diff --git a/src/main/c/src/fluid/sim/pressurecell/normalization.c b/src/main/c/src/fluid/sim/pressurecell/normalization.c
index f8e3c0ac..ff3efdc8 100644
--- a/src/main/c/src/fluid/sim/pressurecell/normalization.c
+++ b/src/main/c/src/fluid/sim/pressurecell/normalization.c
@@ -969,7 +969,7 @@ LIBRARY_API void fluid_pressurecell_recapture_density(Environment * env, Chunk *
     for(x = 0; x < DIM; x++){
         for(y = 0; y < DIM; y++){
             for(z = 0; z < DIM; z++){
-                dArr[IX(x,y,z)] = dTemp[IX(x,y,z)];
+                dArr[IX(x,y,z)] = fmax(0.0f,dTemp[IX(x,y,z)]);
             }
         }
     }