diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index adf7ed0..b533c80 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -85,6 +85,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "rand",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "glam"
+version = "0.27.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9e05e7e6723e3455f4818c7b26e855439f7546cf617ef669d1adedb8669e5cb9"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "itoa"
 version = "1.0.11"
@@ -364,6 +370,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "console_error_panic_hook",
  "gl_matrix",
+ "glam",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "wasm-bindgen",
diff --git a/app/src/lib/viewer/Scene.svelte b/app/src/lib/viewer/Scene.svelte
index ed66fc0..bce3062 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/viewer/Scene.svelte
+++ b/app/src/lib/viewer/Scene.svelte
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@
     <T.PointsMaterial size={0.25} />
   </T.Points>
   <T.Mesh geometry={geo}>
-    <T.MeshBasicMaterial color="red" />
+    <T.MeshStandardMaterial color="hotpink" />
   </T.Mesh>
 {:else}
   <T.Mesh>
diff --git a/app/src/lib/viewer/Viewer.svelte b/app/src/lib/viewer/Viewer.svelte
index c950ed3..c829f8a 100644
--- a/app/src/lib/viewer/Viewer.svelte
+++ b/app/src/lib/viewer/Viewer.svelte
@@ -1,12 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts">
   import { Canvas } from "@threlte/core";
   import Scene from "./Scene.svelte";
-  import {
-    BufferAttribute,
-    BufferGeometry,
-    Float32BufferAttribute,
-  } from "three";
-  import { decodeFloat } from "$lib/helpers/encode";
+  import { BufferGeometry, Float32BufferAttribute } from "three";
 
   export let result: Int32Array;
 
@@ -24,15 +19,9 @@
     const faceCount = encodedData[index++];
 
     // Indices
-    const indices = encodedData.subarray(index, index + faceCount * 3);
-    index = index + faceCount * 3;
-
-    const normals = new Float32Array(
-      encodedData.buffer,
-      index * 4,
-      faceCount * 3,
-    );
-    index = index + faceCount * 3;
+    const indicesEnd = index + faceCount * 3;
+    const indices = encodedData.subarray(index, indicesEnd);
+    index = indicesEnd;
 
     // Vertices
     const vertices = new Float32Array(
@@ -40,12 +29,21 @@
       index * 4,
       vertexCount * 3,
     );
+    index = index + vertexCount * 3;
+
+    const normals = new Float32Array(
+      encodedData.buffer,
+      index * 4,
+      vertexCount * 3,
+    );
+    index = index + vertexCount * 3;
 
     // Add data to geometry
     geometry.setIndex([...indices]);
     geometry.setAttribute("position", new Float32BufferAttribute(vertices, 3));
-    // geometry.setAttribute("normal", new Float32BufferAttribute(normals, 3));
-    geometry.computeVertexNormals();
+    geometry.setAttribute("normal", new Float32BufferAttribute(normals, 3));
+    // geometry.computeVertexNormals();
+    //geometry.computeVertexNormals();
 
     return geometry;
   }
diff --git a/nodes/max/plantarium/box/src/lib.rs b/nodes/max/plantarium/box/src/lib.rs
index dbc34d4..7578314 100644
--- a/nodes/max/plantarium/box/src/lib.rs
+++ b/nodes/max/plantarium/box/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,8 @@
+use crate::geometry::calculate_normals::calculate_normals;
 use macros::include_definition_file;
-use utils::{decode_float, encode_float, evaluate_args, get_args, set_panic_hook, wrap_arg};
+use utils::{
+    decode_float, encode_float, evaluate_args, geometry, get_args, set_panic_hook, wrap_arg,
+};
 use wasm_bindgen::prelude::*;
 use web_sys::console;
 
@@ -24,7 +27,7 @@ pub fn execute(input: &[i32]) -> Vec<i32> {
 
 
     // [[1,3, x, y, z, x, y,z,x,y,z]];
-    wrap_arg(&[
+    let mut cube_geometry = [
 
         1,          // 1: geometry
         8,          // 8 vertices
@@ -51,20 +54,6 @@ pub fn execute(input: &[i32]) -> Vec<i32> {
         3, 7, 4, 
         7, 6, 4, 
         4, 6, 5,
-
-        // this is the normal for every single face 1065353216 == 1.0f encoded is i32
-        0, 1065353216, 0,
-        0, 1065353216, 0,
-        0, 1065353216, 0,
-        0, 1065353216, 0,
-        0, 1065353216, 0,
-        0, 1065353216, 0,
-        0, 1065353216, 0,
-        0, 1065353216, 0,
-        0, 1065353216, 0,
-        0, 1065353216, 0,
-        0, 1065353216, 0,
-        0, 1065353216, 0,
         
         // Bottom plate
         p, n, n,
@@ -78,6 +67,21 @@ pub fn execute(input: &[i32]) -> Vec<i32> {
         p, p, p,
         n, p, p,
 
-    ])
+        // this is the normal for every single vert 1065353216 == 1.0f encoded is i32
+        0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0,
+        0, 0, 0,
+
+    ];
+
+    
+    calculate_normals(&mut cube_geometry);
+
+    wrap_arg(&cube_geometry)
 
 }
diff --git a/packages/utils/Cargo.toml b/packages/utils/Cargo.toml
index 96928b5..9d4aa3d 100644
--- a/packages/utils/Cargo.toml
+++ b/packages/utils/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,3 +12,4 @@ serde = { version = "1.0", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = { version = "1.0", default-features = false, features = ["alloc"] }
 console_error_panic_hook = { version = "0.1.7", optional = true }
 gl_matrix = "0.0.2"
+glam = "0.27.0"
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/geometry/calculate_normals.rs b/packages/utils/src/geometry/calculate_normals.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b38d17f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/geometry/calculate_normals.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+use crate::{decode_float, encode_float};
+use glam::Vec3;
+
+pub fn calculate_normals(geometry: &mut [i32]) {
+    let vertex_count = geometry[1] as usize;
+    let face_count = geometry[2] as usize;
+    let index_start = 3;
+    let indices_end = index_start + face_count * 3;
+    let positions_start = indices_end;
+    let positions_end = positions_start + vertex_count * 3;
+    let normals_start = positions_end;
+
+    let mut last_normal = Vec3::ZERO;
+
+    for i in 0..face_count {
+        let base_idx1 = geometry[index_start + i * 3] as usize * 3;
+        let base_idx2 = geometry[index_start + i * 3 + 1] as usize * 3;
+        let base_idx3 = geometry[index_start + i * 3 + 2] as usize * 3;
+
+        let v1 = Vec3::new(
+            decode_float(geometry[positions_start + base_idx1]),
+            decode_float(geometry[positions_start + base_idx1 + 1]),
+            decode_float(geometry[positions_start + base_idx1 + 2]),
+        );
+        let v2 = Vec3::new(
+            decode_float(geometry[positions_start + base_idx2]) - v1.x,
+            decode_float(geometry[positions_start + base_idx2 + 1]) - v1.y,
+            decode_float(geometry[positions_start + base_idx2 + 2]) - v1.z,
+        );
+        let v3 = Vec3::new(
+            decode_float(geometry[positions_start + base_idx3]) - v1.x,
+            decode_float(geometry[positions_start + base_idx3 + 1]) - v1.y,
+            decode_float(geometry[positions_start + base_idx3 + 2]) - v1.z,
+        );
+
+        let mut normal = v2.cross(v3).normalize();
+        if normal.length_squared() == 0.0 {
+            normal = last_normal;
+        } else {
+            last_normal = normal;
+        }
+
+        for j in 0..3 {
+            let idx = geometry[index_start + i * 3 + j] as usize * 3;
+            geometry[normals_start + idx] = encode_float(normal.x);
+            geometry[normals_start + idx + 1] = encode_float(normal.y);
+            geometry[normals_start + idx + 2] = encode_float(normal.z);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/geometry/extrude_path.rs b/packages/utils/src/geometry/extrude_path.rs
index 9f257c2..e8dc5da 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/geometry/extrude_path.rs
+++ b/packages/utils/src/geometry/extrude_path.rs
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 pub fn extrude_path(path: &[i32]) {}
-
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/geometry/mod.rs b/packages/utils/src/geometry/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..70d5d25
--- /dev/null
+++ b/packages/utils/src/geometry/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+pub mod calculate_normals;
+pub mod extrude_path;
+
diff --git a/packages/utils/src/lib.rs b/packages/utils/src/lib.rs
index 266e5f2..ee52fd2 100644
--- a/packages/utils/src/lib.rs
+++ b/packages/utils/src/lib.rs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ mod tree;
 pub use encoding::*;
 pub use helpers::*;
 pub use tree::*;
+pub mod geometry;
 
 pub fn set_panic_hook() {
     // When the `console_error_panic_hook` feature is enabled, we can call the