diff --git a/api/views.py b/api/views.py
index 3e16ab7..741c4c3 100644
--- a/api/views.py
+++ b/api/views.py
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ import random
 import requests
 import urllib
 import secrets
-import pprint
 import string
 
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
@@ -16,6 +15,7 @@ from .models import *
 from login.models import User
 from login.utils import get_user_context
 from dateutil.parser import parse
+from pprint import pprint
 
 #  }}} imports # 
 
@@ -138,13 +138,16 @@ def parse_history(request, user_secret):
     """
 
     user_obj = User.objects.get(secret=user_secret)
+    payload = {'limit': str(USER_TRACKS_LIMIT)}
     last_time_played = History.objects.filter(user=user_obj).aggregate(Max('timestamp'))['timestamp__max']
-    payload = {'limit': str(USER_TRACKS_LIMIT), 'after': last_time_played.isoformat()}
+    if last_time_played is not None:
+        payload['after'] = last_time_played.isoformat()
     artist_genre_queue = []
     user_headers = get_user_header(user_obj)
     history_response = requests.get(HISTORY_ENDPOINT,
             headers=user_headers,
             params=payload).json()['items']
+    #  pprint(history_response)
 
     if console_logging:
         tracks_processed = 0
diff --git a/graphs/utils.py b/graphs/utils.py
index bb8cb4c..62756bb 100644
--- a/graphs/utils.py
+++ b/graphs/utils.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ import django_tables2 as tables
 
 from pprint import pprint
 from login.models import User
-from api.models import History, Track
+from api.models import History
 
 class HistoryTable(tables.Table):
     class Meta:
@@ -12,13 +12,6 @@ class HistoryTable(tables.Table):
     track_name = tables.Column(accessor='get_track_name', orderable=False)
     artists = tables.Column(accessor='get_artists', orderable=False)
 
-    #  def render_track_name(self, record):
-        #  return record.track.name
-        #  return record.user
-
-    #  def render_user(self, value):
-        #  return ''
-
 def get_secret_context(user_secret):
     """Return user_secret in context for graph pages.
 
@@ -27,30 +20,3 @@ def get_secret_context(user_secret):
 
     """
     return { 'user_secret': user_secret, }
-
-
-def get_user_history(user_secret):
-    """Return all stored history for corresponding User to user_secret.
-
-    :user_secret: User secret to get history for.
-    :returns: list of lists of song history plus information.
-
-    """
-    user_id = get_user_id_from_secret(user_secret)
-    history_fields = [field.name for field in History._meta.get_fields()]
-    # don't need ordering bc. django-tables2?
-    user_history = History.objects.filter(user__exact=user_id).order_by('-timestamp')
-    #  user_history = History.objects.filter(user__exact=user_id).order_by('-timestamp')
-    user_history_table = HistoryTable(user_history)
-    return { 'user_id': user_id, 
-            'history_fields': history_fields,
-            'user_history_table': user_history_table, }
-
-def get_user_id_from_secret(user_secret):
-    """Retrieve corresponding user_id for user_secret.
-
-    :user_secret:
-    :returns: user_id
-
-    """
-    return User.objects.get(secret=user_secret).id
diff --git a/graphs/views.py b/graphs/views.py
index 0415363..4bfbcdb 100644
--- a/graphs/views.py
+++ b/graphs/views.py
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ from datetime import datetime
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
 from .utils import *
 from django_tables2 import RequestConfig
+from api.models import History
 
 #  }}} imports # 
 
@@ -49,8 +50,14 @@ def display_history_table(request, user_secret):
     :param user_secret: user secret used for identification
     :return: renders the user history page
     """
-    context = get_secret_context(user_secret) 
-    context.update(get_user_history(user_secret))
-    RequestConfig(request).configure(context['user_history_table'])
+    user_id = User.objects.get(secret=user_secret).id
+    user_history = History.objects.filter(user__exact=user_id).order_by('-timestamp')
+    history_table = HistoryTable(user_history)
+    history_table.exclude = ('id', 'user', 'track', ) 
+    RequestConfig(request).configure(history_table)
+
+    context = { 'user_history_table': history_table, 
+            'user_id': user_id, }
+
     return render(request, "graphs/user_history.html", context)
 
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index 6bde00c..936771a 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ astroid==1.6.3
 certifi==2018.4.16
 chardet==3.0.4
 Django==2.0.5
+django-filter==2.0
 djangorestframework==3.8.2
 django-tables2==2.0.2
 idna==2.6
diff --git a/spotifyvis/settings.py b/spotifyvis/settings.py
index d91d2ea..b8db2ef 100644
--- a/spotifyvis/settings.py
+++ b/spotifyvis/settings.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'api.apps.ApiConfig',
     'graphs.apps.GraphsConfig',
     'django_tables2',
+    'django_filters',
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [