diff --git a/src/apps/docking-viewer/viewport.tsx b/src/apps/docking-viewer/viewport.tsx
index 0e7e5efb92edda89d9ac75ecd1ccef1d92e35c40..b988b49e3e3dcf1ae7c89fec944e04bd445dfcfa 100644
--- a/src/apps/docking-viewer/viewport.tsx
+++ b/src/apps/docking-viewer/viewport.tsx
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ function occlusionStyle(plugin: PluginContext) {
                 blurKernelSize: 15,
                 radius: 5,
                 samples: 32,
-                scaleFactor: 0.5
+                scaleFactor: 1
             } },
             outline: { name: 'on', params: {
                 scale: 1.0,
diff --git a/src/examples/lighting/index.ts b/src/examples/lighting/index.ts
index 3b67fcf19aee5e7238b061ad90a6189746138cbf..97b2db364e45c6e590f48684f7749207bc674057 100644
--- a/src/examples/lighting/index.ts
+++ b/src/examples/lighting/index.ts
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ const Canvas3DPresets = {
     illustrative: {
         canvas3d: <Preset>{
             postprocessing: {
-                occlusion: { name: 'on', params: { samples: 32, radius: 6, bias: 1.4, blurKernelSize: 15, scaleFactor: 0.5 } },
+                occlusion: { name: 'on', params: { samples: 32, radius: 6, bias: 1.4, blurKernelSize: 15, scaleFactor: 1 } },
                 outline: { name: 'on', params: { scale: 1, threshold: 0.33, color: Color(0x000000) } }
             },
             renderer: {
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ const Canvas3DPresets = {
     occlusion: {
         canvas3d: <Preset>{
             postprocessing: {
-                occlusion: { name: 'on', params: { samples: 32, radius: 6, bias: 1.4, blurKernelSize: 15, scaleFactor: 0.5 } },
+                occlusion: { name: 'on', params: { samples: 32, radius: 6, bias: 1.4, blurKernelSize: 15, scaleFactor: 1 } },
                 outline: { name: 'off', params: {} }
             },
             renderer: {
diff --git a/src/mol-canvas3d/passes/postprocessing.ts b/src/mol-canvas3d/passes/postprocessing.ts
index 27af63107d6382cfcb74e5bf10a704764018d773..2b81018aa0fd8d08d647577a64024c705f368ebe 100644
--- a/src/mol-canvas3d/passes/postprocessing.ts
+++ b/src/mol-canvas3d/passes/postprocessing.ts
@@ -249,7 +249,7 @@ export const PostprocessingParams = {
             radius: PD.Numeric(5, { min: 0, max: 10, step: 0.1 }, { description: 'Final occlusion radius is 2^x' }),
             bias: PD.Numeric(0.8, { min: 0, max: 3, step: 0.1 }),
             blurKernelSize: PD.Numeric(15, { min: 1, max: 25, step: 2 }),
-            scaleFactor: PD.Numeric(0.5, { min: 0.1, max: 1, step: 0.05 }, { description: 'Adjust resolution of occlusion calculation' }),
+            scaleFactor: PD.Numeric(1, { min: 0.1, max: 1, step: 0.05 }, { description: 'Adjust resolution of occlusion calculation' }),
         }),
         off: PD.Group({})
     }, { cycle: true, description: 'Darken occluded crevices with the ambient occlusion effect' }),
@@ -313,7 +313,7 @@ export class PostprocessingPass {
 
         this.nSamples = 1;
         this.blurKernelSize = 1;
-        this.downsampleFactor = 0.5;
+        this.downsampleFactor = 1;
         this.ssaoScale = this.calcSsaoScale();
 
         // needs to be linear for anti-aliasing pass
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ export class PostprocessingPass {
 
         this.ssaoDepthTexture.attachFramebuffer(this.ssaoBlurSecondPassFramebuffer, 'color0');
 
-        this.ssaoRenderable = getSsaoRenderable(webgl, this.downsampledDepthTarget.texture);
+        this.ssaoRenderable = getSsaoRenderable(webgl, this.downsampleFactor === 1 ? depthTexture : this.downsampledDepthTarget.texture);
         this.ssaoBlurFirstPassRenderable = getSsaoBlurRenderable(webgl, this.ssaoDepthTexture, 'horizontal');
         this.ssaoBlurSecondPassRenderable = getSsaoBlurRenderable(webgl, this.ssaoDepthBlurProxyTexture, 'vertical');
         this.renderable = getPostprocessingRenderable(webgl, colorTarget.texture, depthTexture, this.outlinesTarget.texture, this.ssaoDepthTexture);
@@ -530,7 +530,7 @@ export class PostprocessingPass {
         gl.scissor(x, y, width, height);
     }
 
-    occlusionOffset: [x: number, y: number] = [0, 0];
+    private occlusionOffset: [x: number, y: number] = [0, 0];
     setOcclusionOffset(x: number, y: number) {
         this.occlusionOffset[0] = x;
         this.occlusionOffset[1] = y;
diff --git a/src/mol-plugin-ui/structure/quick-styles.tsx b/src/mol-plugin-ui/structure/quick-styles.tsx
index 9d0aa9e1023ad4eeaeb3666fe31d0674e423a30d..1449eea3e44c7cabb63573643aa8bcbbb2d1eba0 100644
--- a/src/mol-plugin-ui/structure/quick-styles.tsx
+++ b/src/mol-plugin-ui/structure/quick-styles.tsx
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ export class QuickStyles extends PurePluginUIComponent {
                     },
                     occlusion: {
                         name: 'on',
-                        params: { bias: 0.8, blurKernelSize: 15, radius: 5, samples: 32, scaleFactor: 0.5 }
+                        params: { bias: 0.8, blurKernelSize: 15, radius: 5, samples: 32, scaleFactor: 1 }
                     },
                 }
             });
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export class QuickStyles extends PurePluginUIComponent {
                         name: 'on',
                         params: pp.occlusion.name === 'on'
                             ? pp.occlusion.params
-                            : { bias: 0.8, blurKernelSize: 15, radius: 5, samples: 32, scaleFactor: 0.5 }
+                            : { bias: 0.8, blurKernelSize: 15, radius: 5, samples: 32, scaleFactor: 1 }
                     },
                 }
             });
diff --git a/src/mol-plugin/util/viewport-screenshot.ts b/src/mol-plugin/util/viewport-screenshot.ts
index 644afa43951abdc2dd897fdbafd6ecc46770cf93..722c605fdf5cd2fb93fe790fefe0e2d2721b887c 100644
--- a/src/mol-plugin/util/viewport-screenshot.ts
+++ b/src/mol-plugin/util/viewport-screenshot.ts
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ class ViewportScreenshotHelper extends PluginComponent {
                 postprocessing: {
                     ...c.props.postprocessing,
                     occlusion: aoProps.name === 'on'
-                        ? { name: 'on', params: { ...aoProps.params, samples: 128 } }
+                        ? { name: 'on', params: { ...aoProps.params, samples: 128, scaleFactor: 1 } }
                         : aoProps
                 },
                 marking: { ...c.props.marking }