diff --git a/vector_tile/renderer.py b/vector_tile/renderer.py
index 0199957..1738242 100755
--- a/vector_tile/renderer.py
+++ b/vector_tile/renderer.py
@@ -189,7 +189,6 @@ def __init__(self, req, tile=None, path_multiplier=16):
         self.request = req
         self.extent = self.request.extent
         self.ctrans = CoordTransform(req)
-        self.path_multiplier = path_multiplier
         self.pixels = {}
         self.keys = {}
         self.values = {}
@@ -203,7 +202,9 @@ def __init__(self, req, tile=None, path_multiplier=16):
                 self.values[layer.name] = layer.values
         else:
             self.tile = vector_tile_pb2.tile()
-    
+        # assume all layers have same extent
+        self.path_multiplier = tile.layers[0].extent / 256 
+
     def __str__(self):
         return self.tile.__str__()