diff --git a/interface/resources/shaders/voxel.vert b/interface/resources/shaders/voxel.vert
index c41b1c1477..3cd06eb000 100644
--- a/interface/resources/shaders/voxel.vert
+++ b/interface/resources/shaders/voxel.vert
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ void main(void) {
     gl_Position = ftransform();
     
     // store the color directly
-    gl_FrontColor = gl_Color;
+    gl_FrontColor = vec4(gl_Color.rgb, 0.0);
 }
diff --git a/interface/src/renderer/DeferredLightingEffect.cpp b/interface/src/renderer/DeferredLightingEffect.cpp
index 0e0e4c4615..6c91f1bf05 100644
--- a/interface/src/renderer/DeferredLightingEffect.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/renderer/DeferredLightingEffect.cpp
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ void DeferredLightingEffect::render() {
     const int VIEWPORT_WIDTH_INDEX = 2;
     float sMin = viewport[VIEWPORT_X_INDEX] / (float)primaryFBO->width();
     float sWidth = viewport[VIEWPORT_WIDTH_INDEX] / (float)primaryFBO->width();
-        
+   
     if (Menu::getInstance()->getShadowsEnabled()) {
         glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE2);
         glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, Application::getInstance()->getTextureCache()->getPrimaryDepthTextureID());
diff --git a/interface/src/voxels/VoxelSystem.cpp b/interface/src/voxels/VoxelSystem.cpp
index 0a05d66d13..8d16245962 100644
--- a/interface/src/voxels/VoxelSystem.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/voxels/VoxelSystem.cpp
@@ -1392,8 +1392,11 @@ void VoxelSystem::render() {
 
             applyScaleAndBindProgram(texture);
 
-            // for performance, enable backface culling
+            // for performance, enable backface culling and disable blending
             glEnable(GL_CULL_FACE);
+            glDisable(GL_BLEND);
+
+            glColor4f(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
         }
 
         // draw voxels in 6 passes
@@ -1435,6 +1438,7 @@ void VoxelSystem::render() {
             PerformanceWarning warn(showWarnings, "render().. cleanup after glDrawRangeElementsEXT()...");
 
             glDisable(GL_CULL_FACE);
+            glEnable(GL_BLEND);
 
             removeScaleAndReleaseProgram(texture);