diff --git a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp
index 2b4626c2c3..a91b17e0ee 100644
--- a/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities-renderer/src/RenderableParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp
@@ -245,7 +245,7 @@ void RenderableParticleEffectEntityItem::updateRenderItem() {
         glm::vec3 pos = _transform.getTranslation();
         Transform t;
         t.setRotation(rot);
-        t.setTranslation(pos);
+//        t.setTranslation(pos);
         payload.setModelTransform(t);
 
         // transform _particleMinBound and _particleMaxBound corners into world coords
diff --git a/libraries/entities/src/ParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp b/libraries/entities/src/ParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp
index c08b3e9015..89db8add5b 100644
--- a/libraries/entities/src/ParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp
+++ b/libraries/entities/src/ParticleEffectEntityItem.cpp
@@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ void ParticleEffectEntityItem::stepSimulation(float deltaTime) {
            
 
             // set initial conditions
-            _particlePositions[i] = glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
+            _particlePositions[i] = getPosition();
             _particleVelocities[i] = _emitVelocity + spreadOffset;
 
             integrateParticle(i, timeLeftInFrame);