diff --git a/olaflow/config.ini b/olaflow/config.ini
index 57bed2c..133135f 100644
--- a/olaflow/config.ini
+++ b/olaflow/config.ini
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@ npz_out=../swash/inp_post
 [bathy]
 bathy=../swash/data/bathyhires.dat
 hstru=../swash/data/Hstru.dat
-scale=[0.5,10,1]
+scale=[0.5,1,1]
+translate=[-150,0,0]
 out=out_bathy
diff --git a/olaflow/processing/bathy.py b/olaflow/processing/bathy.py
index c2d8906..f5de063 100644
--- a/olaflow/processing/bathy.py
+++ b/olaflow/processing/bathy.py
@@ -28,10 +28,12 @@ out.mkdir(exist_ok=True)
 stl_from_1d(
     bathy,
     out.joinpath("bathy.stl"),
-    config.get("bathy", "scale"),
+    config.get("bathy", "scale", fallback=[1,1,1]),
+    config.get("bathy", "translate", fallback=[0,0,0]),
 )
 stl_from_1d(
     poro,
     out.joinpath("poro.stl"),
-    config.get("bathy", "scale"),
+    config.get("bathy", "scale", fallback=[1,1,1]),
+    config.get("bathy", "translate", fallback=[0,0,0]),
 )
diff --git a/olaflow/processing/stl.py b/olaflow/processing/stl.py
index a69bbf3..a70fe75 100644
--- a/olaflow/processing/stl.py
+++ b/olaflow/processing/stl.py
@@ -6,12 +6,16 @@ import tempfile
 import numpy as np
 
 
-def stl_from_1d(data, output, scale=[1, 1, 1]):
+def stl_from_1d(data, output, scale=[1, 1, 1], translate=[0, 0, 0]):
     with tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() as tmppath:
         tmpdir = pathlib.Path(tmppath)
         np.savetxt(tmpdir.joinpath("data.dat"), np.stack((data, data)))
         with open(tmpdir.joinpath("scad"), "wt") as scad:
-            scad.write(f"""scale({scale})surface("data.dat");""")
+            scad.write(
+                f"translate({translate})"
+                f"scale({scale})"
+                f"""surface("data.dat");"""
+            )
 
         subprocess.run(("openscad", "scad", "-o", "data.stl"), cwd=tmpdir)