diff --git a/components/chart/config.js b/components/chart/config.js
index a83eafc697bdbed7218602aac679e219754718e0..ec3509ef3d24b6cbb17d962a6703a40e357b6089 100644
--- a/components/chart/config.js
+++ b/components/chart/config.js
@@ -1,9 +1,10 @@
 const config = {
   chartHeight: 350,
-  columnWidth: 30,
+  columnWidth: 25,
   temperatureScale: {
     low: 35,
-    high: 38
+    high: 38,
+    units: 0.1
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/components/chart/day-column.js b/components/chart/day-column.js
index e1f5b91f44e4f15b826b237e951364d3a10298c6..1717c426792d585e24ab92b6a38205ff3a1e4486 100644
--- a/components/chart/day-column.js
+++ b/components/chart/day-column.js
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ export default class DayColumn extends Component {
         onPress: () => {
           this.passDateToDayView(dateString)
         },
-        activeOpacity: 0.8
+        activeOpacity: 1
       },
       columnElements
     )
diff --git a/components/chart/styles.js b/components/chart/styles.js
index 7a25adfb1905fe45309ce8884569c7090c42152d..0dc569dbc2ec63a53b261cd3803651fbe5daad7f 100644
--- a/components/chart/styles.js
+++ b/components/chart/styles.js
@@ -72,10 +72,10 @@ const styles = {
   },
   yAxisLabel: {
     position: 'absolute',
-    right: 3,
+    left: 3,
     color: 'grey',
-    fontSize: 12,
-    fontWeight: 'bold'
+    fontSize: 11,
+    textAlign: 'left'
   },
   horizontalGrid: {
     position:'absolute',
diff --git a/components/chart/y-axis.js b/components/chart/y-axis.js
index 052aa5f595a371a57cebb43fa219db5e1420b048..ccc9404bb13a808e0fcd439ce32a7ca6d2ee10ec 100644
--- a/components/chart/y-axis.js
+++ b/components/chart/y-axis.js
@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ import config from './config'
 import styles from './styles'
 
 function makeYAxis() {
-  const scaleMin = config.temperatureScale.low
-  const scaleMax = config.temperatureScale.high
-  const numberOfTicks = (scaleMax - scaleMin) * 2
+  const scale = config.temperatureScale
+  const scaleMin = scale.low
+  const scaleMax = scale.high
+  const numberOfTicks = (scaleMax - scaleMin) * (1 / scale.units)
   const tickDistance = config.chartHeight / numberOfTicks
 
   const tickPositions = []
@@ -23,7 +24,7 @@ function makeYAxis() {
       <Text
         style={{...style}}
         key={i}>
-        {scaleMax - i * 0.5}
+        {scaleMax - i * scale.units}
       </Text>
     )
     tickPositions.push(y)