diff --git a/js/main.js b/js/main.js
index 8cec3b7ba117cd67372407a9f261a1f270cbc7a5..aef39a87b2ee027c013187cba4a5b834aaf05230 100644
--- a/js/main.js
+++ b/js/main.js
@@ -18,4 +18,6 @@ $(function(){
     //setup ui
     var menu = MenuWrapper({lattice:lattice});
     NavBar(menu);
+
+    lattice.addCell(new THREE.Vector3(0,0,0));
 });
diff --git a/js/threeViews/threeView.js b/js/threeViews/threeView.js
index d9799972bd01a1ec79665f70e1e94ee961b99e45..5ce802cc613902a3572eecca9cc7ebcb598e3798 100644
--- a/js/threeViews/threeView.js
+++ b/js/threeViews/threeView.js
@@ -198,7 +198,6 @@ ThreeView = Backbone.View.extend({
 
         if (type == "octa" && (connectionType == "face" || connectionType == "edge")){
 
-            this.lattice.addCell(new THREE.Vector3(0,0,0));
             var triangleHeight = gridSize/2*Math.sqrt(3);
 
             for (var j=-baseDim;j<=baseDim;j++){