diff --git a/displayer.py b/displayer.py
index 9b5a8173..844948b8 100644
--- a/displayer.py
+++ b/displayer.py
@@ -60,8 +60,8 @@ def paint_mobjects(mobjects, image_array = None):
         )
 
         flattener = np.array([[1], [width]], dtype = 'int')
-        indices = np.dot(points, flattener)
-        pixels[indices[:,0]] = (255*rgbs).astype(int)
+        indices = np.dot(points, flattener)[:,0]
+        pixels[indices] = (255*rgbs).astype('uint8')
 
     pixels = pixels.reshape((height, width, 3)).astype('uint8')
     return pixels
@@ -71,24 +71,21 @@ def add_thickness(pixel_indices, rgbs, thickness, width, height):
     Imagine dragging each pixel around like a paintbrush in
     a square of pixels tickness x thickness big surrounding it
     """
-    nudge_values = range(-thickness/2+1, thickness/2+1)
     original = np.array(pixel_indices)
     original_rgbs = np.array(rgbs)
-    for x, y in it.product(nudge_values, nudge_values):
-        if x == 0 and y == 0:
-            continue
-        pixel_indices = np.append(
-            pixel_indices, 
-            original+[x, y], 
-            axis = 0
-        )
-        rgbs = np.append(rgbs, original_rgbs, axis = 0)
+    for nudge in range(-thickness/2+1, thickness/2+1):
+        for x, y in [[nudge, 0], [0, nudge]]:
+            pixel_indices = np.append(
+                pixel_indices, 
+                original+[x, y], 
+                axis = 0
+            )
+            rgbs = np.append(rgbs, original_rgbs, axis = 0)
     admissibles = (pixel_indices[:,0] >= 0) & \
                   (pixel_indices[:,0] < width) & \
                   (pixel_indices[:,1] >= 0) & \
                   (pixel_indices[:,1] < height)
     return pixel_indices[admissibles], rgbs[admissibles]
-
     
 
 def place_on_screen(points, rgbs, space_width, space_height):
diff --git a/mobject/mobject.py b/mobject/mobject.py
index 6aaff828..9a5e9b99 100644
--- a/mobject/mobject.py
+++ b/mobject/mobject.py
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ class Mobject(object):
     #Number of numbers used to describe a point (3 for pos, 3 for normal vector)
     DEFAULT_CONFIG = {
         "color" : "white",
-        "point_thickness" : 2,
+        "point_thickness" : 4,
         "name" : None,
     }
     DIM = 3
diff --git a/scene/scene.py b/scene/scene.py
index d8565f7b..fe61ee03 100644
--- a/scene/scene.py
+++ b/scene/scene.py
@@ -165,9 +165,7 @@ class Scene(object):
             for animation in animations:
                 animation.update((t-t0)/(t1 - t0))
             index = int(t/self.frame_duration)
-            self.frames[index] = disp.paint_mobject(
-                CompoundMobject(*moving_mobjects), self.frames[index]
-            )
+            self.frames[index] = disp.paint_mobjects(moving_mobjects, self.frames[index])
         for animation in animations:
             animation.clean_up()
         return self