diff --git a/apps/openmw/mwscript/transformationextensions.cpp b/apps/openmw/mwscript/transformationextensions.cpp
index e2d701268..beb6c3d8c 100644
--- a/apps/openmw/mwscript/transformationextensions.cpp
+++ b/apps/openmw/mwscript/transformationextensions.cpp
@@ -153,15 +153,15 @@ namespace MWScript
 
                     if (axis=="x")
                     {
-                        runtime.push(Ogre::Radian(ptr.getRefData().getPosition().rot[0]+ptr.getRefData().getLocalRotation().rot[0]).valueDegrees());
+                        runtime.push(Ogre::Radian(ptr.getRefData().getPosition().rot[0]).valueDegrees()+ptr.getRefData().getLocalRotation().rot[0]);
                     }
                     else if (axis=="y")
                     {
-                        runtime.push(Ogre::Radian(ptr.getRefData().getPosition().rot[1]+ptr.getRefData().getLocalRotation().rot[1]).valueDegrees());
+                        runtime.push(Ogre::Radian(ptr.getRefData().getPosition().rot[1]).valueDegrees()+ptr.getRefData().getLocalRotation().rot[1]);
                     }
                     else if (axis=="z")
                     {
-                        runtime.push(Ogre::Radian(ptr.getRefData().getPosition().rot[2]+ptr.getRefData().getLocalRotation().rot[2]).valueDegrees());
+                        runtime.push(Ogre::Radian(ptr.getRefData().getPosition().rot[2]).valueDegrees()+ptr.getRefData().getLocalRotation().rot[2]);
                     }
                     else
                         throw std::runtime_error ("invalid ration axis: " + axis);