diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/hierachical/HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/hierachical/HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser.java
index cc203ad7..02a4e779 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/hierachical/HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/hierachical/HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser.java
@@ -103,12 +103,10 @@ public class HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser {
         this.nodeBuffer = new GlBuffer(nodeManager.maxNodeCount*16L).fill(-1);
 
 
-        glSamplerParameteri(this.hizSampler, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST);
-        glSamplerParameteri(this.hizSampler, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
+        glSamplerParameteri(this.hizSampler, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST_MIPMAP_NEAREST);
+        glSamplerParameteri(this.hizSampler, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
         glSamplerParameteri(this.hizSampler, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
         glSamplerParameteri(this.hizSampler, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_CLAMP_TO_EDGE);
-        glSamplerParameteri(this.hizSampler, GL_TEXTURE_COMPARE_MODE, GL_COMPARE_REF_TO_TEXTURE);
-        glSamplerParameteri(this.hizSampler, GL_TEXTURE_COMPARE_FUNC, GL_LEQUAL);
 
         this.traversal
                 .ubo("SCENE_UNIFORM_BINDING", this.uniformBuffer)
diff --git a/src/main/resources/assets/voxy/shaders/lod/hierarchical/screenspace.glsl b/src/main/resources/assets/voxy/shaders/lod/hierarchical/screenspace.glsl
index c1ed54b0..fbf78835 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/assets/voxy/shaders/lod/hierarchical/screenspace.glsl
+++ b/src/main/resources/assets/voxy/shaders/lod/hierarchical/screenspace.glsl
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@
 // substantually for performance (for both persistent threads and incremental)
 
 
-layout(binding = HIZ_BINDING) uniform sampler2DShadow hizDepthSampler;
+layout(binding = HIZ_BINDING) uniform sampler2D hizDepthSampler;
 
 //TODO: maybe do spher bounds aswell? cause they have different accuracies but are both over estimates (liberals (non conservative xD))
 // so can do &&
@@ -147,13 +147,23 @@ bool isCulledByHiz() {
     //the *2.0f-1.0f converts from the 0->1 range to -1->1 range that depth is in (not having this causes tighter bounds, but causes culling issues in caves)
     testAgainst = testAgainst*2.0f-1.0f;
 
-    bool culled = textureLod(hizDepthSampler, clamp(vec3(midpoint, testAgainst), vec3(0), vec3(1)), miplevel) < 0.0001f;
+
+    /*
+    ivec2 msize = textureSize(hizDepthSampler, int(miplevel));
+    ivec2 mxbb = ivec2(maxBB.xy);
+    ivec2 mnbb = ivec2(minBB.xy);*/
+
+    float pointSample = textureLod(hizDepthSampler, maxBB.xy, miplevel).x;
+    pointSample = max(pointSample, textureLod(hizDepthSampler, vec2(maxBB.x, minBB.y), miplevel).x);
+    pointSample = max(pointSample, textureLod(hizDepthSampler, vec2(minBB.x, maxBB.y), miplevel).x);
+    pointSample = max(pointSample, textureLod(hizDepthSampler, minBB.xy, miplevel).x);
+
 
     //printf("HiZ sample point: (%f,%f)@%f against %f", midpoint.x, midpoint.y, miplevel, minBB.z);
     //if ((culled) && node22.lodLevel == 0) {
     //    printf("HiZ sample point: (%f,%f)@%f against %f, value %f", midpoint.x, midpoint.y, miplevel, minBB.z, textureLod(hizDepthSampler, vec3(0.5f,0.5f, 0.000000001f), 9.0f));
     //}
-    return culled;
+    return pointSample<=testAgainst;
 }