diff --git a/libraries/model/src/model/Skybox.cpp b/libraries/model/src/model/Skybox.cpp
index 21b40a54c8..e516fae583 100755
--- a/libraries/model/src/model/Skybox.cpp
+++ b/libraries/model/src/model/Skybox.cpp
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ void Skybox::render(gpu::Batch& batch, const ViewFrustum& viewFrustum, const Sky
 
     batch.draw(gpu::TRIANGLE_STRIP, 4);
 
-    batch.setResourceTexture(SKYBOX_SKYMAP_SLOT, nullptr);
+ //   batch.setResourceTexture(SKYBOX_SKYMAP_SLOT, nullptr);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/model/src/model/Skybox.slf b/libraries/model/src/model/Skybox.slf
index a6283055d3..6246bbd9d3 100755
--- a/libraries/model/src/model/Skybox.slf
+++ b/libraries/model/src/model/Skybox.slf
@@ -47,6 +47,8 @@ void main(void) {
         vec3 texel = texture(cubeMap, coord).rgb;
         if (_skybox._color.a < 2.0) {
             color *= texel;
+        } else {
+            color = texel;
         }
    }
 
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.cpp
index e16544f5cd..504070963d 100755
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.cpp
@@ -335,9 +335,10 @@ void DrawStencilDeferred::run(const SceneContextPointer& sceneContext, const Ren
         batch.enableStereo(false);
 
         batch.setFramebuffer(primaryFboColorDepthStencil);
-        batch.clearStencilFramebuffer(0, true);
         batch.setViewportTransform(args->_viewport);
         batch.setStateScissorRect(args->_viewport);
+        batch.clearStencilFramebuffer(0, true);
+
 
         Transform modelMat;
         batch.setModelTransform(modelMat);