Check that they're all the same
+                if all([a == archiveList[0] for a in archiveList]):
+                    archiveType = archiveList[0]
+                #If they aren't, pick the most common one
+                else:
+                    archiveType = Counter(archiveList).most_common(1)[0][0]
+
         if lat is None:
             # check that all components are GeoSeries
             if not all([isinstance(ts, GeoSeries) for ts in series_list]):
@@ -619,8 +634,16 @@ def dashboard(self, figsize=[11, 8], gs=None, plt_kwargs=None, histplt_kwargs=No
             if archiveType not in lipdutils.PLOT_DEFAULT.keys():
                 archiveType = 'Other'                
         else: 
-            archiveType = 'Other'
-        
+            if not all([isinstance(ts, GeoSeries) for ts in self.series_list]):
+                archiveType = 'Other'
+            else:
+                archiveList = [str(ts.archiveType) for ts in self.series_list]
+                #Check that they're all the same
+                if all([a == archiveList[0] for a in archiveList]):
+                    archiveType = archiveList[0]
+                #If they aren't, pick the most common one
+                else:
+                    archiveType = Counter(archiveList).most_common(1)[0][0]
         # if 'marker' not in plt_kwargs.keys():
         #     plt_kwargs.update({'marker': lipdutils.PLOT_DEFAULT[archiveType][1]})
         if 'curve_clr' not in plt_kwargs.keys():
diff --git a/pyleoclim/core/ensembleseries.py b/pyleoclim/core/ensembleseries.py
index 5058faef..6617c16b 100644
--- a/pyleoclim/core/ensembleseries.py
+++ b/pyleoclim/core/ensembleseries.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 from ..core.multipleseries import MultipleSeries
 
 import warnings
+warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
 
 import seaborn as sns
 import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
@@ -666,7 +667,7 @@ def correlation(self, target=None, timespan=None, alpha=0.05, method = 'ttest',
         return corr_ens
 
     def plot_traces(self, figsize=[10, 4], xlabel=None, ylabel=None, title=None, num_traces=10, seed=None,
-             xlim=None, ylim=None, linestyle='-', savefig_settings=None, ax=None, plot_legend=True,
+             xlim=None, ylim=None, linestyle='-', savefig_settings=None, ax=None, legend=True,
              color=sns.xkcd_rgb['pale red'], lw=0.5, alpha=0.3, lgd_kwargs=None):
         '''Plot EnsembleSeries as a subset of traces.
 
@@ -804,8 +805,8 @@ def plot_traces(self, figsize=[10, 4], xlabel=None, ylabel=None, title=None, num
 
             for idx in random_draw_idx:
                 self.series_list[idx].plot(xlabel=xlabel, ylabel=ylabel, zorder=99, linewidth=lw,
-                    xlim=xlim, ylim=ylim, ax=ax, color=color, alpha=alpha,linestyle='-')
-            ax.plot(np.nan, np.nan, color=color, label=f'example members (n={num_traces})',linestyle='-')
+                    xlim=xlim, ylim=ylim, ax=ax, color=color, alpha=alpha,linestyle='-', label='_ignore')
+            l1, = ax.plot(np.nan, np.nan, color=color, label=f'example members (n={num_traces})',linestyle='-')
 
         if title is not None:
             ax.set_title(title)
@@ -813,10 +814,14 @@ def plot_traces(self, figsize=[10, 4], xlabel=None, ylabel=None, title=None, num
             if self.label is not None:
                 ax.set_title(self.label)
             
-        if plot_legend:
+        if legend==True:
             lgd_args = {'frameon': False}
             lgd_args.update(lgd_kwargs)
             ax.legend(**lgd_args)
+        elif legend==False:
+            ax.legend().remove()
+        else:
+            raise ValueError('legend should be set to either True or False')
 
         if 'fig' in locals():
             if 'path' in savefig_settings: