diff --git a/Minecraft.Client/Rendering/EntityRenderers/ItemRenderer.cpp b/Minecraft.Client/Rendering/EntityRenderers/ItemRenderer.cpp
index e5eba0d25..069de61af 100644
--- a/Minecraft.Client/Rendering/EntityRenderers/ItemRenderer.cpp
+++ b/Minecraft.Client/Rendering/EntityRenderers/ItemRenderer.cpp
@@ -360,6 +360,8 @@ void ItemRenderer::renderGuiItem(Font* font, Textures* textures,
         glPushMatrix();
 
         // 4J - original code left here for reference
+        // 4jcraft: original code reused for proper lighting
+        // force normalize
 #if 1
         // does it work? too lazy to find out
         glTranslatef((float)(x), (float)(y), 0.0f);