diff --git a/app/controllers/stats_controller.rb b/app/controllers/stats_controller.rb
index 2ba4eb7e..d6be1be0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/stats_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/stats_controller.rb
@@ -36,7 +36,6 @@ class StatsController < ApplicationController
 
     @created_count_array = Array.new(13, actions_last12months.created_after(@cut_off_year).count/12.0)
     @done_count_array    = Array.new(13, actions_last12months.completed_after(@cut_off_year).count/12.0)
-    @month_names         = Array.new(13){ |i| label_for_month_ago(i) }
     render :layout => false
   end
 
@@ -48,14 +47,6 @@ class StatsController < ApplicationController
     Time.zone.now.day / Time.zone.now.end_of_month.day.to_f
   end
 
-  def label_for_month_and_year_ago(i)
-    t('date.month_names')[ (Time.now.mon - i -1 ) % 12 + 1 ]+ " " + (Time.now - i.months).year.to_s
-  end
-
-  def label_for_month_ago(i)
-    t('date.month_names')[ (Time.now.mon - i -1 ) % 12 + 1 ]
-  end
-
   def actions_done_last_years
     @page_title = t('stats.index_title')
     @chart = Stats::Chart.new('actions_done_lastyears_data', :height => 400, :width => 900)
@@ -85,7 +76,6 @@ class StatsController < ApplicationController
 
     @created_count_array = Array.new(month_count+1, actions_last_months.select { |x| x.created_at }.size/month_count)
     @done_count_array    = Array.new(month_count+1, actions_last_months.select { |x| x.completed_at }.size/month_count)
-    @month_names         = Array.new(month_count+1){ |i| label_for_month_and_year_ago(i) }
 
     render :layout => false
   end
diff --git a/app/helpers/stats_helper.rb b/app/helpers/stats_helper.rb
index 9e14d04b..22bbef02 100755
--- a/app/helpers/stats_helper.rb
+++ b/app/helpers/stats_helper.rb
@@ -4,4 +4,20 @@ module StatsHelper
     9 + 2 * cloud.relative_size(tag)
   end
 
+  def month_and_year_label(i)
+    t('date.month_names')[ (Time.now.mon - i -1 ) % 12 + 1 ]+ " " + (Time.now - i.months).year.to_s
+  end
+
+  def array_of_month_and_year_labels(count)
+    Array.new(count) { |i| month_and_year_label(i) }
+  end
+
+  def month_label(i)
+    t('date.month_names')[ (Time.now.mon - i -1 ) % 12 + 1 ]
+  end
+
+  def array_of_month_labels(count)
+    Array.new(count) { |i| month_label(i) }
+  end
+
 end
diff --git a/app/views/stats/actions_done_last12months_data.html.erb b/app/views/stats/actions_done_last12months_data.html.erb
index 294e0c69..8385e2db 100755
--- a/app/views/stats/actions_done_last12months_data.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/stats/actions_done_last12months_data.html.erb
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
 &values_6=<%= @actions_done_avg_last12months_array.join(",")%>&
 &values_7=<%= @interpolated_actions_created_this_month%>,<%=@actions_done_avg_last12months_array[1]%>&
 &values_8=<%= @interpolated_actions_done_this_month%>,<%=@actions_created_avg_last12months_array[1]%>&
-&x_labels=<%= @month_names.join(",")%>&
+&x_labels=<%= array_of_month_labels(@done_count_array.size).join(",")%>&
 &y_min=0&
 <% # add one to @max for people who have no actions completed yet.
    # OpenFlashChart cannot handle y_max=0 -%>
diff --git a/app/views/stats/actions_done_lastyears_data.html.erb b/app/views/stats/actions_done_lastyears_data.html.erb
index aa6bc284..9221e845 100644
--- a/app/views/stats/actions_done_lastyears_data.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/stats/actions_done_lastyears_data.html.erb
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 &values_6=<%= @actions_done_avg_last_months_array.join(",")%>&
 &values_7=<%= @interpolated_actions_created_this_month%>,<%=@actions_done_avg_last_months_array[1]%>&
 &values_8=<%= @interpolated_actions_done_this_month%>,<%=@actions_created_avg_last_months_array[1]%>&
-&x_labels=<%= @month_names.join(",")%>&
+&x_labels=<%= array_of_month_and_year_labels(@done_count_array.size).join(",")%>&
 &y_min=0&
 <% # add one to @max for people who have no actions completed yet.
 # OpenFlashChart cannot handle y_max=0 -%>