diff --git a/src/BlobFinder.cpp b/src/BlobFinder.cpp
index 3dd9ebad3404be4bd87b925a8b2d85d83e7e0c71..5d410dc1443d4cf7339f5c97413ca666f774469d 100644
--- a/src/BlobFinder.cpp
+++ b/src/BlobFinder.cpp
@@ -207,6 +207,26 @@ void BlobFinder::loadMask() {
 	maskFbo.end();
 }
 
+void BlobFinder::filterTrailingPixels() {
+	filteredImage = grayImage;
+
+	// close
+	filteredImage.dilate();
+	filteredImage.erode();
+
+	// open
+	filteredImage.erode();
+	filteredImage.dilate();
+
+	// close
+	filteredImage.dilate();
+	filteredImage.erode();
+
+	// open
+	filteredImage.erode();
+	filteredImage.dilate();
+}
+
 void BlobFinder::update(){
 	ofColor white = ofColor::white;
 	ofColor black = ofColor::black;
@@ -223,7 +243,7 @@ void BlobFinder::update(){
 		minID = (blobEvents[e].mID >= minID) ? blobEvents[e].mID + 1 : minID;
 	}
 
-	if (true || useMask.get()) {
+	if (useMask.get()) {
 		fbo.begin();
 		// Cleaning everthing with alpha mask on 0 in order to make it transparent for default
 		ofClear(0, 0, 0, 0);
@@ -246,8 +266,7 @@ void BlobFinder::update(){
 
     // load grayscale captured depth image from the color source
     grayImage.setFromColorImage(colorImg);
-    
-    //grayImage.blurHeavily();
+	filterTrailingPixels();
     
 	ofPixelsRef blobRefPixls = blobRef.getPixels();
     
@@ -283,7 +302,7 @@ void BlobFinder::update(){
 
 	detectedHeads.clear();
 
-	contourFinder.findContours(grayImage, minBlobSize, maxBlobSize, countBlob.get(), false);
+	contourFinder.findContours(filteredImage, minBlobSize, maxBlobSize, countBlob.get(), false);
 
     for (int i = 0; i < contourFinder.nBlobs; i++){
         ofRectangle bounds = contourFinder.blobs[i].boundingRect;
diff --git a/src/BlobFinder.h b/src/BlobFinder.h
index 1533b3f9260aa152d71d90a35f823e0724c527b8..dc6eb2a5eddd7feb324b0785853e1fab31720ee8 100644
--- a/src/BlobFinder.h
+++ b/src/BlobFinder.h
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@ public:
 	void loadMask();
 	void saveMask();
 
+    void filterTrailingPixels();
     void update();
     bool hasParamUpdate();
 
@@ -91,6 +92,7 @@ public:
     
 	ofxCvGrayscaleImage blobRef; // body blob reference image
 	ofxCvGrayscaleImage grayImage; // grayscale depth image
+    ofxCvGrayscaleImage filteredImage; // grayscale depth image with trailing pixels filtered out
     ofxCvGrayscaleImage grayEyeLevel; // the eyelevel thresholded image
     ofxCvGrayscaleImage grayThreshFar; // the far thresholded image
  
diff --git a/src/ofApp.cpp b/src/ofApp.cpp
index 60157786cf599607d50617e386633f02d1308c47..87dedd4c8630b2232601292a1d45d8639f43cf76 100644
--- a/src/ofApp.cpp
+++ b/src/ofApp.cpp
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ void ofApp::drawCapturePointCloud(bool _mask) {
 	}
 	else {
 		shader.setUniform1i("mask", 0);
-		glPointSize(6 * 2);
+		glPointSize(2);
 	}
 	shader.setUniform1f("lowerLimit", lowerLimit);
 	shader.setUniform1f("upperLimit", upperLimit);