diff --git a/.vscode/settings.json b/.vscode/settings.json
index c745317b..6a3a3dd4 100644
--- a/.vscode/settings.json
+++ b/.vscode/settings.json
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@
         "environment.h": "c",
         "simulator.h": "c",
         "dispatcher.h": "c",
-        "cellular.h": "c"
+        "cellular.h": "c",
+        "limits": "c"
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/buildNumber.properties b/buildNumber.properties
index d2a43411..5f2f7b23 100644
--- a/buildNumber.properties
+++ b/buildNumber.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #maven.buildNumber.plugin properties file
-#Fri Dec 06 15:38:11 EST 2024
-buildNumber=526
+#Fri Dec 06 15:47:19 EST 2024
+buildNumber=529
diff --git a/src/main/c/src/fluid/dispatch/dispatcher.c b/src/main/c/src/fluid/dispatch/dispatcher.c
index 6d96fe94..19b5a528 100644
--- a/src/main/c/src/fluid/dispatch/dispatcher.c
+++ b/src/main/c/src/fluid/dispatch/dispatcher.c
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ LIBRARY_API void fluid_dispatch(int numReadIn, Chunk ** chunkViewC, Environment
     for(int i = 0; i < numReadIn; i++){
         Chunk * currentChunk = chunkViewC[i];
         //TODO: conditionally add to queues based on some values (ie lod, spatial loc, etc)
-        arrput(environment->queue.gridQueue,currentChunk);
+        arrput(environment->queue.cellularQueue,currentChunk);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/main/c/src/fluid/sim/cellular/cellular.c b/src/main/c/src/fluid/sim/cellular/cellular.c
index fdd82630..df1f24ec 100644
--- a/src/main/c/src/fluid/sim/cellular/cellular.c
+++ b/src/main/c/src/fluid/sim/cellular/cellular.c
@@ -1,6 +1,9 @@
 
+
 #include "stb/stb_ds.h"
 #include "fluid/sim/cellular/cellular.h"
+#include "fluid/queue/chunkmask.h"
+#include "fluid/env/utilities.h"
 
 
 /**
@@ -15,6 +18,30 @@ LIBRARY_API void fluid_cellular_simulate(Environment * environment){
     for(int i = 0; i < chunkCount; i++){
         Chunk * currentChunk = chunks[i];
         //simulate here
+
+        float * d = currentChunk->d[CENTER_LOC];
+
+        for(int x = 1; x < DIM-1; x++){
+            for(int y = 1; y < DIM-1; y++){
+                for(int z = 1; z < DIM-1; z++){
+                    if(d[IX(x,y,z)] <= 0){
+                        continue;
+                    } else {
+                        int deltaLower = MAX_VALUE - d[IX(x,y-1,z)];
+                        if(deltaLower > 0){
+                            int transferLower;
+                            if(d[IX(x,y,z)] >= deltaLower){
+                                transferLower = deltaLower;
+                            } else {
+                                transferLower = d[IX(x,y,z)];
+                            }
+                            d[IX(x,y,z)] -= transferLower;
+                            d[IX(x,y-1,z)] += transferLower;
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+        }
     }
 
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/c/fluid/dispatch/dispatcher_tests.c b/src/test/c/fluid/dispatch/dispatcher_tests.c
index c9895bbe..9b3111d8 100644
--- a/src/test/c/fluid/dispatch/dispatcher_tests.c
+++ b/src/test/c/fluid/dispatch/dispatcher_tests.c
@@ -16,7 +16,9 @@ int fluid_dispatch_dispatcher_tests(){
     Chunk ** queue = chunk_create_queue(queueSize);
     fluid_dispatch(queueSize,queue,env);
 
-    int gridChunksFound = stbds_arrlen(env->queue.gridQueue);
+    int gridChunksFound = stbds_arrlen(env->queue.gridQueue) +
+        stbds_arrlen(env->queue.cellularQueue)
+    ;
     rVal += assertEquals(gridChunksFound,queueSize,"should have 10 queued chunks -- %d %d \n");
 
     return rVal;