diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/LightStage.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/LightStage.cpp
index 0a18c19698..b13e46788d 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/LightStage.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/LightStage.cpp
@@ -76,9 +76,10 @@ void LightStage::Shadow::setKeylightFrustum(const ViewFrustum& viewFrustum,
     fitFrustum(farCorners.topLeft);
     fitFrustum(farCorners.topRight);
 
-    // Re-adjust near shadow distance to 
-    max.z = glm::max(max.z, -nearDepth);
-    glm::mat4 ortho = glm::ortho<float>(min.x, max.x, min.y, max.y, -max.z, -min.z);
+    // Re-adjust near shadow distance
+    auto near = glm::max(max.z, -nearDepth);
+    auto far = -min.z;
+    glm::mat4 ortho = glm::ortho<float>(min.x, max.x, min.y, max.y, near, far);
     _frustum->setProjection(ortho);
 
     // Calculate the frustum's internal state
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/LightStage.h b/libraries/render-utils/src/LightStage.h
index cb310ce54d..706caec9d6 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/LightStage.h
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/LightStage.h
@@ -69,7 +69,7 @@ public:
             glm::mat4 projection;
             glm::mat4 viewInverse;
 
-            glm::float32 bias = 0.005f;
+            glm::float32 bias = 0.003f;
             glm::float32 scale = 1 / MAP_SIZE;
         };
         UniformBufferView _schemaBuffer = nullptr;
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.cpp
index 9bf915b33e..7a6e3dc74f 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderShadowTask.cpp
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ void RenderShadowMap::run(const render::RenderContextPointer& renderContext, con
 }
 
 void RenderShadowTask::build(JobModel& task, const render::Varying& input, render::Varying& output, CullFunctor cullFunctor) {
-    cullFunctor = cullFunctor ? cullFunctor : [](const RenderArgs*, const AABox&){ return true; };
+    cullFunctor = cullFunctor ? cullFunctor : [](const RenderArgs*, const AABox&) { return true; };
 
     // Prepare the ShapePipeline
     ShapePlumberPointer shapePlumber = std::make_shared<ShapePlumber>();