diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/bot/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDiagonal.java b/src/main/java/baritone/bot/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDiagonal.java
index 1a9ca99e7..8d46d233b 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/bot/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDiagonal.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/bot/pathing/movement/movements/MovementDiagonal.java
@@ -23,6 +23,8 @@ import baritone.bot.pathing.movement.MovementHelper;
 import baritone.bot.pathing.movement.MovementState;
 import baritone.bot.utils.BlockStateInterface;
 import net.minecraft.block.BlockMagma;
+import net.minecraft.block.state.IBlockState;
+import net.minecraft.init.Blocks;
 import net.minecraft.util.EnumFacing;
 import net.minecraft.util.math.BlockPos;
 
@@ -76,9 +78,16 @@ public class MovementDiagonal extends Movement {
         if (lastPos != 0) {
             return COST_INF;
         }
-        if (!MovementHelper.canWalkOn(positionsToPlace[0])) {
+        IBlockState destWalkOn = BlockStateInterface.get(positionsToPlace[0]);
+        if (!MovementHelper.canWalkOn(positionsToPlace[0], destWalkOn)) {
             return COST_INF;
         }
+        double multiplier = 1;
+        if (destWalkOn.getBlock().equals(Blocks.SOUL_SAND)) {
+            multiplier *= WALK_ONE_IN_WATER_COST / WALK_ONE_BLOCK_COST;
+        } else if (BlockStateInterface.get(src).getBlock().equals(Blocks.SOUL_SAND)) {
+            multiplier *= WALK_ONE_IN_WATER_COST / WALK_ONE_BLOCK_COST;
+        }
         if (BlockStateInterface.get(positionsToBreak[2].down()).getBlock() instanceof BlockMagma) {
             return COST_INF;
         }
@@ -106,9 +115,8 @@ public class MovementDiagonal extends Movement {
                 return COST_INF;
             }
         }
-        double multiplier = 1;
         if (optionA != 0 || optionB != 0) {
-            multiplier = SQRT_2 - 0.001; // TODO tune
+            multiplier *= SQRT_2 - 0.001; // TODO tune
         }
         return multiplier * SQRT_2 * (BlockStateInterface.isWater(src) || BlockStateInterface.isWater(dest) ? WALK_ONE_IN_WATER_COST : WALK_ONE_BLOCK_COST);
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/bot/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java b/src/main/java/baritone/bot/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java
index 4daad9474..c3f95bd14 100644
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/bot/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/bot/pathing/movement/movements/MovementTraverse.java
@@ -69,7 +69,11 @@ public class MovementTraverse extends Movement {
         IBlockState pb0 = BlockStateInterface.get(positionsToBreak[0]);
         IBlockState pb1 = BlockStateInterface.get(positionsToBreak[1]);
         double WC = BlockStateInterface.isWater(pb0.getBlock()) || BlockStateInterface.isWater(pb1.getBlock()) ? WALK_ONE_IN_WATER_COST : WALK_ONE_BLOCK_COST;
-        if (MovementHelper.canWalkOn(positionsToPlace[0])) {//this is a walk, not a bridge
+        IBlockState destOn = BlockStateInterface.get(positionsToPlace[0]);
+        if (MovementHelper.canWalkOn(positionsToPlace[0], destOn)) {//this is a walk, not a bridge
+            if (destOn.getBlock().equals(Blocks.SOUL_SAND)) {
+                WC *= SNEAK_ONE_BLOCK_COST / WALK_ONE_BLOCK_COST;
+            }
             if (MovementHelper.canWalkThrough(positionsToBreak[0]) && MovementHelper.canWalkThrough(positionsToBreak[1])) {
                 return WC;
             }
diff --git a/src/main/java/baritone/bot/utils/Helper.java b/src/main/java/baritone/bot/utils/Helper.java
index fee842a13..0bc696f46 100755
--- a/src/main/java/baritone/bot/utils/Helper.java
+++ b/src/main/java/baritone/bot/utils/Helper.java
@@ -48,10 +48,11 @@ public interface Helper {
     }
 
     default BlockPos playerFeet() {
-        BlockPos feet = new BlockPos(player().posX, player().posY, player().posZ);
-        if (BlockStateInterface.get(feet).getBlock().equals(Blocks.SOUL_SAND) && player().posY > feet.getY() + 0.874999) {
+        // TODO find a better way to deal with soul sand!!!!!
+        BlockPos feet = new BlockPos(player().posX, player().posY + 0.1251, player().posZ);
+        /*if (BlockStateInterface.get(feet).getBlock().equals(Blocks.SOUL_SAND) && player().posY > feet.getY() + 0.874999) {
             return feet.up();
-        }
+        }*/
         return feet;
     }