diff --git a/Effects/FXB/DeferredPBR_DirectionalLightEffect.fxb b/Effects/FXB/DeferredPBR_DirectionalLightEffect.fxb
index adbc9a7..d3bd6a2 100644
Binary files a/Effects/FXB/DeferredPBR_DirectionalLightEffect.fxb and b/Effects/FXB/DeferredPBR_DirectionalLightEffect.fxb differ
diff --git a/Effects/HLSL/DeferredPBR_DirectionalLightEffect.fx b/Effects/HLSL/DeferredPBR_DirectionalLightEffect.fx
index 06f3a6b..0982521 100644
--- a/Effects/HLSL/DeferredPBR_DirectionalLightEffect.fx
+++ b/Effects/HLSL/DeferredPBR_DirectionalLightEffect.fx
@@ -94,9 +94,9 @@ float PoissonCoord(sampler shadowMap, float3 worldPosition, float2 texCoord, flo
     {
         int index = int(16.0 * random(floor(worldPosition * 1000.0), i)) % 16;
 
-        if (tex2D(shadowMap, texCoord + poissonDisk[i] / 700.0).r < fragmentDepth - bias)
+        if (tex2D(shadowMap, texCoord + poissonDisk[index] / 1024.0).r < fragmentDepth - bias)
         {
-            visibility -= 0.2;
+            visibility -= 0.05;
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/Renderer.cs b/Renderer.cs
index 37eead5..0a77713 100644
--- a/Renderer.cs
+++ b/Renderer.cs
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ namespace Kav
             DeferredDirectionalLightEffect = new DeferredPBR_DirectionalLightEffect(GraphicsDevice);
 
             DeferredDirectionalLightEffect.ShadowMapSize = ShadowMapSize;
-            
+
             FullscreenTriangle = new VertexBuffer(GraphicsDevice, typeof(VertexPositionTexture), 3, BufferUsage.WriteOnly);
             FullscreenTriangle.SetData(new VertexPositionTexture[3] {
                 new VertexPositionTexture(new Vector3(-1, -3, 0), new Vector2(0, 2)),
@@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ namespace Kav
             var previousFarPlane = camera.NearPlane;
             for (var i = 0; i < NumShadowCascades; i++)
             {
-                var farPlane = camera.FarPlane / (MathHelper.Max((NumShadowCascades - i - 1) * 5f, 1f));
+                var farPlane = camera.FarPlane / (MathHelper.Max((NumShadowCascades - i - 1) * 2f, 1f));
 
                 // divide the view frustum 
                 var shadowCamera = new PerspectiveCamera(