diff --git a/bindings/odin/clay-odin/clay.odin b/bindings/odin/clay-odin/clay.odin
index dd5ea82..a93a0db 100644
--- a/bindings/odin/clay-odin/clay.odin
+++ b/bindings/odin/clay-odin/clay.odin
@@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ RenderCommand :: struct {
     boundingBox: BoundingBox,
     config:      ElementConfigUnion,
     text:        StringSlice,
-    zIndex:      u32,
+    zIndex:      i32,
     id:          u32,
     commandType: RenderCommandType,
 }
diff --git a/bindings/odin/clay-odin/linux/clay.a b/bindings/odin/clay-odin/linux/clay.a
index 4a4164c..95f86f8 100644
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diff --git a/bindings/odin/clay-odin/macos-arm64/clay.a b/bindings/odin/clay-odin/macos-arm64/clay.a
index 02fdda0..a79379e 100644
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diff --git a/bindings/odin/clay-odin/macos/clay.a b/bindings/odin/clay-odin/macos/clay.a
index 0a9fbba..4d461bc 100644
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diff --git a/bindings/odin/clay-odin/windows/clay.lib b/bindings/odin/clay-odin/windows/clay.lib
index 8a71bb0..f5c0dd4 100644
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diff --git a/clay.h b/clay.h
index fe691b2..974ddb8 100644
--- a/clay.h
+++ b/clay.h
@@ -472,7 +472,7 @@ CLAY__TYPEDEF(Clay_RenderCommand, struct {
     Clay_BoundingBox boundingBox;
     Clay_ElementConfigUnion config;
     Clay_StringSlice text; // TODO I wish there was a way to avoid having to have this on every render command
-    uint32_t zIndex;
+    int32_t zIndex;
     uint32_t id;
     Clay_RenderCommandType commandType;
 });
@@ -2601,8 +2601,8 @@ void Clay__CalculateFinalLayout() {
                 Clay__AddRenderCommand(CLAY__INIT(Clay_RenderCommand) {
                     .boundingBox = clipHashMapItem->boundingBox,
                     .config = { .scrollElementConfig = Clay__StoreScrollElementConfig(CLAY__INIT(Clay_ScrollElementConfig)CLAY__DEFAULT_STRUCT) },
-                    .id = Clay__RehashWithNumber(rootElement->id, 10), // TODO need a better strategy for managing derived ids
                     .zIndex = root->zIndex,
+                    .id = Clay__RehashWithNumber(rootElement->id, 10), // TODO need a better strategy for managing derived ids
                     .commandType = CLAY_RENDER_COMMAND_TYPE_SCISSOR_START,
                 });
             }