diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index c4161fa7..1c4d0628 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 [package]
 name = "bevy_gaussian_splatting"
 description = "bevy gaussian splatting render pipeline plugin"
-version = "2.6.0"
+version = "2.6.1"
 edition = "2021"
 authors = ["mosure <mitchell@mosure.me>"]
 license = "MIT"
diff --git a/src/render/surfel.wgsl b/src/render/surfel.wgsl
index 7d9ab1e5..698639c3 100644
--- a/src/render/surfel.wgsl
+++ b/src/render/surfel.wgsl
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ fn compute_cov2d_surfel(
     let S = get_scale_matrix(scale);
     let R = get_rotation_matrix(rotation);
 
-    let L = T_r * S * R;
+    let L = T_r * transpose(R) * S;
 
     let world_from_local = mat3x4<f32>(
         vec4<f32>(L.x, 0.0),
diff --git a/tools/surfel_plane.rs b/tools/surfel_plane.rs
index a9b19fa6..129a28a7 100644
--- a/tools/surfel_plane.rs
+++ b/tools/surfel_plane.rs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ use bevy_gaussian_splatting::{
     GaussianCloudSettings,
     GaussianSplattingBundle,
     GaussianSplattingPlugin,
+    gaussian::f32::Rotation,
     utils::{
         setup_hooks,
         GaussianSplattingViewer,
@@ -35,7 +36,7 @@ pub fn setup_surfel_compare(
 ) {
     let grid_size_x = 10;
     let grid_size_y = 10;
-    let spacing = 5.0;
+    let spacing = 12.0;
     let visualize_bounding_box = false;
 
     let mut blue_gaussians = Vec::new();
@@ -47,11 +48,22 @@ pub fn setup_surfel_compare(
             let x = i as f32 * spacing - (grid_size_x as f32 * spacing) / 2.0;
             let y = j as f32 * spacing - (grid_size_y as f32 * spacing) / 2.0;
             let position = [x, y, 0.0, 1.0];
-            let scale = [1.0, 1.0, 0.01, 0.5];
+            let scale = [2.0, 1.0, 0.01, 0.5];
+
+            let angle = std::f32::consts::PI / 2.0 * i as f32 / grid_size_x as f32;
+            let rotation = Quat::from_rotation_z(angle).to_array();
+            let rotation = [3usize, 0usize, 1usize, 2usize]
+                .iter()
+                .map(|i| rotation[*i])
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .try_into()
+                .unwrap();
 
             let gaussian = Gaussian {
                 position_visibility: position.into(),
-                rotation: [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0].into(),
+                rotation: Rotation {
+                    rotation,
+                },
                 scale_opacity: scale.into(),
                 spherical_harmonic: blue_sh,
             };
@@ -80,14 +92,22 @@ pub fn setup_surfel_compare(
             let x = i as f32 * spacing - (grid_size_x as f32 * spacing) / 2.0;
             let y = j as f32 * spacing - (grid_size_y as f32 * spacing) / 2.0;
             let position = [x, y, 0.0, 1.0];
-            let scale = [1.0, 1.0, 99.0, 0.3];
+            let scale = [2.0, 1.0, 0.01, 0.5];
 
-            // let angle = std::f32::consts::PI / 2.0;
-            // let rotation = Quat::from_rotation_y(angle).to_array().into();
+            let angle = std::f32::consts::PI / 2.0 * (i + 1) as f32 / grid_size_x as f32;
+            let rotation = Quat::from_rotation_z(angle).to_array();
+            let rotation = [3usize, 0usize, 1usize, 2usize]
+                .iter()
+                .map(|i| rotation[*i])
+                .collect::<Vec<_>>()
+                .try_into()
+                .unwrap();
 
             let gaussian = Gaussian {
                 position_visibility: position.into(),
-                rotation: [0.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0].into(),
+                rotation: Rotation {
+                    rotation,
+                },
                 scale_opacity: scale.into(),
                 spherical_harmonic: red_sh,
             };
@@ -110,9 +130,12 @@ pub fn setup_surfel_compare(
         Name::new("gaussian_cloud_2dgs"),
     ));
 
+    let camera_transform = Transform::from_translation(Vec3::new(0.0, 1.5, 20.0));
+    info!("camera_transform: {:?}", camera_transform.compute_matrix().to_cols_array_2d());
+
     commands.spawn((
         Camera3dBundle {
-            transform: Transform::from_translation(Vec3::new(0.0, 1.5, 20.0)),
+            transform: camera_transform,
             tonemapping: Tonemapping::None,
             ..default()
         },