diff --git a/src/Shader.hs b/src/Shader.hs
index c156ea3c1..6681324e8 100644
--- a/src/Shader.hs
+++ b/src/Shader.hs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import qualified Data.Vector.Mutable as MV
 import Control.Monad.Primitive
 import Foreign
 import Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL hiding (Point,translate,scale,imageHeight)
-import Graphics.GL.Core43
+import Graphics.GL.Core45
 
 drawShaderLay :: Int -> UMV.MVector (PrimState IO) Int -> Int -> FullShader' -> IO ()
 {-# INLINE drawShaderLay #-}
@@ -30,8 +30,10 @@ drawShaderLay l countsVector shadIn fs = do
     glUseProgram (_shadProg' fs)
     bindVertexArrayObject $= Just (_vao $ _shadVAO' fs)
     case _shadTex' fs of 
-        Just ShaderTexture{_textureObject = txo}
-            -> textureBinding Texture2D $= Just txo
+        Just ShaderTexture{_textureObject = txo} --, _textureTarget = tt}
+            -- -> textureBinding Texture2D $= Just txo
+            -- -> glBindTexture tt txo
+            -> glBindTextureUnit 0 txo
         _   -> return ()
     glDrawArrays 
         (marshalEPrimitiveMode $ _shadPrim' fs) 
@@ -45,9 +47,10 @@ drawShader fs i = do
     glUseProgram (_shadProg' fs)
     bindVertexArrayObject $= Just (_vao $ _shadVAO' fs)
     case _shadTex' fs of 
-        Just ShaderTexture{_textureObject = TextureObject txo
-                , _textureTarget = tt }
-            -> glBindTexture tt txo
+        Just ShaderTexture{_textureObject = txo
+                } --, _textureTarget = tt }
+            -- -> glBindTexture tt txo
+            -> glBindTextureUnit 0 txo
         _   -> return ()
     glDrawArrays 
         (marshalEPrimitiveMode $ _shadPrim' fs) 
diff --git a/src/Shader/AuxAddition.hs b/src/Shader/AuxAddition.hs
index 63b77b2db..c529b7a91 100644
--- a/src/Shader/AuxAddition.hs
+++ b/src/Shader/AuxAddition.hs
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ module Shader.AuxAddition
     , addUniforms'
     , tilesToLine -- ^ kept in case it is needed in the future
     ) where
+import Unsafe.Coerce
+import Foreign.Marshal
+import Foreign.Storable
 import Shader.Data
 import Control.Monad
 import qualified Data.ByteString as BS
@@ -15,54 +18,59 @@ import Codec.Picture
 import qualified Data.Vector.Storable as VS
 import Control.Lens
 import Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL hiding (Point,translate,scale,imageHeight)
-import Graphics.GL.Core43
+import Graphics.GL.Core45
     
 -- I am not sure if this assumes that the shader is constructed directly before
 -- the texture is added...
 addTexture' :: String -> FullShader' -> IO FullShader'
-addTexture' = addTexture2D 3 ((Linear',Just Linear') , Linear')
+addTexture' = addTexture2D 3 GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR GL_LINEAR
 
 vaddTextureNoFilter' :: String -> FullShader' -> IO FullShader'
-vaddTextureNoFilter' = addTexture2D 1 ((Nearest,Nothing), Nearest)
+vaddTextureNoFilter' = addTexture2D 1 GL_NEAREST GL_NEAREST
 --vaddTextureNoFilter' = addTexture2D 3 ((Linear',Just Linear') , Linear')
 
-addTexture2D :: GLint -> ((TextureFilter,Maybe TextureFilter),TextureFilter)
+addTexture2D :: GLint -- number mipmap levels
+--    -> ((TextureFilter,Maybe TextureFilter),TextureFilter)
+    -> GLenum -- minfilter
+    -> GLenum -- magfilter
     -> String -> FullShader' -> IO FullShader'
-addTexture2D nlev filt texpath shad = do
+addTexture2D nlev minfilt magfilt texpath shad = do
     Right cmap <- readImage texpath
-    let tex = convertRGBA8 cmap
-    textureOb <- genObjectName
-    textureBinding Texture2D $= Just textureOb
-    let wtex = fromIntegral $ imageWidth  tex
-        htex = fromIntegral $ imageHeight tex
-    glTexStorage2D GL_TEXTURE_2D nlev GL_RGBA8 wtex htex
-    VS.unsafeWith (imageData tex) $ \ptr -> do
-        glTexSubImage2D GL_TEXTURE_2D 0 0 0 wtex htex GL_RGBA GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE ptr
-    textureFilter Texture2D $= filt
-    generateMipmap' Texture2D
-    return $ shad & shadTex' ?~ ShaderTexture 
-        {_textureObject = textureOb
-        ,_textureTarget = GL_TEXTURE_2D
-        }
+    let texdata = convertRGBA8 cmap
+    let wtex = fromIntegral $ imageWidth  texdata
+        htex = fromIntegral $ imageHeight texdata
+    alloca $ \nameptr -> do
+        glCreateTextures GL_TEXTURE_2D 1 nameptr
+        texname <- peek nameptr
+        glTextureStorage2D texname nlev GL_RGBA8 wtex htex
+        VS.unsafeWith (imageData texdata) $ \ptr -> do
+            glTextureSubImage2D texname 0 0 0 wtex htex GL_RGBA GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE ptr
+            glGenerateTextureMipmap texname
+            glTextureParameteri texname GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER (unsafeCoerce minfilt)
+            glTextureParameteri texname GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER (unsafeCoerce magfilt)
+            return $ shad & shadTex' ?~ ShaderTexture 
+                {_textureObject = texname }
 
 -- | for transforming a 256x256 image containing 64 tiles of 16x16 pixels into
 -- an image that was directly readable by glTexSubImage3D, used the
 -- transformation tilesToLine 8 128 on the underlying pixels.
 addTextureArray' :: String -> FullShader' -> IO FullShader'
 addTextureArray' texturePath shad = do
-    textureOb <- genObjectName
-    textureBinding Texture2DArray $= Just textureOb
+    err <- glGetError
+    print err
     Right cmap <- readImage texturePath
-    let tex = convertRGBA8 cmap
-    glTexStorage3D GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY 3 GL_RGBA8 32 32 64
-    VS.unsafeWith (imageData tex) $ \ptr -> do
-        glTexSubImage3D GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY 0 0 0 0 32 32 64 GL_RGBA GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE ptr
-    textureFilter Texture2DArray $= ((Linear',Just Linear') , Linear')
-    generateMipmap' Texture2DArray
-    return $ shad & shadTex' ?~ ShaderTexture 
-        { _textureObject = textureOb
-        , _textureTarget = GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY
-        }
+    let texdata = convertRGBA8 cmap
+    alloca $ \nameptr -> do
+        glCreateTextures GL_TEXTURE_2D_ARRAY 1 nameptr
+        texname <- peek nameptr
+        glTextureStorage3D texname 3 GL_RGBA8 32 32 64
+        VS.unsafeWith (imageData texdata) $ \ptr -> do
+            glTextureSubImage3D texname 0 0 0 0 32 32 64 GL_RGBA GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE ptr
+            glGenerateTextureMipmap texname
+            glTextureParameteri texname GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER (unsafeCoerce GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR)
+            glTextureParameteri texname GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER (unsafeCoerce GL_LINEAR)
+            return $ shad & shadTex' ?~ ShaderTexture 
+                { _textureObject = texname}
 
 -- I am completely unclear on why this works with its current parameters
 tilesToLine 
diff --git a/src/Shader/Data.hs b/src/Shader/Data.hs
index 9cb334cd5..912e699de 100644
--- a/src/Shader/Data.hs
+++ b/src/Shader/Data.hs
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ data EBO = EBO
     }
 {- | Datatype containing the reference to a texture object.  -}
 data ShaderTexture = ShaderTexture
-    { _textureObject :: TextureObject 
-    , _textureTarget :: GLenum
+    { _textureObject :: GLuint -- DSA style texture, 450 
+--    , _textureTarget :: GLenum
     }
 data EPrimitiveMode
     = EPoints