diff --git a/mslice/__init__.py b/mslice/__init__.py
index 22e5da904..4379d560c 100644
--- a/mslice/__init__.py
+++ b/mslice/__init__.py
@@ -6,6 +6,6 @@
 on Mantid (http://www.mantidproject.org).
 """
 
-version_info = (2, 5, 0)
+version_info = (2, 6, 0)
 __version__ = '.'.join(map(str, version_info))
 __project_url__ = 'https://github.com/mantidproject/mslice'
diff --git a/mslice/models/cut/cut.py b/mslice/models/cut/cut.py
index 68e46e74b..21a37f665 100644
--- a/mslice/models/cut/cut.py
+++ b/mslice/models/cut/cut.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 from mslice.models.intensity_correction_algs import (compute_chi, compute_d2sigma,
                                                      compute_symmetrised, cut_compute_gdos)
-from mslice.models.labels import is_momentum, is_twotheta
+from mslice.models.labels import are_units_equivalent, is_momentum, is_twotheta
 from mslice.util.intensity_correction import IntensityType
 
 import numpy as np
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ def q_axis(self):
 
     def _update_cut_axis(self):
         x_dim = self._cut_ws.raw_ws.getXDimension()
-        if self.cut_axis.units == x_dim.getUnits() or self.cut_axis.units in x_dim.getDimensionId():
+        if are_units_equivalent(self.cut_axis.units, x_dim.getUnits()) or self.cut_axis.units in x_dim.getDimensionId():
             ws_cut_axis = x_dim
         else:
             ws_cut_axis = self._cut_ws.raw_ws.getYDimension()
diff --git a/mslice/models/labels.py b/mslice/models/labels.py
index 3b9480d71..adaa894fe 100644
--- a/mslice/models/labels.py
+++ b/mslice/models/labels.py
@@ -23,6 +23,21 @@ def is_momentum(unit):
     return any([unit in val for val in MOMENTUM_UNITS])
 
 
+def is_energy(unit):
+    return unit == DELTA_E_LABEL
+
+
+def are_units_equivalent(unit_lhs, unit_rhs):
+    if is_twotheta(unit_lhs) and is_twotheta(unit_rhs):
+        return True
+    elif is_momentum(unit_lhs) and is_momentum(unit_rhs):
+        return True
+    elif is_energy(unit_lhs) and is_energy(unit_rhs):
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
+
+
 def get_recoil_key(label):
     for key, value in recoil_labels.items():
         if value == label: