diff --git a/props/voxelman_prop.cpp b/props/voxelman_prop.cpp
index 7234011..869a45c 100644
--- a/props/voxelman_prop.cpp
+++ b/props/voxelman_prop.cpp
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void VoxelmanProp::set_props(const Vector<Variant> &props) {
 
 VoxelmanProp::VoxelmanProp() {
 	_snap_to_mesh = true;
-	_snap_axis = Vector3(0, 1, 0);
+	_snap_axis = Vector3(0, -1, 0);
 }
 VoxelmanProp::~VoxelmanProp() {
 	_props.clear();
diff --git a/world/voxel_chunk_prop_data.cpp b/world/voxel_chunk_prop_data.cpp
index eb7b519..22d05f0 100644
--- a/world/voxel_chunk_prop_data.cpp
+++ b/world/voxel_chunk_prop_data.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ VoxelChunkPropData::VoxelChunkPropData() {
 	_z = 0;
 	_scale = Vector3(1, 1, 1);
 	_snap_to_mesh = false;
+	_snap_axis = Vector3(0, -1, 0);
 }
 VoxelChunkPropData::~VoxelChunkPropData() {
 	_mesh.unref();