diff --git a/src/Preload/Render.hs b/src/Preload/Render.hs
index 888e3d680..82bcdc22f 100644
--- a/src/Preload/Render.hs
+++ b/src/Preload/Render.hs
@@ -124,14 +124,15 @@ preloadRender = do
     --initTexture2DArray 50 "data/texture/charMapVertBig.png" 2 32 64 95 GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST GL_LINEAR
 
     putStrLn "Setup full screen shaders"
-    screentexturevbo <- mglCreate glCreateBuffers
-    withArray (concat cornerList) $ \ptr ->
-        glNamedBufferStorage
-            screentexturevbo
-            (fromIntegral $ floatSize * length (concat cornerList))
-            ptr
-            0
-    screentexturevao <- setupVAOvbo (toFloatVAs [2, 2]) 4 screentexturevbo
+--    screentexturevbo <- mglCreate glCreateBuffers
+--    withArray (concat cornerList) $ \ptr ->
+--        glNamedBufferStorage
+--            screentexturevbo
+--            (fromIntegral $ floatSize * length (concat cornerList))
+--            ptr
+--            0
+--    screentexturevao <- setupVAOvbo (toFloatVAs [2, 2]) 4 screentexturevbo
+    (_,screentexturevao) <- setupStaticVBO (toFloatVAs [2,2]) (concat cornerList)
     alphadivideshader <- makeShaderUsingVAO "texture2D/alphaDivide" [vert, frag] pmTriangleStrip screentexturevao
     fsShad <- makeShaderUsingVAO "texture/simple" [vert, frag] pmTriangleStrip screentexturevao
     bloomBlurShad <- makeShaderUsingVAO "texture/bloomBlur" [vert, frag] pmTriangleStrip screentexturevao
diff --git a/src/Shader/Compile.hs b/src/Shader/Compile.hs
index b31ccd29f..237921d72 100644
--- a/src/Shader/Compile.hs
+++ b/src/Shader/Compile.hs
@@ -13,8 +13,10 @@ module Shader.Compile (
     setupVertexAttribPointer,
     makeSourcedShader,
     toFloatVAs,
+    setupStaticVBO
 ) where
 
+import Foreign.C.Types
 import Graphics.GL.Types
 import Control.Lens
 import Control.Monad
@@ -99,21 +101,24 @@ setupVBO vertexsize = do
         GL_STREAM_DRAW
     return VBO{_vboName = vboname, _vboPtr = thePtr, _vboVertexBytes = floatSize * vertexsize}
 
----- the input ptr is assumed to contain the correct amount of data according to
----- the specified number and type of vertices
----- note the VBO here does not have a sensible ptr value
---setupStaticVBO :: Int -> [VertexAttribute] -> Ptr a -> IO (VBO,VAO)
---setupStaticVBO numvs vas vdata = do
---    vboname <- mglCreate glCreateBuffers
---    glNamedBufferStorage
---        vboname
---        (CPtrdiff (fromIntegral (vasTightStride vas)))
---        vdata
---        0
---    let vbo = VBO 
---            { _vboName = vboname 
---            , _vboPtr = nullPtr
---            , _vboVertexSize = 
+-- the input ptr is assumed to contain the correct amount of data according to
+-- the specified number and type of vertices
+-- note the VBO here does not have a sensible ptr value
+setupStaticVBO :: Storable a => [VertexAttribute] -> [a] -> IO (VBO,VAO)
+setupStaticVBO vas vdata = withArrayLen vdata $ \i ptr -> do
+    vboname <- mglCreate glCreateBuffers
+    glNamedBufferStorage
+        vboname
+        (CPtrdiff (fromIntegral (i * sizeOf (head vdata))))
+        ptr
+        0
+    let vbo = VBO 
+            { _vboName = vboname 
+            , _vboPtr = nullPtr
+            , _vboVertexBytes = vasTightStride vas
+            }
+    vao <- setupVAOUsingVBO vas vbo
+    return (vbo,vao)