diff --git a/worldeditadditions/lib/orient.lua b/worldeditadditions/lib/orient.lua
index e07f24a..5f74bc3 100644
--- a/worldeditadditions/lib/orient.lua
+++ b/worldeditadditions/lib/orient.lua
@@ -48,17 +48,20 @@ function worldeditadditions.orient(pos1, pos2, rotlist)
 		-- nodeid = data[i]
 		local param2_type = "none"
 		if cache_nodeid_2_param2_type[data[i]] == nil then
-			local nodeid = minetest.get_name_from_content_id(data[i])
-			local ndef = minetest.registered_nodes[nodeid]
+			local node_name = minetest.get_name_from_content_id(data[i])
+			local ndef = minetest.registered_nodes[node_name]
 			if type(ndef.paramtype2) ~= nil then
 				param2_type = ndef.paramtype2
 			end
 			cache_nodeid_2_param2_type[data[i]] = param2_type
+			print("DEBUG orient CACHE:PARAM2 MISS node", node_name, "param2_type", param2_type)
 		else
 			param2_type = cache_nodeid_2_param2_type[data[i]]
 		end
 		
-		if param2_type ~= "none" then	
+		print("DEBUG orient NODEID", data[i], "PARAM2_TYPE", param2_type)
+		
+		if param2_type ~= "none" then
 			local key = param2_type.."|"..data_param2[i]
 			if cache_orient[key] == nil then
 				cache_orient[key] = core.param2.orient(
@@ -67,6 +70,7 @@ function worldeditadditions.orient(pos1, pos2, rotlist)
 					rotlist_c
 				)
 			end
+			print("DEBUG orient KEY", key, "BEFORE", data_param2[i], "AFTER", cache_orient[key])
 			
 			data_param2[i] = cache_orient[key]
 			
diff --git a/worldeditadditions_core/utils/param2.lua b/worldeditadditions_core/utils/param2.lua
index 092c357..e6d0fe4 100644
--- a/worldeditadditions_core/utils/param2.lua
+++ b/worldeditadditions_core/utils/param2.lua
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ local Vector3 = core.Vector3
 
 local function param2_to_dir(param2_type, param2)
 	if param2_type == "facedir" then
-		return Vector3.clone(minetest.facedir_to_dir(param2_type))
+		return Vector3.clone(minetest.facedir_to_dir(param2))
 	else
 		return nil
 	end
@@ -32,17 +32,23 @@ end
 -- @param	rotlist_c	Vector3[]	The list of vector rotations to apply to param2. Call `worldeditadditions_core.rotation.rotlist_compile` on a rotation list to get this value. Each one is iteratively applied using the `rotate` argument to Vector3.rotate3d.
 -- @returns	number?		Returns the rotated param2 value, or nil if an invalid param2_type value was passed.
 local function orient(param2, param2_type, rotlist_c)
-	local dir = param2_to_dir(param2, param2_type)
+	local dir = param2_to_dir(param2_type, param2)
+	
+	print("DEBUG:param2>orient dir", core.inspect(dir), "param2_type", param2_type)
+	
 	if dir == nil then return nil end
 	local origin = Vector3.new(0, 0, 0)
 	
 	for _i, rot in ipairs(rotlist_c) do
 		dir = Vector3.rotate3d(origin, dir, rot)
+		print("DEBUG:param2>orient STEP AFTER dir", dir, "ROT", rot, "ORIGIN", origin)
 	end
 	
 	dir = dir:round() -- Deal with floating-point rounding errors ref https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-off_error
 	-- TODO may need to do this every iteration in the above for loop un the unlikely event we have issues here
 	
+	print("DEBUG:param2>orient FINAL dir", dir)
+	
 	return dir_to_param2(param2_type, dir)
 end