diff --git a/js/menus/LatticeMenuView.js b/js/menus/LatticeMenuView.js
index d3ca8e8afa682d693cec32056956067b5b9b901e..4a946653f2618da310b3b03549b9c08d12e48000 100644
--- a/js/menus/LatticeMenuView.js
+++ b/js/menus/LatticeMenuView.js
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ LatticeMenuView = Backbone.View.extend({
                         <li><a class="connectionType" data-type="<%= key %>" href="#"><%= allConnectionTypes[cellType][key] %></a></li>\
                     <% }); %>\
                 </ul>\
-            </div><br/>\
+            </div><br/><br/>\
         Scale:&nbsp;&nbsp;<input id="latticeScale" value="<%= scale %>" placeholder="enter scale" class="form-control" type="text"><br/>\
         NumCells:&nbsp;&nbsp;<%= numCells %><br/>\
         <br/>\
diff --git a/js/models/Lattice.js b/js/models/Lattice.js
index bd3d56832aab34d67f7c2b4dd9f355b8abbe5ada..0032b21d62d7bb75527357c5079fded4e7ea639d 100644
--- a/js/models/Lattice.js
+++ b/js/models/Lattice.js
@@ -97,10 +97,10 @@ Lattice = Backbone.Model.extend({
         this._iterCells(this.get("cells"), function(cell){
             if (cell) cell.destroy();
         });
-        this.set("cells", this.defaults.cells);
-        this.set("cellsMax", this.defaults.cellsMax);
-        this.set("cellsMin", this.defaults.cellsMin);
-        this.set("nodes", this.defaults.nodes);
+        this.set("cells", [[[null]]]);
+        this.set("cellsMax", {x:0, y:0, z:0});
+        this.set("cellsMin", {x:0, y:0, z:0});
+        this.set("nodes", []);
         this.set("numCells", 0);
         this.get("basePlane").set("zIndex", 0);
         window.three.render();