diff --git a/Shader/phong.fsh b/Shader/phong.fsh
index 4ce9816..7776aad 100644
--- a/Shader/phong.fsh
+++ b/Shader/phong.fsh
@@ -14,6 +14,9 @@ uniform float specularFactor;
 uniform vec3 camera;
 uniform float shininess;
 uniform int lightCount;
+uniform vec3 directionalLightVector;
+uniform vec3 directionalColor;
+uniform float directionalIntensity;
 uniform vec3 lightSources[128];
 uniform vec3 lightColors[128];
 uniform float lightIntensities[128];
@@ -23,6 +26,15 @@ void main()
     vec3 ambientColor = ambientFactor * ambientColor;
     vec3 diffuseColor = vec3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
     vec3 specularColor = vec3(0.0, 0.0, 0.0);
+
+    if(length(directionalLightVector)>0.0f) {
+        vec3 directionalVector = normalize(directionalLightVector);
+        diffuseColor += dot(normalize(vNormal), directionalVector)
+        *diffuseFactor*directionalIntensity*directionalColor;
+        vec3 cameraVector = normalize(camera - vec3(fragPosition));
+        specularColor += clamp(pow((dot((cameraVector+directionalVector),normalize(vNormal))/(length(cameraVector+directionalVector)*length(normalize(vNormal)))),shininess), 0.0, 1.0)
+        *specularFactor*directionalIntensity*directionalColor;
+    }
     for(int i = 0; i<lightCount; i++) {
         float distance = distance(lightSources[i], vec3(fragPosition));
         // only take lights into account with meaningful contribution
diff --git a/graphics.cc b/graphics.cc
index 3385480..8f7c05e 100644
--- a/graphics.cc
+++ b/graphics.cc
@@ -129,6 +129,15 @@ void Graphics::render(Level* level, ACGL::OpenGL::SharedShaderProgram shader)
         glUniform1fv(shader->getUniformLocation("lightIntensities"),
             sizeof(lightIntensities),  (GLfloat*) lightIntensities);
     }
+    // set directional Light
+    if(level->getDirectionalLight()) {
+        shader->setUniform("directionalLightVector",
+            level->getDirectionalLight()->getPosition());
+        shader->setUniform("directionalColor",
+            level->getDirectionalLight()->getColour());
+        shader->setUniform("directionalIntensity",
+            level->getDirectionalLight()->getIntensity());
+    }
 
     // set Material Parameters
     shader->setUniform("ambientColor", level->getAmbientLight());
diff --git a/level.cc b/level.cc
index 7fca11c..5586ee2 100644
--- a/level.cc
+++ b/level.cc
@@ -44,25 +44,26 @@ void Level::load(ACGL::OpenGL::SharedShaderProgram shader) {
     
     Model blockModel = Model("Block.obj", 1.0f);
     Material blockMaterial = Material("blockTexture.png", 0.1f, 0.6, 0.4f, 2.0f);
-    Object blockObject = Object(blockModel, blockMaterial, glm::vec3(2.0f, 6.0f, 2.0f),
+    Object blockObject = Object(blockModel, blockMaterial, glm::vec3(2.0f, 7.0f, 2.0f),
             glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f),
             shader);
     objects.push_back(blockObject);
 
     Model columnModel = Model("Column.obj", 1.0f);
     Material columnMaterial = Material("columnTexture.png", 0.1f, 0.6, 0.4f, 2.0f);
-    Object columnObject = Object(columnModel, columnMaterial, glm::vec3(-2.0f, 6.0f, -2.0f),
+    Object columnObject = Object(columnModel, columnMaterial, glm::vec3(-2.0f, 7.0f, -2.0f),
             glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f),
             shader);
     objects.push_back(columnObject);
 
     //set lighting parameters
     ambientLight = glm::vec3(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
-    Light light = Light(glm::vec3(-3.0f, 7.0f, 0.0f), glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), glm::vec3(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f), 10.0f);
+    directionalLight = Light(glm::vec3(-0.5f, 0.0f, -0.5f), glm::vec3(1.0f, 1.0f, 0.0f), 0.4f);
+    Light light = Light(glm::vec3(-3.0f, 7.0f, 0.0f), glm::vec3(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f), 10.0f);
     lights.push_back(light);
-    Light light2 = Light(glm::vec3(3.0f, 6.0f, 0.0f), glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), glm::vec3(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f), 10.0f);
+    Light light2 = Light(glm::vec3(3.0f, 6.0f, 0.0f), glm::vec3(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f), 10.0f);
     lights.push_back(light2);
-    Light light3 = Light(glm::vec3(0.0f, 5.0f, 0.0f), glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f), glm::vec3(0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f), 4.0f);
+    Light light3 = Light(glm::vec3(0.0f, 5.0f, 0.0f), glm::vec3(0.5f, 0.5f, 1.0f), 4.0f);
     lights.push_back(light3);
 
 
@@ -137,3 +138,7 @@ Camera* Level::getCamera() {
 Object* Level::getCameraCenter() {
     return cameraCenter;
 }
+
+Light* Level::getDirectionalLight() {
+    return &directionalLight;
+}
diff --git a/level.hh b/level.hh
index db6ab73..21d6d81 100644
--- a/level.hh
+++ b/level.hh
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class Level {
         void update(float runTime, glm::vec2 mouseDelta,bool wPressed, bool aPressed,bool sPressed, bool dPressed);
         void render();
         glm::vec3 getAmbientLight();
+        Light* getDirectionalLight();
         std::vector<Light> getLights();
         Object* getCameraCenter();
         Camera* getCamera();
@@ -27,6 +28,7 @@ class Level {
         std::vector<Object> objects;
         std::vector<Light> lights;
         glm::vec3 ambientLight;
+        Light directionalLight;
         Object* cameraCenter;
         Physics physics;
         Camera camera;