diff --git a/src/ActivityAnimation.cpp b/src/ActivityAnimation.cpp
index 5b9387c..5ac74ae 100644
--- a/src/ActivityAnimation.cpp
+++ b/src/ActivityAnimation.cpp
@@ -56,6 +56,8 @@ void ActivityAnimation::draw(float timeScale)
     caffe::caffe_scal(bufferLength, timeScale, vertexBuffer.get());
     caffe::caffe_add(bufferLength, startingPos.data(), vertexBuffer.get(), vertexBuffer.get());
 
+    glPointSize(5);
+
     glEnableClientState(GL_VERTEX_ARRAY);
     glEnableClientState(GL_COLOR_ARRAY);
     glColorPointer(3, GL_FLOAT, 0, colorBuf.data());
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 24c3581..90b976a 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -166,7 +166,7 @@ static void idleFunc()
     checkGLErrors();
     glutPostRedisplay();
     throttleIdleFunc();
-    rendererData.animationStep = 0.025f + 0.95f * (1 - cos(M_PI * getAnimationStep(std::chrono::seconds(5)))) / 2;
+    rendererData.animationStep = (1 - cos(M_PI * getAnimationStep(std::chrono::seconds(5)))) / 2;
 }
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
@@ -197,6 +197,18 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
     // Enable depth test to fix objects behind you
     glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
 
+    // Nicer rendering
+    glEnable(GL_POINT_SMOOTH);
+    glEnable(GL_LINE_SMOOTH);
+    glEnable(GL_POLYGON_SMOOTH);
+    glHint(GL_POINT_SMOOTH, GL_NICEST);
+    glHint(GL_LINE_SMOOTH, GL_NICEST);
+    glHint(GL_POLYGON_SMOOTH, GL_NICEST);
+    glHint(GL_POINT_SMOOTH_HINT, GL_NICEST);
+    glHint(GL_LINE_SMOOTH_HINT, GL_NICEST);
+    glHint(GL_POLYGON_SMOOTH_HINT, GL_NICEST);
+    glBlendFunc(GL_DST_ALPHA,GL_ONE_MINUS_DST_ALPHA);
+
     // Start visualisation
     glutMainLoop();