diff --git a/bin/data/config.json b/bin/data/config.json
index 058b5ffc..d80c85a1 100644
--- a/bin/data/config.json
+++ b/bin/data/config.json
@@ -67,9 +67,9 @@
 			"vulkan": {
 				"version": 1.3,
 				"validation": {
-					"enabled": true,
-					"messages": true,
-					"checkpoints": true,
+					"enabled": false,
+					"messages": false,
+					"checkpoints": false,
 					"filters": [
 					//	"0xe5d1743c" // VUID-vkCmdDispatch-None-02699 (problem when using VXGI) (seems to be fixed?)
 					//	,"0x6714bd0c" // VUID-vkCmdDispatch-format-07753 (for some dumb shit) (seems to be fixed?)
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 					"gui": true,
 					"vsync": true, // vsync on vulkan side rather than engine-side
 					"hdr": true,
-					"vxgi": false,
+					"vxgi": true,
 					"culling": false,
 					"bloom": false,
 					"dof": false,
diff --git a/bin/data/shaders/graph/voxelize/frag.glsl b/bin/data/shaders/graph/voxelize/frag.glsl
index 6fb0022c..01d20c7f 100644
--- a/bin/data/shaders/graph/voxelize/frag.glsl
+++ b/bin/data/shaders/graph/voxelize/frag.glsl
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ void main() {
 	{
 		vec2 N_E = encodeNormals( normalize( N ) );
 		uint packedNormal = packHalf2x16(N_E);
-		imageAtomicMin(voxelNormal[CASCADE], uvw, packedNormal);
+		imageAtomicMax(voxelNormal[CASCADE], uvw, packedNormal);
 	}
 	{
 		uint l = uint(clamp(luma(A.rgb), 0.0, 1.0) * 15.0) & 0xF;
diff --git a/engine/src/engine/ext/voxelizer/behavior.cpp b/engine/src/engine/ext/voxelizer/behavior.cpp
index 146d76f1..9c69be15 100644
--- a/engine/src/engine/ext/voxelizer/behavior.cpp
+++ b/engine/src/engine/ext/voxelizer/behavior.cpp
@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ void ext::VoxelizerSceneBehavior::initialize( uf::Object& self ) {
 		renderMode.metadata.pipelines.emplace_back(uf::renderer::settings::pipelines::names::vxgi);
 		renderMode.metadata.samples = 1;
 	//	renderMode.metadata.subpasses = metadata.cascades;
-		renderMode.renderTarget.views = metadata.cascades;
+		renderMode.metadata.views = metadata.cascades;
 		
 		renderMode.width = metadata.fragmentSize.x;
 		renderMode.height = metadata.fragmentSize.y;
@@ -322,7 +322,7 @@ void ext::VoxelizerSceneBehavior::tick( uf::Object& self ) {
 		if ( renderMode.metadata.limiter.execute ) {
 	//	if ( should ) {
 			auto& controller = scene.getController();
-			auto& camera = scene.getCamera( controller ); // controller.getComponent<uf::Camera>();
+			auto& camera = scene.getCamera( controller );
 			auto controllerTransform = uf::transform::flatten( camera.getTransform() );
 			
 			float voxelWorldSizeX = (metadata.extents.max.x - metadata.extents.min.x) / (float)(metadata.voxelSize.x);
diff --git a/engine/src/engine/scene/scene.cpp b/engine/src/engine/scene/scene.cpp
index 218ca981..59e4161a 100644
--- a/engine/src/engine/scene/scene.cpp
+++ b/engine/src/engine/scene/scene.cpp
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ uf::Camera& uf::Scene::getCamera( uf::Entity& controller ) {
 			cachedCamera.setProjection(sourceCamera.getProjection(i), i);
 		}
 		// flatten the transform in the event the parent transform updates later
-		cachedCamera.setTransform(uf::transform::flatten(cachedCamera.getTransform()));
+		cachedCamera.setTransform(uf::transform::flatten(sourceCamera.getTransform()));
 		lastFrame = uf::time::frame;
 	}
 	return cachedCamera;