diff --git a/NewHorizons/Main.cs b/NewHorizons/Main.cs
index 980c78ce..a1203e28 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/Main.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/Main.cs
@@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ namespace NewHorizons
 
             Debug = config.GetSettingsValue<bool>("Debug");
             DebugReload.UpdateReloadButton();
+            DebugMenu.UpdatePauseMenuButton();
             Logger.UpdateLogLevel(Debug ? Logger.LogType.Log : Logger.LogType.Error);
 
             _defaultSystemOverride = config.GetSettingsValue<string>("Default System Override");
diff --git a/NewHorizons/Utility/DebugUtilities/DebugMenu.cs b/NewHorizons/Utility/DebugUtilities/DebugMenu.cs
index 7366f6d8..1046c194 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/Utility/DebugUtilities/DebugMenu.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/Utility/DebugUtilities/DebugMenu.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 using NewHorizons.External;
 using NewHorizons.External.Configs;
 using NewHorizons.External.Modules;
+using NewHorizons.Handlers;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
 using OWML.Common;
 using OWML.Common.Menus;
@@ -43,7 +44,6 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Utility.DebugUtilities
         public static readonly char separatorCharacter = '☧'; // since no chars are illegal in game object names, I picked one that's extremely unlikely to be used to be a separator
         private static readonly string favoritePropsPlayerPrefKey = "FavoriteProps";
 
-        //private string workingModName = "";
         private static IModBehaviour loadedMod = null;
         private Dictionary<string, PlanetConfig> loadedConfigFiles = new Dictionary<string, PlanetConfig>();
         private bool saveButtonUnlocked = false;
@@ -65,7 +65,6 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Utility.DebugUtilities
 
         private void Start()
         {
-            if (!Main.Debug) return;
             if (!staticInitialized)
             {
                 staticInitialized = true;
@@ -91,9 +90,17 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Utility.DebugUtilities
 
         private void PauseMenuInitHook()
         {
-            pauseMenuButton = Main.Instance.ModHelper.Menus.PauseMenu.OptionsButton.Duplicate("Toggle Prop Placer Menu".ToUpper());
+            pauseMenuButton = Main.Instance.ModHelper.Menus.PauseMenu.OptionsButton.Duplicate(TranslationHandler.GetTranslation("Toggle Prop Placer Menu", TranslationHandler.TextType.UI).ToUpper());
             InitMenu();
         }
+        public static void UpdatePauseMenuButton()
+        {
+            if (pauseMenuButton != null)
+            {
+                if (Main.Debug) pauseMenuButton.Show();
+                else pauseMenuButton.Hide();
+            }
+        }
 
         private void RestoreMenuOpennessState() { menuOpen = openMenuOnPause; }
         private void ToggleMenu() { menuOpen = !menuOpen; openMenuOnPause = !openMenuOnPause; }
@@ -324,6 +331,8 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Utility.DebugUtilities
         {
             if (_editorMenuStyle != null) return;
 
+            UpdatePauseMenuButton();
+
             // TODO: figure out how to clear this event list so that we don't pile up useless instances of the DebugMenu that can't get garbage collected
             pauseMenuButton.OnClick += ToggleMenu;
 
diff --git a/NewHorizons/Utility/DebugUtilities/DebugPropPlacer.cs b/NewHorizons/Utility/DebugUtilities/DebugPropPlacer.cs
index d675d846..170f5ee3 100644
--- a/NewHorizons/Utility/DebugUtilities/DebugPropPlacer.cs
+++ b/NewHorizons/Utility/DebugUtilities/DebugPropPlacer.cs
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@ using static NewHorizons.External.Modules.PropModule;
 namespace NewHorizons.Utility.DebugUtilities
 {
     
+    //
+    // The prop placer. Doesn't interact with any files, just places and tracks props.
+    //
+
     [RequireComponent(typeof(DebugRaycaster))]
     class DebugPropPlacer : MonoBehaviour
     {
@@ -23,9 +27,10 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Utility.DebugUtilities
             public DetailInfo detailInfo;
         }
 
+        // VASE
         public static readonly string DEFAULT_OBJECT = "BrittleHollow_Body/Sector_BH/Sector_NorthHemisphere/Sector_NorthPole/Sector_HangingCity/Sector_HangingCity_District1/Props_HangingCity_District1/OtherComponentsGroup/Props_HangingCity_Building_10/Prefab_NOM_VaseThin";
 
-        public string currentObject { get; private set; }
+        public string currentObject { get; private set; } // path of the prop to be placed
         private bool hasAddedCurrentObjectToRecentsList = false;
         private List<PropPlacementData> props = new List<PropPlacementData>();
         private List<PropPlacementData> deletedProps = new List<PropPlacementData>();
@@ -230,8 +235,8 @@ namespace NewHorizons.Utility.DebugUtilities
                 for(int i = 0; i < bodyProps.Count; i++)
                 {
                     bodyProps[i].detailInfo.position = bodyProps[i].gameObject.transform.localPosition;
-                    bodyProps[i].detailInfo.rotation = bodyProps[i].gameObject.transform.localEulerAngles;
                     bodyProps[i].detailInfo.scale = bodyProps[i].gameObject.transform.localScale.x;
+                    if (!bodyProps[i].detailInfo.alignToNormal) bodyProps[i].detailInfo.rotation = bodyProps[i].gameObject.transform.localEulerAngles;
 
                     infoArray[i] = bodyProps[i].detailInfo;
                 }