diff --git a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
index 667a89a46b..a470867129 100644
--- a/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/avatar/MyAvatar.cpp
@@ -1173,8 +1173,10 @@ void MyAvatar::renderBody(ViewFrustum* renderFrustum, RenderArgs::RenderMode ren
     Camera *camera = Application::getInstance()->getCamera();
     const glm::vec3 cameraPos = camera->getPosition();
 
+
+    // HACK: comment this block which possibly change the near and break the rendering 5/6/2015
     // Only tweak the frustum near far if it's not shadow
-    if (renderMode != RenderArgs::SHADOW_RENDER_MODE) {
+ /*   if (renderMode != RenderArgs::SHADOW_RENDER_MODE) {
         // Set near clip distance according to skeleton model dimensions if first person and there is no separate head model.
         if (shouldRenderHead(cameraPos, renderMode) || !getHead()->getFaceModel().getURL().isEmpty()) {
             renderFrustum->setNearClip(DEFAULT_NEAR_CLIP);
@@ -1184,7 +1186,7 @@ void MyAvatar::renderBody(ViewFrustum* renderFrustum, RenderArgs::RenderMode ren
                 + camera->getOrientation() * glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, -clipDistance) - cameraPos);
             renderFrustum->setNearClip(clipDistance);
         }
-    }
+    }*/
 
     //  Render the body's voxels and head
     RenderArgs::RenderMode modelRenderMode = renderMode;
diff --git a/libraries/octree/src/ViewFrustum.h b/libraries/octree/src/ViewFrustum.h
index dfb0dcb308..5b20126293 100644
--- a/libraries/octree/src/ViewFrustum.h
+++ b/libraries/octree/src/ViewFrustum.h
@@ -30,7 +30,8 @@
 const float DEFAULT_KEYHOLE_RADIUS = 3.0f;
 const float DEFAULT_FIELD_OF_VIEW_DEGREES = 45.0f;
 const float DEFAULT_ASPECT_RATIO = 16.0f/9.0f;
-const float DEFAULT_NEAR_CLIP = 0.08f;
+//const float DEFAULT_NEAR_CLIP = 0.08f;
+const float DEFAULT_NEAR_CLIP = 0.25f;
 const float DEFAULT_FAR_CLIP = (float)TREE_SCALE;
 
 class ViewFrustum {