diff --git a/ss/LightBounce.cc b/ss/LightBounce.cc
index 073cb0f..0ba6e0b 100644
--- a/ss/LightBounce.cc
+++ b/ss/LightBounce.cc
@@ -130,17 +130,28 @@ LightBounce::LightBounce(SSMain * _SSMain) : SSMode(_SSMain)
     m_orb_dir[1] = sin(theta) * sin(gamma);
     m_orb_dir[2] = cos(gamma);
 
+    /* Create the orb display list */
+    // TODO: fix lighting
+    // TODO: make it more of a "light" object and not a sphere
     m_orb_dl = glGenLists(1);
     glNewList(m_orb_dl, GL_COMPILE);
         GLfloat mat[] = {1, 1, 0.2, 0.8};
         glMaterialfv(GL_FRONT, GL_AMBIENT_AND_DIFFUSE, mat);
         GLUquadric * quad = gluNewQuadric();
         gluQuadricNormals(quad, GL_TRUE);
-        gluSphere(quad, ORB_RADIUS, 16, 8);
+        glPushAttrib(GL_LIGHTING_BIT);
+            glPushMatrix();
+                glLoadIdentity();
+                GLfloat light_pos[] = {0, 0, 1, 0};
+                glLightfv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_POSITION, light_pos);
+            glPopMatrix();
+            gluSphere(quad, ORB_RADIUS, 16, 8);
+        glPopAttrib();
     glEndList();
 
     glPushAttrib(GL_POLYGON_BIT);   /* store CULL_FACE settings */
     glPushAttrib(GL_ENABLE_BIT);    /* store current GL_BLEND setting */
+    glPushAttrib(GL_LIGHTING_BIT);  /* store current LIGHTING settings */
     glEnable(GL_BLEND);
     glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
 
@@ -154,6 +165,7 @@ LightBounce::LightBounce(SSMain * _SSMain) : SSMode(_SSMain)
 
 LightBounce::~LightBounce()
 {
+    glPopAttrib();      /* restore old LIGHTING settings */
     glPopAttrib();      /* restore old GL_BLEND setting */
     glPopAttrib();      /* restore old CULL_FACE settings */
     int sz = m_boxes.size();
@@ -234,6 +246,12 @@ void LightBounce::update()
         glViewport(i*width/numMonitors, 0, width/numMonitors, height);
         glLoadIdentity();
         gluLookAt(viewer_x, viewer_y, viewer_z, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1, 0);
+        GLfloat light_pos[4];
+        light_pos[0] = m_orb_pos[0];
+        light_pos[1] = m_orb_pos[1];
+        light_pos[2] = m_orb_pos[2];
+        light_pos[3] = 1.0f;
+        glLightfv(GL_LIGHT0, GL_POSITION, light_pos);
         for (int i = 0, sz = m_boxes.size(); i < sz; i++)
         {
             if (m_boxes[i]->getDist() < orbDist && !drewOrb)