diff --git a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/builders/lodBuilding/LodBuilder.java b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/builders/lodBuilding/LodBuilder.java
index c9fe74560..805fd1015 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/builders/lodBuilding/LodBuilder.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/builders/lodBuilding/LodBuilder.java
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ package com.seibel.lod.core.builders.lodBuilding;
 import java.util.concurrent.ExecutorService;
 import java.util.concurrent.Executors;
 
+import com.seibel.lod.core.api.ClientApi;
 import com.seibel.lod.core.enums.config.DistanceGenerationMode;
 import com.seibel.lod.core.enums.config.HorizontalResolution;
 import com.seibel.lod.core.objects.lod.LodDimension;
@@ -62,9 +63,11 @@ public class LodBuilder
 	private static final IVersionConstants VERSION_CONSTANTS = SingletonHandler.get(IVersionConstants.class);
 	
 	/** If no blocks are found in the area in determineBottomPointForArea return this */
-	public static final short DEFAULT_DEPTH = (short) VERSION_CONSTANTS.getMinimumWorldHeight();
+	public static final short DEFAULT_DEPTH = 0;//(short) VERSION_CONSTANTS.getMinimumWorldHeight();
 	/** If no blocks are found in the area in determineHeightPointForArea return this */
-	public static final short DEFAULT_HEIGHT = (short) VERSION_CONSTANTS.getMinimumWorldHeight();
+	public static final short DEFAULT_HEIGHT = 0;//(short) VERSION_CONSTANTS.getMinimumWorldHeight();
+	
+	public static final short MIN_WORLD_HEIGHT = (short)VERSION_CONSTANTS.getMinimumWorldHeight();
 	/** Minecraft's max light value */
 	public static final short DEFAULT_MAX_LIGHT = 15;
 	
@@ -109,8 +112,8 @@ public class LodBuilder
 		Thread thread = new Thread(() ->
 		{
 			//noinspection GrazieInspection
-			try
-			{
+			//try
+			//{
 				// we need a loaded client world in order to
 				// get the textures for blocks
 				if (MC.getWrappedClientWorld() == null)
@@ -133,14 +136,14 @@ public class LodBuilder
 					lodDim = lodWorld.getLodDimension(dim);
 				}
 				generateLodNodeFromChunk(lodDim, chunk, new LodBuilderConfig(generationMode));
-			}
-			catch (IllegalArgumentException | NullPointerException e)
-			{
-				e.printStackTrace();
-				// if the world changes while LODs are being generated
-				// they will throw errors as they try to access things that no longer
-				// exist.
-			}
+			//}
+			//catch (IllegalArgumentException | NullPointerException e)
+			//{
+			//	e.printStackTrace();
+			//	// if the world changes while LODs are being generated
+			//	// they will throw errors as they try to access things that no longer
+			//	// exist.
+			//}
 		});
 		lodGenThreadPool.execute(thread);
 	}
@@ -269,12 +272,14 @@ public class LodBuilder
 				{
 					yAbs = depth;
 					light = getLightValue(chunk, xAbs,yAbs,zAbs, true, hasSkyLight, true);
-					color = generateLodColor(chunk, config, xAbs, yAbs, zAbs);
+					//TODO don't ask me why, but apparently it works
+					color = generateLodColor(chunk, config, xAbs, yAbs - MIN_WORLD_HEIGHT, zAbs);
 				}
 				else
 				{
 					light = getLightValue(chunk, xAbs, yAbs, zAbs, hasCeiling, hasSkyLight, topBlock);
-					color = generateLodColor(chunk, config, xAbs, yAbs, zAbs);
+					//TODO don't ask me why, but apparently it works
+					color = generateLodColor(chunk, config, xAbs, yAbs - MIN_WORLD_HEIGHT, zAbs);
 				}
 				lightBlock = light & 0b1111;
 				lightSky = (light >> 4) & 0b1111;
@@ -469,27 +474,19 @@ public class LodBuilder
 		int colorOfBlock;
 		int colorInt;
 		
-		IBlockShapeWrapper blockShapeWrapper;
-		IBlockColorWrapper blockColorWrapper;
-		try
-		{
-			blockShapeWrapper = chunk.getBlockShapeWrapper(x, y, z);
-		}
-		catch (Exception e)
-		{
-			//TODO fix the cause of the bug, bot it's symptoms
-			//ClientApi.LOGGER.error(LodBuilder.class.getSimpleName() + ": ran into an error: " + e.getMessage());
-			//e.printStackTrace();
+		IBlockShapeWrapper blockShapeWrapper = chunk.getBlockShapeWrapper(x, y, z);
+		
+		if (blockShapeWrapper == null || blockShapeWrapper.isToAvoid())
 			return 0;
-		}
+		
+		IBlockColorWrapper blockColorWrapper;
 		
 		if (chunk.isWaterLogged(x, y, z))
 			blockColorWrapper = BLOCK_COLOR.getWaterColor();
 		else
 			blockColorWrapper = chunk.getBlockColorWrapper(x, y, z);
 		
-		if (blockShapeWrapper.isToAvoid())
-			return 0;
+		
 		
 		colorOfBlock = blockColorWrapper.getColor();
 		
@@ -525,6 +522,7 @@ public class LodBuilder
 		boolean noCollisionAvoidance = config.client().worldGenerator().getBlocksToAvoid().noCollision;
 		
 		IBlockShapeWrapper block = chunk.getBlockShapeWrapper(x, y, z);
+		if (block == null) return false;
 		return !block.isToAvoid()
 					   && !(nonFullAvoidance && block.isNonFull())
 					   && !(noCollisionAvoidance && block.hasNoCollision());
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/builders/worldGeneration/LodWorldGenerator.java b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/builders/worldGeneration/LodWorldGenerator.java
index 5489f43d1..57b2ae7d0 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/builders/worldGeneration/LodWorldGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/seibel/lod/core/builders/worldGeneration/LodWorldGenerator.java
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ public class LodWorldGenerator
 						
 						
 						// add the far positions
-						if (posToGenerate.getNthDetail(farIndex, false) != 0 && farIndex < posToGenerate.getNumberOfFarPos())
+						if (farIndex < posToGenerate.getNumberOfFarPos() && posToGenerate.getNthDetail(farIndex, false) != 0)
 						{
 							detailLevel = (byte) (posToGenerate.getNthDetail(farIndex, false) - 1);
 							posX = posToGenerate.getNthPosX(farIndex, false);
@@ -232,9 +232,9 @@ public class LodWorldGenerator
 		Runnable method = (() -> {generateChunk(newPos, newGenerationMode,
 				newLodBuilder, newLodDimension, serverWorld);});
 		
-		if (newGenerationMode == DistanceGenerationMode.FULL
-			|| VERSION_CONSTANTS.isWorldGeneratorSingleThreaded(newGenerationMode))
+		if (VERSION_CONSTANTS.isWorldGeneratorSingleThreaded(newGenerationMode))
 		{
+			// --Note: This is now using version constants--
 			// if we are using FULL generation there is no reason
 			// to queue up a bunch of generation requests,
 			// because MC's internal server (as of 1.16.5) only
@@ -268,7 +268,7 @@ public class LodWorldGenerator
 			// be added to the current LodDimension
 			
 			if (lodDim.regionIsInRange(pos.getX() / LodUtil.REGION_WIDTH_IN_CHUNKS, pos.getZ() / LodUtil.REGION_WIDTH_IN_CHUNKS))
-			{					
+			{
 				switch (generationMode)
 				{
 				case NONE: