diff --git a/bin/grid_regular.py b/bin/grid_regular.py
index 22ec983..d91dc90 100755
--- a/bin/grid_regular.py
+++ b/bin/grid_regular.py
@@ -10,19 +10,26 @@ qfile = '/tmp/grid_regular.txt'
 
 if __name__ == '__main__':
   try:
-    resolution = int(sys.argv[1])
-    if resolution > 200:
-      raise Exception
-  except:
-    resolution = 3
-
-  source_mesh = simple_rect_grid(resolution, resolution)
-  X = [0.4, 0.001]
-  (R, S) =  source_mesh.get_points_conn(X)
+    rx = int(sys.argv[1])
+    ry = int(sys.argv[2])
+  except ValueError as e:
+    print e
+    rx = 4
+    ry = 4 * rx
 
+  source_mesh = simple_rect_grid(rx, ry)
   print source_mesh
-  print R
-  print S
 
+  X = [0.1, 0.1]
+
+  (R, S) = source_mesh.get_simplex_and_nearest_points(X, extra_points=4)
+  print "R for nearest-neighbor:\n", R
+  print "S for nearest-neighbor:\n", S
   print run_baker(X, R, S)
+
+  (R, S) =  source_mesh.get_points_conn(X)
+  print "R for connectivity:\n", R
+  print "S for connectivity:\n", S
+  print run_baker(X, R, S)
+
   open(qfile, 'w').write(source_mesh.for_qhull())
diff --git a/lib/grid.py b/lib/grid.py
index 478f8a7..389e3ad 100755
--- a/lib/grid.py
+++ b/lib/grid.py
@@ -111,6 +111,13 @@ class grid(object):
     """
       this returns two grid objects: R and S.
 
+      this function differes from the get_simplex_and_nearest_points
+      function in that it builds up the extra points based on
+      connectivity information, not just nearest-neighbor.
+      in theory, this will work much better for situations like
+      points near a short edge in a boundary layer cell where the
+      nearest points would all be colinear
+
       R is a grid object that is the (a) containing simplex around point X
       S is a connectivity-based nearest-neighbor lookup, limited to 3 extra points
     """
@@ -128,7 +135,7 @@ class grid(object):
 
     if not simplex:
       raise AssertionError('no containing simplex found')
-    simplex_set = set(simplex.verts)
+
     R = self.create_mesh(simplex.verts)
 
 
@@ -139,8 +146,12 @@ class grid(object):
 
     return R, S
 
-  def run_baker(self, X):
-    (R, S) = self.get_simplex_and_nearest_points(X)
+  def run_baker(self, X, connectivity_based = False):
+    print >>sys.stderr, "suxor"
+    if connectivity_based:
+      (R, S) = self.get_points_conn(X)
+    else:
+      (R, S) = self.get_simplex_and_nearest_points(X)
     return run_baker(X, R, S)
 
   def construct_connectivity(self):