diff --git a/examples/Basic/main.cpp b/examples/Basic/main.cpp
index 2318d55c..beb314fc 100644
--- a/examples/Basic/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/Basic/main.cpp
@@ -421,7 +421,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	openGLWidget.show();
 
 	//Create an empty volume and then place a sphere in it
-	Volume<MaterialDensityPair44> volData(128, 128, 128);
+	Volume<MaterialDensityPair44> volData(256, 256, 256);
 	//createSphereInVolume(volData, 30);
 	createPerlinVolume(volData);
 
@@ -439,12 +439,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 	}*/
 
 	//Extract the surface
-	SurfaceMesh<PositionMaterialNormal> mesh;
+	/*SurfaceMesh<PositionMaterialNormal> mesh;
 	CubicSurfaceExtractorWithNormals<MaterialDensityPair44> surfaceExtractor(&volData, volData.getEnclosingRegion(), &mesh);
 	surfaceExtractor.execute();
 
 	//Pass the surface to the OpenGL window
-	openGLWidget.setSurfaceMeshToRender(mesh);
+	openGLWidget.setSurfaceMeshToRender(mesh);*/
 
 	//Run the message pump.
 	return app.exec();
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxImpl/Block.h b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxImpl/Block.h
index d9538c77..1411c7c6 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxImpl/Block.h
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxImpl/Block.h
@@ -26,6 +26,8 @@ freely, subject to the following restrictions:
 
 #include "PolyVoxForwardDeclarations.h"
 
+#include <vector>
+
 namespace PolyVox
 {
 	template <typename VoxelType>
@@ -61,6 +63,9 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		VoxelType* m_tUncompressedData;
 		bool m_bIsCompressed;
 		uint32_t m_uTimestamp;
+
+		std::vector<uint32_t> runlengths;
+		std::vector<VoxelType> values;
 	};
 }
 
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxImpl/Block.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxImpl/Block.inl
index 8ac7089a..17d7f326 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxImpl/Block.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/PolyVoxImpl/Block.inl
@@ -76,6 +76,13 @@ namespace PolyVox
 		m_uSideLengthPower = rhs.m_uSideLengthPower;		
 		memcpy(m_tCompressedData, rhs.m_tCompressedData, m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength * sizeof(VoxelType));
 
+		m_bIsCompressed = rhs.m_bIsCompressed;
+		if(m_bIsCompressed == false)
+		{
+			memcpy(m_tUncompressedData, rhs.m_tUncompressedData, m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength * sizeof(VoxelType));
+		}
+		m_uTimestamp = rhs.m_uTimestamp;
+
 		return *this;
 	}
 
@@ -186,7 +193,43 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	template <typename VoxelType>
 	void Block<VoxelType>::compress(void)
 	{
-		memcpy(m_tCompressedData, m_tUncompressedData, sizeof(VoxelType) * m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength);
+		//memcpy(m_tCompressedData, m_tUncompressedData, sizeof(VoxelType) * m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength);
+		VoxelType current;
+		uint32_t runLength = 0;
+		uint32_t uNoOfVoxels = m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength;
+		bool firstTime = true;
+		//uint32_t runlengthCounter = 0;
+		runlengths.clear();
+		values.clear();
+
+		for(uint32_t ct = 0; ct < uNoOfVoxels; ++ct)
+		{		
+			VoxelType value = *(m_tUncompressedData + ct);
+			if(firstTime)
+			{
+				current = value;
+				runLength = 1;
+				firstTime = false;
+			}
+			else
+			{
+				if(value == current)
+				{
+					runLength++;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					//stream.write(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&current), sizeof(current));
+					//stream.write(reinterpret_cast<char*>(&runLength), sizeof(runLength));
+					runlengths.push_back(runLength);
+					values.push_back(current);
+					current = value;
+					runLength = 1;
+				}
+			}	
+		}
+
+
 		delete[] m_tUncompressedData;
 		m_tUncompressedData = 0;
 		m_bIsCompressed = true;
@@ -196,7 +239,20 @@ namespace PolyVox
 	void Block<VoxelType>::uncompress(void)
 	{
 		m_tUncompressedData = new VoxelType[m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength];
-		memcpy(m_tUncompressedData, m_tCompressedData, sizeof(VoxelType) * m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength);
+
+
+		//memcpy(m_tUncompressedData, m_tCompressedData, sizeof(VoxelType) * m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength * m_uSideLength);
+		VoxelType* pUncompressedData = m_tUncompressedData;
+		for(uint32_t ct = 0; ct < runlengths.size(); ++ct)
+		{
+			for(uint32_t i = 0; i < runlengths[ct]; ++i)
+			{
+				*pUncompressedData = values[ct];
+				++pUncompressedData;
+			}
+		}
+
+
 		m_bIsCompressed = false;
 	}
 }
diff --git a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/Volume.inl b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/Volume.inl
index 1c25c957..dd3f3dba 100644
--- a/library/PolyVoxCore/include/Volume.inl
+++ b/library/PolyVoxCore/include/Volume.inl
@@ -388,10 +388,10 @@ namespace PolyVox
 			return block;
 		}
 
-		const uint32_t MaxUncompressedBlocks = 4;
+		const uint32_t MaxUncompressedBlocks = 10;
 		if(m_pUncompressedBlocks.size() == MaxUncompressedBlocks)
 		{
-			Block<VoxelType>* pLeastRecentlyUsedBlock;
+			Block<VoxelType>* pLeastRecentlyUsedBlock = 0;
 			uint32_t uLeastRecentTimestamp = 100000000;
 			for(std::set<Block<VoxelType>*>::iterator iter = m_pUncompressedBlocks.begin(); iter != m_pUncompressedBlocks.end(); iter++)
 			{