diff --git a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/RenderService.java b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/RenderService.java
index b6fc2339..01b1c3a4 100644
--- a/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/RenderService.java
+++ b/src/main/java/me/cortex/voxy/client/core/rendering/RenderService.java
@@ -121,6 +121,13 @@ public class RenderService<T extends AbstractSectionRenderer<J, Q>, J extends Vi
         this.sectionRenderer.renderOpaque(viewport, depthBoundTexture);
         TimingStatistics.G.stop();
 
+        {
+            int depthBuffer = glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteri(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT, GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_NAME);
+
+            //Compute the mip chain
+            viewport.hiZBuffer.buildMipChain(depthBuffer, viewport.width, viewport.height);
+        }
+
         do {
             //NOTE: need to do the upload and download tick here, after the section renderer renders the world, to ensure "stable"
             // sections
@@ -157,13 +164,8 @@ public class RenderService<T extends AbstractSectionRenderer<J, Q>, J extends Vi
 
             glMemoryBarrier(GL_FRAMEBUFFER_BARRIER_BIT | GL_PIXEL_BUFFER_BARRIER_BIT);
 
-            int depthBuffer = glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteri(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT, GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_NAME);
-            //if (depthBuffer == 0) {
-            //    depthBuffer = glGetFramebufferAttachmentParameteri(GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT, GL_FRAMEBUFFER_ATTACHMENT_OBJECT_NAME);
-            //}
-
             TimingStatistics.I.start();
-            this.traversal.doTraversal(viewport, depthBuffer);
+            this.traversal.doTraversal(viewport);
             TimingStatistics.I.stop();
 
 
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 02a4e779..e2ab3152 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
@@ -201,10 +201,7 @@ public class HierarchicalOcclusionTraverser {
         glBindBufferBase(GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER, RENDER_QUEUE_BINDING, viewport.getRenderList().id);
     }
 
-    public void doTraversal(Viewport<?> viewport, int depthBuffer) {
-        //Compute the mip chain
-        viewport.hiZBuffer.buildMipChain(depthBuffer, viewport.width, viewport.height);
-
+    public void doTraversal(Viewport<?> viewport) {
         this.uploadUniform(viewport);
         //UploadStream.INSTANCE.commit(); //Done inside traversal