diff --git a/ios/src/AssetManager.cpp b/ios/src/AssetManager.cpp
index 6fd506e9..3c6bc4b0 100644
--- a/ios/src/AssetManager.cpp
+++ b/ios/src/AssetManager.cpp
@@ -1211,7 +1211,9 @@ namespace polyvox
         
         decomposeMatrix(transform, &translation, &rotation, &scale);
         if(relative) {
-            translation += math::float3( x, y, z ); 
+            math::mat3f rotationMatrix(rotation);
+            math::float3 relativeTranslation = rotationMatrix * math::float3( x, y, z );
+            translation += relativeTranslation; 
         } else { 
             translation = math::float3(x,y,z);
         }
@@ -1250,6 +1252,7 @@ namespace polyvox
         
         transform = composeMatrix(translation, rotation, scale);
         tm.setTransform(transformInstance, transform);
+
         
     }
 
diff --git a/lib/entities/entity_transform_controller.dart b/lib/entities/entity_transform_controller.dart
index 602f413b..e9224a80 100644
--- a/lib/entities/entity_transform_controller.dart
+++ b/lib/entities/entity_transform_controller.dart
@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class EntityTransformController {
       updateTranslation = true;
     }
 
-    // todo - better to use pitch/yaw/roll
+    // TODO - use pitch/yaw/roll
     bool updateRotation = false;
     var _rotation = v.Quaternion.identity();
 
@@ -92,7 +92,6 @@ class EntityTransformController {
           relative: true);
     }
     if (updateRotation) {
-      var axis = _rotation.axis;
       await controller.setRotationQuat(_entity, _rotation, relative: true);
     }
   }
diff --git a/lib/filament_controller_ffi.dart b/lib/filament_controller_ffi.dart
index aac5b151..87810e4c 100644
--- a/lib/filament_controller_ffi.dart
+++ b/lib/filament_controller_ffi.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import 'dart:async';
 import 'dart:ffi';
 import 'dart:io';
+import 'dart:math';
 import 'dart:ui' as ui;
 import 'dart:developer' as dev;
 import 'package:flutter/services.dart';
@@ -1056,6 +1057,7 @@ class FilamentControllerFFI extends FilamentController {
     if (_viewer == null) {
       throw Exception("No viewer available, ignoring");
     }
+
     set_position(_assetManager!, entity, x, y, z, relative);
   }