diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 372a5d8..7e53455 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
 
 .cache/
 .egg-info
+smplpytorch.egg-info/
 __pycache__/
 build/
 dist/
diff --git a/smplpytorch/pytorch/smpl_layer.py b/smplpytorch/pytorch/smpl_layer.py
index 5e74741..0b17e54 100644
--- a/smplpytorch/pytorch/smpl_layer.py
+++ b/smplpytorch/pytorch/smpl_layer.py
@@ -149,6 +149,11 @@ def forward(self,
                 th_jtr = th_jtr - center_joint
                 th_verts = th_verts - center_joint
         else:
+            if self.center_idx is not None:
+                ## Zero out root first
+                center_joint = th_jtr[:, self.center_idx].unsqueeze(1)
+                th_jtr = th_jtr - center_joint
+                th_verts = th_verts - center_joint
             th_jtr = th_jtr + th_trans.unsqueeze(1)
             th_verts = th_verts + th_trans.unsqueeze(1)