diff --git a/site_ansto/instrument/config/nexus/nxscripts_common_1.tcl b/site_ansto/instrument/config/nexus/nxscripts_common_1.tcl
index d8043d19..754b0871 100644
--- a/site_ansto/instrument/config/nexus/nxscripts_common_1.tcl
+++ b/site_ansto/instrument/config/nexus/nxscripts_common_1.tcl
@@ -139,6 +139,12 @@ proc newFileName {idNum postfix} {
         set ::counter::HP_BM [getatt monitor_counts hdb_path]
         hsetprop $::counter::HP_BM link data_set
         hsetprop $::counter::HP_BM @signal 1
+        set nvars [bmonscan noscanvar]
+        for { set i 0 } { $i < $nvars } { incr i } {
+          lappend axes_list [lindex [split [lindex [split [bmonscan getvarpar $i]] 0] "."] 1]
+        }
+        set axes [join $axes_list ":"]
+        hsetprop $::counter::HP_BM @axes $axes
       } else {
         ::hdb::set_save / true
         hsetprop $::histogram_memory::HP_HMM datatype_savelist $filetype