diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableLineEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableLineEntityItem.cpp
index 45abe36fdb..c3e72bf953 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableLineEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableLineEntityItem.cpp
@@ -24,32 +24,32 @@ EntityItemPointer RenderableLineEntityItem::factory(const EntityItemID& entityID
     return EntityItemPointer(new RenderableLineEntityItem(entityID, properties));
 }
 
+void RenderableLineEntityItem::updateGeometry() {
+    auto geometryCache = DependencyManager::get<GeometryCache>();
+    if (_lineVerticesID == GeometryCache::UNKNOWN_ID) {
+        _lineVerticesID = geometryCache ->allocateID();
+    }
+    if (_pointsChanged) {
+        glm::vec4 lineColor(toGlm(getXColor()), getLocalRenderAlpha());
+        geometryCache->updateVertices(_lineVerticesID, getLinePoints(), lineColor);
+        _pointsChanged = false;
+    }
+}
+
 void RenderableLineEntityItem::render(RenderArgs* args) {
     PerformanceTimer perfTimer("RenderableLineEntityItem::render");
     Q_ASSERT(getType() == EntityTypes::Line);
     glm::vec3 p1 = ENTITY_ITEM_ZERO_VEC3;
     glm::vec3 p2 = getDimensions();
-    glm::vec4 lineColor(toGlm(getXColor()), getLocalRenderAlpha());
 
     Q_ASSERT(args->_batch);
     gpu::Batch& batch = *args->_batch;
-    batch.setModelTransform(getTransformToCenter());
-
-    glLineWidth(getLineWidth());
-    auto geometryCache = DependencyManager::get<GeometryCache>();
-    if (_lineVerticesID == GeometryCache::UNKNOWN_ID) {
-        _lineVerticesID = geometryCache ->allocateID();
-    }
-
-    //TODO: Figure out clean , efficient way to do relative line positioning. For now we'll just use absolute positioning.
-    //glTranslatef(position.x, position.y, position.z);
-    //glm::vec3 axis = glm::axis(rotation);
-    //glRotatef(glm::degrees(glm::angle(rotation)), axis.x, axis.y, axis.z);
-    if (_pointsChanged) {
-      geometryCache->updateVertices(_lineVerticesID, getLinePoints(), lineColor);
-        _pointsChanged = false;
-    }
-    geometryCache->renderVertices(gpu::LINE_STRIP, _lineVerticesID);
+    // TODO: Figure out clean , efficient way to do relative line positioning. For now we'll just use absolute positioning.
+    //batch.setModelTransform(getTransformToCenter());
+    batch.setModelTransform(Transform());
+    
+    batch._glLineWidth(getLineWidth());
+    DependencyManager::get<GeometryCache>()->renderVertices(batch, gpu::LINE_STRIP, _lineVerticesID);
     
     RenderableDebugableEntityItem::render(this, args);
 };
diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableLineEntityItem.h b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableLineEntityItem.h
index 8a25196ec5..3c12f28b90 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableLineEntityItem.h
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableLineEntityItem.h
@@ -31,6 +31,8 @@ public:
     SIMPLE_RENDERABLE()
 
 protected:
+    void updateGeometry();
+    
     int _lineVerticesID;
 };