diff --git a/src/overviewer.h b/src/overviewer.h
index b18462a..55243a5 100644
--- a/src/overviewer.h
+++ b/src/overviewer.h
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 
 // increment this value if you've made a change to the c extesion
 // and want to force users to rebuild
-#define OVERVIEWER_EXTENSION_VERSION 4
+#define OVERVIEWER_EXTENSION_VERSION 5
 
 /* Python PIL, and numpy headers */
 #include <Python.h>
diff --git a/src/rendermode-normal.c b/src/rendermode-normal.c
index 9f139a3..c656d2e 100644
--- a/src/rendermode-normal.c
+++ b/src/rendermode-normal.c
@@ -120,17 +120,8 @@ rendermode_normal_draw(void *data, RenderState *state, PyObject *src, PyObject *
     RenderModeNormal *self = (RenderModeNormal *)data;
     
     /* first, check to see if we should use biome-compatible src, mask */
-    if (self->biome_data) {
-        switch (state->block) {
-        case 2:
-            src = mask = self->grass_texture;
-            break;
-        case 18:
-            src = mask = self->leaf_texture;
-            break;
-        default:
-            break;
-        };
+    if (self->biome_data && state->block == 18) {
+        src = mask = self->leaf_texture;
     }
     
     /* draw the block! */
@@ -149,7 +140,8 @@ rendermode_normal_draw(void *data, RenderState *state, PyObject *src, PyObject *
         case 2:
             /* grass */
             color = PySequence_GetItem(self->grasscolor, index);
-            facemask = self->facemask_top;
+            facemask = self->grass_texture;
+            alpha_over(state->img, self->grass_texture, self->grass_texture, state->imgx, state->imgy, 0, 0);
             break;
         case 18:
             /* leaves */
diff --git a/textures.py b/textures.py
index 567942a..0f73932 100644
--- a/textures.py
+++ b/textures.py
@@ -432,8 +432,9 @@ def generate_special_texture(blockID, data):
     # all need to behandled here (and in chunkpy)
     
     if blockID == 2: # grass
-        top = tintTexture(terrain_images[0],(115,175,71))
-        img = _build_block(top, terrain_images[3], 2)
+        img = _build_block(terrain_images[0], terrain_images[3], 2)
+        colored = tintTexture(biome_grass_texture, (115, 175, 71))
+        composite.alpha_over(img, colored, (0, 0), colored)
         return (img.convert("RGB"), img.split()[3])
 
 
@@ -1179,7 +1180,7 @@ def tintTexture(im, c):
     return i
 
 # generate biome (still grayscale) leaf, grass textures
-biome_grass_texture = _build_block(terrain_images[0], terrain_images[3], 2)
+biome_grass_texture = _build_block(terrain_images[0], terrain_images[38], 2)
 biome_leaf_texture = _build_block(terrain_images[52], terrain_images[52], 18)