diff --git a/examples/render_groups/main.cpp b/examples/render_groups/main.cpp
index 9284d00..cd2e233 100644
--- a/examples/render_groups/main.cpp
+++ b/examples/render_groups/main.cpp
@@ -203,9 +203,13 @@ main()
 	render_group* rg = rgAlloc(rs->render_groups, 64, sw);
 	entity* e =
 		rgAppend(rg, rs->assets, rs->arena, "../data/blender/spaceship.gltf");
+		//rgAppend(rg, rs->assets, rs->arena, "../data/blender/icosphere.gltf");
+	uint scale = 200;
+	entScale(*e, glm::vec3(scale, scale, scale));
 	assert(e != nullptr);
 
 	renDoRenderLoop(rs, 60);
+	//renRenderFrame(rs);
 
 	renShutdown(rs);
 	return 0;
diff --git a/include/entity.h b/include/entity.h
index 4c6cf9d..aadf54e 100644
--- a/include/entity.h
+++ b/include/entity.h
@@ -11,7 +11,6 @@
 struct entity
 {
 	glm::mat4 world_transform;
-	//mesh_group meshes;
 	uint64_t model_id;	// NOTE: filepath hash
 	render_objects* render_objs;
 };
diff --git a/src/asset.cpp b/src/asset.cpp
index 4538317..0b69511 100644
--- a/src/asset.cpp
+++ b/src/asset.cpp
@@ -216,6 +216,8 @@ assetLoadFromFile(model_assets* assets,
 	std::string err;
 	std::string warn;
 
+	LOG(Info) << "Loading model: " << filename << "\n";
+
 	if (!gltf_ctx.LoadASCIIFromFile(&t_mdl, &err, &warn, filename)) {
 		LOG(Error) << "Error loading file: " << filename
 			<< " , msg: " << err << "\n";
@@ -227,7 +229,7 @@ assetLoadFromFile(model_assets* assets,
 	model* mdl = initModel(assets, arena, t_mdl, filename);
 	// TODO: also need to get each node xform
 	// TODO: also need to dump textures/materials
-	dumpNodes(t_mdl);
+	//dumpNodes(t_mdl);
 
 	uint mesh_idx = 0;
 
diff --git a/src/default_shaders.cpp b/src/default_shaders.cpp
index afeecea..baacc64 100644
--- a/src/default_shaders.cpp
+++ b/src/default_shaders.cpp
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+
+
+// NOTE: default shader
+
 const char* DEFAULT_VERTEX_SHADER = R"VS(
 #version 330 core
 
@@ -71,6 +75,57 @@ void main()
 }
 )FS";
 
+
+// NOTE: debug shader
+
+const char* DEBUG_VERTEX_SHADER = R"DVS(
+#version 330 core
+
+layout (location = 0) in vec3 vertexPosition_modelspace;
+layout (location = 1) in vec3 normal;
+layout (location = 2) in vec3 texCoord;
+
+out vec3 fragVertex;
+out vec3 fragNormal;
+
+uniform mat4 world_transform;
+uniform mat4 model;
+uniform mat4 view;
+uniform mat4 projection;
+uniform mat3 normal_matrix;
+
+
+void main()
+{
+	fragNormal = vec4(world_transform * vec4(normal, 1)).xyz;
+	fragVertex = vertexPosition_modelspace;
+	gl_Position = projection * view *
+		world_transform * model * vec4(vertexPosition_modelspace, 1);
+}
+)DVS";
+
+const char* DEBUG_FRAGMENT_SHADER = R"DFS(
+#version 330 core
+
+in vec3 fragVertex;
+in vec3 fragNormal;
+
+out vec4 color;
+
+uniform mat4 model;
+uniform mat3 normal_matrix;
+
+
+void main()
+{
+	color = vec4(0.5 * normalize(fragNormal) + 0.5, 1.0);
+	//color = vec4(1.0, 0.8, 0.8, 1.0);
+}
+)DFS";
+
+
+// NOTE: simple shader
+
 const char* SIMPLE_VERTEX_SHADER = R"SVS(
 #version 330 core
 
@@ -103,3 +158,4 @@ void main()
 	color = vec4(frag_color.rgb, 1);
 }
 )SFS";
+
diff --git a/src/entity.cpp b/src/entity.cpp
index 1aaa41b..08072ef 100644
--- a/src/entity.cpp
+++ b/src/entity.cpp
@@ -37,6 +37,8 @@ bool
 entInitModel(entity* e, model* mdl)
 {
 	e->render_objs = roInitModel(mdl);
+	e->world_transform = glm::mat4(1);
+	e->model_id = mdl->filepath_hash;
 
 	if (e->render_objs == nullptr) {
 		entFree(e);
diff --git a/src/render_object.cpp b/src/render_object.cpp
index 53a12d2..cb8ed81 100644
--- a/src/render_object.cpp
+++ b/src/render_object.cpp
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@ roDraw(render_objects* r_objs,
 	light_group* lights)
 {
 	assert(r_objs->mesh_type == DEFAULT_MESHES);
+	// FIXME: might as well move this function now that we only have one path
 	drawDefault(r_objs, world_transform, cam, sw, lights);
 }
 
@@ -159,10 +160,16 @@ loadMeshIntoGL(default_render_object* ro_out, mesh* mesh_in)
 			GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER)
 		// FIXME: re-implement diffuse texture, but with index into an array
 		// 	on render_state
-		//&& initGLTexture(mesh_in->diffuse_texture, ro_out->tex_id))
+#if 0
+		&& initGLTexture(mesh_in->diffuse_texture, ro_out->tex_id))
+#endif
 		)
 	{
+		// FIXME: node xform
+		ro_out->node_xform = glm::mat4(1);
+#if 0
 		ro_out->node_xform = *mesh_in->xform;
+#endif
 		ro_out->index_buffer_count = mesh_in->num_indices;
 		return true;
 	}
@@ -203,7 +210,10 @@ drawDefault(render_objects* r_objs,
 	default_render_object* objects = r_objs->objects;
 	glUseProgram(shader->program_id);
 	updateMatrices(shader, cam, world_transform, objects->node_xform);
+	// FIXME: re-enable lights
+#if 0
 	if (lights->needs_update) lightsUpdate(lights, shader);
+#endif
 
 	for (uint i = 0; i < r_objs->count; i++) {
 		enableGLFloatBuffer(objects[i].vertex_buffer_id, 0);
@@ -211,14 +221,24 @@ drawDefault(render_objects* r_objs,
 		// TODO: could pass in a stride parameter here to enableGLFloatBuffer()
 		// 	could then use a 2d buffer for uv coords
 		enableGLFloatBuffer(objects[i].uv_buffer_id, 2);
+		// FIXME: re-enable textures
+#if 0
 		glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, objects[i].tex_id);
 		glUniform1i(shader->sampler_id, 0);
+#endif
 
 		glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, objects[i].index_buffer_id);
+		// FIXME: tinygltf uses unsigned short as index type
+#if 0
 		glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES,
 			objects[i].index_buffer_count,
 			GL_UNSIGNED_INT,
 			0);
+#endif
+		glDrawElements(GL_TRIANGLES,
+			objects[i].index_buffer_count,
+			GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT,
+			0);
 
 		glDisableVertexAttribArray(0);
 		glDisableVertexAttribArray(1);
diff --git a/src/renderer.cpp b/src/renderer.cpp
index 725147c..b9db112 100644
--- a/src/renderer.cpp
+++ b/src/renderer.cpp
@@ -323,7 +323,11 @@ bool
 initShaders(render_state* rs)
 {
 	rs->default_shader =
+		// FIXME: debug shader
+#if 0
 		shaderInitDefault(DEFAULT_VERTEX_SHADER, DEFAULT_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
+#endif
+		shaderInitDefault(DEBUG_VERTEX_SHADER, DEBUG_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
 	rs->simple_shader =
 		shaderInitSimple(SIMPLE_VERTEX_SHADER, SIMPLE_FRAGMENT_SHADER);
 
diff --git a/src/shader_program.cpp b/src/shader_program.cpp
index 1ddbfe9..f2d94cb 100644
--- a/src/shader_program.cpp
+++ b/src/shader_program.cpp
@@ -37,8 +37,11 @@ shaderInitDefault(const char* vertex_code, const char* frag_code)
 		glGetUniformLocation(sp->program_id, "projection");
 	sp->normal_matrix_id =
 		glGetUniformLocation(sp->program_id, "normal_matrix");
+	// FIXME: re-enable textures
+#if 0
 	sp->num_lights_id = glGetUniformLocation(sp->program_id, "num_lights");
 	sp->sampler_id = glGetUniformLocation(sp->program_id, "sampler");
+#endif
 
 	cleanUpShader(sp->program_id, vs_id, fs_id);