diff --git a/cell.cpp b/cell.cpp
index 7cc2c329..4bf4dcbc 100644
--- a/cell.cpp
+++ b/cell.cpp
@@ -511,7 +511,7 @@ EX int celldistAlt(cell *c) {
     return celldist(c) - 3;
     }
   #if MAXMDIM >= 4
-  if(euc::in(3)) return euc::dist_alt(c);
+  if(euc::in()) return euc::dist_alt(c);
   if(hyperbolic && WDIM == 3 && !reg3::in_rule())
     return reg3::altdist(c->master);
   #endif
diff --git a/euclid.cpp b/euclid.cpp
index ed6053a3..8446b7f4 100644
--- a/euclid.cpp
+++ b/euclid.cpp
@@ -339,6 +339,10 @@ EX namespace euc {
     }
 
   EX int dist_alt(cell *c) {
+    if(WDIM == 2) {
+      auto v = full_coords2(c);
+      return euclidAlt(v.first, v.second);
+      }
     if(specialland == laCamelot) return dist_relative(c) + roundTableRadius(c);
     auto v = cubemap()->ispacemap[c->master];
     if(S7 == 6) return v[2];
@@ -391,8 +395,10 @@ EX namespace euc {
       }
     }
 
-  EX int celldistance(cell *c1, cell *c2) {
+  EX int celldistance(cell *c1, cell *c2) {    
     auto cm = cubemap();
+    if(GDIM == 2)
+      return dist(full_coords2(c1), full_coords2(c2));
     return celldistance(basic_canonicalize(cm->ispacemap[c1->master] - cm->ispacemap[c2->master]));
     }