diff --git a/src/asset.h b/src/asset.h
index c43b280..4eac966 100644
--- a/src/asset.h
+++ b/src/asset.h
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ struct model
 
 struct Assets
 {
+	MemoryArena* arena;
 	u32 num_models;
 	u32 max_models;
 	model* models;
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index c8ce410..d19fdae 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -48,9 +48,7 @@ struct RenderState
 	transforms* xforms; // NOTE: would be part of camera in libTangerine
 	SDLHandles* handles;
 	GLContext* gl_ctx;
-
-	MemoryArena* asset_arena;
-	Assets* assets;
+	Assets assets;
 
 	MemoryArena* rg_arena;
 	u32 num_render_groups;
@@ -139,10 +137,10 @@ rotateEntity(Entity* e, glm::vec3 axis, float radians)
 model*
 getModelByPath(RenderState* rs, const char* filepath)
 {
-	model* mdl = assetGetCachedModel(rs->assets, utilFNV64a_str(filepath));
+	model* mdl = assetGetCachedModel(&rs->assets, utilFNV64a_str(filepath));
 
 	if (!mdl)
-		mdl = assetLoadFromFile(rs->assets, rs->asset_arena, filepath);
+		mdl = assetLoadFromFile(&rs->assets, rs->assets.arena, filepath);
 
 	return mdl;
 }
@@ -157,21 +155,7 @@ getFreeRenderGroup(RenderState* rs)
 	return nullptr;
 }
 
-#define DEFAULT_MODEL_COUNT 256
 #define DEFAULT_TEXTURE_COUNT 64
-Assets*
-initAssets(MemoryArena* arena,
-	u32 num_models = DEFAULT_MODEL_COUNT,
-	u32 num_textures = DEFAULT_TEXTURE_COUNT)
-{
-	Assets* assets = ARENA_ALLOC(arena, Assets, 1);
-	assets->max_models = num_models;
-	assets->models = ARENA_ALLOC(arena, model, num_models);
-	assets->max_textures = num_textures;
-	assets->textures = ARENA_ALLOC(arena, util_image, num_textures);
-	return assets;
-}
-
 #define DEFAULT_SHADER_COUNT 64
 #define DEFAULT_UBO_COUNT 32
 GLContext*
@@ -188,23 +172,29 @@ initGLContext(MemoryArena* arena)
 	return gl_ctx;
 }
 
+#define DEFAULT_MODEL_COUNT 256
 #define DEFAULT_RENDER_GROUP_COUNT 256
 RenderState*
-initRenderState()
+initRenderState(u32 max_models = DEFAULT_MODEL_COUNT,
+	u32 max_textures = DEFAULT_TEXTURE_COUNT)
 {
 	RenderState* rs = UTIL_ALLOC(1, RenderState);
 
 	if (rs) {
-		rs->asset_arena = arenaInit(DEFAULT_ARENA_SIZE);
-		rs->assets = initAssets(rs->asset_arena);
+		rs->assets.arena = arenaInit(DEFAULT_ARENA_SIZE);
+		rs->assets.max_models = max_models;
+		rs->assets.models = ARENA_ALLOC(rs->assets.arena, model, max_models);
+		rs->assets.max_textures = max_textures;
+		rs->assets.textures =
+			ARENA_ALLOC(rs->assets.arena, util_image, max_textures);
 
 		rs->rg_arena = arenaInit(DEFAULT_ARENA_SIZE);
 		rs->max_render_groups = DEFAULT_RENDER_GROUP_COUNT;
 		rs->render_groups = ARENA_ALLOC(rs->rg_arena, RenderGroup,
 				DEFAULT_RENDER_GROUP_COUNT);
 
-		rs->gl_ctx = initGLContext(rs->asset_arena);
-		rs->xforms = ARENA_ALLOC(rs->asset_arena, transforms, 1);
+		rs->gl_ctx = initGLContext(rs->assets.arena);
+		rs->xforms = ARENA_ALLOC(rs->assets.arena, transforms, 1);
 		rs->handles = UTIL_ALLOC(1, SDLHandles);
 	}
 
@@ -215,7 +205,7 @@ void
 freeRenderState(RenderState*& rs)
 {
 	if (rs) {
-		arenaFree(rs->asset_arena);
+		arenaFree(rs->assets.arena);
 		utilSafeFree(rs->handles);
 		utilSafeFree(rs);
 		rs = nullptr;
@@ -279,7 +269,7 @@ initGraphics(SDLHandles* handles)
 bool
 addShaders(RenderState* rs)
 {
-	if (!addShaderProgram(rs->asset_arena,
+	if (!addShaderProgram(rs->assets.arena,
 			rs->gl_ctx,
 			"../data/shader.vert",
 			"../data/shader.frag",
@@ -289,7 +279,7 @@ addShaders(RenderState* rs)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if (!addShaderProgram(rs->asset_arena,
+	if (!addShaderProgram(rs->assets.arena,
 			rs->gl_ctx,
 			"../data/colored_vertices.vert",
 			"../data/colored_vertices.frag",
@@ -299,7 +289,7 @@ addShaders(RenderState* rs)
 		return false;
 	}
 
-	if (!addShaderProgram(rs->asset_arena,
+	if (!addShaderProgram(rs->assets.arena,
 			rs->gl_ctx,
 			"../data/debug.vert",
 			"../data/debug.frag",
@@ -439,7 +429,7 @@ main()
 
 		// FIXME: need to test this with another shader that has another UBO
 		gl_buffer& ubo = rs->gl_ctx->uniform_buffers[rs->gl_ctx->num_ubos++];
-		initTransforms(rs->asset_arena, rs->xforms, &ubo, rs->gl_ctx);
+		initTransforms(rs->assets.arena, rs->xforms, &ubo, rs->gl_ctx);
 
 		if (!addShaders(rs)) {
 			LOG(Error) << "error loading shaders\n";