diff --git a/src/graphics/render.nim b/src/graphics/render.nim
index 5fc67f3..bbfa023 100644
--- a/src/graphics/render.nim
+++ b/src/graphics/render.nim
@@ -125,6 +125,9 @@ proc initialize*(self: RenderManager) =
     glEnable(GL_CULL_FACE)
     glCullFace(GL_BACK)
     glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA)
+    # For uploading byte-packed textures. TODO: Does WebGL 2 ignore this?
+    glPixelStorei(GL_UNPACK_ALIGNMENT, 1)
+    glPixelStorei(GL_PACK_ALIGNMENT, 1)
     self.bg_mesh = newMesh(self.engine, "_bg_mesh", common_attributes={vertex})
     self.bg_mesh.load_from_va_ia(@[-1'f32, -1, -1, 3, -1, -1, -1, 3, -1])
     self.bg_mesh.radius = Inf
@@ -132,9 +135,9 @@ proc initialize*(self: RenderManager) =
     self.no_material = self.engine.newSolidMaterial("_no_material", vec4(1,0,1,1));
     self.camera_render_ubo = self.newUBO("CameraRenderUniform", CameraRenderUniform, 1)
     # since this is a ref, it won't be destroyed until it's used
-    let zero = newArrRef[uint8](3)
+    let zero = newArrRef[uint8](4)
     zero.fill 0
-    self.blank_texture = self.engine.newTexture("",1,1,1,RGB_u8,pixels=zero.to float32)
+    self.blank_texture = self.engine.newTexture("",1,1,1,RGBA_u8,pixels=zero.to float32)
     self.initialized = true
     for fun in self.queue:
         try: