diff --git a/include/chunk.hpp b/include/chunk.hpp
index e511470..fde267e 100644
--- a/include/chunk.hpp
+++ b/include/chunk.hpp
@@ -9,6 +9,8 @@
 #include <bitset>
 
 #include "block.hpp"
+#include "spacefilling.hpp"
+#include "intervalmap.hpp"
 
 #define CHUNK_SIZE 16
 #define CHUNK_VOLUME (CHUNK_SIZE * CHUNK_SIZE * CHUNK_SIZE)
@@ -39,11 +41,12 @@ namespace Chunk
 
         void setBlock(Block b, int x, int y, int z);
         Block getBlock(int x, int y, int z);
-        std::array<Block, CHUNK_VOLUME> *getBlocks() { return &(this->blocks); }
+        IntervalMap<Block>& getBlocks() { return (this->blocks); }
+        Block* getBlocksArray(int* len) { return (this->blocks.toArray(len)); }
 
     private:
         glm::vec3 position{};
-        std::array<Block, CHUNK_VOLUME> blocks{};
+        IntervalMap<Block> blocks{};
 
         std::bitset<8> state{0};
     };
diff --git a/src/chunk.cpp b/src/chunk.cpp
index cca99bf..8139fd5 100644
--- a/src/chunk.cpp
+++ b/src/chunk.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,8 @@
 #include "chunk.hpp"
 #include "block.hpp"
 #include "utils.hpp"
+#include "intervalmap.hpp"
+#include "globals.hpp"
 
 namespace Chunk
 {
@@ -15,6 +17,7 @@ namespace Chunk
     Chunk::Chunk(glm::vec3 pos)
     {
         this->position = pos;
+        this->blocks.insert(0, CHUNK_VOLUME, Block::AIR);
         // std::cout << "CHUNK" << std::endl;
     }
 
@@ -24,12 +27,15 @@ namespace Chunk
 
     Block Chunk::getBlock(int x, int y, int z)
     {
-        return blocks[utils::coord3DTo1D(x, y, z, CHUNK_SIZE, CHUNK_SIZE, CHUNK_SIZE)];
+        return blocks.at(coord3DTo1D(x, y, z));
+        // return blocks.at(HILBERT_XYZ_ENCODE[x][y][z]);
     }
 
     void Chunk::setBlock(Block b, int x, int y, int z)
     {
-        blocks[utils::coord3DTo1D(x, y, z, CHUNK_SIZE, CHUNK_SIZE, CHUNK_SIZE)] = b;
+        // return blocks.insert(HILBERT_XYZ_ENCODE[x][y][z], HILBERT_XYZ_ENCODE[x][y][z]+1, b);
+        int coord = coord3DTo1D(x, y, z);
+        blocks.insert(coord <= 0 ? 0 : coord, coord+1 >= CHUNK_VOLUME ? CHUNK_VOLUME : coord+1, b);
     }
 
     void Chunk::setState(uint8_t nstate, bool value)
diff --git a/src/chunkgenerator.cpp b/src/chunkgenerator.cpp
index e30333d..5fa4aea 100644
--- a/src/chunkgenerator.cpp
+++ b/src/chunkgenerator.cpp
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ void generateChunk(Chunk::Chunk *chunk)
 Block block;
 
 std::mt19937 mt;
-OpenSimplexNoise::Noise noiseGen1(mt());
-OpenSimplexNoise::Noise noiseGen2(mt());
+OpenSimplexNoise::Noise noiseGen1(1234);
+OpenSimplexNoise::Noise noiseGen2(12345);
 
 std::array<int, CHUNK_SIZE * CHUNK_SIZE> grassNoiseLUT;
 std::array<int, CHUNK_SIZE * CHUNK_SIZE> dirtNoiseLUT;
@@ -79,5 +79,5 @@ void generatePyramid(Chunk::Chunk *chunk)
         for (int j = 0; j < CHUNK_SIZE; j++)
             for (int k = 0; k < CHUNK_SIZE; k++)
                 //             blocks[utils::coord3DTo1D(i, j, k, CHUNK_SIZE, CHUNK_SIZE, CHUNK_SIZE)] = j == 0 ? Block::STONE : Block::AIR;
-                chunk->setBlock(i >= j && i < CHUNK_SIZE - j && k >= j && k < CHUNK_SIZE - j ? Block::STONE : Block::AIR, i, j, k);
+                chunk->setBlock(i >= j && i < CHUNK_SIZE - j && k >= j && k < CHUNK_SIZE - j ? (j & 1) == 0 ? Block::GRASS : Block::STONE : Block::AIR, i, j, k);
 }
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diff --git a/src/chunkmesh.cpp b/src/chunkmesh.cpp
index 898ae4e..d765f85 100755
--- a/src/chunkmesh.cpp
+++ b/src/chunkmesh.cpp
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 #include <array>
+#include <memory>
 
 #include "block.hpp"
 #include "chunk.hpp"
@@ -7,7 +8,8 @@
 #include "spacefilling.hpp"
 #include "utils.hpp"
 
-ChunkMesh::~ChunkMesh(){
+ChunkMesh::~ChunkMesh()
+{
     delete this->chunk;
     delete (this->theShader);
 }
@@ -56,9 +58,10 @@ void ChunkMesh::mesh()
     vIndex = 0;
 
     // convert tree to array since it is easier to work with it
-    std::array<Block, CHUNK_VOLUME> blocks = *(this->chunk->getBlocks());
+    int length{0};
+    Block *blocks = this->chunk->getBlocksArray(&length);
 
-    if (blocks.size() == 0)
+    if (length == 0)
         return;
 
     int k, l, u, v, w, h, n, j, i;
@@ -96,9 +99,9 @@ void ChunkMesh::mesh()
                 {
                     for (x[u] = 0; x[u] < CHUNK_SIZE; x[u]++)
                     {
-                        Block b1 = (x[dim] >= 0) ? blocks[utils::coord3DTo1D(x[0], x[1], x[2], CHUNK_SIZE, CHUNK_SIZE, CHUNK_SIZE)] : Block::NULLBLK; /*blocks[SpaceFilling::HILBERT_XYZ_ENCODE[x[0]][x[1]][x[2]]]*/
+                        Block b1 = (x[dim] >= 0) ? blocks[Chunk::coord3DTo1D(x[0], x[1], x[2])] : Block::NULLBLK; /*blocks[SpaceFilling::HILBERT_XYZ_ENCODE[x[0]][x[1]][x[2]]]*/
                         Block b2 = (x[dim] < CHUNK_SIZE - 1)
-                                       ? blocks[utils::coord3DTo1D(x[0] + q[0], x[1] + q[1], x[2] + q[2], CHUNK_SIZE, CHUNK_SIZE, CHUNK_SIZE)]
+                                       ? blocks[Chunk::coord3DTo1D(x[0] + q[0], x[1] + q[1], x[2] + q[2])]
                                        : Block::NULLBLK; /*blocks[SpaceFilling::HILBERT_XYZ_ENCODE[x[0] + q[0]][x[1] + q[1]][x[2] + q[2]]]*/
 
                         // This is the original line taken from rob's code, readapted (replace voxelFace
@@ -119,9 +122,7 @@ void ChunkMesh::mesh()
 
                 x[dim]++;
                 n = 0;
-                // Actually generate the mesh from the mask. This is the
-                // same
-                // thing I used in my old crappy voxel engine
+                // Actually generate the mesh from the mask. This is the same thing I used in my old crappy voxel engine
                 for (j = 0; j < CHUNK_SIZE; j++)
                 {
                     for (i = 0; i < CHUNK_SIZE;)
@@ -198,6 +199,9 @@ void ChunkMesh::mesh()
         }
     }
 
+    if (blocks)
+        delete blocks;
+
     if (vertices.size() > 0)
     {
 
@@ -227,15 +231,17 @@ void ChunkMesh::draw()
 {
 
     // glPolygonMode(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK, GL_LINE); // wireframe mode
+    if (vertices.size() > 0)
+    {
+        theShader->use();
+        theShader->setMat4("model", this->model);
+        theShader->setMat4("view", theCamera.getView());
+        theShader->setMat4("projection", theCamera.getProjection());
 
-    theShader->use();
-    theShader->setMat4("model", this->model);
-    theShader->setMat4("view", theCamera.getView());
-    theShader->setMat4("projection", theCamera.getProjection());
-
-    glBindVertexArray(VAO);
-    glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, static_cast<GLuint>(indices.size()), GL_UNSIGNED_INT, 0);
-    glBindVertexArray(0);
+        glBindVertexArray(VAO);
+        glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES, static_cast<GLuint>(indices.size()), GL_UNSIGNED_INT, 0);
+        glBindVertexArray(0);
+    }
 }
 
 void ChunkMesh::quad(glm::vec3 bottomLeft, glm::vec3 topLeft, glm::vec3 topRight, glm::vec3 bottomRight, Block block, bool backFace)
@@ -248,7 +254,7 @@ void ChunkMesh::quad(glm::vec3 bottomLeft, glm::vec3 topLeft, glm::vec3 topRight
     vertices.push_back(bottomRight.x);
     vertices.push_back(bottomRight.y);
     vertices.push_back(bottomRight.z);
-    
+
     vertices.push_back(topLeft.x);
     vertices.push_back(topLeft.y);
     vertices.push_back(topLeft.z);
@@ -263,7 +269,7 @@ void ChunkMesh::quad(glm::vec3 bottomLeft, glm::vec3 topLeft, glm::vec3 topRight
     indices.push_back(vIndex + 1);
     indices.push_back(vIndex);
     indices.push_back(vIndex + 2);
-    vIndex+=4;
+    vIndex += 4;
     // }
     // else
     // {