diff --git a/src/assets/positionable_object.rs b/src/assets/positionable_object.rs
index a4fa9b31f3..5af8231cf2 100644
--- a/src/assets/positionable_object.rs
+++ b/src/assets/positionable_object.rs
@@ -52,14 +52,18 @@ impl PositionableObject {
   }
 
   pub fn draw(&self, model_transform_id: Uniform) {
-      let mut transformation = Matrix4::identity();
-      transformation.append_nonuniform_scaling_mut(&self.scale);
-      transformation.append_translation_mut(&self.translation);
+    let mut transformation = Matrix4::identity();
+    let rotation = Matrix4::from_euler_angles(self.rotation.x, self.rotation.y, self.rotation.z);
 
-      //println!("matrix: {:?}", transformation);
-      //println!("translation: {:?}", &self.translation);
+    transformation.append_nonuniform_scaling_mut(&self.scale);
+    transformation = transformation * rotation;
+    transformation.append_translation_mut(&self.translation);
 
-      let mat_ptr = transformation.as_ptr();
+
+    //println!("matrix: {:?}", transformation);
+    //println!("translation: {:?}", &self.translation);
+
+    let mat_ptr = transformation.as_ptr();
 
     unsafe {
       gl::UniformMatrix4fv(model_transform_id.id(), 1, gl::FALSE, mat_ptr);
diff --git a/src/point_cloud/point_cloud_renderer.rs b/src/point_cloud/point_cloud_renderer.rs
index a7398cd775..a9ade146e3 100644
--- a/src/point_cloud/point_cloud_renderer.rs
+++ b/src/point_cloud/point_cloud_renderer.rs
@@ -324,8 +324,8 @@ impl PointCloudRenderer {
 
     let mut positionable_object = PositionableObject::new(renderable_object);
 
-    positionable_object.translate(0.0, 0.0, 5.0);
-    positionable_object.rotate(180.0, 0.0, 50.0);
+    positionable_object.translate(0.0, 0.0, 15.0);
+    positionable_object.rotate(10.0, 8.0, 50.0);
     positionable_object.scale(2.0, 1.0, 0.5);
 
     self.renderable_object = Some(positionable_object);