diff --git a/data/shader.frag b/data/shader.frag
index 39c76dc..a02584f 100644
--- a/data/shader.frag
+++ b/data/shader.frag
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:f8c856aacd810bd74889ff1533ad9dc233369691d3a73350bdf7bbf3cf5ca47f
-size 370
+oid sha256:bfc35c46bb495d8699765e860332272163882faa55232ec6b2ad2f1f623a2503
+size 258
diff --git a/data/shader.vert b/data/shader.vert
index 15dc94a..5e20a3f 100644
--- a/data/shader.vert
+++ b/data/shader.vert
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 version https://git-lfs.github.com/spec/v1
-oid sha256:647f6695f1948d8216d7116dd07b31eb524ae9b1976f99e43735b2a5e8f6d771
-size 471
+oid sha256:3ff8f67f345ed8947356dec98d84bc64a2358e398bb3551fe87dbdafc03810cd
+size 341
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index b8a8e3c..b300990 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ loop(RenderState* rs)
 
 				for (u32 k = 0; k < e.num_meshes; k++) {
 					GLmesh& glm = e.meshes[k];
-					renderVAO(&glm, e.xform, rg.shader);
+					renderVAO(&glm, e.xform, rg.shader, e.diffuse_texture->id);
 				}
 			}
 		}
diff --git a/src/shader.cpp b/src/shader.cpp
index 3c39fd0..7902c1c 100644
--- a/src/shader.cpp
+++ b/src/shader.cpp
@@ -66,6 +66,8 @@ addShaderProgram(MemoryArena* arena,
 			// 	queries after at least one shader has been linked
 			initCTXSizes(gl_ctx);
 			s->model_xform_id = glGetUniformLocation(s->prog_id, "model_xform");
+			// TODO: add sampler uniform detection in dynamic shader parsing
+			s->sampler_id = glGetUniformLocation(s->prog_id, "sampler");
 			glDetachShader(s->prog_id, vs_id);
 			glDetachShader(s->prog_id, fs_id);
 			glDeleteShader(vs_id);
@@ -160,12 +162,21 @@ getGLTexture(GLContext* gl_ctx, util_image* diffuse_img)
 }
 
 void
-renderVAO(GLmesh* glmesh, glm::mat4* model_xform, shader_program* shader)
+renderVAO(GLmesh* glmesh,
+	glm::mat4* model_xform,
+	shader_program* shader,
+	GLuint tex_id)
 {
 	glUseProgram(shader->prog_id);
 	glBindVertexArray(glmesh->vao_id);
 	glUniformMatrix4fv(shader->model_xform_id, 1, GL_FALSE,
 		(float*) model_xform);
+
+	if (tex_id > 0) {
+		glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, tex_id);
+		glUniform1i(shader->sampler_id, 0);
+	}
+
 	glBindBuffer(GL_ELEMENT_ARRAY_BUFFER, glmesh->element_buf->id);
 	glDrawElements(
 		glmesh->draw_mode, glmesh->num_indices, GL_UNSIGNED_SHORT, 0);
@@ -385,6 +396,7 @@ u32
 getGLTypeSize(GLenum e)
 {
 	switch (e) {
+		case GL_FLOAT_VEC2: return 2 * sizeof(GLfloat);
 		case GL_FLOAT_VEC3: return 3 * sizeof(GLfloat);
 		case GL_FLOAT_VEC4: return 4 * sizeof(GLfloat);
 		case GL_FLOAT_MAT4: return 16 * sizeof(GLfloat);
@@ -552,6 +564,7 @@ getNumAttribComponents(GLenum type)
 {
 	switch (type) {
 		case GL_FLOAT_VEC3: return 3;
+		case GL_FLOAT_VEC2: return 2;
 		default:
 			printf("%s(), unknown GLenum\n", __FUNCTION__);
 			return 0;
@@ -563,6 +576,7 @@ getAttribComponentType(GLenum type)
 {
 	switch (type) {
 		case GL_FLOAT_VEC3: return GL_FLOAT;
+		case GL_FLOAT_VEC2: return GL_FLOAT;
 		default:
 			printf("%s(), unknown GLenum\n", __FUNCTION__);
 			return 0;
diff --git a/src/shader.h b/src/shader.h
index d9d19fd..5e1e9c9 100644
--- a/src/shader.h
+++ b/src/shader.h
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ struct shader_program
 	GLuint prog_id;
 	GLuint xforms_ubo_id;
 	GLuint model_xform_id;
+	GLint sampler_id;
 
 	u32 num_blocks;
 	GLUniformBlock* uniform_blocks;
@@ -160,19 +161,31 @@ bool addShaderProgram(MemoryArena* arena,
 	const char* vs,
 	const char* fs,
 	const char* name);
+
 shader_program* getShaderByName(const char* name, GLContext* gl_ctx);
+
 shader_program* getShaderByID(GLContext* gl_ctx, GLuint prog_id);
+
 shader_program* getShaderByHash(GLContext* gl_ctx, u64 hash);
+
 shader_program* getFreeShader(GLContext* gl_ctx);
+
 GLTexture* getGLTexture(GLContext* gl_ctx, util_image* diffuse_img);
-void renderVAO(GLmesh* glmesh, glm::mat4* model_xform, shader_program* shader);
+
+void renderVAO(GLmesh* glmesh,
+	glm::mat4* model_xform,
+	shader_program* shader,
+	GLuint tex_id = 0);
+
 GLVertexAttrib* getVertexAttribByName(shader_program* shader, const char* name);
+
 GLmesh loadGLMesh(const mesh& m,
 	GLenum draw_mode,
 	GLuint diffuse_texture_id,
 	const glm::vec3& pos,
 	u32 num_mappings,
 	GLBufferToAttribMapping mappings[]);
+
 void initTransforms(MemoryArena* arena,
 	transforms* xforms,
 	gl_buffer* xform_ubo,