diff --git a/mslicer/src/app/mod.rs b/mslicer/src/app/mod.rs
index 8e8d625..4131ae6 100644
--- a/mslicer/src/app/mod.rs
+++ b/mslicer/src/app/mod.rs
@@ -180,7 +180,7 @@ impl App {
     }
 
     pub fn load_mesh<T: BufRead + Seek>(&mut self, buf: &mut T, format: &str, name: String) {
-        let mut model = match slicer::mesh::load_mesh(buf, format) {
+        let model = match slicer::mesh::load_mesh(buf, format) {
             Ok(model) => model,
             Err(err) => {
                 self.popup.open(Popup::simple(
@@ -193,11 +193,6 @@ impl App {
         };
         info!("Loaded model `{name}` with {} faces", model.face_count());
 
-        if model.normals().iter().any(|x| x.magnitude_squared() == 0.0) {
-            warn!("Model `{name}` has invalid normals. Recomputing.");
-            model.recompute_normals();
-        }
-
         let rendered_mesh = RenderedMesh::from_mesh(model)
             .with_name(name.clone())
             .with_random_color();
diff --git a/slicer/src/mesh.rs b/slicer/src/mesh.rs
index ce5eaae..92011f9 100644
--- a/slicer/src/mesh.rs
+++ b/slicer/src/mesh.rs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ use std::{
 use anyhow::Result;
 use nalgebra::{Matrix4, Vector3};
 use obj::{Obj, Vertex};
+use tracing::warn;
 
 use crate::Pos;
 
@@ -33,8 +34,14 @@ struct MeshInner {
 impl Mesh {
     /// Creates a new mesh from the givin vertices and faces. The
     /// transformations are all 0 by default.
-    pub fn new(mut vertices: Vec<Pos>, faces: Vec<[u32; 3]>, normals: Vec<Pos>) -> Self {
+    pub fn new(mut vertices: Vec<Pos>, faces: Vec<[u32; 3]>, mut normals: Vec<Pos>) -> Self {
         center_vertices(&mut vertices);
+
+        if normals.iter().any(|x| x.magnitude_squared() == 0.0) {
+            warn!("Model has invalid normals. Recomputing.");
+            normals = recompute_normals(&vertices, &faces);
+        }
+
         Self::new_uncentred(vertices, faces, normals)
     }
 
@@ -83,17 +90,7 @@ impl Mesh {
     /// Makes a copy of the mesh with normals computed from the triangles
     /// directly. The copy makes this operation kinda expensive.
     pub fn recompute_normals(&mut self) {
-        let vertices = self.vertices();
-        let normals = self
-            .faces()
-            .iter()
-            .map(|f| {
-                let edge1 = vertices[f[2] as usize] - vertices[f[1] as usize];
-                let edge2 = vertices[f[0] as usize] - vertices[f[1] as usize];
-                edge1.cross(&edge2).normalize()
-            })
-            .collect();
-
+        let normals = recompute_normals(self.vertices(), self.faces());
         self.overwrite_normals(normals)
     }
 
@@ -377,3 +374,14 @@ fn center_vertices(vertices: &mut [Pos]) {
     let center = Pos::new(center.x, center.y, min.z);
     vertices.iter_mut().for_each(|v| *v -= center);
 }
+
+fn recompute_normals(vertices: &[Pos], faces: &[[u32; 3]]) -> Vec<Vector3<f32>> {
+    faces
+        .iter()
+        .map(|f| {
+            let edge1 = vertices[f[2] as usize] - vertices[f[1] as usize];
+            let edge2 = vertices[f[0] as usize] - vertices[f[1] as usize];
+            edge1.cross(&edge2).normalize()
+        })
+        .collect()
+}