diff --git a/examples/Basic/main.cpp b/examples/Basic/main.cpp
index f123361b..a13da717 100644
--- a/examples/Basic/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/Basic/main.cpp
@@ -81,11 +81,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	auto mesh = extractCubicMesh(&volData, volData.getEnclosingRegion());
 	//auto mesh = extractMarchingCubesMesh(&volData, volData.getEnclosingRegion());
 
-	//auto mesh = extractCubicMesh(&volData, PolyVox::Region(Vector3DInt32(0, 0, 0), Vector3DInt32(31, 31, 31)));
-	//auto mesh2 = extractCubicMesh(&volData, PolyVox::Region(Vector3DInt32(32, 32, 32), Vector3DInt32(63, 63, 63)));
+	// The surface extractor outputs the mesh in an efficient compressed format which is not directly suitable for rendering. The easiest approach is to 
+	// decode this on the CPU as shown below, though more advanced applications can upload the compressed mesh to the GPU and decompress in shader code.
+	auto decodedMesh = decode(mesh);
 
 	//Pass the surface to the OpenGL window
-	openGLWidget.addMesh(mesh);
+	openGLWidget.addMesh(decodedMesh);
 	//openGLWidget.addMesh(mesh2);
 	openGLWidget.setViewableRegion(volData.getEnclosingRegion());
 
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractor.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractor.inl
index f62ce7ae..b152f90c 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractor.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/CubicSurfaceExtractor.inl
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 			{
 				//No vertices matched and we've now hit an empty space. Fill it by creating a vertex. The 0.5f offset is because vertices set between voxels in order to build cubes around them.
 				CubicVertex<typename VolumeType::VoxelType> cubicVertex;
-				cubicVertex.position.setElements(static_cast<float>(uX)-0.5f, static_cast<float>(uY)-0.5f, static_cast<float>(uZ)-0.5f);
+				cubicVertex.position.setElements(static_cast<uint8_t>(uX), static_cast<uint8_t>(uY), static_cast<uint8_t>(uZ));
 				cubicVertex.material = uMaterialIn;
 				rEntry.iIndex = m_meshCurrent->addVertex(cubicVertex);
 				rEntry.uMaterial = uMaterialIn;
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Mesh.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Mesh.h
index bad1a7fb..d23f7716 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Mesh.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/Mesh.h
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	Mesh< Vertex< typename MeshType::VertexType::VoxelType > > decode(const MeshType& mesh)
 	{
 		Mesh< Vertex< typename MeshType::VertexType::VoxelType > > result;
-		result.m_vecVertices.reserve(mesh.m_vecVertices.size());
+		result.m_vecVertices.resize(mesh.m_vecVertices.size());
 
 		for(uint32_t ct = 0; ct < mesh.m_vecVertices.size(); ct++)
 		{
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/VertexTypes.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/VertexTypes.h
index 1f421fd9..fc53fc2e 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/VertexTypes.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxCore/VertexTypes.h
@@ -56,8 +56,8 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	{
 		typedef _VoxelType VoxelType;
 
-		Vector3DFloat position;
-		Vector3DFloat normal;
+		Vector3DUint8 position;
+		uint8_t normal;
 		VoxelType material;
 	};
 
@@ -81,8 +81,9 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	Vertex<VoxelType> decode(const CubicVertex<VoxelType>& cubicVertex)
 	{
 		Vertex<VoxelType> result;
-		result.position = cubicVertex.position;
-		result.normal = cubicVertex.normal;
+		Vector3DUint8 temp = cubicVertex.position; // For some reason we can't cast Vector3DUint8 to Vector3DFloat - investigate why.
+		result.position = Vector3DFloat(temp.getX(), temp.getY(), temp.getZ()) - Vector3DFloat(0.5, 0.5, 0.5);
+		//result.normal = cubicVertex.normal;
 		result.material = cubicVertex.material;
 		return result;
 	}