diff --git a/res/shaders/pbr.wgsl b/res/shaders/pbr.wgsl
index b901175..5e6ed7c 100644
--- a/res/shaders/pbr.wgsl
+++ b/res/shaders/pbr.wgsl
@@ -144,15 +144,16 @@ fn fs_main(in: VertexOutput) -> @location(0) vec4<f32> {
     );
 
     // ambient
-    let ambient_light_color = vec3(1.0);
-    let ambient_strength = 0.025;
-    let ambient_color = ambient_light_color * ambient_strength;
+    let ambient_strength = 0.01;
+    let ambient_color = ambient_strength * albedo;
 
     var result = ambient_color + total_radiance;
 
     // tonemap
     result = result / (result + vec3(1.0));
-    //result = pow(result, vec3(1.0/2.2));
+    // gamma correction
+    // TODO: seems to already be handled by wgpu?
+    // result = pow(result, vec3(1.0/2.2));
 
     return vec4<f32>(result, object_color.a);
 }
diff --git a/src/core/state.rs b/src/core/state.rs
index a7b8bf9..45e4971 100644
--- a/src/core/state.rs
+++ b/src/core/state.rs
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ impl State {
 
         let camera_controller = CameraController::new(400.0, 2.0);
 
-        let light_uniform = LightUniform::new([100.0, 60.0, 0.0], [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 100000.0]);
+        let light_uniform = LightUniform::new([100.0, 60.0, 0.0], [1.0, 1.0, 1.0, 200000.0]);
 
         // We'll want to update our lights position, so we use COPY_DST
         let light_buffer = device.create_buffer_init(&wgpu::util::BufferInitDescriptor {