diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index c0b602c..e52dac6 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -344,8 +344,6 @@ If higher order degrees are desired, additional template parameters can be easil
 Similarly, to reduce compilation times, support for specific degrees can be removed.)
 <LI> Added the <B>--primalVoxel</B> flag to support to extraction of a voxel grid using primal sampling.
 <LI> Changed the implementation of the voxel sampling so that computation is now linear, rather than log-linear, in the number of samples.
-<LI> Changed the realization of the normal/vector field to use a more compactly supported basis. This gives rise to a smaller system (using less memory and providing a faster solver). Earlier results can be obtained
-  by setting:<PRE>#define NORMAL_DEGREE 2</PRE> in the file <I>MultiGridOctreeData.h</I>.
 </OL>
 
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diff --git a/Src/MultiGridOctreeData.h b/Src/MultiGridOctreeData.h
index 983dd9c..1f53f02 100644
--- a/Src/MultiGridOctreeData.h
+++ b/Src/MultiGridOctreeData.h
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ DAMAGE.
 
 #define DATA_DEGREE 1		// The order of the B-Spline used to splat in data for color interpolation
 #define WEIGHT_DEGREE 2		// The order of the B-Spline used to splat in the weights for density estimation
-#define NORMAL_DEGREE 1		// The order of the B-Spline used to splat int the normals for constructing the Laplacian constraints
+#define NORMAL_DEGREE 2		// The order of the B-Spline used to splat int the normals for constructing the Laplacian constraints
 
 //#define MAX_MEMORY_GB 15
 #define MAX_MEMORY_GB 0