diff --git a/src/com/blarg/gdx/tilemap3d/ChunkVertexGenerator.java b/src/com/blarg/gdx/tilemap3d/ChunkVertexGenerator.java
index 67145b1..301c919 100644
--- a/src/com/blarg/gdx/tilemap3d/ChunkVertexGenerator.java
+++ b/src/com/blarg/gdx/tilemap3d/ChunkVertexGenerator.java
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ public class ChunkVertexGenerator {
 			// transform if applicable... (this will probably just be per-tile rotation)
 			if (transform != null) {
 				vertex.position.mul(transform);
-				vertex.normal.mul(transform);
+				vertex.normal.rot(transform);
 			}
 
 			// translate vertex into "world/tilemap space"
diff --git a/src/com/blarg/gdx/tilemap3d/tilemesh/ModelTileMesh.java b/src/com/blarg/gdx/tilemap3d/tilemesh/ModelTileMesh.java
index 057dd69..43200ae 100644
--- a/src/com/blarg/gdx/tilemap3d/tilemesh/ModelTileMesh.java
+++ b/src/com/blarg/gdx/tilemap3d/tilemesh/ModelTileMesh.java
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ public class ModelTileMesh extends TileMesh {
 				// TODO: better to throw exception (or check beforehand) if this is missing? setting zero's doesn't feel like the best solution
 				if (meshPart.mesh.getVertexAttribute(VertexAttributes.Usage.Normal) != null) {
 					tmpNormal.set(vertices.get(offset), vertices.get(offset + 1), vertices.get(offset + 2))
-					         .mul(transform);
+					         .rot(transform);
 					this.vertices.setNor(tmpNormal);
 					offset += 3;
 				} else