diff --git a/interface/src/ui/overlays/Line3DOverlay.cpp b/interface/src/ui/overlays/Line3DOverlay.cpp
index 900c79fc3f..d8fe0e6bb8 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/overlays/Line3DOverlay.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/overlays/Line3DOverlay.cpp
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ Line3DOverlay::Line3DOverlay(const Line3DOverlay* line3DOverlay) :
     _length = line3DOverlay->getLength();
     _endParentID = line3DOverlay->getEndParentID();
     _endParentJointIndex = line3DOverlay->getEndJointIndex();
+    _glow = line3DOverlay->getGlow();
+    _glowWidth = line3DOverlay->getGlowWidth();
 }
 
 Line3DOverlay::~Line3DOverlay() {
@@ -138,11 +140,9 @@ void Line3DOverlay::render(RenderArgs* args) {
             // TODO: add support for color to renderDashedLine()
             geometryCache->bindSimpleProgram(*batch, false, false, false, true, true);
             geometryCache->renderDashedLine(*batch, start, end, colorv4, _geometryCacheID);
-        } else if (_glow > 0.0f) {
-            geometryCache->renderGlowLine(*batch, start, end, colorv4, _glow, _glowWidth, _geometryCacheID);
         } else {
-            geometryCache->bindSimpleProgram(*batch, false, false, false, true, true);
-            geometryCache->renderLine(*batch, start, end, colorv4, _geometryCacheID);
+            // renderGlowLine handles both glow = 0 and glow > 0 cases
+            geometryCache->renderGlowLine(*batch, start, end, colorv4, _glow, _glowWidth, _geometryCacheID);
         }
     }
 }
@@ -228,9 +228,9 @@ void Line3DOverlay::setProperties(const QVariantMap& originalProperties) {
         }
     }
 
-    auto glowWidth = properties["glow"];
+    auto glowWidth = properties["glowWidth"];
     if (glowWidth.isValid()) {
-        setGlow(glowWidth.toFloat());
+        setGlowWidth(glowWidth.toFloat());
     }
 
 }
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/GeometryCache.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/GeometryCache.cpp
index 34557e7b75..856b6dceab 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/GeometryCache.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/GeometryCache.cpp
@@ -1743,8 +1743,12 @@ void GeometryCache::renderGlowLine(gpu::Batch& batch, const glm::vec3& p1, const
     glowIntensity = 0.0f;
 #endif
 
-    if (glowIntensity <= 0) {
-        bindSimpleProgram(batch, false, false, false, true, false);
+    if (glowIntensity <= 0.0f) {
+        if (color.a >= 1.0f) {
+            bindSimpleProgram(batch, false, false, false, true, true);
+        } else {
+            bindSimpleProgram(batch, false, true, false, true, true);
+        }
         renderLine(batch, p1, p2, color, id);
         return;
     }
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.cpp b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.cpp
index 3ce2f01705..5b51b2d1cc 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/RenderDeferredTask.cpp
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ void DrawOverlay3D::run(const RenderContextPointer& renderContext, const Inputs&
         if (_opaquePass) {
             gpu::doInBatch(args->_context, [&](gpu::Batch& batch){
                 batch.enableStereo(false);
-                batch.clearFramebuffer(gpu::Framebuffer::BUFFER_DEPTH, glm::vec4(), 1.f, 0, true);
+                batch.clearFramebuffer(gpu::Framebuffer::BUFFER_DEPTH, glm::vec4(), 1.f, 0, false);
             });
         }