diff --git a/bin/data/config.json b/bin/data/config.json
index b36e6ca5..ea06d56c 100644
--- a/bin/data/config.json
+++ b/bin/data/config.json
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@
 					"gui": true,
 					"vsync": true, // vsync on vulkan side rather than engine-side
 					"hdr": true,
-					"vxgi": false, // to-do: fix issues
+					"vxgi": true, // to-do: fix issues
 					"culling": false,
 					"bloom": false,
 					"dof": false,
diff --git a/bin/data/shaders/display/deferred/comp/comp.h b/bin/data/shaders/display/deferred/comp/comp.h
index 9acc44b0..43ddb4c0 100644
--- a/bin/data/shaders/display/deferred/comp/comp.h
+++ b/bin/data/shaders/display/deferred/comp/comp.h
@@ -209,7 +209,7 @@ void populateSurface() {
 		const vec3 far3 = far4.xyz / far4.w;
 
 		surface.ray.direction = normalize( far3 - near3 );
-		surface.ray.origin = near3.xyz; // eyePos.xyz
+		surface.ray.origin = ubo.eyes[surface.pass].eyePos.xyz; // near3.xyz; // eyePos.xyz
 
 		depth = IMAGE_LOAD(samplerDepth).r;
 
diff --git a/engine/src/engine/ext/scene/behavior.cpp b/engine/src/engine/ext/scene/behavior.cpp
index 2a6d5b33..6f06ea1a 100644
--- a/engine/src/engine/ext/scene/behavior.cpp
+++ b/engine/src/engine/ext/scene/behavior.cpp
@@ -1275,9 +1275,9 @@ void ext::ExtSceneBehavior::bindBuffers( uf::Object& self, uf::renderer::Graphic
 	}
 	if ( shouldUpdate ) {
 	//	graphic.updatePipelines();
-	//	graphic.update();
+		graphic.update();
 		renderMode.rebuild = true;
-	//	metadata.shader.invalidated = false;
+		metadata.shader.invalidated = false;
 	}
 	
 	if ( !graphic.material.hasShader(shaderType, shaderPipeline) ) {