diff --git a/js/baseplane/SquareBasePlane.js b/js/baseplane/SquareBasePlane.js
index 8f3f17e32d0738ebe342a65314910a084ec8163e..f10b5fb8f0b6154fd4a4fb6fa1309738ced8ed13 100644
--- a/js/baseplane/SquareBasePlane.js
+++ b/js/baseplane/SquareBasePlane.js
@@ -17,10 +17,10 @@ define(['underscore', 'backbone', 'appState', 'lattice', 'threeModel', 'three',
             var geometry = new THREE.Geometry();
 
             for ( var i = - dimX; i <= dimX+1; i += scale ) {
-                geometry.vertices.push( new THREE.Vector3(-dimX-scale/2, i-scale/2, 0));
-                geometry.vertices.push( new THREE.Vector3(dimX-scale/2, i-scale/2, 0));
-                geometry.vertices.push( new THREE.Vector3(i-scale/2, -dimX-scale/2, 0));
-                geometry.vertices.push( new THREE.Vector3(i-scale/2, dimX-scale/2, 0));
+                geometry.vertices.push( new THREE.Vector3(-dimX-scale/2, i-scale/2, 0.01));
+                geometry.vertices.push( new THREE.Vector3(dimX-scale/2, i-scale/2, 0.01));
+                geometry.vertices.push( new THREE.Vector3(i-scale/2, -dimX-scale/2, 0.01));
+                geometry.vertices.push( new THREE.Vector3(i-scale/2, dimX-scale/2, 0.01));
 
             }