diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/texture/Texture.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/texture/Texture.java
index 88afcfba..193cebc9 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/texture/Texture.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/texture/Texture.java
@@ -167,17 +167,23 @@ public class Texture {
             height = 1;
             try {
                 BufferedImage image_data = ImageIO.read(FileUtils.getAssetFile(path));
+
+                //
+                //transparency check
                 if (
-                        image_data.getType() == BufferedImage.TYPE_3BYTE_BGR ||
-                        image_data.getType() == BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB
-                        ){
+                    image_data.getType() == BufferedImage.TYPE_3BYTE_BGR ||
+                    image_data.getType() == BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_RGB
+                ){
                     hasTransparency = false;
                 } else if(
-                        image_data.getType() == BufferedImage.TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR ||
-                        image_data.getType() == BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB
-                        ){
+                    image_data.getType() == BufferedImage.TYPE_4BYTE_ABGR ||
+                    image_data.getType() == BufferedImage.TYPE_INT_ARGB
+                ){
                     hasTransparency = true;
                 }
+
+                //
+                //create buffer
                 width = image_data.getWidth();
                 height = image_data.getHeight();
                 if(hasTransparency){
@@ -185,19 +191,15 @@ public class Texture {
                 } else {
                     data = BufferUtils.createByteBuffer(width * height * 3);
                 }
-                /*
-                imgBuffer = BufferUtils.createByteBuffer(4 * dimX * dimY);
-                for(int x = 0; x < dimX; x++){
-                    for(int y = 0; y < dimY; y++){
-                        Color temp = new Color(image_data.getRGB(x, y));
-                        data.put((byte)(temp.getRed());
-                        data.put((byte)(temp.getGreen());
-                        data.put((byte)(temp.getBlue());
-                        data.put((byte)(temp.getAlpha());
-                    }
+
+                //
+                //error check
+                if(data == null){
+                    throw new IllegalStateException("Failed to allocate buffer for texture");
                 }
-                imgBuffer.flip();
-                */
+
+                //
+                //buffer data
                 for(int y = height - 1; y > -1; y--){
                     for(int x = 0; x < width; x++){
                         Color temp = new Color(image_data.getRGB(x, y), true);
@@ -208,9 +210,6 @@ public class Texture {
                         if(hasTransparency){
                             data.put((byte)temp.getAlpha());
                         }
-    //                    data[x * y * 3 + 0] = temp.getRed();
-    //                    data[x * y * 3 + 1] = temp.getGreen();
-    //                    data[x * y * 3 + 2] = temp.getBlue();
                     }
                 }
             } catch (IOException ex) {
@@ -221,6 +220,8 @@ public class Texture {
                 data.put((byte)0);
                 data.put((byte)0);
             }
+
+            LoggerInterface.loggerRenderer.DEBUG("Flip buffer");
             data.flip();
             
             //call if width != height so opengl figures out how to unpack it properly