diff --git a/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/Placement.cs b/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/Placement.cs
index f650312..d91d214 100644
--- a/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/Placement.cs
+++ b/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/Placement.cs
@@ -21,14 +21,14 @@ namespace GamecraftModdingAPI.Blocks
         /// <param name="color">The block's color</param>
         /// <param name="darkness">The block color's darkness (0-9) - 0 is default color</param>
         /// <param name="position">The block's position in the grid - default block size is 0.2</param>
-        /// <param name="rotation">The block's rotation</param>
+        /// <param name="rotation">The block's rotation in degrees</param>
         /// <param name="uscale">The block's uniform scale - default scale is 1 (with 0.2 width)</param>
         /// <param name="scale">The block's non-uniform scale - 0 means <paramref name="uscale"/> is used</param>
         /// <param name="playerId">The player who placed the block</param>
         /// <returns>Whether the operation was successful</returns>
         public static bool PlaceBlock(BlockIDs block, float3 position,
-            quaternion rotation = new quaternion(), BlockColors color = BlockColors.Default, byte darkness = 0,
-            int uscale = 1, float3 scale = new float3(), uint playerId = 0)
+            float3 rotation = default, BlockColors color = BlockColors.Default, byte darkness = 0,
+            int uscale = 1, float3 scale = default, uint playerId = 0)
         {
             if (placementEngine.IsInGame && GameState.IsBuildMode())
             {
diff --git a/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/PlacementEngine.cs b/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/PlacementEngine.cs
index fbad336..0bcf890 100644
--- a/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/PlacementEngine.cs
+++ b/GamecraftModdingAPI/Blocks/PlacementEngine.cs
@@ -44,19 +44,8 @@ namespace GamecraftModdingAPI.Blocks
         public IEntitiesDB entitiesDB { get; set; }
         internal static BlockEntityFactory _blockEntityFactory; //Injected from PlaceBlockEngine
 
-        /// <summary>
-        /// Places a block at the given position
-        /// </summary>
-        /// <param name="block">The block's type</param>
-        /// <param name="color">The block's color</param>
-        /// <param name="darkness">The block color's darkness - 0 is default color</param>
-        /// <param name="position">The block's position - default block size is 0.2</param>
-        /// <param name="uscale">The block's uniform scale - default scale is 1 (with 0.2 width)</param>
-        /// <param name="scale">The block's non-uniform scale - less than 1 means <paramref name="uscale"/> is used</param>
-        /// <param name="playerId">The player who placed the block</param>
-        /// <exception cref="Exception"></exception>
         public void PlaceBlock(BlockIDs block, BlockColors color, byte darkness, float3 position, int uscale,
-            float3 scale, uint playerId, quaternion rotation)
+            float3 scale, uint playerId, float3 rotation)
         { //It appears that only the non-uniform scale has any visible effect, but if that's not given here it will be set to the uniform one
             if (darkness > 9)
                 throw new Exception("That is too dark. Make sure to use 0-9 as darkness. (0 is default.)");
@@ -68,7 +57,7 @@ namespace GamecraftModdingAPI.Blocks
                 });
         }
 
-        private EntityStructInitializer BuildBlock(ushort block, byte color, float3 position, int uscale, float3 scale, quaternion rot)
+        private EntityStructInitializer BuildBlock(ushort block, byte color, float3 position, int uscale, float3 scale, float3 rot)
         {
             if (_blockEntityFactory == null)
                 throw new Exception("The factory is null.");
@@ -79,9 +68,10 @@ namespace GamecraftModdingAPI.Blocks
             if (scale.z < 4e-5) scale.z = uscale;
             //RobocraftX.CR.MachineEditing.PlaceBlockEngine
             ScalingEntityStruct scaling = new ScalingEntityStruct {scale = scale};
-            RotationEntityStruct rotation = new RotationEntityStruct {rotation = quaternion.identity};
+            Quaternion rotQ = Quaternion.Euler(rot);
+            RotationEntityStruct rotation = new RotationEntityStruct {rotation = rotQ};
             GridRotationStruct gridRotation = new GridRotationStruct
-                {position = float3.zero, rotation = quaternion.identity};
+                {position = position, rotation = rotQ};
             CubeCategoryStruct category = new CubeCategoryStruct
                 {category = CubeCategory.General, type = CubeType.Block};
             uint dbid = block;