diff --git a/ext/ghoul b/ext/ghoul
index 132f5d343d..721b830c79 160000
--- a/ext/ghoul
+++ b/ext/ghoul
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 132f5d343d087ade95f4b8c01e40b2abb31a7be8
+Subproject commit 721b830c790243b58a8b9029f2fe544c38562f2e
diff --git a/src/scenegraph/scenegraph.cpp b/src/scenegraph/scenegraph.cpp
index 90e80ea0fd..64c0137886 100644
--- a/src/scenegraph/scenegraph.cpp
+++ b/src/scenegraph/scenegraph.cpp
@@ -178,11 +178,17 @@ bool SceneGraph::initialize()
         // TODO: Set scaling dependent on the position and distance
         // set position for camera
         const pss bound = positionNode->calculateBoundingSphere();
+        
+        // this part is full of magic!
+        glm::vec2 boundf = bound.getVec2f();
+        glm::vec2 scaling{1.0f, -boundf[1]};
+        boundf[0] *= 5.0f;
+        
         psc cameraPosition = positionNode->getPosition();
-        cameraPosition += psc(glm::vec4(0.f, 0.f, bound.getVec2f()));
+        cameraPosition += psc(glm::vec4(0.f, 0.f, boundf));
         c->setPosition(cameraPosition);
         c->setCameraDirection(glm::vec3(0, 0, -1));
-        c->setScaling(glm::vec2(1.0, 0.0));
+        c->setScaling(scaling);
 
         // Set the focus node for the interactionhandler
         OsEng.interactionHandler().setFocusNode(focusNode);
diff --git a/src/util/camera.cpp b/src/util/camera.cpp
index b3957c6dc4..e28f62d643 100644
--- a/src/util/camera.cpp
+++ b/src/util/camera.cpp
@@ -35,9 +35,9 @@ namespace openspace {
 
     
 Camera::Camera()
-    : _scaling(1.f, 0.f)
+    : _cameraDirection(0.f, 0.f, 0.f)
+    , _scaling(1.f, 0.f)
     , _viewRotation(glm::quat(glm::vec3(0.f, 0.f, 0.f)))
-    , _cameraDirection(0.f, 0.f, 0.f)
 {
 }