diff --git a/buildNumber.properties b/buildNumber.properties
index 2c47b05f..3e3325f3 100644
--- a/buildNumber.properties
+++ b/buildNumber.properties
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #maven.buildNumber.plugin properties file
-#Tue Sep 10 19:22:32 EDT 2024
-buildNumber=326
+#Tue Sep 10 20:21:08 EDT 2024
+buildNumber=328
diff --git a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/texture/Texture.java b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/texture/Texture.java
index 92f943a3..899bf669 100644
--- a/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/texture/Texture.java
+++ b/src/main/java/electrosphere/renderer/texture/Texture.java
@@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ public class Texture {
             //buffer the texture information
             this.pixelFormat = GL_RED;
             this.datatype = GL_FLOAT;
-            this.glTexImage2D(openGlState, width, height, GL_RED, GL_FLOAT);
+            this.glTexImage2D(openGlState, GL_R32F, width, height, GL_RED, GL_FLOAT, buffer);
             //check build status
             String errorMessage = RenderingEngine.getErrorInEnglish(Globals.renderingEngine.getError());
             if(errorMessage != null){
@@ -445,9 +445,33 @@ public class Texture {
         //static values going into call
         int level = 0;
         int border = 0; //this must be 0 according to docs
+        int internalFormat = format;
         openGLState.glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,texturePointer);
         Globals.renderingEngine.checkError();
-        GL40.glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, level, format, width, height, border, format, datatype, data);
+        GL40.glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, level, internalFormat, width, height, border, format, datatype, data);
+        Globals.renderingEngine.checkError();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Specifies a 2d image
+     * @param width The width of the image
+     * @param height The height of the image
+     * @param format The format of the pixels (ie GL_RGB, GL_RGBA, etc)
+     * @param datatype The data type of a single component of a pixel (ie GL_BYTE, GL_UNSIGNED_INT, etc)
+     * @param data The data to populate the image with
+     */
+    public void glTexImage2D(OpenGLState openGLState, int internalFormat, int width, int height, int format, int datatype, ByteBuffer data){
+        //store provided values
+        this.width = width;
+        this.height = height;
+        this.pixelFormat = format;
+        this.datatype = datatype;
+        //static values going into call
+        int level = 0;
+        int border = 0; //this must be 0 according to docs
+        openGLState.glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D,texturePointer);
+        Globals.renderingEngine.checkError();
+        GL40.glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, level, internalFormat, width, height, border, format, datatype, data);
         Globals.renderingEngine.checkError();
     }