diff --git a/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/templates/BiomeTemplate.java b/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/templates/BiomeTemplate.java
index 48a0d74b8..2a9bb4516 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/templates/BiomeTemplate.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/config/templates/BiomeTemplate.java
@@ -5,10 +5,12 @@ import com.dfsek.tectonic.annotations.Default;
 import com.dfsek.tectonic.annotations.Value;
 import com.dfsek.tectonic.config.ConfigTemplate;
 import com.dfsek.terra.biome.palette.PaletteHolder;
+import com.dfsek.terra.biome.palette.SinglePalette;
 import com.dfsek.terra.carving.UserDefinedCarver;
 import com.dfsek.terra.config.base.ConfigPack;
 import com.dfsek.terra.generation.items.ores.Ore;
 import com.dfsek.terra.structure.TerraStructure;
+import org.bukkit.Material;
 import org.bukkit.block.Biome;
 import org.bukkit.block.data.BlockData;
 import org.polydev.gaea.util.GlueList;
@@ -60,7 +62,7 @@ public class BiomeTemplate implements ConfigTemplate {
     @Value("ocean.palette")
     @Abstractable
     @Default
-    private Palette<BlockData> oceanPalette; // TODO: default palette
+    private Palette<BlockData> oceanPalette = new SinglePalette<>(Material.WATER.createBlockData());
     @Value("slant.y-offset.top")
     @Abstractable
     @Default
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/generation/TerraChunkGenerator.java b/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/generation/TerraChunkGenerator.java
index 1c0b11143..68ba3b623 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/generation/TerraChunkGenerator.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/dfsek/terra/generation/TerraChunkGenerator.java
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ public class TerraChunkGenerator extends GaeaChunkGenerator {
                         }*/
                         paletteLevel++;
                     } else if(y <= sea) {
-                        //chunk.setBlock(x, y, z, seaPalette.get(sea - y, x + xOrig, z + zOrig));
+                        chunk.setBlock(x, y, z, seaPalette.get(sea - y, x + xOrig, z + zOrig));
                         paletteLevel = 0;
                     } else paletteLevel = 0;
                 }