diff --git a/examples/edit.js b/examples/edit.js
index deda035d5e..60666a54a5 100644
--- a/examples/edit.js
+++ b/examples/edit.js
@@ -452,7 +452,7 @@ var toolBar = (function () {
                 type: "PolyVox",
                 dimensions: { x: 10, y: 10, z: 10 },
                 voxelVolumeSize: {x:16, y:16, z:16},
-                voxelSurfaceStyle: 1
+                voxelSurfaceStyle: 2
             });
 
             return true;
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
index 30dded3714..bb9a63cf4c 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/PolyVoxEntityItem.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ const glm::vec3 PolyVoxEntityItem::DEFAULT_VOXEL_VOLUME_SIZE = glm::vec3(32, 32,
 const float PolyVoxEntityItem::MAX_VOXEL_DIMENSION = 128.0f;
 const QByteArray PolyVoxEntityItem::DEFAULT_VOXEL_DATA(PolyVoxEntityItem::makeEmptyVoxelData());
 const PolyVoxEntityItem::PolyVoxSurfaceStyle PolyVoxEntityItem::DEFAULT_VOXEL_SURFACE_STYLE =
-    PolyVoxEntityItem::SURFACE_MARCHING_CUBES;
+    PolyVoxEntityItem::SURFACE_EDGED_CUBIC;
 const QString PolyVoxEntityItem::DEFAULT_X_TEXTURE_URL = QString("");
 const QString PolyVoxEntityItem::DEFAULT_Y_TEXTURE_URL = QString("");
 const QString PolyVoxEntityItem::DEFAULT_Z_TEXTURE_URL = QString("");