diff --git a/demo/main.ts b/demo/main.ts
index 6c88f2c..c8122c0 100644
--- a/demo/main.ts
+++ b/demo/main.ts
@@ -104,12 +104,11 @@ Promise.all([
 	const atlasCtx = atlasCanvas.getContext('2d')!
 	atlasCtx.drawImage(atlas, 0, 0)
 	const atlasData = atlasCtx.getImageData(0, 0, atlasSize, atlasSize)
-	const part = 16 / atlasData.width
 	const idMap = {}
 	Object.keys(uvMap).forEach(id => {
-		const u = uvMap[id][0] / atlasSize
-		const v = uvMap[id][1] / atlasSize
-		idMap['minecraft:' + id] = [u, v, u + part, v + part]
+		const [u, v, du, dv] = uvMap[id]
+		const dv2 = (du !== dv && id.startsWith('block/')) ? du : dv
+		idMap[Identifier.create(id).toString()] = [u / atlasSize, v / atlasSize, (u + du) / atlasSize, (v + dv2) / atlasSize]
 	})
 	const textureAtlas = new TextureAtlas(atlasData, idMap)
 
diff --git a/src/render/BlockModel.ts b/src/render/BlockModel.ts
index 0edf541..fc635f6 100644
--- a/src/render/BlockModel.ts
+++ b/src/render/BlockModel.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import type { Direction } from '../core/index.js'
 import { Identifier } from '../core/index.js'
 import { Vector } from '../math/index.js'
 import type { Color } from '../util/index.js'
-import { Cull } from './Cull.js'
+import type { Cull } from './Cull.js'
 import { Mesh } from './Mesh.js'
 import { Quad } from './Quad.js'
 import type { TextureAtlasProvider, UV } from './TextureAtlas.js'
@@ -84,9 +84,7 @@ export class BlockModel {
 		private guiLight?: BlockModelGuiLight | undefined,
 	) {}
 
-	public getDisplayMesh(display: Display, uvProvider: TextureAtlasProvider, tint?: Color | ((index: number) => Color)) {
-		const mesh = this.getMesh(uvProvider, Cull.none(), tint)
-		
+	public getDisplayTransform(display: Display) {
 		const transform = this.display?.[display]
 		const t = mat4.create()
 		mat4.identity(t)
@@ -103,9 +101,7 @@ export class BlockModel {
 			mat4.scale(t, t, transform.scale)
 		}
 		mat4.translate(t, t, [-8, -8, -8])
-		mesh.transform(t)
-
-		return mesh
+		return t
 	}
 
 	public getMesh(uvProvider: TextureAtlasProvider, cull: Cull, tint?: Color | ((index: number) => Color)) {
diff --git a/src/render/ItemRenderer.ts b/src/render/ItemRenderer.ts
index 7fc17b2..79cc27e 100644
--- a/src/render/ItemRenderer.ts
+++ b/src/render/ItemRenderer.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { mat4 } from 'gl-matrix'
 import { Identifier } from '../core/index.js'
 import { ItemStack } from '../core/ItemStack.js'
-import type { Color } from '../index.js'
+import { Cull, SpecialRenderer, SpecialRenderers, type Color } from '../index.js'
 import type { BlockModelProvider } from './BlockModel.js'
 import { getItemColor } from './ItemColors.js'
 import type { Mesh } from './Mesh.js'
@@ -48,7 +48,17 @@ export class ItemRenderer extends Renderer {
 		if (!tint && this.item.id.namespace === Identifier.DEFAULT_NAMESPACE) {
 			tint = getItemColor(this.item)
 		}
-		const mesh = model.getDisplayMesh('gui', this.resources, tint)
+		const mesh = model.getMesh(this.resources, Cull.none(), tint)
+		if (SpecialRenderers.has(this.item.id.toString())){
+			const specialMesh = SpecialRenderer[this.item.id.toString()]({}, this.resources, Cull.none())
+			// undo the scaling done by the special renderer
+			const t = mat4.create()
+			mat4.identity(t)
+			mat4.scale(t, t, [16, 16, 16])
+			specialMesh.transform(t)
+			mesh.merge(specialMesh)
+		}
+		mesh.transform(model.getDisplayTransform('gui'))
 		mesh.quads.forEach(q => {
 			const normal = q.normal()
 			q.forEach(v => v.normal = normal)
diff --git a/src/render/SpecialRenderer.ts b/src/render/SpecialRenderer.ts
index 1b35ff1..8ff93f6 100644
--- a/src/render/SpecialRenderer.ts
+++ b/src/render/SpecialRenderer.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ import { Direction, Identifier } from '../core/index.js'
 import { BlockDefinition } from './BlockDefinition.js'
 import { BlockModel } from './BlockModel.js'
 import type { Cull } from './Cull.js'
+import type { Mesh } from './Mesh.js'
 import type { TextureAtlasProvider } from './TextureAtlas.js'
 
 function dummy(id: Identifier, uvProvider: TextureAtlasProvider, cull: Cull, model: BlockModel) {
@@ -124,7 +125,7 @@ function decoratedPotRenderer(uvProvider: TextureAtlasProvider){
 }
 
 export const SpecialRenderer: {
-	[key: string]: (props: { [key: string]: string }, uvProvider: TextureAtlasProvider, cull: Cull) => any,
+	[key: string]: (props: { [key: string]: string }, uvProvider: TextureAtlasProvider, cull: Cull) => Mesh,
 } = {
 	'minecraft:water': (props, uvProvider, cull) =>
 		liquidRenderer('water', parseInt(props.level), uvProvider, cull, 0),