diff --git a/src/components/directional-light.js b/src/components/directional-light.js
index cd501d7107f4f579ab85f9ddb5274e8ddf8bc7f1..6c2a1e89d24981bfa0e893264f2ae6423c6d8e0e 100644
--- a/src/components/directional-light.js
+++ b/src/components/directional-light.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent("directional-light", {
   init() {
     const el = this.el;
     this.light = new THREE.DirectionalLight();
+    this.light.position.set(0, 0, 0);
     this.light.target.position.set(0, 0, 1);
     this.light.add(this.light.target);
     this.el.setObject3D("directional-light", this.light);
diff --git a/src/components/hemisphere-light.js b/src/components/hemisphere-light.js
index ec26e4c16f032c23172efd4185698c4f3381fab5..2aefa6b6172fc80a694fd91cb23c778326b3ca17 100644
--- a/src/components/hemisphere-light.js
+++ b/src/components/hemisphere-light.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ AFRAME.registerComponent("hemisphere-light", {
   init() {
     const el = this.el;
     this.light = new THREE.HemisphereLight();
+    this.light.position.set(0, 0, 0);
     this.el.setObject3D("hemisphere-light", this.light);
     this.el.sceneEl.systems.light.registerLight(el);
   },