diff --git a/isometric-park-fna/FNAGame.cs b/isometric-park-fna/FNAGame.cs
--- a/isometric-park-fna/FNAGame.cs
+++ b/isometric-park-fna/FNAGame.cs
@@ -543,7 +543,7 @@
         _imGuiRenderer.BeforeLayout(gameTime);
         if (this.isPlaying)
         {
-            batch.Begin(SpriteSortMode.BackToFront,
+            batch.Begin(SpriteSortMode.Deferred,
                         BlendState.AlphaBlend,
                         null,
                         null,
@@ -584,11 +584,19 @@
                     // }
                 }
             }
+            batch.End();
             stopWatch2.Stop();
             this.tileDrawTime = stopWatch2.Elapsed;
             #endregion draw_tiles
 
             #region draw_gridlines
+            batch.Begin(SpriteSortMode.BackToFront,
+                        BlendState.AlphaBlend,
+                        null,
+                        null,
+                        null,
+                        null,
+                        camera.get_transformation(GraphicsDevice));
             stopWatch2 = new Stopwatch();
             stopWatch2.Start();