diff --git a/app/lib/surface/CocoSprite.coffee b/app/lib/surface/CocoSprite.coffee
index 54b94adc6..131839b27 100644
--- a/app/lib/surface/CocoSprite.coffee
+++ b/app/lib/surface/CocoSprite.coffee
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ module.exports = CocoSprite = class CocoSprite extends CocoClass
     return if @stillLoading
     @updatePosition()
     if frameChanged
-      @updateScale()
+      @updateScale() # must happen before rotation
       @updateAlpha()
       @updateRotation()
       @updateAction()
diff --git a/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee b/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee
index 03babdfd4..23fa7f38d 100644
--- a/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee
+++ b/app/views/editor/thang/edit.coffee
@@ -270,7 +270,7 @@ module.exports = class ThangTypeEditView extends View
     @$el.find('.rotation-label').text " #{value}° "
     if @currentSprite
       @currentSprite.rotation = value
-      @currentSprite.update()
+      @currentSprite.update(true)
 
   updateScale: =>
     value = (@scaleSlider.slider('value') + 1) / 10
diff --git a/app/views/play/level_view.coffee b/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
index a7faa74cb..5f37798a3 100644
--- a/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
+++ b/app/views/play/level_view.coffee
@@ -128,7 +128,7 @@ module.exports = class PlayLevelView extends View
 
   onLevelLoaderProgressChanged: ->
     return if @seenDocs
-    return unless showFrequency = @levelLoader.level.get('showGuide')
+    return unless showFrequency = @levelLoader.level.get('showsGuide')
     session = @levelLoader.session
     diff = new Date().getTime() - new Date(session.get('created')).getTime()
     return if showFrequency is 'first-time' and diff > (5 * 60 * 1000)