diff --git a/src/rendering/twn_draw.c b/src/rendering/twn_draw.c
index 958b588..31a6212 100644
--- a/src/rendering/twn_draw.c
+++ b/src/rendering/twn_draw.c
@@ -436,6 +436,9 @@ void draw_camera(Vec3 position, Vec3 direction, Vec3 up, float fov, float zoom,
     if (!orthographic && fov >= (float)(M_PI))
         log_warn("Invalid fov given (%f)", (double)fov);
 
+    /* inital zoom = 1.0 correlates to perspective from this */
+    zoom *= 0.1f;
+
     float const aspect = (float)ctx.base_render_width / (float)ctx.base_render_height;
 
     Camera const camera = {