diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/Globals.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/Globals.java
index 8404ade9..835ffbe3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/Globals.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/engine/Globals.java
@@ -223,6 +223,7 @@ public class Globals {
     
     public static int WINDOW_WIDTH = 1920;
     public static int WINDOW_HEIGHT = 1080;
+    public static boolean WINDOW_DECORATED = true; //used to control whether the window is created with decorations or not (ie for testing)
     
     //title bar dimensions
     public static int WINDOW_TITLE_BAR_HEIGHT = 0;
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/RenderingEngine.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/RenderingEngine.java
index 3716b0d4..a4e42ce3 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/RenderingEngine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/RenderingEngine.java
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ package electrosphere.renderer;
 import static electrosphere.renderer.RenderUtils.createScreenTextureVAO;
 import static org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW.GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR;
 import static org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW.GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR;
+import static org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW.GLFW_FALSE;
 import static org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW.GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE;
 import static org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW.GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE;
 import static org.lwjgl.glfw.GLFW.glfwCreateWindow;
@@ -236,6 +237,9 @@ public class RenderingEngine {
         if(Globals.RUN_HIDDEN){
             glfwWindowHint(GLFW.GLFW_VISIBLE, GLFW.GLFW_FALSE);
         }
+        if(!Globals.WINDOW_DECORATED){
+            glfwWindowHint(GLFW.GLFW_DECORATED, GLFW_FALSE);
+        }
 //        glfwWindowHint(GLFW_TRANSPARENT_FRAMEBUFFER, GLFW_TRUE); Allows you to make the background transparent
 //        glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPACITY, 23);
         //Creates the window reference object
diff --git a/src/test/java/template/RenderingTestTemplate.java b/src/test/java/template/RenderingTestTemplate.java
index 226c82b9..94fcde6e 100644
--- a/src/test/java/template/RenderingTestTemplate.java
+++ b/src/test/java/template/RenderingTestTemplate.java
@@ -13,18 +13,14 @@ import testutils.TestRenderingUtils;
  * A test class that involves testing renders
  */
 public abstract class RenderingTestTemplate {
-
-    public static final int DEFAULT_WINDOW_WIDTH = 1920;
-    public static final int DEFAULT_WINDOW_HEIGHT = 1080;
     
     /**
      * Initializes the engine
      */
     @IntegrationSetup
     public void initEngine(){
+        Globals.WINDOW_DECORATED = false;
         TestEngineUtils.initGraphicalEngine();
-        Globals.WINDOW_WIDTH = DEFAULT_WINDOW_WIDTH;
-        Globals.WINDOW_HEIGHT = DEFAULT_WINDOW_HEIGHT;
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/test/java/electrosphere/renderer/ui/elements/window.png b/test/java/electrosphere/renderer/ui/elements/window.png
index b297ed61..a64d34f0 100644
Binary files a/test/java/electrosphere/renderer/ui/elements/window.png and b/test/java/electrosphere/renderer/ui/elements/window.png differ