diff --git a/include/llmr/map/transform.hpp b/include/llmr/map/transform.hpp
index a6dde2b4f..f43802ffa 100644
--- a/include/llmr/map/transform.hpp
+++ b/include/llmr/map/transform.hpp
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ public:
     // Getters
     void matrixFor(mat4& matrix, const Tile::ID& id) const;
     float getZoom() const;
+    float getNormalizedZoom() const;
     int32_t getIntegerZoom() const;
     double getScale() const;
     double getAngle() const;
diff --git a/src/map/map.cpp b/src/map/map.cpp
index c564ede64..078fe01b9 100644
--- a/src/map/map.cpp
+++ b/src/map/map.cpp
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ void Map::loadSettings() {
     transform.setAngle(settings.angle);
     transform.setScale(settings.scale);
     transform.setLonLat(settings.longitude, settings.latitude);
-    style.cascade(transform.getZoom());
+    style.cascade(transform.getNormalizedZoom());
     update();
 }
 
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ void Map::stopPanning() {
 
 void Map::scaleBy(double ds, double cx, double cy, double duration) {
     transform.scaleBy(ds, cx, cy, duration);
-    style.cascade(transform.getZoom());
+    style.cascade(transform.getNormalizedZoom());
     update();
 
     transform.getLonLat(settings.longitude, settings.latitude);
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ void Map::getLonLat(double& lon, double& lat) const {
 
 void Map::setLonLatZoom(double lon, double lat, double zoom, double duration) {
     transform.setLonLatZoom(lon, lat, zoom, duration);
-    style.cascade(transform.getZoom());
+    style.cascade(transform.getNormalizedZoom());
     update();
 
     transform.getLonLat(settings.longitude, settings.latitude);
@@ -151,7 +151,7 @@ void Map::getLonLatZoom(double& lon, double& lat, double& zoom) const {
 
 void Map::setScale(double scale, double cx, double cy, double duration) {
     transform.setScale(scale, cx, cy, duration);
-    style.cascade(transform.getZoom());
+    style.cascade(transform.getNormalizedZoom());
     update();
 
     transform.getLonLat(settings.longitude, settings.latitude);
@@ -161,7 +161,7 @@ void Map::setScale(double scale, double cx, double cy, double duration) {
 
 void Map::setZoom(double zoom, double duration) {
     transform.setZoom(zoom, duration);
-    style.cascade(transform.getZoom());
+    style.cascade(transform.getNormalizedZoom());
     update();
 
     transform.getLonLat(settings.longitude, settings.latitude);
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ void Map::resetPosition() {
     transform.setAngle(0);
     transform.setLonLat(0, 0);
     transform.setZoom(0);
-    style.cascade(transform.getZoom());
+    style.cascade(transform.getNormalizedZoom());
     update();
 
     transform.getLonLat(settings.longitude, settings.latitude);
diff --git a/src/map/transform.cpp b/src/map/transform.cpp
index 8cb580ea4..5662e36b6 100644
--- a/src/map/transform.cpp
+++ b/src/map/transform.cpp
@@ -256,6 +256,10 @@ float Transform::getZoom() const {
     return log(scale) / M_LN2;
 }
 
+float Transform::getNormalizedZoom() const {
+    return log(scale * util::tileSize / 256.0f) / M_LN2;
+}
+
 int32_t Transform::getIntegerZoom() const {
     return floor(log(scale) / M_LN2);
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer/painter.cpp b/src/renderer/painter.cpp
index eef751c9c..255cc2208 100644
--- a/src/renderer/painter.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer/painter.cpp
@@ -153,7 +153,7 @@ void Painter::render(const Tile& tile) {
         return;
     }
 
-    frameHistory.record(transform.getZoom());
+    frameHistory.record(transform.getNormalizedZoom());
 
     matrix = tile.matrix;
     glStencilFunc(GL_EQUAL, tile.clip_id, 0xFF);
@@ -534,7 +534,7 @@ void Painter::renderText(TextBucket& bucket, const std::string& layer_name, cons
 
     textShader->setAngle((int32_t)(angle + 256) % 256);
     textShader->setFlip(bucket.geom_desc.path == TextPathType::Curve ? 1 : 0);
-    textShader->setZoom((transform.getZoom() - zoomAdjust) * 10); // current zoom level
+    textShader->setZoom((transform.getNormalizedZoom() - zoomAdjust) * 10); // current zoom level
 
     // Label fading
     const float duration = 300.0f;