diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index ed417ca458..b0fd376586 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -151,6 +151,7 @@
 #include "ui/AddressBarDialog.h"
 #include "ui/UpdateDialog.h"
 
+static const float MIRROR_FULLSCREEN_DISTANCE = 0.389f;
 
 // ON WIndows PC, NVidia Optimus laptop, we want to enable NVIDIA GPU
 #if defined(Q_OS_WIN)
@@ -932,13 +933,15 @@ void Application::paintGL() {
         }
 
     } else if (_myCamera.getMode() == CAMERA_MODE_MIRROR) {
-#if 0
+        // TODO put the mirror modifiers somewhere both the app and the overlay can access it
+        float _rotateMirror = 0.0f;
+        float _raiseMirror = 0.0f;
+        float _scaleMirror = 1.0f;
         _myCamera.setRotation(_myAvatar->getWorldAlignedOrientation() * glm::quat(glm::vec3(0.0f, PI + _rotateMirror, 0.0f)));
         _myCamera.setPosition(_myAvatar->getDefaultEyePosition() +
                               glm::vec3(0, _raiseMirror * _myAvatar->getScale(), 0) +
                               (_myAvatar->getOrientation() * glm::quat(glm::vec3(0.0f, _rotateMirror, 0.0f))) *
                                glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, -1.0f) * MIRROR_FULLSCREEN_DISTANCE * _scaleMirror);
-#endif
     }
 
     // Update camera position
diff --git a/interface/src/devices/OculusManager.cpp b/interface/src/devices/OculusManager.cpp
index 98597c4a05..53bacfacbf 100644
--- a/interface/src/devices/OculusManager.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/devices/OculusManager.cpp
@@ -610,7 +610,7 @@ void OculusManager::display(QGLWidget * glCanvas, RenderArgs* renderArgs, const
         glViewport(vp.Pos.x, vp.Pos.y, vp.Size.w, vp.Size.h);
 
         renderArgs->_renderSide = RenderArgs::MONO;
-        qApp->displaySide(renderArgs, *_camera, false);
+        qApp->displaySide(renderArgs, *_camera);
         //qApp->getApplicationCompositor().displayOverlayTexture(renderArgs);
         qApp->getApplicationCompositor().displayOverlayTextureHmd(renderArgs, eye);
     });
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/ApplicationCompositor.cpp b/interface/src/ui/ApplicationCompositor.cpp
index b0c21cf77d..d78d79b1ab 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/ApplicationCompositor.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/ApplicationCompositor.cpp
@@ -191,6 +191,11 @@ void ApplicationCompositor::displayOverlayTexture(RenderArgs* renderArgs) {
         return;
     }
 
+    GLuint texture = qApp->getApplicationOverlay().getOverlayTexture();
+    if (!texture) {
+        return;
+    }
+
     updateTooltips();
 
     vec2 canvasSize = qApp->getCanvasSize();
@@ -198,10 +203,6 @@ void ApplicationCompositor::displayOverlayTexture(RenderArgs* renderArgs) {
     //Handle fading and deactivation/activation of UI
     gpu::Batch batch;
 
-    GLuint texture = qApp->getApplicationOverlay().getOverlayTexture();
-    if (!texture) {
-        return;
-    }
     renderArgs->_context->syncCache();
     auto geometryCache = DependencyManager::get<GeometryCache>();
 
@@ -262,28 +263,38 @@ void ApplicationCompositor::displayOverlayTextureHmd(RenderArgs* renderArgs, int
         return;
     }
 
+    updateTooltips();
+
     vec2 canvasSize = qApp->getCanvasSize();
     _textureAspectRatio = aspect(canvasSize);
 
-    updateTooltips();
-
     renderArgs->_context->syncCache();
     auto geometryCache = DependencyManager::get<GeometryCache>();
 
     gpu::Batch batch;
-    DependencyManager::get<GeometryCache>()->useSimpleDrawPipeline(batch);
+    geometryCache->useSimpleDrawPipeline(batch);
     batch._glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
     batch._glDisable(GL_CULL_FACE);
     batch._glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, texture);
     batch._glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
     batch._glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
-
     batch.setViewTransform(Transform());
     batch.setProjectionTransform(qApp->getEyeProjection(eye));
+
     mat4 eyePose = qApp->getEyePose(eye);
     glm::mat4 overlayXfm = glm::inverse(eyePose);
-    batch.setModelTransform(overlayXfm);
-    drawSphereSection(batch);
+
+#ifdef DEBUG_OVERLAY
+    {
+        batch.setModelTransform(glm::translate(mat4(), vec3(0, 0, -2)));
+        geometryCache->renderUnitQuad(batch, glm::vec4(1));
+    }
+#else
+    {
+        batch.setModelTransform(overlayXfm);
+        drawSphereSection(batch);
+    }
+#endif
 
     // Doesn't actually render
     renderPointers(batch);
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/ApplicationOverlay.cpp b/interface/src/ui/ApplicationOverlay.cpp
index a35cdce58b..46264730c2 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/ApplicationOverlay.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/ApplicationOverlay.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,6 @@ static const int MIRROR_VIEW_LEFT_PADDING = 10;
 static const int MIRROR_VIEW_WIDTH = 265;
 static const int MIRROR_VIEW_HEIGHT = 215;
 static const int STATS_HORIZONTAL_OFFSET = MIRROR_VIEW_WIDTH + MIRROR_VIEW_LEFT_PADDING * 2;
-static const float MIRROR_FULLSCREEN_DISTANCE = 0.389f;
 static const float MIRROR_REARVIEW_DISTANCE = 0.722f;
 static const float MIRROR_REARVIEW_BODY_DISTANCE = 2.56f;
 static const float MIRROR_FIELD_OF_VIEW = 30.0f;