diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index ecce508acf..52704bc5b0 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -2658,7 +2658,8 @@ void Application::updateShadowMap() {
     glViewport(0, 0, glCanvas->getDeviceWidth(), glCanvas->getDeviceHeight());
 }
 
-const GLfloat WORLD_AMBIENT_COLOR[] = { 0.525f, 0.525f, 0.6f };
+//const GLfloat WORLD_AMBIENT_COLOR[] = { 0.525f, 0.525f, 0.6f };
+const GLfloat WORLD_AMBIENT_COLOR[] = { 0.2f, 0.2f, 0.3f };
 const GLfloat WORLD_DIFFUSE_COLOR[] = { 0.6f, 0.525f, 0.525f };
 const GLfloat WORLD_SPECULAR_COLOR[] = { 0.94f, 0.94f, 0.737f, 1.0f };
 
diff --git a/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp b/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp
index 9532f44acf..d2bda2d747 100644
--- a/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp
+++ b/libraries/fbx/src/FBXReader.cpp
@@ -753,6 +753,7 @@ public:
     float shininess;
     float opacity;
     QString id;
+    model::MaterialPointer _material;
 };
 
 class Cluster {
@@ -1715,6 +1716,14 @@ FBXGeometry extractFBXGeometry(const FBXNode& node, const QVariantHash& mapping,
 #endif
                     }
                     material.id = getID(object.properties);
+
+                    material._material = model::MaterialPointer(new model::Material());
+                    material._material->setEmissive(material.emissive); 
+                    material._material->setDiffuse(material.diffuse); 
+                    material._material->setSpecular(material.specular); 
+                    material._material->setShininess(material.shininess); 
+                    material._material->setOpacity(material.opacity); 
+
                     materials.insert(material.id, material);
 
                 } else if (object.name == "NodeAttribute") {
@@ -2138,6 +2147,8 @@ FBXGeometry extractFBXGeometry(const FBXNode& node, const QVariantHash& mapping,
                 for (int j = 0; j < extracted.partMaterialTextures.size(); j++) {
                     if (extracted.partMaterialTextures.at(j).first == materialIndex) {
                         FBXMeshPart& part = extracted.mesh.parts[j];
+
+                        part._material = material._material;
                         part.diffuseColor = material.diffuse;
                         part.specularColor = material.specular;
                         part.emissiveColor = material.emissive;
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/directional_light_cascaded_shadow_map.slf b/libraries/render-utils/src/directional_light_cascaded_shadow_map.slf
index e2a58de14b..08fdc3a908 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/directional_light_cascaded_shadow_map.slf
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/directional_light_cascaded_shadow_map.slf
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ void main(void) {
         float facingLight = step(0.0, diffuse) * shadowAttenuation;
         
         // compute the base color based on OpenGL lighting model
-        vec3 baseColor = diffuseVal.rgb * (gl_FrontLightModelProduct.sceneColor.rgb +
+        vec3 baseColor = diffuseVal.rgb * (/*gl_FrontLightModelProduct.sceneColor.rgb + */
             gl_FrontLightProduct[0].ambient.rgb + gl_FrontLightProduct[0].diffuse.rgb * (diffuse * facingLight));
         
         // compute the specular multiplier (sans exponent)
@@ -93,5 +93,9 @@ void main(void) {
         // add specular contribution
         vec4 specularColor = specularVal;
         gl_FragColor = vec4(baseColor.rgb + pow(specular, specularColor.a * 128.0) * specularColor.rgb, normalVal.a);
+    
+        if (gl_FragCoord.x > 1024) {
+            gl_FragColor = vec4( (gl_FrontLightProduct[0].ambient.rgb + gl_FrontLightProduct[0].diffuse.rgb * (diffuse * facingLight)), normalVal.a);
+        }
     }
 }