diff --git a/interface/src/Environment.cpp b/interface/src/Environment.cpp
index 4547cacf83..e6fc0184cf 100644
--- a/interface/src/Environment.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Environment.cpp
@@ -260,11 +260,11 @@ void Environment::renderAtmosphere(Camera& camera, const EnvironmentData& data)
         (1.0f / (data.getAtmosphereOuterRadius() - data.getAtmosphereInnerRadius())) / 0.25f);
     program->setUniformValue(locations[G_LOCATION], -0.990f);
     program->setUniformValue(locations[G2_LOCATION], -0.990f * -0.990f);
-    
-    glFrontFace(GL_CCW);
+
     glDepthMask(GL_FALSE);
     glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
     glDisable(GL_CULL_FACE);
+    glEnable(GL_BLEND);
     DependencyManager::get<GeometryCache>()->renderSphere(1.0f, 100, 50, glm::vec4(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f)); //Draw a unit sphere
     glDepthMask(GL_TRUE);
     
diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackendPipeline.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackendPipeline.cpp
index 6a66f9aa99..8922d53a6f 100755
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackendPipeline.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackendPipeline.cpp
@@ -108,6 +108,7 @@ void GLBackend::do_setPipeline(Batch& batch, uint32 paramOffset) {
     }
 }
 
+#define DEBUG_GLSTATE
 void GLBackend::updatePipeline() {
 #ifdef DEBUG_GLSTATE
     if (_pipeline._needStateSync) {