diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/BlockPosition.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/BlockPosition.kt
index 8f1292795..f16a19a3f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/BlockPosition.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/BlockPosition.kt
@@ -57,8 +57,7 @@ data class BlockPosition(val x: Int, val y: Int, val z: Int) {
     }
 
     fun getInChunkSectionPosition(): InChunkSectionPosition {
-        val location = getInChunkPosition()
-        return InChunkSectionPosition(location.x, getSectionHeight(), location.z)
+        return getInChunkPosition().getInChunkSectionLocation()
     }
 
     fun getSectionHeight(): Int {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/ChunkLightAccessor.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/ChunkLightAccessor.kt
index cf7669fa1..e77eff35d 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/ChunkLightAccessor.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/ChunkLightAccessor.kt
@@ -14,18 +14,33 @@
 package de.bixilon.minosoft.data.world.light
 
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.world.BlockPosition
-import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.world.InChunkPosition
+import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.world.InChunkSectionPosition
+import unsigned.toUInt
 
 class ChunkLightAccessor(
-    private val blockLightLevel: MutableMap<Int, MutableMap<InChunkPosition, Byte>> = mutableMapOf(),
-    private val skyLightLevel: MutableMap<Int, MutableMap<InChunkPosition, Byte>> = mutableMapOf(),
+    private val blockLightLevel: MutableMap<Int, ByteArray> = mutableMapOf(),
+    private val skyLightLevel: MutableMap<Int, ByteArray> = mutableMapOf(),
 ) : LightAccessor {
-    override fun getSkyLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Byte {
-        return skyLightLevel[blockPosition.getSectionHeight()]?.get(blockPosition.getInChunkPosition()) ?: 0
+    override fun getSkyLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Int {
+        return get(skyLightLevel, blockPosition)
     }
 
-    override fun getBlockLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Byte {
-        return blockLightLevel[blockPosition.getSectionHeight()]?.get(blockPosition.getInChunkPosition()) ?: 0
+    override fun getBlockLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Int {
+        return get(blockLightLevel, blockPosition)
+    }
+
+    private fun get(data: MutableMap<Int, ByteArray>, blockPosition: BlockPosition): Int {
+        val index = getIndex(blockPosition.getInChunkSectionPosition())
+        val byte = data[blockPosition.getSectionHeight()]?.get(index ushr 1)?.toUInt() ?: 0xFF
+        return if (index and 0x01 == 0) { // first nibble
+            byte and 0x0F
+        } else {
+            ((byte) shr 4) and 0x0F
+        }
+    }
+
+    private fun getIndex(inChunkSectionPosition: InChunkSectionPosition): Int {
+        return inChunkSectionPosition.y shl 8 or (inChunkSectionPosition.z shl 4) or inChunkSectionPosition.x
     }
 
     fun merge(chunkLightAccessor: ChunkLightAccessor) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/DummyLightAccessor.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/DummyLightAccessor.kt
index cce59c31b..a750fefc9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/DummyLightAccessor.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/DummyLightAccessor.kt
@@ -16,11 +16,11 @@ package de.bixilon.minosoft.data.world.light
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.world.BlockPosition
 
 object DummyLightAccessor : LightAccessor {
-    override fun getSkyLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Byte {
+    override fun getSkyLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Int {
         return 15
     }
 
-    override fun getBlockLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Byte {
+    override fun getBlockLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Int {
         return 15
     }
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/LightAccessor.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/LightAccessor.kt
index 40ac49d3c..de7a78abe 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/LightAccessor.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/LightAccessor.kt
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.world.BlockPosition
 
 interface LightAccessor {
 
-    fun getSkyLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Byte
+    fun getSkyLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Int
 
-    fun getBlockLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Byte
+    fun getBlockLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Int
 
-    fun getLightLevel(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Byte {
+    fun getLightLevel(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Int {
         val blockLight = getBlockLight(blockPosition)
         val skyLight = getSkyLight(blockPosition)
         if (blockLight > skyLight) {
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/WorldLightAccessor.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/WorldLightAccessor.kt
index 5074acf7f..a084344cb 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/WorldLightAccessor.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/data/world/light/WorldLightAccessor.kt
@@ -19,11 +19,11 @@ import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.world.World
 class WorldLightAccessor(
     private val world: World,
 ) : LightAccessor {
-    override fun getSkyLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Byte {
+    override fun getSkyLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Int {
         return world.chunks[blockPosition.getChunkPosition()]?.lightAccessor?.getSkyLight(blockPosition) ?: 0
     }
 
-    override fun getBlockLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Byte {
+    override fun getBlockLight(blockPosition: BlockPosition): Int {
         return world.chunks[blockPosition.getChunkPosition()]?.lightAccessor?.getBlockLight(blockPosition) ?: 0
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/chunk/ChunkMesh.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/chunk/ChunkMesh.kt
index ec23a9f62..072635a0b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/chunk/ChunkMesh.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/chunk/ChunkMesh.kt
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ import org.lwjgl.opengl.GL20.glVertexAttribPointer
 
 class ChunkMesh : Mesh() {
 
-    fun addVertex(position: Vec3, textureCoordinates: Vec2, texture: Texture, tintColor: RGBColor?, lightLevel: Byte = 14) {
+    fun addVertex(position: Vec3, textureCoordinates: Vec2, texture: Texture, tintColor: RGBColor?, lightLevel: Int = 14) {
         data.add(position.x)
         data.add(position.y)
         data.add(position.z)
@@ -44,7 +44,12 @@ class ChunkMesh : Mesh() {
             data.add(Float.fromBits(tintColor.color))
         }
 
-        data.add(lightLevel / MAX_LIGHT_LEVEL)
+        val rightLightLevel = if (lightLevel == 0) {
+            1
+        } else {
+            lightLevel + 1
+        }
+        data.add(rightLightLevel / MAX_LIGHT_LEVEL)
     }
 
     override fun load() {
@@ -75,6 +80,6 @@ class ChunkMesh : Mesh() {
 
     companion object {
         private const val FLOATS_PER_VERTEX = 11
-        private const val MAX_LIGHT_LEVEL = 15f
+        private const val MAX_LIGHT_LEVEL = 17f // Level 0 and 15 kind of does not exist here.
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/chunk/models/renderable/ElementRenderer.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/chunk/models/renderable/ElementRenderer.kt
index 95fc5b999..f2c5ec556 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/chunk/models/renderable/ElementRenderer.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/chunk/models/renderable/ElementRenderer.kt
@@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ class ElementRenderer(element: BlockModelElement, rotation: Vec3, uvLock: Boolea
         // if (texture.isTransparent) {
         //     return // ToDo: force render transparent faces
         // }
-        val lightLevel = lightAccessor.getLightLevel(position + face.cullFace) // ToDo: rotate cullface
+        val lightLevel = lightAccessor.getLightLevel(position + directionMapping[face.cullFace]) // ToDo: rotate cullface
 
         val drawPositions = arrayOf(positions[positionTemplate[0]], positions[positionTemplate[1]], positions[positionTemplate[2]], positions[positionTemplate[3]])
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/text/HUDDebugScreenElement.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/text/HUDDebugScreenElement.kt
index 3ec640a2c..7f43c033f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/text/HUDDebugScreenElement.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/gui/rendering/hud/elements/text/HUDDebugScreenElement.kt
@@ -170,7 +170,7 @@ class HUDDebugScreenElement(private val hudTextElement: HUDTextElement) : HUDTex
         val yaw = hudTextElement.renderWindow.camera.yaw
         val pitch = hudTextElement.renderWindow.camera.pitch
         val direction = Directions.byDirection(camera.cameraFront)
-        return "${Directions.byDirection(camera.cameraFront).name.toLowerCase()} (${direction.directionVector} (${formatRotation(yaw)} / ${formatRotation(pitch)})"
+        return "${Directions.byDirection(camera.cameraFront).name.toLowerCase()} ${direction.directionVector} (${formatRotation(yaw)} / ${formatRotation(pitch)})"
     }
 
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/util/chunk/LightUtil.kt b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/util/chunk/LightUtil.kt
index 758e99962..09121a405 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/util/chunk/LightUtil.kt
+++ b/src/main/java/de/bixilon/minosoft/util/chunk/LightUtil.kt
@@ -14,7 +14,6 @@
 package de.bixilon.minosoft.util.chunk
 
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.mappings.Dimension
-import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.world.InChunkPosition
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.world.light.ChunkLightAccessor
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.data.world.light.LightAccessor
 import de.bixilon.minosoft.protocol.protocol.InByteBuffer
@@ -34,7 +33,7 @@ object LightUtil {
         return ChunkLightAccessor(blockLight, skyLight)
     }
 
-    private fun readLightArray(buffer: InByteBuffer, lightMask: BitSet, dimension: Dimension): MutableMap<Int, MutableMap<InChunkPosition, Byte>> {
+    private fun readLightArray(buffer: InByteBuffer, lightMask: BitSet, dimension: Dimension): MutableMap<Int, ByteArray> {
         var highestSectionIndex = dimension.highestSection + 1
         val lowesSectionIndex = dimension.lowestSection - 1
         if (buffer.versionId >= ProtocolVersions.V_20W49A) {
@@ -42,26 +41,14 @@ object LightUtil {
             highestSectionIndex = lightMask.length()
         }
 
-        val lightLevels: MutableMap<Int, MutableMap<InChunkPosition, Byte>> = mutableMapOf()
+        val lightLevels: MutableMap<Int, ByteArray> = mutableMapOf()
 
 
         for ((arrayIndex, sectionHeight) in (lowesSectionIndex until highestSectionIndex).withIndex()) { // light sections
-            val currentSectionLightLevel: MutableMap<InChunkPosition, Byte> = mutableMapOf()
             if (!lightMask[arrayIndex]) {
                 continue
             }
-            val lightArray = buffer.readBytes(buffer.readVarInt())
-            var index = 0
-            for (y in 0 until 16) {
-                for (z in 0 until 16) {
-                    for (x in 0 until 16 step 2) {
-                        currentSectionLightLevel[InChunkPosition(x, y + sectionHeight * 16, z)] = (lightArray[index].toInt() and 0x0F).toByte()
-                        currentSectionLightLevel[InChunkPosition(x + 1, y + sectionHeight * 16, z)] = ((lightArray[index].toInt() ushr 4) and 0x0F).toByte()
-                        index++
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            lightLevels[sectionHeight] = currentSectionLightLevel
+            lightLevels[sectionHeight] = buffer.readBytes(buffer.readVarInt())
         }
         return lightLevels
     }