diff --git a/wh-engine/actor.lisp b/wh-engine/actor.lisp
index bdf2a20..9354fb3 100644
--- a/wh-engine/actor.lisp
+++ b/wh-engine/actor.lisp
@@ -301,7 +301,7 @@
 (defmethod world-matrix ((this actor))
   "The local-to-world-space transformation matrix for this actor."
   (if [this parent]
-      (m* [this matrix] [this parent world-matrix])
+      (m* [this parent world-matrix] [this matrix])
       [this matrix]))
 
 (defmethod local-matrix ((this actor))