Lightning Rod always places upside down when using setblock ~ ~ ~ Lightning_rod

I noticed today when trying to use the setblock command to place a lightning rod on the ground in front of me that the lightning rod is placed upside down. I have tried several data variants at the end such as (setblock ~ ~ ~ lightning_rod 1) and it still places upside down. Not sure if this is a bug or if I am doing something incorrectly, but with the new update I though I'd share. Cheers.