diff --git a/shader.fs b/shader.fs
index 7560297..27f0fea 100644
--- a/shader.fs
+++ b/shader.fs
@@ -12,15 +12,23 @@ struct Material {
 };
 
 struct Light{
-    // vec3 position; // Not neccessary when using directional lights.
+     vec3 position; 
 
-    vec3 direction;
+    // vec3 direction; //  neccessary when using directional lights.
 
     vec3 ambient;
     vec3 diffuse;
     vec3 specular;
+
+    // lets create point lights
+    float constant;
+    float linear;
+    float quadratic;
+
+
 };
 
+
 uniform Light light;
 uniform Material material;
 
@@ -36,7 +44,7 @@ void main()
 
     // diffuse lighting calculation
     vec3 norm = normalize(Normal);
-    vec3 lightDir = normalize(-light.direction); // simplified with directional lights normalize(light.position - FragPos);
+    vec3 lightDir = normalize(light.position - FragPos);
 
     float diff = max(dot(norm, lightDir), 0.0);
     vec3 diffuse =  light.diffuse *  diff * vec3(texture(material.diffuse, TexCoords));
@@ -48,6 +56,15 @@ void main()
     float spec = pow(max(dot(viewDir, reflectDir), 0.0), material.shininess);
     vec3 specular = light.specular *  spec * vec3( texture(material.specular, TexCoords));
 
+    // calculate the attenuation
+    float distance = length(light.position - FragPos);
+    float attenuation = 1.0/ (light.constant + light.linear * distance + light.quadratic * (distance*distance));
+
+
+    ambient *= attenuation;
+    diffuse *= attenuation;
+    specular *= attenuation;
+    
 
     // Calculate the result;
     vec3 result = ambient + diffuse + specular ;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index ea31c0a..23cb8bb 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -265,7 +265,9 @@ while(!glfwWindowShouldClose(window))
    shader.setVec3("light.diffuse", glm::vec3(0.5f, 0.5f, 0.5f));
    shader.setVec3("light.specular", glm::vec3(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f));
    
-
+   shader.setFloat("light.constant", 1.0f);
+   shader.setFloat("light.linear", 0.09f);
+   shader.setFloat("light.quadratic", 0.032f);
 
    shader.setVec3("viewPos", camera.Position);