diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/DistanceTracker.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/DistanceTracker.java
index 3300157e..951bba63 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/DistanceTracker.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/DistanceTracker.java
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ public class DistanceTracker {
         this.minYSection = MinecraftClient.getInstance().world.getBottomSectionCoord()/2;
         this.maxYSection = MinecraftClient.getInstance().world.getTopSectionCoord()/2;
 
-        if (false) {
+        if (true) {
             this.rings[0] = new TransitionRing2D(5, MinecraftClient.getInstance().options.getViewDistance().getValue() / 2, (x, z) -> {
                 for (int y = this.minYSection; y <= this.maxYSection; y++) {
                     this.tracker.remLvl0(x, y, z);
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/model/ModelManager.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/model/ModelManager.java
index 07b8e440..913aa1b9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/model/ModelManager.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/model/ModelManager.java
@@ -439,12 +439,32 @@ public class ModelManager {
         return res;
     }
 
+    //TODO:FIXME: if the model is not already in the cache for some reason it renders black, need to figure out why
     public long getModelMetadata(int blockId) {
-        int map = this.idMappings[blockId];
+        int map = 0;
+        while ((map = this.idMappings[blockId]) == -1) {
+            Thread.onSpinWait();
+            try {
+                Thread.sleep(100);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+        }
+
         if (map == -1) {
             throw new IllegalArgumentException("Id hasnt been computed yet: " + blockId);
         }
-        return this.metadataCache[map];
+        long meta = 0;
+
+        while ((meta = this.metadataCache[map]) == 0) {
+            Thread.onSpinWait();
+            try {
+                Thread.sleep(100);
+            } catch (InterruptedException e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+        }
+        return meta;
     }
 
     public int getModelId(int blockId) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/Gl46FarWorldRenderer.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/Gl46FarWorldRenderer.java
index 567f803a..3369d4cf 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/Gl46FarWorldRenderer.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/core/rendering/Gl46FarWorldRenderer.java
@@ -115,7 +115,6 @@ public class Gl46FarWorldRenderer extends AbstractFarWorldRenderer {
 
         RenderLayer.getCutoutMipped().startDrawing();
         int oldActiveTexture = glGetInteger(GL_ACTIVE_TEXTURE);
-        int oldBoundTexture = glGetInteger(GL_TEXTURE_BINDING_2D);
         //RenderSystem.enableBlend();
         //RenderSystem.defaultBlendFunc();
 
@@ -127,8 +126,9 @@ public class Gl46FarWorldRenderer extends AbstractFarWorldRenderer {
 
 
         //Bind the texture atlas
-        glBindSampler(0, this.models.getSamplerId());
         glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
+        int oldBoundTexture = glGetInteger(GL_TEXTURE_BINDING_2D);
+        glBindSampler(0, this.models.getSamplerId());
         glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.models.getTextureId());
 
         glClearNamedBufferData(this.glCommandCountBuffer.id, GL_R32UI, GL_RED_INTEGER, GL_UNSIGNED_INT, new int[1]);
@@ -174,10 +174,10 @@ public class Gl46FarWorldRenderer extends AbstractFarWorldRenderer {
         RenderSystem.blendFuncSeparate(GlStateManager.SrcFactor.SRC_ALPHA, GlStateManager.DstFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA, GlStateManager.SrcFactor.ONE, GlStateManager.DstFactor.ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
 
         int oldActiveTexture = glGetInteger(GL_ACTIVE_TEXTURE);
-        int oldBoundTexture = glGetInteger(GL_TEXTURE_BINDING_2D);
 
         glBindSampler(0, this.models.getSamplerId());
         glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
+        int oldBoundTexture = glGetInteger(GL_TEXTURE_BINDING_2D);
         glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, this.models.getTextureId());
         this.lodShader.bind();
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/importers/WorldImporter.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/importers/WorldImporter.java
index b2a394ec..1330a6f8 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/importers/WorldImporter.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/importers/WorldImporter.java
@@ -216,7 +216,7 @@ public class WorldImporter {
                 biomes,
                 (bx, by, bz, state) -> {
                     int block = 0;
-                    int sky = 15;//since sky is inverted
+                    int sky = 0;
                     if (blockLight != null) {
                         block = blockLight.get(bx, by, bz);
                     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/mixin/sodium/MixinSodiumWorldRender.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/mixin/sodium/MixinSodiumWorldRender.java
index be7ae1e8..503371cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/mixin/sodium/MixinSodiumWorldRender.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/zenith/client/mixin/sodium/MixinSodiumWorldRender.java
@@ -14,6 +14,6 @@ import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
 public class MixinSodiumWorldRender {
     @Inject(method = "drawChunkLayer", at = @At("HEAD"), cancellable = true)
     private void cancelRender(RenderLayer renderLayer, MatrixStack matrixStack, double x, double y, double z, CallbackInfo ci) {
-        ci.cancel();
+        //ci.cancel();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/lod/gl46/cull/raster.vert b/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/lod/gl46/cull/raster.vert
index 42c6a5e7..d0e62e03 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/lod/gl46/cull/raster.vert
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/zenith/shaders/lod/gl46/cull/raster.vert
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ void main() {
     ivec3 pos = (((ipos<<detail)-baseSectionPos)<<5);
     pos += aabbOffset;
     pos -= (1<<detail);
-    pos += (ivec3(gl_VertexID&1, (gl_VertexID>>2)&1, (gl_VertexID>>1)&1)*(size+1))*(1<<detail);
+    pos += (ivec3(gl_VertexID&1, (gl_VertexID>>2)&1, (gl_VertexID>>1)&1)*(size+2))*(1<<detail);
 
     gl_Position = MVP * vec4(vec3(pos),1);