diff --git a/src/LoadConfig.hs b/src/LoadConfig.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE DeriveGeneric #-}
+module LoadConfig
+    where
+import Data.Aeson
+import GHC.Generics
+import Foreign.C.Types
+
+data Configuration = Configuration
+    { windowxsize :: Int
+    , windowysize :: Int
+    } deriving (Generic, Show)
+
+instance ToJSON Configuration where
+    toEncoding = genericToEncoding defaultOptions
+instance FromJSON Configuration
+
+loadConfig :: IO (Int,Int)
+loadConfig = do
+    mayConfig <- decodeFileStrict "config.json"
+    case mayConfig of
+        Just config -> return (windowxsize config,windowysize config)
+        Nothing     -> do
+                        putStrLn "invalid config.json, loading default config"
+                        return (800,600)
diff --git a/src/Preload/Data.hs b/src/Preload/Data.hs
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+{-# LANGUAGE TemplateHaskell #-}
+module Preload.Data
+    where
+import Control.Lens
+import GHC.Word (Word32)
+
+import Picture.Preload
+import Sound.Preload
+
+data PreloadData a = PreloadData
+    { _renderData :: RenderData
+    , _soundData :: SoundData a
+    , _currentTime :: Word32
+    , _renderTime :: Word32
+    , _renderLighting :: Word32
+    , _renderPicture :: Word32
+    , _simTime :: Word32
+    , _mixerTime :: Word32
+    , _idleTime :: Word32
+    , _gcTime :: Word32
+    , _pokeTime :: Word32
+    }
+
+makeLenses ''PreloadData
diff --git a/src/Preload/Update.hs b/src/Preload/Update.hs
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+module Preload.Update
+    ( resizeSpareFBO
+    )
+where
+import Preload.Data
+import Graphics.Rendering.OpenGL
+import Foreign
+import Picture.Preload
+
+resizeSpareFBO :: Int -> Int -> PreloadData a -> IO (PreloadData a)
+resizeSpareFBO xsize ysize pdata = do
+-- I am unsure how much of this needs to be bound...
+    let rdata   = _renderData pdata
+        fboName = _spareFBO rdata
+        fboTO   = _fboTexture rdata
+        fboRBO  = _fboRenderbufferObject rdata
+        xsize' = fromIntegral xsize
+        ysize' = fromIntegral ysize
+    bindFramebuffer Framebuffer $= fboName
+    textureBinding Texture2D $= Just fboTO
+    texImage2D Texture2D NoProxy 0 RGBA8 (TextureSize2D xsize' ysize') 0 (PixelData RGBA UnsignedByte nullPtr)
+    textureFilter Texture2D $= ((Linear',Just Linear') , Nearest)
+    generateMipmap' Texture2D
+    framebufferTexture2D Framebuffer (ColorAttachment 0) Texture2D fboTO 0
+
+    bindRenderbuffer Renderbuffer $= fboRBO
+    renderbufferStorage Renderbuffer Depth24Stencil8 (RenderbufferSize xsize' ysize')
+    framebufferRenderbuffer Framebuffer DepthStencilAttachment Renderbuffer fboRBO
+
+    fboStatus <- framebufferStatus Framebuffer
+    putStrLn $ "after resize, framebuffer status:" ++ show fboStatus
+    return pdata
+