diff --git a/SimPEG/Utils/coordutils.py b/SimPEG/Utils/coordutils.py
index 0329495a..260e1a3b 100644
--- a/SimPEG/Utils/coordutils.py
+++ b/SimPEG/Utils/coordutils.py
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import numpy as np
+from SimPEG.Utils import mkvc
 
 def rotationMatrixFromNormals(v0,v1,tol=1e-20):
     """
@@ -56,4 +57,6 @@ def rotatePointsFromNormals(XYZ,n0,n1,x0=np.r_[0.,0.,0.]):
     assert XYZ.shape[1] == 3, "Grid XYZ should be 3 wide"
     assert len(x0) == 3, "x0 should have length 3"
 
-    return (XYZ - x0).dot(R.T) + x0 
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+    X0 = np.ones([XYZ.shape[0],1])*mkvc(x0)
+
+    return (XYZ - X0).dot(R.T) + X0 # equivalent to (R*(XYZ - X0)).T + X0
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diff --git a/tests/utils/test_coordutils.py b/tests/utils/test_coordutils.py
index dc036529..b17afcf7 100644
--- a/tests/utils/test_coordutils.py
+++ b/tests/utils/test_coordutils.py
@@ -23,7 +23,22 @@ class coorUtilsTest(unittest.TestCase):
         v1 = np.random.rand(3) 
         v1*= 1./np.linalg.norm(v1)   
 
-        self.assertTrue(np.linalg.norm(Utils.mkvc(Utils.coordutils.rotatePointsFromNormals(Utils.mkvc(v0,2).T,v0,v1))-v1) < tol)
+        v2 = Utils.mkvc(Utils.coordutils.rotatePointsFromNormals(Utils.mkvc(v0,2).T,v0,v1)) 
+        
+        self.assertTrue(np.linalg.norm(v2-v1) < tol)
+
+    def test_rotateMatrixFromNormals(self):
+        n0 = np.random.rand(3)
+        n0*= 1./np.linalg.norm(n0)
+        n1 = np.random.rand(3) 
+        n1*= 1./np.linalg.norm(n1) 
+
+        scale =  np.random.rand(100,1)
+        XYZ0 = scale * n0
+        XYZ1 = scale * n1
+
+        XYZ2 = Utils.coordutils.rotatePointsFromNormals(XYZ0,n0,n1)
+        self.assertTrue(np.linalg.norm(Utils.mkvc(XYZ1) - Utils.mkvc(XYZ2))/np.linalg.norm(Utils.mkvc(XYZ1)) < tol)
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
     unittest.main()