diff --git a/KREngine/kraken/KRPointLight.cpp b/KREngine/kraken/KRPointLight.cpp
index 8ce2f07..f998ae6 100644
--- a/KREngine/kraken/KRPointLight.cpp
+++ b/KREngine/kraken/KRPointLight.cpp
@@ -57,10 +57,10 @@ void KRPointLight::render(KRCamera *pCamera, std::vector<KRPointLight *> &point_
         KRVector3 light_position = getLocalTranslation();
         
         float influence_radius = m_decayStart - sqrt(m_intensity * 0.01f) / sqrt(KRLIGHT_MIN_INFLUENCE);
-        
+
         KRMat4 sphereModelMatrix = KRMat4();
-        sphereModelMatrix.scale(influence_radius);
         sphereModelMatrix.translate(light_position.x, light_position.y, light_position.z);
+        sphereModelMatrix.scale(influence_radius);
 
         if(viewport.visible(getBounds())) { // Cull out any lights not within the view frustrum
 
diff --git a/KREngine/kraken/KRResource+fbx.cpp b/KREngine/kraken/KRResource+fbx.cpp
index 0c87e14..95b66e5 100644
--- a/KREngine/kraken/KRResource+fbx.cpp
+++ b/KREngine/kraken/KRResource+fbx.cpp
@@ -926,7 +926,8 @@ void LoadNode(FbxScene* pFbxScene, KRNode *parent_node, FbxGeometryConverter *pG
     KRVector3 node_pre_rotation, node_post_rotation;
     if(rotation_active) {
         node_pre_rotation = KRVector3(pre_rotation[0], pre_rotation[1], pre_rotation[2]) / 180.0 * M_PI;
-        node_post_rotation = KRVector3(post_rotation[0], post_rotation[1], post_rotation[2]) / 180.0 * M_PI;
+        // node_post_rotation = KRVector3(post_rotation[0], post_rotation[1], post_rotation[2]) / 180.0 * M_PI;  
+        //&KRF HACK removing this line (above) to prevent the post rotation from corrupting the default light values; the FBX is importing a post rotation and setting it to -90 degrees
     } else {
         node_pre_rotation = KRVector3::Zero();
         node_post_rotation = KRVector3::Zero();
diff --git a/KREngine/kraken_standard_assets_ios/Shaders/flare.vsh b/KREngine/kraken_standard_assets_ios/Shaders/flare.vsh
index fc0c4d4..b52bc75 100644
--- a/KREngine/kraken_standard_assets_ios/Shaders/flare.vsh
+++ b/KREngine/kraken_standard_assets_ios/Shaders/flare.vsh
@@ -38,5 +38,5 @@ varying mediump vec2 texCoord;
 
 void main() {
     texCoord = vertex_uv;
-    gl_Position = mvp_matrix * vec4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0) + vec4(vertex_uv.x * viewport.w / viewport.z * 2.0 - 1.0, vertex_uv.y * 2.0 - 1.0, 0.0, 0.0) * flare_size;
+    gl_Position = mvp_matrix * vec4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0) + vec4(vertex_uv.x * viewport.w / viewport.z * 2.0 - 0.75, vertex_uv.y * 2.0 - 1.0, 0.0, 0.0) * flare_size;
 }