diff --git a/basegraph.cpp b/basegraph.cpp
index aad64406..5354da8b 100644
--- a/basegraph.cpp
+++ b/basegraph.cpp
@@ -1109,6 +1109,7 @@ void initgraph() {
 #if CAP_COMMANDLINE
   arg::read(2);
 #endif
+  precalc();
 
 #if CAP_SDL
   setvideomode();
diff --git a/floorshapes.cpp b/floorshapes.cpp
index f01a9264..33d66906 100644
--- a/floorshapes.cpp
+++ b/floorshapes.cpp
@@ -601,7 +601,6 @@ void draw_shapevec(cell *c, const transmatrix& V, const vector<hpcshape> &shv, i
     queuepolyat(V, shv[id], col, prio);
     }
   else if(syntetic) {
-    queuestr(V * C0, 10, its(synt::id_of(c->master)), 0xFFFFFFFF);
     queuepolyat(V, shv[synt::id_of(c->master)], col, prio);
     }
   else if((euclid || gp::on) && ishex1(c)) 
diff --git a/syntetic.cpp b/syntetic.cpp
index e7af5d37..af255eae 100644
--- a/syntetic.cpp
+++ b/syntetic.cpp
@@ -298,6 +298,7 @@ transmatrix adjcell_matrix(heptagon *h, int d);
 heptagon *build_child(heptagon *parent, int d, int id, int pindex) {
   indenter ind;
   auto h = buildHeptagon1(new heptagon, parent, d, hstate(1), 0);
+  create_order[h] = nextorder++;
   id_of(h) = id;
   parent_index_of(h) = pindex;
   int nei = neighbors_of(h);