diff --git a/gradle.properties b/gradle.properties
index 3f301511c..0e53eea99 100644
--- a/gradle.properties
+++ b/gradle.properties
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
-# Done to increase the memory available to gradle.
-org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx3G
+org.gradle.jvmargs=-Xmx1G
 
 kotlin.code.style=official
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/embeddium/impl/mixin/core/model/quad/BakedQuadMixin.java b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/embeddium/impl/mixin/core/model/quad/BakedQuadMixin.java
index e99105e9e..166231cbc 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/embeddium/impl/mixin/core/model/quad/BakedQuadMixin.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/embeddium/impl/mixin/core/model/quad/BakedQuadMixin.java
@@ -11,9 +11,6 @@
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Mixin;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Shadow;
 import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.Unique;
-import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.At;
-import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.Inject;
-import org.spongepowered.asm.mixin.injection.callback.CallbackInfo;
 
 import static org.embeddedt.embeddium.impl.util.ModelQuadUtil.*;
 
@@ -52,18 +49,6 @@ public class BakedQuadMixin implements BakedQuadView {
     @Unique
     private ModelQuadFacing normalFace;
 
-    @Inject(method = "/<init>/", at = @At("RETURN"))
-    private void init(CallbackInfo ci) {
-        if (this.normalFace != null) {
-            // injector already ran on other constructor, skip
-            return;
-        }
-        this.normal = ModelQuadUtil.calculateNormal(this);
-        this.normalFace = ModelQuadUtil.findNormalFace(this.normal);
-
-        this.flags = ModelQuadFlags.getQuadFlags(this, this.direction);
-    }
-
     @Override
     public float getX(int idx) {
         return Float.intBitsToFloat(this.vertices[vertexOffset(idx) + POSITION_INDEX]);
@@ -111,7 +96,11 @@ public int getForgeNormal(int idx) {
 
     @Override
     public int getFlags() {
-        return this.flags;
+        int f = this.flags;
+        if (f == 0) {
+            this.flags = f = ModelQuadFlags.getQuadFlags(this, direction);
+        }
+        return f;
     }
 
     @Override
@@ -126,12 +115,20 @@ public int getColorIndex() {
 
     @Override
     public ModelQuadFacing getNormalFace() {
-        return this.normalFace;
+        var face = this.normalFace;
+        if (face == null) {
+            this.normalFace = face = ModelQuadUtil.findNormalFace(getComputedFaceNormal());
+        }
+        return face;
     }
 
     @Override
     public int getComputedFaceNormal() {
-        return this.normal;
+        int n = this.normal;
+        if (n == 0) {
+            this.normal = n = ModelQuadUtil.calculateNormal(this);
+        }
+        return n;
     }
 
     @Override
diff --git a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/embeddium/impl/model/quad/properties/ModelQuadFlags.java b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/embeddium/impl/model/quad/properties/ModelQuadFlags.java
index 768c24994..2f3ece438 100644
--- a/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/embeddium/impl/model/quad/properties/ModelQuadFlags.java
+++ b/src/main/java/org/embeddedt/embeddium/impl/model/quad/properties/ModelQuadFlags.java
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ public class ModelQuadFlags {
      * the normals of each vertex.
      */
     public static final int IS_VANILLA_SHADED = 0b1000;
+    /**
+     * Indicates that the flags are populated for the quad.
+     */
+    public static final int IS_POPULATED = (1 << 31);
 
     /**
      * @return True if the bit-flag of {@link ModelQuadFlags} contains the given flag
@@ -111,6 +115,8 @@ public static int getQuadFlags(ModelQuadView quad, Direction face) {
             flags |= IS_ALIGNED;
         }
 
+        flags |= IS_POPULATED;
+
         return flags;
     }
 }
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