diff --git a/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/core/updateData.m b/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/core/updateData.m
index 8c881d1e..2e8360bb 100644
--- a/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/core/updateData.m
+++ b/plotly/plotlyfig_aux/core/updateData.m
@@ -68,9 +68,8 @@
             updateStemseries(obj, dataIndex);
         case 'surfaceplot'
             updateSurfaceplot(obj,dataIndex);
-        case 'implicitfunctionline'
+        case {'functionline', 'implicitfunctionline'}
             updateLineseries(obj, dataIndex);
-            
             %--Plotly supported MATLAB group plot objects--%
         case {'hggroup','group'}
             % check for boxplot