diff --git a/minetestforfun_game/mods/default/functions.lua b/minetestforfun_game/mods/default/functions.lua
index 90dd2a56..9eb25436 100755
--- a/minetestforfun_game/mods/default/functions.lua
+++ b/minetestforfun_game/mods/default/functions.lua
@@ -214,16 +214,27 @@ function default.register_fence(name, def)
 	-- Allow almost everything to be overridden
 	local default_fields = {
 		paramtype = "light",
-		drawtype = "fencelike",
+		drawtype = "nodebox",
+		node_box = {
+			type = "connected",
+			fixed = {{-1/8, -1/2, -1/8, 1/8, 1/2, 1/8}},
+			-- connect_top =
+			-- connect_bottom =
+			connect_front = {{-1/16,3/16,-1/2,1/16,5/16,-1/8},
+				{-1/16,-5/16,-1/2,1/16,-3/16,-1/8}},
+			connect_left = {{-1/2,3/16,-1/16,-1/8,5/16,1/16},
+				{-1/2,-5/16,-1/16,-1/8,-3/16,1/16}},
+			connect_back = {{-1/16,3/16,1/8,1/16,5/16,1/2},
+				{-1/16,-5/16,1/8,1/16,-3/16,1/2}},
+			connect_right = {{1/8,3/16,-1/16,1/2,5/16,1/16},
+				{1/8,-5/16,-1/16,1/2,-3/16,1/16}},
+		},
+		connects_to = {"group:fence", "group:wood", "group:tree"},
 		inventory_image = fence_texture,
 		wield_image = fence_texture,
 		tiles = {def.texture},
 		sunlight_propagates = true,
 		is_ground_content = false,
-		selection_box = {
-			type = "fixed",
-			fixed = {-1/7, -1/2, -1/7, 1/7, 1/2, 1/7},
-		},
 		groups = {},
 	}
 	for k, v in pairs(default_fields) do