diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/AmbientOcclusionEffect.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/AmbientOcclusionEffect.cpp
index e8eb291e2c..1bc7ec2c22 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/AmbientOcclusionEffect.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/AmbientOcclusionEffect.cpp
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ void AmbientOcclusionEffect::configure(const Config& config) {
 
     if (config.obscuranceLevel != _parametersBuffer->getObscuranceLevel()) {
         auto& current = _parametersBuffer.edit().radiusInfo;
-        current.w = config.obscuranceLevel;
+        current.w = config.obscuranceLevel * 10.0;
     }
 
     if (config.falloffBias != _parametersBuffer->getFalloffBias()) {
@@ -343,12 +343,6 @@ void AmbientOcclusionEffect::run(const render::RenderContextPointer& renderConte
 
     auto framebufferSize = _framebuffer->getSourceFrameSize();
     
-    float sMin = occlusionViewport.x / (float)framebufferSize.x;
-    float sWidth = occlusionViewport.z / (float)framebufferSize.x;
-    float tMin = occlusionViewport.y / (float)framebufferSize.y;
-    float tHeight = occlusionViewport.w / (float)framebufferSize.y;
-
-
     auto occlusionPipeline = getOcclusionPipeline();
     auto firstHBlurPipeline = getHBlurPipeline();
     auto lastVBlurPipeline = getVBlurPipeline();
@@ -373,10 +367,6 @@ void AmbientOcclusionEffect::run(const render::RenderContextPointer& renderConte
 		batch.generateTextureMipsWithPipeline(_framebuffer->getLinearDepthTexture());
 		batch.popProfileRange();
 
-		model.setTranslation(glm::vec3(sMin, tMin, 0.0f));
-        model.setScale(glm::vec3(sWidth, tHeight, 1.0f));
-        batch.setModelTransform(model);
-
         batch.setUniformBuffer(render_utils::slot::buffer::DeferredFrameTransform, frameTransform->getFrameTransformBuffer());
         batch.setUniformBuffer(render_utils::slot::buffer::SsaoParams, _parametersBuffer);
         
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/ssao.slh b/libraries/render-utils/src/ssao.slh
index da8466ccdb..7b2aa66d0d 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/ssao.slh
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/ssao.slh
@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ vec2 fetchOcclusionDepth(ivec2 coords) {
 
 const int RADIUS_SCALE = 1;
 const float BLUR_WEIGHT_OFFSET = 0.05;
-const float BLUR_EDGE_SCALE = 2000.0;
+const float BLUR_EDGE_SCALE = 5000.0;
 
 vec2 evalTapWeightedValue(ivec3 side, int r, ivec2 ssC, float key) {
     ivec2 tapOffset = <$axis$> * (r * RADIUS_SCALE);
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/ssao_makeOcclusion.slf b/libraries/render-utils/src/ssao_makeOcclusion.slf
index 0a92ba7fbe..9b9380640b 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/ssao_makeOcclusion.slf
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/ssao_makeOcclusion.slf
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ void main(void) {
 #endif
     }
 
-    float occlusion = max(0.0, 1.0 - visibilitySum * getObscuranceScaling() * 5.0 * getInvNumSamples());
+    float occlusion = clamp(1.0 - visibilitySum * getObscuranceScaling() * getInvNumSamples(), 0.0, 1.0);
 
      // KEEP IT for Debugging
     // Bilateral box-filter over a quad for free, respecting depth edges