diff --git a/modules/base/rendering/renderablemodel.cpp b/modules/base/rendering/renderablemodel.cpp
index 892c7d6bd1..9b33abab36 100644
--- a/modules/base/rendering/renderablemodel.cpp
+++ b/modules/base/rendering/renderablemodel.cpp
@@ -575,7 +575,6 @@ void RenderableModel::initializeGL() {
 
     _geometry->initialize();
     _geometry->calculateBoundingRadius();
-    setBoundingSphere(_geometry->boundingRadius() * _modelScale);
 }
 
 void RenderableModel::deinitializeGL() {
@@ -717,6 +716,10 @@ void RenderableModel::update(const UpdateData& data) {
         ghoul::opengl::updateUniformLocations(*_program, _uniformCache, UniformNames);
     }
 
+    setBoundingSphere(_geometry->boundingRadius() * _modelScale *
+        glm::compMax(data.modelTransform.scale)
+    );
+
     if (_geometry->hasAnimation() && !_animationStart.empty()) {
         double relativeTime;
         double now = data.time.j2000Seconds();