diff --git a/src/assets/wise5/components/graph/graph-authoring/graph-authoring.component.html b/src/assets/wise5/components/graph/graph-authoring/graph-authoring.component.html
index 9d4243348b1..bbd73e1d15e 100644
--- a/src/assets/wise5/components/graph/graph-authoring/graph-authoring.component.html
+++ b/src/assets/wise5/components/graph/graph-authoring/graph-authoring.component.html
@@ -431,7 +431,7 @@
   <div *ngIf="series.data == null || series.data.length == 0">
     This series has no starter data points. Click the "Add Data Point" button to add a starter data point if you'd like.
   </div>
-  <div *ngFor="let dataPoint of series.data; index as dataPointIndex; first as isFirst; last as isLast">
+  <div *ngFor="let dataPoint of series.data; index as dataPointIndex; first as isFirst; last as isLast; trackBy: customTrackBy">
     <span *ngIf="authoringComponentContent.xAxis.type === 'limits' || authoringComponentContent.xAxis.type === '' || authoringComponentContent.xAxis.type == null">
       <mat-form-field class="data-point-input">
         <mat-label i18n>X</mat-label>
diff --git a/src/assets/wise5/components/graph/graph-authoring/graph-authoring.component.ts b/src/assets/wise5/components/graph/graph-authoring/graph-authoring.component.ts
index 8195895c324..24e84983c40 100644
--- a/src/assets/wise5/components/graph/graph-authoring/graph-authoring.component.ts
+++ b/src/assets/wise5/components/graph/graph-authoring/graph-authoring.component.ts
@@ -569,4 +569,8 @@ export class GraphAuthoring extends ComponentAuthoring {
       delete series.dashStyle;
     }
   }
+
+  customTrackBy(index: number): number {
+    return index;
+  }
 }