diff --git a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
index 9b0fc4816..143f62792 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/engine.cpp
@@ -137,16 +137,16 @@ void OMW::Engine::go()
     // Used to control the player camera and position
     MWRender::PlayerPos player(scene.getCamera());
 
-    // Optionally enable the sky
-    if (mEnableSky)
-        mpSkyManager = MWRender::SkyManager::create(mOgre.getWindow(), scene.getCamera());
-
     // This connects the cell data with the rendering scene.
     MWRender::InteriorCellRender rend(cell, scene);
 
     // Load the cell and insert it into the renderer
     rend.show();
 
+    // Optionally enable the sky
+    if (mEnableSky)
+        mpSkyManager = MWRender::SkyManager::create(mOgre.getWindow(), scene.getCamera());
+
     std::cout << "Setting up input system\n";
 
     // Sets up the input system
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/interior.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/interior.cpp
index 8292888f0..e85d09722 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/interior.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/interior.cpp
@@ -141,7 +141,7 @@ void InteriorCellRender::configureFog()
   float low = 200;
 
   scene.getMgr()->setFog (FOG_LINEAR, color, 0, low, high);
-  scene.getCamera()->setFarClipDistance (high + 10 * 1000);
+  scene.getCamera()->setFarClipDistance (high + 10);
   scene.getViewport()->setBackgroundColour (color);
 }
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/mwscene.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/mwscene.cpp
index 171bc108c..08172f885 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/mwscene.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/mwscene.cpp
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ MWScene::MWScene(Render::OgreRenderer &_rend)
 
   // Create the camera
   camera = sceneMgr->createCamera("PlayerCam");
-
   camera->setNearClipDistance(5);
   
   // Create one viewport, entire window
@@ -36,8 +35,6 @@ MWScene::MWScene(Render::OgreRenderer &_rend)
   // Set default mipmap level (NB some APIs ignore this)
   TextureManager::getSingleton().setDefaultNumMipmaps(5);
 
-
-
   // Load resources
   ResourceGroupManager::getSingleton().initialiseAllResourceGroups();
 
diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.cpp
index ec3e8a1b7..bcd40457f 100755
--- a/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwrender/sky.cpp
@@ -50,6 +50,9 @@ namespace MWRender
         // Disable fog since OpenMW is handling OGRE fog elsewhere
         mpCaelumSystem->setManageSceneFog(false);
 
+        // Change the camera far distance to make sure the sky is not clipped
+        pCamera->setFarClipDistance(50000);
+
         // Register Caelum as an OGRE listener
         pRenderWindow->addListener(mpCaelumSystem);
         Root::getSingletonPtr()->addFrameListener(mpCaelumSystem);