diff --git a/index.html b/index.html
index fb3b132c5f570..a5a9cbb10167e 100644
--- a/index.html
+++ b/index.html
@@ -37,7 +37,7 @@
   <div class="navbar navbar-static-top">
     <div class="navbar-inner">
       <div class="container-fluid">
-        <p class="navbar-text pull-right"><small><strong>Kibana 3</strong> <small>milestone 1</small></small></p>
+        <p class="navbar-text pull-right"><small><strong>Kibana 3</strong> <small>milestone pre-2</small></small></p>
         <span class="brand">{{dashboards.title}}</span>
         <div class="brand"><i class='icon-edit pointer' ng-show='dashboards.editable' bs-modal="'partials/dasheditor.html'"></i></div>
       </div>
diff --git a/panels/histogram/editor.html b/panels/histogram/editor.html
index 36c83046bb89a..e7bc9eabd2613 100644
--- a/panels/histogram/editor.html
+++ b/panels/histogram/editor.html
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
       <label class="small">Mode</label> 
       <select ng-change="set_refresh(true)" class="input-small" ng-model="panel.mode" ng-options="f for f in ['count','min','mean','max','total']"></select>
     </div>
-    <div class="span3">
+    <div class="span3" ng-show="panel.mode != 'count'">
       <label class="small">Field</label>
       <form>
         <input ng-change="set_refresh(true)" placeholder="Start typing" bs-typeahead="fields.list" type="text" class="input-small" ng-model="panel.value_field">
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ <h5>Chart Options</h5>
     <div class="span2"> 
       <label class="small">Auto-interval</label><input type="checkbox" ng-model="panel.auto_int" ng-checked="panel.auto_int" />
     </div>
+    <div class="span2" ng-show='panel.auto_int'> 
+      <label class="small">Resolution</label><input type="number" class='input-mini' ng-model="panel.resolution" ng-change='set_refresh(true)'/>
+    </div>
+    <div class="span3" ng-show='panel.auto_int'> 
+      <label class="small">Shoot for this many data points, rounding to sane intervals</label>
+    </div>
     <div class="span2" ng-hide='panel.auto_int'> 
       <label class="small">Interval</label><input type="text" class='input-mini' ng-model="panel.interval" ng-change='set_refresh(true)'/>
     </div>
diff --git a/panels/histogram/module.js b/panels/histogram/module.js
index 54784a57a0b21..e7fc7bcbc7a81 100644
--- a/panels/histogram/module.js
+++ b/panels/histogram/module.js
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@
               this is usually populated by a stringquery panel wher the query and label
               parameter are the same
   * auto_int :: Auto calculate data point interval?
+  * resolution ::  If auto_int is enables, shoot for this many data points, rounding to
+                    sane intervals
   * interval :: Datapoint interval in elasticsearch date math format (eg 1d, 1w, 1y, 5y)
   * fill :: Only applies to line charts. Level of area shading from 0-10
   * linewidth ::  Only applies to line charts. How thick the line should be in pixels
@@ -43,24 +45,25 @@ angular.module('kibana.histogram', [])
 
   // Set and populate defaults
   var _d = {
-    group     : "default",
-    query     : [ {query: "*", label:"Query"} ],
-    mode      : 'count',
-    value_field: null,
-    auto_int  : true,
-    interval  : '5m',
-    fill      : 3,
-    linewidth : 3,
-    timezone  : 'browser', // browser, utc or a standard timezone
-    spyable   : true,
-    zoomlinks : true,
-    bars      : true,
-    stack     : true,
-    points    : false,
-    lines     : false,
-    legend    : true,
-    'x-axis'  : true,
-    'y-axis'  : true,
+    group       : "default",
+    query       : [ {query: "*", label:"Query"} ],
+    mode        : 'count',
+    value_field : null,
+    auto_int    : true,
+    resolution  : 100, 
+    interval    : '5m',
+    fill        : 3,
+    linewidth   : 3,
+    timezone    : 'browser', // browser, utc or a standard timezone
+    spyable     : true,
+    zoomlinks   : true,
+    bars        : true,
+    stack       : true,
+    points      : false,
+    lines       : false,
+    legend      : true,
+    'x-axis'    : true,
+    'y-axis'    : true,
   }
   _.defaults($scope.panel,_d)
 
@@ -107,7 +110,7 @@ angular.module('kibana.histogram', [])
       return
 
     if ($scope.panel.auto_int)
-      $scope.panel.interval = secondsToHms(calculate_interval($scope.time.from,$scope.time.to,50,0)/1000);
+      $scope.panel.interval = secondsToHms(calculate_interval($scope.time.from,$scope.time.to,$scope.panel.resolution,0)/1000);
 
     $scope.panel.loading = true;
     var _segment = _.isUndefined(segment) ? 0 : segment