diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.cpp
index 6fef768a08..dcdbff56d2 100755
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.cpp
@@ -64,6 +64,25 @@ Shader::Reflection Shader::getReflection(shader::Dialect dialect, shader::Varian
     return _source.getReflection(dialect, variant);
 }
 
+
+Shader::Reflection Shader::getReflection() const {
+
+    // FOr sake of convenience i would like to be able to use a  "default" dialect that represents the reflection
+    // of the source of the shader
+    // What i really want, is a reflection that is designed for the gpu lib interface but we don;t have that yet (glsl45 is the closest to that)
+    // Until we have an implementation for this, we will return such default reflection from the one available and platform specific
+    
+#if defined(USE_GLES)
+    auto defaultDialect = shader::Dialect::glsl310es;
+#elif defined(Q_OS_MAC)
+    // Mac only supports 4.1
+    auto defaultDialect = shader::Dialect::glsl410;
+#else
+    auto defaultDialect = shader::Dialect::glsl450;
+#endif
+    return getReflection(defaultDialect, shader::Variant::Mono);
+}
+
 Shader::~Shader()
 {
 }
diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.h b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.h
index 6461437971..f4f37b1815 100755
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.h
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Shader.h
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ public:
     const Shaders& getShaders() const { return _shaders; }
 
     Reflection getReflection(shader::Dialect dialect, shader::Variant variant) const;
+    Reflection getReflection() const; // get the default version of the reflection
 
     // Compilation Handler can be passed while compiling a shader (in the makeProgram call) to be able to give the hand to
     // the caller thread if the compilation fails and to provide a different version of the source for it
diff --git a/libraries/render/src/render/ShapePipeline.cpp b/libraries/render/src/render/ShapePipeline.cpp
index 9942f1a46c..048e08e959 100644
--- a/libraries/render/src/render/ShapePipeline.cpp
+++ b/libraries/render/src/render/ShapePipeline.cpp
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void ShapePlumber::addPipeline(const Key& key, const gpu::ShaderPointer& program
 void ShapePlumber::addPipeline(const Filter& filter, const gpu::ShaderPointer& program, const gpu::StatePointer& state,
         BatchSetter batchSetter, ItemSetter itemSetter) {
     ShapeKey key{ filter._flags };
-    auto reflection = program->getReflection(shader::Dialect::glsl450, shader::Variant::Mono);
+    auto reflection = program->getReflection();
     auto locations = std::make_shared<Locations>();
     locations->albedoTextureUnit = reflection.validTexture(graphics::slot::texture::MaterialAlbedo);
     locations->roughnessTextureUnit = reflection.validTexture(graphics::slot::texture::MaterialRoughness);