diff --git a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/shaders/SSAORenderer.java b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/shaders/SSAORenderer.java
index 9e7bb8682..5b5915385 100644
--- a/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/shaders/SSAORenderer.java
+++ b/core/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/core/render/renderer/shaders/SSAORenderer.java
@@ -172,23 +172,24 @@ public class SSAORenderer {
         GL32.glUniform1i(ssaoShader.getUniformLocation("gDepthMap"), 0);
         GL32.glDrawArrays(GL32.GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 6);
 
+		
+		
         applyShader.bind();
+	    
         GL32.glEnable(GL11.GL_BLEND);
         GL32.glBlendFunc(GL32.GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL32.GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
         GL32.glBindFramebuffer(GL32.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, MC_RENDER.getTargetFrameBuffer());
-        GL32.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE0);
+        
+		GL32.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE0);
         GL32.glBindTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, ssaoTexture);
+	    GL32.glUniform1i(applyShader.getUniformLocation("gSSAOMap"), 0);
+	    GL32.glActiveTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE1);
+	    GL32.glBindTexture(GL32.GL_TEXTURE_2D, MC_RENDER.getDepthTextureId());
+	    GL32.glUniform1i(applyShader.getUniformLocation("gDepthMap"), 1);
+		
         GL32.glDrawArrays(GL32.GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 6);
 
-        //GL32.glBindFramebuffer(GL32.GL_READ_FRAMEBUFFER, ssaoFramebuffer);
-        //GL32.glBindFramebuffer(GL32.GL_DRAW_FRAMEBUFFER, MC_RENDER.getTargetFrameBuffer());
-        //GL32.glBlitFramebuffer(
-        //		0, 0, width, height,
-        //		0, 0, width, height,
-        //		GL11.GL_COLOR_BUFFER_BIT,
-        //		GL11.GL_NEAREST
-        //);
-
+		
         state.restore();
     }
 
diff --git a/core/src/main/resources/shaders/ssao/apply-frag.frag b/core/src/main/resources/shaders/ssao/apply-frag.frag
index 7cfa9df34..b183fefbd 100644
--- a/core/src/main/resources/shaders/ssao/apply-frag.frag
+++ b/core/src/main/resources/shaders/ssao/apply-frag.frag
@@ -6,8 +6,15 @@ in vec2 ViewRay;
 out vec4 fragColor;
 
 uniform sampler2D gSSAOMap;
+uniform sampler2D gDepthMap;
 
 void main()
 {
-   fragColor = vec4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1-texture(gSSAOMap, TexCoord).r);
-}
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+    float fragmentDepth = texture(gDepthMap, TexCoord).r;
+    // a fragment depth of "1" means the fragment wasn't drawn to,
+    // we only want to apply SSAO to LODs, not to the sky outside the LODs
+    if (fragmentDepth != 1.0)
+    {
+        fragColor = vec4(0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1-texture(gSSAOMap, TexCoord).r);   
+    }
+}