diff --git a/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.cpp b/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.cpp
index 0a89268f6b..694a1e1ddc 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/overlays/ModelOverlay.cpp
@@ -79,11 +79,10 @@ void ModelOverlay::render(RenderArgs* args) {
         _model->removeFromScene(scene, pendingChanges);
         _model->addToScene(scene, pendingChanges);
     }
-    scene->enqueuePendingChanges(pendingChanges);
 
-    if (!_visible) {
-        return;
-    }
+    _model->setVisibleInScene(_visible, scene);
+
+    scene->enqueuePendingChanges(pendingChanges);
 }
 
 void ModelOverlay::setProperties(const QVariantMap& properties) {
@@ -123,17 +122,8 @@ void ModelOverlay::setProperties(const QVariantMap& properties) {
     auto texturesValue = properties["textures"];
     if (texturesValue.isValid() && texturesValue.canConvert(QVariant::Map)) {
         QVariantMap textureMap = texturesValue.toMap();
-        foreach(const QString& key, textureMap.keys()) {
-
-            QUrl newTextureURL = textureMap[key].toUrl();
-            qDebug() << "Updating texture named" << key << "to texture at URL" << newTextureURL;
-
-            QMetaObject::invokeMethod(_model.get(), "setTextureWithNameToURL", Qt::AutoConnection,
-                                      Q_ARG(const QString&, key),
-                                      Q_ARG(const QUrl&, newTextureURL));
-
-            _modelTextures[key] = newTextureURL;  // Keep local track of textures for getProperty()
-        }
+        QMetaObject::invokeMethod(_model.get(), "setTextures", Qt::AutoConnection,
+                                  Q_ARG(const QVariantMap&, textureMap));
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.h b/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.h
index bd94fb706b..0ab028f8eb 100644
--- a/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.h
+++ b/libraries/render-utils/src/Model.h
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ public:
     const Geometry::Pointer& getCollisionGeometry() const { return _collisionGeometry; }
 
     const QVariantMap getTextures() const { assert(isLoaded()); return _renderGeometry->getTextures(); }
-    void setTextures(const QVariantMap& textures);
+    Q_INVOKABLE void setTextures(const QVariantMap& textures);
 
     /// Provided as a convenience, will crash if !isLoaded()
     // And so that getGeometry() isn't chained everywhere