diff --git a/web/src/components/IdeConsole/IdeConsole.js b/web/src/components/IdeConsole/IdeConsole.js
index 159800e..6483e23 100644
--- a/web/src/components/IdeConsole/IdeConsole.js
+++ b/web/src/components/IdeConsole/IdeConsole.js
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ const IdeConsole = () => {
   const { state } = useContext(IdeContext)
   return (
     <div className="p-8 border-2 m-2 overflow-y-auto">
-      <div className="pb-4">hi I'm console</div>
       <div>
         {state.consoleMessages?.map(({ type, message }, index) => (
           <div
diff --git a/web/src/components/IdeEditor/IdeEditor.js b/web/src/components/IdeEditor/IdeEditor.js
index 914562a..eda29b4 100644
--- a/web/src/components/IdeEditor/IdeEditor.js
+++ b/web/src/components/IdeEditor/IdeEditor.js
@@ -8,13 +8,24 @@ const IdeEditor = () => {
   function handleCodeChange(value, _event) {
     dispatch({ type: 'updateCode', payload: value })
   }
+  function handleSaveHotkey(event) {
+    //ctrl|meta + s is very intuitive for most devs
+    const { key, ctrlKey, metaKey } = event
+    if (key === 's' && (ctrlKey || metaKey)) {
+      event.preventDefault()
+      dispatch({ type: 'render', payload: { code: state.code } })
+    }
+  }
 
   return (
-    <Editor
-      defaultValue={state.code}
-      defaultLanguage="javascript"
-      onChange={handleCodeChange}
-    />
+    <div className="h-full" onKeyDown={handleSaveHotkey}>
+      <Editor
+        defaultValue={state.code}
+        // TODO #247 cpp seems better than js for the time being
+        defaultLanguage="cpp"
+        onChange={handleCodeChange}
+      />
+    </div>
   )
 }
 
diff --git a/web/src/components/IdeToolbarNew/IdeToolbarNew.js b/web/src/components/IdeToolbarNew/IdeToolbarNew.js
index b945460..fa0f7d6 100644
--- a/web/src/components/IdeToolbarNew/IdeToolbarNew.js
+++ b/web/src/components/IdeToolbarNew/IdeToolbarNew.js
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ const IdeToolbarNew = () => {
   return (
     <IdeContext.Provider value={{ state, dispatch }}>
       <div className="p-8 border-2">
-        <div>hi I'm the toolbar</div>
         <nav className="flex">
           <button
             onClick={() => setIdeType('openCascade')}
diff --git a/web/src/components/IdeViewer/IdeViewer.js b/web/src/components/IdeViewer/IdeViewer.js
index ea71afb..d8a27e5 100644
--- a/web/src/components/IdeViewer/IdeViewer.js
+++ b/web/src/components/IdeViewer/IdeViewer.js
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ function Controls({ onCameraChange, onDragStart }) {
     camera.position.x = 200
     camera.position.y = 140
     camera.position.z = 20
+    camera.far = 10000
     camera.fov = 22.5 // matches default openscad fov
 
     // Order matters with Euler rotations
@@ -105,6 +106,15 @@ function Box(props) {
     </mesh>
   )
 }
+function Sphere(props) {
+  const mesh = useRef()
+  return (
+    <mesh {...props} ref={mesh} scale={[1, 1, 1]}>
+      <sphereBufferGeometry args={[2, 30, 30]} />
+      <meshStandardMaterial color={props.color} />
+    </mesh>
+  )
+}
 let currentCode // I have no idea why this works and using state.code is the dispatch doesn't but it was always stale
 const IdeViewer = () => {
   const { state, dispatch } = useContext(IdeContext)
@@ -120,14 +130,22 @@ const IdeViewer = () => {
     setIsDragging(false)
   }, [state.objectData])
   currentCode = state.code
+
+  const openSCADDeepOceanThemeBackground = '#323232'
+  // the following are tailwind colors in hex, can't use these classes to color three.js meshes.
+  const pink400 = '#F472B6'
+  const indigo300 = '#A5B4FC'
+  const indigo900 = '#312E81'
   return (
     <div className="p-8 border-2 m-2">
-      <div className="relative" style={{ height: '500px', width: '500px' }}>
-        {state.isLoading && (
-          <div className="inset-0 absolute flex items-center justify-center">
-            <div className="h-16 w-16 bg-pink-600 rounded-full animate-ping"></div>
-          </div>
-        )}
+      <div
+        className="relative"
+        style={{
+          height: '500px',
+          width: '500px',
+          backgroundColor: openSCADDeepOceanThemeBackground,
+        }}
+      >
         {image && (
           <div
             className={`absolute inset-0 transition-opacity duration-500 ${
@@ -137,6 +155,11 @@ const IdeViewer = () => {
             <img src={image} className="" />
           </div>
         )}
+        {state.isLoading && (
+          <div className="inset-0 absolute flex items-center justify-center">
+            <div className="h-16 w-16 bg-pink-600 rounded-full animate-ping"></div>
+          </div>
+        )}
         <div
           className={`opacity-0 absolute inset-0 transition-opacity duration-500 ${
             isDragging ? 'opacity-100' : 'hover:opacity-50'
@@ -158,9 +181,10 @@ const IdeViewer = () => {
             />
             <ambientLight />
             <pointLight position={[15, 5, 10]} />
-            <Box position={[0, 49.5, 0]} size={[1, 100, 1]} color="cyan" />
-            <Box position={[0, 0, -50.5]} size={[1, 1, 100]} color="orange" />
-            <Box position={[50.5, 0, 0]} size={[100, 1, 1]} color="hotpink" />
+            <Sphere position={[0, 0, 0]} color={pink400} />
+            <Box position={[0, 50, 0]} size={[1, 100, 1]} color={indigo900} />
+            <Box position={[0, 0, -50]} size={[1, 1, 100]} color={indigo300} />
+            <Box position={[50, 0, 0]} size={[100, 1, 1]} color={pink400} />
           </Canvas>
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/web/src/helpers/cadPackages/openScadController.js b/web/src/helpers/cadPackages/openScadController.js
index d363cf0..f808c81 100644
--- a/web/src/helpers/cadPackages/openScadController.js
+++ b/web/src/helpers/cadPackages/openScadController.js
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ let openScadBaseURL =
   process.env.OPENSCAD_BASE_URL ||
   'https://x2wvhihk56.execute-api.us-east-1.amazonaws.com/dev'
 
+let lastCameraSettings
+
 export const render = async ({ code, settings }) => {
   const body = JSON.stringify({
     settings: {
@@ -9,10 +11,13 @@ export const render = async ({ code, settings }) => {
         x: 500,
         y: 500,
       },
-      camera: settings.camera,
+      camera: settings.camera || lastCameraSettings,
     },
     file: code,
   })
+  if (settings.camera) {
+    lastCameraSettings = settings.camera
+  }
   try {
     const response = await fetch(openScadBaseURL + '/render', {
       method: 'POST',
diff --git a/web/src/helpers/hooks/useIdeState.js b/web/src/helpers/hooks/useIdeState.js
index 90c4464..15723f1 100644
--- a/web/src/helpers/hooks/useIdeState.js
+++ b/web/src/helpers/hooks/useIdeState.js
@@ -1,17 +1,26 @@
 import { useReducer } from 'react'
 import { cadPackages } from 'src/helpers/cadPackages'
 
+const donutInitCode = `
+color(c="DarkGoldenrod")rotate_extrude()translate([20,0])circle(d=30);
+donut();
+module donut() {
+    for(i=[1:360]){
+        rotate(i*13.751)stick(20,i*1.351);
+    }
+}
+module stick(basewid, angl){
+    translate([basewid,0,0])rotate([angl,angl,angl*2])color(c="hotpink")hull(){
+        sphere(7);
+        translate([0,0,10])sphere(9);
+    }
+}`
+
 export const useIdeState = () => {
   const initialState = {
     ideType: 'openScad',
     consoleMessages: [{ type: 'message', message: 'Initialising OpenSCAD' }],
-    code: `difference(){
-  union(){
-    cube(60);
-    sphere(25);
-  }
-  translate([30,30,30])cylinder(r=25,h=100);
-}`,
+    code: donutInitCode,
     objectData: {
       type: 'stl',
       data: 'some binary',