diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index d0bbf43..747f15f 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@
 *.jl.mem
 docs/build/
 docs/site/
+Manifest.toml
diff --git a/src/meshes.jl b/src/meshes.jl
index e0b3b52..f2769b6 100644
--- a/src/meshes.jl
+++ b/src/meshes.jl
@@ -167,7 +167,7 @@ function merge(m1::M, meshes::M...) where M <: AbstractMesh
     f = copy(m1.faces)
     attribs = deepcopy(attributes_noVF(m1))
     for mesh in meshes
-        append!(f, mesh.faces .+ length(v))
+        append!(f, map(f-> f .+ length(v), mesh.faces))
         append!(v, mesh.vertices)
         for (v1, v2) in zip(values(attribs), values(attributes_noVF(mesh)))
             append!(v1, v2)
@@ -193,7 +193,7 @@ function merge(
     color_attrib = RGBA{U8}[RGBA{U8}(m1.color)]
     index        = Float32[length(color_attrib)-1 for i=1:length(m1.vertices)]
     for mesh in meshes
-        append!(faces, mesh.faces .+ length(vertices))
+        append!(faces, map(f-> f .+ length(vertices), mesh.faces))
         append!(vertices, mesh.vertices)
         attribsb = attributes_noVF(mesh)
         for (k,v) in attribsb
diff --git a/src/polygons.jl b/src/polygons.jl
index 510035e..42e5e67 100644
--- a/src/polygons.jl
+++ b/src/polygons.jl
@@ -72,21 +72,21 @@ function snip(
     return true;
 end
 
-
-
 """
 Triangulates a Polygon given as a `contour`::AbstractArray{Point} without holes.
 It will return a Vector{`facetype`}, defining indexes into `contour`
 """
 function polygon2faces(
-        contour::AbstractArray{P}, facetype = GLTriangle
+        _contour::AbstractArray{P}, facetype = GLTriangle
     ) where P<:Point
     #= allocate and initialize list of Vertices in polygon =#
     result = facetype[]
 
     # the algorithm doesn't like closed contours
-    if isapprox(last(contour), first(contour))
-        pop!(contour)
+    contour = if isapprox(last(_contour), first(_contour))
+        @view _contour[1:end-1]
+    else
+        @view _contour[1:end]
     end
 
     n = length(contour)
@@ -112,7 +112,6 @@ function polygon2faces(
         end
         count -= 1
 
-
         #= three consecutive vertices in current polygon, <u,v,w> =#
         u = v; (u > nv) && (u = 1) #= previous =#
         v = u+1; (v > nv) && (v = 1) #= new v =#
diff --git a/test/polygons.jl b/test/polygons.jl
index 630d49c..965e0a7 100644
--- a/test/polygons.jl
+++ b/test/polygons.jl
@@ -73,4 +73,11 @@ end
     @test area(reverse(points)) ≈ 0.5f0
 end
 
+@testset "points touching" begin
+    points = decompose(Point2f0, Circle(Point2f0(0), 1f0))
+    triangles = polygon2faces(points)
+    @test !isempty(triangles)
+    @test points[1] ≈ points[end]
+end
+
 end