diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/drawCellBounds.slv b/libraries/render/src/render/drawCellBounds.slv
index 4b5356741b..216f1ea299 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/drawCellBounds.slv
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/drawCellBounds.slv
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ void main(void) {
     vec4 pos = UNIT_BOX[UNIT_BOX_LINE_INDICES[gl_VertexID]];
 
     int cellIsEmpty = sign(inCellLocation.w);
-    ivec4 cellLocation = ivec4(inCellLocation.xyz, cellIsEmpty * inCellLocation.w);
+    ivec4 cellLocation = ivec4(inCellLocation.xyz, abs(inCellLocation.w));
     vec4 cellBound = evalBound(cellLocation);
 
     pos.xyz = cellBound.xyz + vec3(cellBound.w) * pos.xyz;
@@ -62,4 +62,4 @@ void main(void) {
     <$transformModelToClipPos(cam, obj, pos, gl_Position)$>
 
     varColor = vec4(colorWheel(fract(float(inCellLocation.w) / 5.0)), 0.8 + 0.2 * float(cellIsEmpty));
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}