diff --git a/packages/stage-ui/src/components/Scenes/VRM.vue b/packages/stage-ui/src/components/Scenes/VRM.vue
index 6b029804..98ae7ccf 100644
--- a/packages/stage-ui/src/components/Scenes/VRM.vue
+++ b/packages/stage-ui/src/components/Scenes/VRM.vue
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@ import {
 } from 'three'
 import { onMounted, ref, shallowRef, watch } from 'vue'
 
-import DirectionalLightHelper from './Tres/DirectionalLightHelper.vue'
 import SkyBoxEnvironment from './VRM/SkyBoxEnvironment.vue'
 
 import { useVRM } from '../../stores/vrm'
@@ -78,7 +77,7 @@ const camera = shallowRef(new PerspectiveCamera())
 const controlsRef = shallowRef<InstanceType<typeof OrbitControls>>()
 const tresCanvasRef = shallowRef<TresContext>()
 const skyBoxEnvRef = ref<InstanceType<typeof SkyBoxEnvironment>>()
-const dirLight = ref<InstanceType<typeof DirectionalLight>>()
+const dirLightRef = ref<InstanceType<typeof DirectionalLight>>()
 
 function onTresReady(context: TresContext) {
   tresCanvasRef.value = context
@@ -95,6 +94,7 @@ let isUpdatingCamera = true
 const controlsReady = ref(false)
 const modelReady = ref(false)
 const sceneReady = ref(false)
+const dirLightReady = ref(false)
 const raycaster = new Raycaster()
 const mouse = new Vector2()
 
@@ -107,6 +107,10 @@ function onEnvReady(EnvPayload: { hdri: Texture | null, pmrem?: WebGLRenderTarge
   irrSHTex.value = EnvPayload.irrSH || null
 }
 
+function onDirLightReady() {
+  dirLightReady.value = true
+}
+
 watch(cameraFOV, (newFov) => {
   if (camera.value) {
     camera.value.fov = newFov
@@ -160,9 +164,9 @@ function handleLoadModelProgress() {
 
 // Then start to set the camera position and target
 watch(
-  [controlsReady, modelReady],
+  [controlsReady, modelReady, dirLightReady],
   ([ctrlOk, modelOk]) => {
-    if (ctrlOk && modelOk && camera.value && controlsRef.value && controlsRef.value.controls) {
+    if (ctrlOk && modelOk && camera.value && controlsRef.value && controlsRef.value.controls && dirLightRef.value) {
       isUpdatingCamera = true
       try {
         camera.value.aspect = width.value / height.value
@@ -178,6 +182,16 @@ watch(
         camera.value.updateProjectionMatrix()
         controlsRef.value.controls.update()
         cameraDistance.value = controlsRef.value!.controls!.getDistance()
+
+        // setup initial target of directional light
+        dirLightRef.value.parent?.add(dirLightRef.value.target)
+        dirLightRef.value.target.position.set(
+          directionalLightTarget.value.x,
+          directionalLightTarget.value.y,
+          directionalLightTarget.value.z,
+        )
+        // console.debug("direction light target set: ", dirLightRef.value.target.position)
+        dirLightRef.value.target.updateMatrixWorld()
       }
       finally {
         isUpdatingCamera = false
@@ -242,7 +256,7 @@ function lookAtMouse(mouseX: number, mouseY: number) {
 }
 
 function updateDirLightTarget(newRotation: { x: number, y: number, z: number }) {
-  const light = dirLight.value
+  const light = dirLightRef.value
   if (!light)
     return
 
@@ -265,9 +279,11 @@ function updateDirLightTarget(newRotation: { x: number, y: number, z: number })
   const target = lightPosition.clone().addScaledVector(newForward, distance)
 
   light.target.position.copy(target)
+
   light.target.updateMatrixWorld()
 
   directionalLightTarget.value = { x: target.x, y: target.y, z: target.z }
+  // console.debug("directional Light target update!: ", directionalLightTarget.value)
 }
 
 watch(directionalLightRotation, (newRotation) => {
@@ -359,11 +375,12 @@ defineExpose({
         cast-shadow
       />
       <TresDirectionalLight
-        ref="dirLight"
+        ref="dirLightRef"
         :color="formatHex(directionalLightColor)"
         :position="[directionalLightPosition.x, directionalLightPosition.y, directionalLightPosition.z]"
         :intensity="directionalLightIntensity"
         cast-shadow
+        @ready="onDirLightReady"
       />
       <Suspense>
         <EffectComposerPmndrs>
@@ -382,7 +399,6 @@ defineExpose({
         @error="(val) => emit('error', val)"
       />
       <TresAxesHelper v-if="props.showAxes" :size="1" />
-      <DirectionalLightHelper :directional-light="dirLight" />
     </TresCanvas>
   </div>
 </template>
diff --git a/packages/stage-ui/src/components/Scenes/VRM/Model.vue b/packages/stage-ui/src/components/Scenes/VRM/Model.vue
index f52ad298..3fd288e7 100644
--- a/packages/stage-ui/src/components/Scenes/VRM/Model.vue
+++ b/packages/stage-ui/src/components/Scenes/VRM/Model.vue
@@ -247,6 +247,9 @@ async function loadModel() {
               // --- Shader material, further IBL injection needed ---
               // disable envMap for NPR materials, envMap will be reassigned by default skybox
               // close tone mapping for NPR materials
+              // console.debug("Mat: ", mat)
+              // TODO: stylised shader injection
+              // Lilia: I plan to replce all injected shader code to be my own, so that it can always avoid double injection and unkown user upload VRM injected shader behaviour...
               if ('toneMapped' in mat)
                 mat.toneMapped = false
               if ('envMap' in mat && mat.envMap)
diff --git a/packages/stage-ui/src/stores/vrm.ts b/packages/stage-ui/src/stores/vrm.ts
index abe3948a..514758e2 100644
--- a/packages/stage-ui/src/stores/vrm.ts
+++ b/packages/stage-ui/src/stores/vrm.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export const useVRM = defineStore('vrm', () => {
   const cameraPosition = useLocalStorage('settings/vrm/camera-position', { x: 0, y: 0, z: -1 })
   const cameraDistance = useLocalStorage('settings/vrm/cameraDistance', 0)
 
-  const directionalLightPosition = useLocalStorage('settings/vrm/scenes/scene/directional-light/position', { x: 0, y: 0, z: -10 })
+  const directionalLightPosition = useLocalStorage('settings/vrm/scenes/scene/directional-light/position', { x: 0, y: 0, z: -1 })
   const directionalLightTarget = useLocalStorage('settings/vrm/scenes/scene/directional-light/target', { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 })
   const directionalLightRotation = useLocalStorage('settings/vrm/scenes/scene/directional-light/rotation', { x: 0, y: 0, z: 0 })
   // TODO: Manual directional light intensity will not work for other