diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..adc3c9ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,51 @@
+<project xmlns="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+	xsi:schemaLocation="http://maven.apache.org/POM/4.0.0 http://maven.apache.org/xsd/maven-4.0.0.xsd">
+	<modelVersion>4.0.0</modelVersion>
+	<groupId>com.github.miho</groupId>
+	<artifactId>JCSG</artifactId>
+	<version>master-SNAPSHOT</version>
+
+	<dependencies>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>eu.mihosoft.vvecmath</groupId>
+			<artifactId>vvecmath</artifactId>
+			<version>0.3.8</version>
+		</dependency>
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.slf4j</groupId>
+			<artifactId>slf4j-simple</artifactId>
+			<version>1.6.1</version>
+		</dependency>
+
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>junit</groupId>
+			<artifactId>junit</artifactId>
+			<version>4.12</version>
+			<scope>test</scope>
+		</dependency>
+
+	</dependencies>
+
+	<repositories>
+		<repository>
+			<id>jitpack.io</id>
+			<url>https://jitpack.io</url>
+		</repository>
+	</repositories>
+
+	<build>
+		<plugins>
+			<plugin>
+				<groupId>org.apache.maven.plugins</groupId>
+				<artifactId>maven-compiler-plugin</artifactId>
+				<version>3.8.0</version>
+				<configuration>
+					<!-- or whatever version you use -->
+					<source>1.8</source>
+					<target>1.8</target>
+				</configuration>
+			</plugin>
+		</plugins>
+	</build>
+</project>
diff --git a/src/main/java/eu/mihosoft/jcsg/Plane.java b/src/main/java/eu/mihosoft/jcsg/Plane.java
index 37f1407c..cf1d6c7b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/eu/mihosoft/jcsg/Plane.java
+++ b/src/main/java/eu/mihosoft/jcsg/Plane.java
@@ -147,6 +147,12 @@ public void splitPolygon(
             types.add(type);
         }
 
+        // fix for stackoverflow
+        if (this.normal.equals(polygon._csg_plane.normal) && polygonType!=SPANNING && polygonType!=COPLANAR) {
+          System.out.println("our plane is not spanning and not coplannar but it should be " + this.normal.dot(polygon._csg_plane.normal));
+          polygonType=COPLANAR;
+        }
+        
         //System.out.println("> switching");
         // Put the polygon in the correct list, splitting it when necessary.
         switch (polygonType) {
diff --git a/src/test/java/eu/mihosoft/jcsg/AppleTest.java b/src/test/java/eu/mihosoft/jcsg/AppleTest.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1bd49b0a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/test/java/eu/mihosoft/jcsg/AppleTest.java
@@ -0,0 +1,69 @@
+package eu.mihosoft.jcsg;
+
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.nio.file.Paths;
+
+import org.junit.After;
+import org.junit.Test;
+import org.slf4j.Logger;
+import org.slf4j.LoggerFactory;
+
+import eu.mihosoft.jcsg.CSG;
+import eu.mihosoft.jcsg.Cube;
+import eu.mihosoft.jcsg.STL;
+import eu.mihosoft.vvecmath.Transform;
+import eu.mihosoft.vvecmath.Vector3d;
+
+public class AppleTest {
+
+  private static final Logger LOGGER = LoggerFactory.getLogger(AppleTest.class);
+
+  String originalFilename = "src/test/resources/Apple.stl";
+
+  @After
+  public void tearDown() throws Exception {}
+
+  @Test
+  public void test() throws IOException {
+    CSG apple = STL.file(Paths.get(originalFilename)).optimization(CSG.OptType.POLYGON_BOUND);
+    
+    // center model around zero point
+    
+    double xDim = apple.getBounds().getMax().getX()-apple.getBounds().getMin().getX();
+    double yDim = apple.getBounds().getMax().getY()-apple.getBounds().getMin().getY();
+    double zDim = apple.getBounds().getMax().getZ()-apple.getBounds().getMin().getZ();
+
+    Vector3d moveToCenterVector = Vector3d.xyz(xDim/2-apple.getBounds().getMax().getX(), yDim/2-apple.getBounds().getMax().getY(), zDim/2-apple.getBounds().getMax().getZ());
+    
+    LOGGER.info("center=" + apple.getBounds().getCenter().getX() + ":" 
+        + apple.getBounds().getCenter().getY() + ":" 
+        + apple.getBounds().getCenter().getZ());
+
+    LOGGER.info("max=" + apple.getBounds().getMax().getX() + ":" 
+        + apple.getBounds().getMax().getY() + ":" 
+        + apple.getBounds().getMax().getZ());
+
+    LOGGER.info("min=" + apple.getBounds().getMin().getX() + ":" 
+        + apple.getBounds().getMin().getY() + ":" 
+        + apple.getBounds().getMin().getZ());
+
+    apple = apple
+        .transformed(Transform.unity()
+            .translate(moveToCenterVector)
+            );
+    
+    Vector3d max =  apple.getBounds().getMax();
+    Vector3d min =  apple.getBounds().getMin();
+
+    double cubeMaxDimension = Math.max(Math.max(Math.max(max.x(), Math.abs(min.x())),Math.max(max.y(), Math.abs(min.y()))),Math.max(max.z(), Math.abs(min.z()))) ; 
+    cubeMaxDimension+=1;
+
+    CSG cube = new Cube(cubeMaxDimension*2).toCSG().
+        transformed(Transform.unity().
+                translateZ(cubeMaxDimension));
+
+    CSG diff = apple.difference(cube);
+    
+  }
+
+}
diff --git a/src/test/resources/Apple.stl b/src/test/resources/Apple.stl
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