diff --git a/src/visualizations/config/adapters/dhis_highcharts/index.js b/src/visualizations/config/adapters/dhis_highcharts/index.js
index 29ecf41c0..504a72b16 100644
--- a/src/visualizations/config/adapters/dhis_highcharts/index.js
+++ b/src/visualizations/config/adapters/dhis_highcharts/index.js
@@ -163,6 +163,8 @@ export default function ({ store, layout, el, extraConfig, extraOptions }) {
         })
     }
 
+    console.log('config.plotOptions', config.plotOptions)
+
     // hide empty categories
     if (_layout.hideEmptyRowItems !== 'NONE') {
         config = getTrimmedConfig(config, _layout)
diff --git a/src/visualizations/config/adapters/dhis_highcharts/plotOptions.js b/src/visualizations/config/adapters/dhis_highcharts/plotOptions.js
index 928019506..f6c45ba2f 100644
--- a/src/visualizations/config/adapters/dhis_highcharts/plotOptions.js
+++ b/src/visualizations/config/adapters/dhis_highcharts/plotOptions.js
@@ -75,6 +75,14 @@ export default ({
                                   },
                               },
                           },
+                          states: {
+                              inactive: {
+                                  enabled: false,
+                              },
+                              hover: {
+                                  brightness: -0.3, // darken
+                              },
+                          },
                       },
                   }
                 : {}