diff --git a/src/lib/scene/mesh.ts b/src/lib/scene/mesh.ts
index 6496c3f..aac71b5 100644
--- a/src/lib/scene/mesh.ts
+++ b/src/lib/scene/mesh.ts
@@ -178,7 +178,7 @@ export class OBJ extends Mesh {
 
             finalVertices.push(pos[0], pos[1], pos[2], nor[0], nor[1], nor[2], uv[0], uv[1], 1);
 
-            vertexMap.set(key, finalVertices.length / 8 - 1);
+            vertexMap.set(key, finalVertices.length / 9 - 1);
           }
 
           faceVertices.push(vertexMap.get(key)!);
diff --git a/src/lib/shaders/instance_points.cs.wgsl b/src/lib/shaders/instance_points.cs.wgsl
index 7dadcb3..31245b4 100644
--- a/src/lib/shaders/instance_points.cs.wgsl
+++ b/src/lib/shaders/instance_points.cs.wgsl
@@ -85,11 +85,22 @@ fn main(@builtin(global_invocation_id) id: vec3<u32>) {
     let height = mix(mix(h_bl, h_br, fx), mix(h_tl, h_tr, fx), fz);
     let normal = normalize(mix(mix(nor_bl, nor_br, fx), mix(nor_tl, nor_tr, fx), fz));
 
+    // rotate in a random direction
+    let rnd = hash11(f32(id.x) + 1234.0);
+    let angle = rnd * 6.2831853;
+    let c = cos(angle);
+    let t = tan(angle);
+
     // do all the annoying calc in here, then store it in instance_pts...
     let helper = select(vec3f(0.0, 1.0, 0.0), vec3f(1.0, 0.0, 0.0), abs(normal.y) > 0.99);
     let T = normalize(cross(helper, normal));
     let B = cross(normal, T);
-    let rot = mat3x3f(T, B, normal);
+
+    let T_rot = normalize(T * c + B * t);
+    let B_rot = normalize(cross(normal, T_rot));
+    let rot = mat3x3f(T_rot, B_rot, normal);
+    //let rot = mat3x3f(T, B, normal);
+
 
     instance_pts[id.x].pos = vec3<f32>(x, height, z);
     instance_pts[id.x].nor = vec3<f32>(normal.x, normal.y, normal.z);
diff --git a/src/lib/shaders/instancing.wgsl b/src/lib/shaders/instancing.wgsl
index 9723a01..5d939fe 100644
--- a/src/lib/shaders/instancing.wgsl
+++ b/src/lib/shaders/instancing.wgsl
@@ -33,18 +33,28 @@ struct VertexOut {
     @location(4) @interpolate(flat) used: u32,
 };
 
+fn hash11(n: f32) -> f32 {
+    let x = fract(sin(n) * 43758.5453123);
+    return x;
+}
+
+fn rotateAroundAxis(v: vec3f, axis: vec3f, angle: f32) -> vec3f {
+  let cosA = cos(angle);
+  let sinA = sin(angle);
+  return v * cosA +
+          cross(axis, v) * sinA +
+          axis * dot(axis, v) * (1.0 - cosA);
+}
+
 @vertex
 fn vs_main(in : VertexIn) -> VertexOut {
     var out : VertexOut;
 
     let vOffset = in.instance_index * 9u;
 
-     // get point position
+     // get point data
     var pos = instance_pts[in.instance_index].pos;
-
-    // point nor for testing...
     var nor = normalize(instance_pts[in.instance_index].nor);
-
     var used = instance_pts[in.instance_index].used;
 
     let idx = indices[in.vertex_index];
@@ -64,9 +74,12 @@ fn vs_main(in : VertexIn) -> VertexOut {
 
     // do transformations
     let rot = instance_pts[in.instance_index].rotMat;
-    let rotated = rot * local;
-    let world = transform_matrix * vec4(pos + rotated, 1.0);
-    let world_pos = camera.viewProjMat * world;
+    let rotatedLocal = rot * local;
+    let transformedLocal = (transform_matrix * vec4(rotatedLocal, 0.0)).xyz;
+
+    // translate
+    let worldPos = pos + transformedLocal;
+    let clipPos = camera.viewProjMat * vec4(worldPos, 1.0);
 
     // transform normals too
     let normal_matrix = mat3x3<f32>(
@@ -74,13 +87,13 @@ fn vs_main(in : VertexIn) -> VertexOut {
         transform_matrix[1].xyz,
         transform_matrix[2].xyz
     );
-    let transformed_nor = rot * vert_nor;
-    let new_nor = normalize(normal_matrix * transformed_nor);
+    let transformedNor = normal_matrix * (rot * vert_nor);
+    let newNor = normalize(transformedNor);
 
     // set output
-    out.position = world_pos;
-    out.pos = world_pos.xyz;
-    out.nor = normalize(new_nor);
+    out.position = clipPos;
+    out.pos = worldPos;
+    out.nor = normalize(newNor);
     out.uv = vert_uv;
     out.tex_id = texture_id;
     out.used = used;
@@ -94,31 +107,20 @@ fn fs_main(in: VertexOut) -> @location(0) vec4f
     discard;
   }
 
-  // do lambertian shading
-  let lightDir = normalize(vec3f(-1.0, 1.0, -1.0));
-  let diffuse = max(dot(in.nor, lightDir), 0.0);
-
   let texcoord = vec2f(in.uv.x, 1.0 - in.uv.y);
-  let color = textureSample(ourTexture, ourSampler, texcoord, in.tex_id);
-  //let color = vec4(in.uv.x, in.uv.y, 0.0, 1.0);
+  let diffuse = textureSample(ourTexture, ourSampler, texcoord, in.tex_id);
 
-  if (color.a < 0.5) {
+  if (diffuse.a < 0.5) {
     discard;
   }
 
-  return color;
-
-  // var color = vec3f(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
-  
-  // if (diffuse > 0.75) {
-  //   color = vec3f(0.58, 1.0, 0.235);
-  // } else if (diffuse > 0.5) {
-  //   color = vec3f(0.447, 0.749, 0.313);
-  // } else if (diffuse > 0.25) {
-  //   color = vec3f(0.309, 0.490, 0.396);
-  // } else {
-  //   color = vec3f(0.176, 0.235, 0.478);
-  // }
-
-  // return vec4f(color, 1.0);
+  // do lambertian shading
+  let lightDir = normalize(vec3f(0.2, 0.25, 0.1));
+  var directionalLightStrength = max(dot(in.nor, lightDir), 0.0);
+  let directLight = vec3f(1.0, 0.95, 0.8) * directionalLightStrength;
+
+  let ambientLight = vec3f(0.1, 0.1, 0.1);
+
+  var color = diffuse.xyz * (directLight + ambientLight);
+  return vec4f(color, 1.0);
 }