diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 9ce6cc9b25..cd3875521a 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -5140,10 +5140,7 @@ void Application::displaySide(RenderArgs* renderArgs, Camera& theCamera, bool se
     }
 
     {
-        PerformanceTimer perfTimer("SceneProcessTransaction");
         _main3DScene->enqueueTransaction(transaction);
-
-        _main3DScene->processTransactionQueue();
     }
 
     // For now every frame pass the renderContext
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.cpp b/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.cpp
index b3372a9305..19fececa4b 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/Engine.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@
 #include <gpu/Context.h>
 
 #include "EngineStats.h"
+#include "SceneTask.h"
+
 #include "Logging.h"
 
 using namespace render;
@@ -31,6 +33,7 @@ public:
 
     void build(JobModel& task, const Varying& in, Varying& out) {
         task.addJob<EngineStats>("Stats");
+        task.addJob<PerformSceneTransaction>("PerformSceneTransaction");
     }
 };
 
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/Scene.h b/libraries/render/src/render/Scene.h
index fc0a8c1fca..48d09a9d52 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/Scene.h
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/Scene.h
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ protected:
     void removeItems(const ItemIDs& ids);
     void updateItems(const ItemIDs& ids, UpdateFunctors& functors);
 
-
     // The Selection map
     mutable std::mutex _selectionsMutex; // mutable so it can be used in the thread safe getSelection const method
     SelectionMap _selections;
@@ -139,6 +138,11 @@ protected:
   //  void appendToSelection(const Selection& selection);
   //  void mergeWithSelection(const Selection& selection);
 
+    // The Stages
+    StageMap _stages;
+
+
+
     friend class Engine;
 };
 
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/SceneTask.cpp b/libraries/render/src/render/SceneTask.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..56010f246e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/SceneTask.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+//
+//  SceneTask.cpp
+//  render/src/render
+//
+//  Created by Sam Gateau on 6/14/2017.
+//  Copyright 2017 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+#include "SceneTask.h"
+
+
+using namespace render;
+
+void PerformSceneTransaction::configure(const Config& config) {
+}
+
+void PerformSceneTransaction::run(const RenderContextPointer& renderContext) {
+    renderContext->_scene->processTransactionQueue();
+}
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/SceneTask.h b/libraries/render/src/render/SceneTask.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..0cf2dda395
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/SceneTask.h
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+//
+//  SceneTask.h
+//  render/src/render
+//
+//  Created by Sam Gateau on 6/14/2017.
+//  Copyright 2017 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+#ifndef hifi_render_SceneTask_h
+#define hifi_render_SceneTask_h
+
+#include "Engine.h"
+
+namespace render {
+
+    class PerformSceneTransactionConfig : public Job::Config {
+        Q_OBJECT
+    public:
+    signals:
+        void dirty();
+
+    protected:
+    };
+
+    class PerformSceneTransaction {
+    public:
+        using Config = PerformSceneTransactionConfig;
+        using JobModel = Job::Model<PerformSceneTransaction, Config>;
+
+        void configure(const Config& config);
+        void run(const RenderContextPointer& renderContext);
+    protected:
+    };
+
+
+}
+
+#endif // hifi_render_SceneTask_h
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/Stage.cpp b/libraries/render/src/render/Stage.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..1ee9b1d6ff
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/Stage.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+//
+//  Stage.cpp
+//  render/src/render
+//
+//  Created by Sam Gateau on 6/14/2017.
+//  Copyright 2017 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+#include "Stage.h"
+
+
+using namespace render;
+
+
+
+Stage::~Stage() {
+
+}
+
+Stage::Stage() :
+    _name()
+{
+}
+
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/Stage.h b/libraries/render/src/render/Stage.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5145810671
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/Stage.h
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+//
+//  Stage.h
+//  render/src/render
+//
+//  Created by Sam Gateau on 6/14/2017.
+//  Copyright 2017 High Fidelity, Inc.
+//
+//  Distributed under the Apache License, Version 2.0.
+//  See the accompanying file LICENSE or http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.html
+//
+
+#ifndef hifi_render_Stage_h
+#define hifi_render_Stage_h
+
+#include <memory>
+#include <map>
+#include <string>
+
+namespace render {
+
+    class Stage {
+    public:
+        using Name = std::string;
+
+        Stage();
+        virtual ~Stage();
+
+    protected:
+        Name _name;
+    };
+
+    using StagePointer = std::shared_ptr<Stage>;
+
+    using StageMap = std::map<const Stage::Name, StagePointer>;
+
+}
+
+#endif // hifi_render_Stage_h