diff --git a/lib/visage-app/public/javascripts/builder.js b/lib/visage-app/public/javascripts/builder.js
index 418f4bb7..b19a8f0e 100644
--- a/lib/visage-app/public/javascripts/builder.js
+++ b/lib/visage-app/public/javascripts/builder.js
@@ -463,8 +463,13 @@ var ChartBuilder = new Class({
             });
         this.searchers.metric = searcher;
     },
-    getURLTimeframe: function() {
-        var urlTimeframe = window.location.hash.split('|').filter(function(parameter) { return parameter.test('^timeframe') })[0];
+    getTimeframe: function() {
+        var optionTimeframe = this.options.timeframe,
+            urlTimeframe = window.location.hash.split('|').filter(function(parameter) { return parameter.test('^timeframe') })[0];
+
+        if (optionTimeframe && !urlTimeframe) {
+            return optionTimeframe
+        }
 
         if (urlTimeframe) {
             return decodeURI(urlTimeframe.split('=')[1]);
@@ -551,7 +556,8 @@ var ChartBuilder = new Class({
                                     '1 year':   8760,
                                     '2 years':  17520 });
 
-        timeframe = this.getURLTimeframe();
+        timeframe = this.getTimeframe();
+        console.log(timeframe, 'timeframe')
         timescales.each(function(hour, label) {
             var value   = "start={start}".substitute({'start': currentUnixTime - (hour * 3600)});
             var html    = 'last {label}'.substitute({'label': label });
@@ -634,7 +640,7 @@ var ChartBuilder = new Class({
                             metrics = this.searchers.metric.tokenValues();
                             percentiles  = [];
                             percentile95 = this.options.percentile95;
-                            timeframe    = this.getURLTimeframe();
+                            timeframe    = this.getTimeframe();
 
                         if (percentile95) {
                             percentiles.push(95);