diff --git a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
index e3198a37185f18b39da4c2cfcbbfd84cd2dc0be6..46118be5aa9466daae5c11b5360ffd4e5d369e87 100644
--- a/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
+++ b/src/pulsaranimationwidget.cpp
@@ -395,7 +395,7 @@ void PulsarAnimationWidget::paintGL()
                 glPolygonMode(GL_FRONT_AND_BACK,GL_LINE);
             }
 
-            glTranslatef(0.0, 0.0, -m_pulsarBeamLength);
+            glTranslatef(0.0, 0.0, -(m_pulsarBeamLength + m_pulsarRadius + 0.1));
 
             // draw first cone's outer layer
             glBegin(GL_TRIANGLE_FAN);
@@ -446,7 +446,7 @@ void PulsarAnimationWidget::paintGL()
             glRotatef(m_pulsarRotationAngle - 90.0, 0.0, 0.0, 1.0);
             glRotatef(m_pulsarMagneticAxisInclination, 1.0, 0.0, 0.0);
 
-            glTranslatef(0.0, 0.0, -m_pulsarBeamLength);
+            glTranslatef(0.0, 0.0, -(m_pulsarBeamLength + m_pulsarRadius + 0.1));
 
             // draw second cone's outer layer
             glBegin(GL_TRIANGLE_FAN);