diff --git a/include/resources/texture.hpp b/include/resources/texture.hpp
index acfd735..dab3173 100644
--- a/include/resources/texture.hpp
+++ b/include/resources/texture.hpp
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ public:
 		ANISOTROPIC,
 	};
 
-	Texture(RenderData& renderData, const std::string& path, Filtering filtering);
+	Texture(RenderData* renderData, const std::string& path, Filtering filtering);
 	~Texture();
 	Texture(const Texture&) = delete;
 	Texture& operator=(const Texture&) = delete;
diff --git a/src/application.cpp b/src/application.cpp
index c54fbbb..6ffdd2d 100644
--- a/src/application.cpp
+++ b/src/application.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,7 @@ namespace engine {
 		}
 		{
 			auto whiteTexture = std::make_unique<resources::Texture>(
-				renderData,
+				&renderData,
 				getResourcePath("engine/textures/white.png"),
 				resources::Texture::Filtering::OFF
 			);
diff --git a/src/resources/texture.cpp b/src/resources/texture.cpp
index bf7e35d..896b6b9 100644
--- a/src/resources/texture.cpp
+++ b/src/resources/texture.cpp
@@ -8,8 +8,8 @@
 
 namespace engine::resources {
 
-Texture::Texture(RenderData& renderData, const std::string& path, Filtering filtering)
-	: m_gfxDevice(renderData.gfxdev.get())
+Texture::Texture(RenderData* renderData, const std::string& path, Filtering filtering)
+	: m_gfxDevice(renderData->gfxdev.get())
 {
 
 	int width, height;
@@ -41,13 +41,13 @@ Texture::Texture(RenderData& renderData, const std::string& path, Filtering filt
 			samplerInfo.anisotropicFiltering = true;
 	}
 
-	if (renderData.samplers.contains(samplerInfo) == false) {
-		renderData.samplers.insert(std::make_pair(samplerInfo, m_gfxDevice->createSampler(samplerInfo)));
+	if (renderData->samplers.contains(samplerInfo) == false) {
+		renderData->samplers.insert(std::make_pair(samplerInfo, m_gfxDevice->createSampler(samplerInfo)));
 	}
 	
 	m_image = m_gfxDevice->createImage(width, height, texbuf->data());
-	m_descriptorSet = m_gfxDevice->allocateDescriptorSet(renderData.materialSetLayout);
-	m_gfxDevice->updateDescriptorCombinedImageSampler(m_descriptorSet, 0, m_image, renderData.samplers.at(samplerInfo));
+	m_descriptorSet = m_gfxDevice->allocateDescriptorSet(renderData->materialSetLayout);
+	m_gfxDevice->updateDescriptorCombinedImageSampler(m_descriptorSet, 0, m_image, renderData->samplers.at(samplerInfo));
 
 	LOG_INFO("Loaded texture: {}, width: {} height: {}", path, width, height);
 
diff --git a/src/util/model_loader.cpp b/src/util/model_loader.cpp
index 5be2a38..602e171 100644
--- a/src/util/model_loader.cpp
+++ b/src/util/model_loader.cpp
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ namespace engine::util {
 				absPath /= texPath.C_Str();
 				try {
 					textures[i] = std::make_shared<resources::Texture>(
-						parent->app()->renderData, absPath.string(),
+						&parent->app()->renderData, absPath.string(),
 						resources::Texture::Filtering::TRILINEAR);
 				} catch (const std::runtime_error&) {
 					textures[i] = parent->app()->getResource<resources::Texture>("builtin.white");
diff --git a/test/src/game.cpp b/test/src/game.cpp
index f1a14ea..9d28704 100644
--- a/test/src/game.cpp
+++ b/test/src/game.cpp
@@ -84,12 +84,12 @@ void playGame(GameSettings settings)
 
 	/* shared resources */
 	auto grassTexture = std::make_shared<engine::resources::Texture>(
-		app.renderData,
+		&app.renderData,
 		app.getResourcePath("textures/grass.jpg"),
 		engine::resources::Texture::Filtering::ANISOTROPIC
 	);
 	auto spaceTexture = std::make_shared<engine::resources::Texture>(
-		app.renderData,
+		&app.renderData,
 		app.getResourcePath("textures/space2.png"),
 		engine::resources::Texture::Filtering::ANISOTROPIC
 	);