diff --git a/src/Preload/Render.hs b/src/Preload/Render.hs
index 5f2a204de..b8b0f0ab5 100644
--- a/src/Preload/Render.hs
+++ b/src/Preload/Render.hs
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ module Preload.Render (
     cleanUpRenderPreload,
 ) where
 
+import Shape.Parameters
 import Shader.Parameters
 import Control.Concurrent
 import Control.Lens
@@ -18,7 +19,6 @@ import Graphics.GL.Core45
 import Shader.AuxAddition
 import Shader.Compile
 import Shader.Data
-import Shape.Data
 
 {- BINDING LIST:
 0   base
@@ -73,10 +73,7 @@ preloadRender = do
     -- note the shape shader vao is distinct from the position vao, but they
     -- share an EBO
     shapeshader <- makeShaderUsingVBO "shape/basic" [vert, frag] 
-        [VertexAttribute 4 GL_FLOAT GL_FALSE 0 
-        ,VertexAttribute 4 GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE GL_TRUE (fromIntegral 4 * fromIntegral floatSize) 
-        ,VertexAttribute 4 GL_FLOAT GL_FALSE (fromIntegral 4 * fromIntegral (floatSize + ubyteSize))
-        ]
+        shapeVerxAttributes
         pmTriangles shVBO
     glVertexArrayElementBuffer (shapeshader ^. shaderVAO . vaoName) (shEBO ^. eboName)
 
diff --git a/src/Shader/Poke.hs b/src/Shader/Poke.hs
index 7773f19e7..2defafc98 100644
--- a/src/Shader/Poke.hs
+++ b/src/Shader/Poke.hs
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ module Shader.Poke (
     pokeFloors,
 ) where
 
+import Shape.Parameters
 import Color
 import Control.Monad.Primitive
 import qualified Data.Vector as V
@@ -433,7 +434,6 @@ pokeJustV xdata cp col ptr nv sh = do
     return (nv + 1)
   where
     V3 x y z = sh
-    V4 r g b a = col
     V3 nx ny nz = cp
 
 pokeJustVInvNormal ::
@@ -452,7 +452,6 @@ pokeJustVInvNormal xdata cp col ptr nv sh = do
     return (nv + 1)
   where
     V3 x y z = sh
-    V4 r g b a = col
     V3 nx ny nz = (2 * sh) - cp
 
 pokeFlatV ::
@@ -471,7 +470,6 @@ pokeFlatV xdata norm col ptr nv sh = do
     return (nv + 1)
   where
     V3 x y z = sh
-    V4 r g b a = col
     V3 nx ny nz = sh - norm
 
 pokeLayVerxs ::
diff --git a/src/Shape/Data.hs b/src/Shape/Data.hs
index 259643386..6790a1b1b 100644
--- a/src/Shape/Data.hs
+++ b/src/Shape/Data.hs
@@ -8,12 +8,10 @@
 
 module Shape.Data where
 
-import Foreign.Storable
 import Control.Lens
 import Data.Aeson
 import Data.Aeson.TH
 import Geometry.Data
-import Data.Word
 
 data ShapeType 
     = FlatFaces { _topBoxSize :: Int }
@@ -54,7 +52,6 @@ makeLenses ''ShapeType
 
 type Shape = [Surface]
 
-shapeVerxSize = sizeOf (0 :: Float) * 8 + 4 * sizeOf (0 :: Word8)
 
 --nShapeVerxComp :: Int
 --nShapeVerxComp = sum shapeVerxSizes
diff --git a/src/Shape/Parameters.hs b/src/Shape/Parameters.hs
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..65fe7b54f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Shape/Parameters.hs
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+module Shape.Parameters
+    where
+
+import Shader.Parameters
+import Shader.Data
+import Data.Word
+import Foreign.Storable
+import Graphics.GL.Core45
+
+shapeVerxSize :: Int
+shapeVerxSize = sizeOf (0 :: Float) * 8 + 4 * sizeOf (0 :: Word8)
+
+shapeVerxAttributes :: [VertexAttribute]
+shapeVerxAttributes = 
+        [VertexAttribute 4 GL_FLOAT GL_FALSE 0 
+        ,VertexAttribute 4 GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE GL_TRUE (fromIntegral (4 :: Int) * fromIntegral floatSize) 
+        ,VertexAttribute 4 GL_FLOAT GL_FALSE (fromIntegral (4 :: Int) * fromIntegral (floatSize + ubyteSize))
+        ]
+