diff --git a/src/Pudding.cpp b/src/Pudding.cpp
index acd6709..09d7186 100644
--- a/src/Pudding.cpp
+++ b/src/Pudding.cpp
@@ -92,8 +92,12 @@ void Pudding::load_gl_context()
     glBindAttribLocation(world_program, 0, "in_Position");
     glBindAttribLocation(world_program, 1, "vertexUV");
     link_shader(world_program);
-    /* generate the texture that will store the video frame */
+    /* generate the texture that will store the video frame, allocate storage for a video frame, bind and edit texture properties */
     glGenTextures(1, &video_capture_texture_id);
+    glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, video_capture_texture_id);
+    glTexStorage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 1, GL_RGB8, capture.get(cv::CAP_PROP_FRAME_WIDTH), capture.get(cv::CAP_PROP_FRAME_HEIGHT));
+    glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
+    glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
     log_gl_errors();
 }
 
@@ -399,7 +403,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<SDL_Texture> Pudding::texture_from_image_url(const std::string&
  */
 void Pudding::destroy_texture(SDL_Texture* texture)
 {
-    // not sure why SDL_Log works here but SDL_LogDebug and SDL_LogInfo don't
+    /* not sure why SDL_Log works here but SDL_LogDebug and SDL_LogInfo don't */
     SDL_Log("destroying texture %p", texture);
     SDL_DestroyTexture(texture);
 }
@@ -443,24 +447,16 @@ void Pudding::update()
         capture.read(capture_frame);
         if (!capture_frame.empty())
         {
-            /* convert opencv matrix to sdl texture */
-            // SDL_Texture* texture = SDL_CreateTexture(
-            //     get_renderer(), SDL_PIXELFORMAT_BGR24, SDL_TEXTUREACCESS_STATIC, capture_frame.cols, capture_frame.rows);
-            // SDL_UpdateTexture(texture, nullptr, static_cast<void*>(capture_frame.data), capture_frame.step1());
-            // SDL_RenderCopyF(get_renderer(), texture, nullptr, &video_box);
-            // SDL_DestroyTexture(texture);
-            glUseProgram(world_program);
             /* rotate the opencv matrix 180 to work with opengl coords */
             cv::flip(capture_frame, capture_frame, -1);
+            glUseProgram(world_program);
             /* bind texture to GLSL sampler */
+            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, video_capture_texture_id);
             GLint base_texture_location = glGetUniformLocation(world_program, "baseTexture");
             glUniform1i(base_texture_location, 0);
             glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
-            glBindTexture(GL_TEXTURE_2D, video_capture_texture_id);
-            glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
-            glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_NEAREST);
             /* convert opencv matrix to GL texture */
-            glTexImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, GL_RGB, capture_frame.cols, capture_frame.rows, 0, GL_BGR, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, capture_frame.ptr());
+            glTexSubImage2D(GL_TEXTURE_2D, 0, 0, 0, capture_frame.cols, capture_frame.rows, GL_BGR, GL_UNSIGNED_BYTE, capture_frame.ptr());
             glDrawArrays(GL_TRIANGLES, 0, 6);
             SDL_GL_SwapWindow(get_window());
             log_gl_errors();