diff --git a/tests/examples/gl/generic/cube/main.cpp b/tests/examples/gl/generic/cube/main.cpp
index c3ace9fbe2..3a54fe65bb 100644
--- a/tests/examples/gl/generic/cube/main.cpp
+++ b/tests/examples/gl/generic/cube/main.cpp
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ static gboolean drawCallback (GstElement * gl_sink, GstGLContext *context, GstSa
     glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
     glLoadIdentity();
 
-    glTranslatef(0.0f,0.0f,-5.0f);
+    glScalef(0.5f,0.5f,0.5f);
 
     glRotatef(xrot,1.0f,0.0f,0.0f);
     glRotatef(yrot,0.0f,1.0f,0.0f);
@@ -165,6 +165,9 @@ static gboolean drawCallback (GstElement * gl_sink, GstGLContext *context, GstSa
     yrot+=0.2f;
     zrot+=0.4f;
 
+    glDisable (GL_DEPTH_TEST);
+    glDisable (GL_TEXTURE_2D);
+
     return TRUE;
 }