diff --git a/initialrenderer/renderer.go b/initialrenderer/renderer.go
index d2f425c..f7d25b4 100644
--- a/initialrenderer/renderer.go
+++ b/initialrenderer/renderer.go
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ func Render(tr *tilerenderer.TileRenderer,
   layers []layerconfig.Layer){
 
     start := time.Now()
-    complete_count := 512*512
+    complete_count := 256*256
     current_count := 0
     perf_count := 0
 
@@ -33,9 +33,9 @@ func Render(tr *tilerenderer.TileRenderer,
     for _, layer := range(layers) {
 
     	//zoom 10 iterator
-    	for x := -255; x<256; x++ {
-    		for y := -255; y<256; y++ {
-    			tc := coords.NewTileCoords(x,y,10,layer.Id)
+    	for x := -127; x<128; x++ {
+    		for y := -127; y<128; y++ {
+    			tc := coords.NewTileCoords(x,y,9,layer.Id)
           jobs <- tc
           current_count++
           perf_count++
diff --git a/tilerenderer/renderer.go b/tilerenderer/renderer.go
index 6c83e59..4349434 100644
--- a/tilerenderer/renderer.go
+++ b/tilerenderer/renderer.go
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ func (tr *TileRenderer) RenderImage(tc coords.TileCoords) (*image.NRGBA, error)
 
 	isEmpty := upperLeft == nil && upperRight == nil && lowerLeft == nil && lowerRight == nil
 
-	if isEmpty && tc.Zoom == 11 {
+	if isEmpty && (tc.Zoom == 11 || tc.Zoom == 10) {
 		//don't cache empty zoomed tiles
 		return nil, nil
 	}