diff --git a/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLTextureTransfer.cpp b/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLTextureTransfer.cpp
index 179297069f..14c0a3923a 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLTextureTransfer.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu-gl/src/gpu/gl/GLTextureTransfer.cpp
@@ -113,7 +113,6 @@ void GLTextureTransferHelper::queueExecution(VoidLambda lambda) {
 #define MAX_TRANSFERS_PER_PASS 2
 
 bool GLTextureTransferHelper::process() {
-    PROFILE_RANGE(render_gpu_gl, __FUNCTION__)
     // Take any new textures or commands off the queue
     VoidLambdaList pendingCommands;
     TextureList newTransferTextures;
diff --git a/libraries/model/src/model/TextureMap.cpp b/libraries/model/src/model/TextureMap.cpp
index feca360531..e71616ebf7 100755
--- a/libraries/model/src/model/TextureMap.cpp
+++ b/libraries/model/src/model/TextureMap.cpp
@@ -334,15 +334,20 @@ gpu::Texture* TextureUsage::createNormalTextureFromNormalImage(const QImage& src
     PROFILE_RANGE(resource_parse, "createNormalTextureFromNormalImage");
     QImage image = processSourceImage(srcImage, false);
 
-    if (image.format() != QImage::Format_RGB888) {
+  /*  if (image.format() != QImage::Format_RGB888) {
         image = image.convertToFormat(QImage::Format_RGB888);
+    }*/
+    if (image.format() != QImage::Format_ARGB32) {
+        image = image.convertToFormat(QImage::Format_ARGB32);
     }
 
     gpu::Texture* theTexture = nullptr;
     if ((image.width() > 0) && (image.height() > 0)) {
         
-        gpu::Element formatGPU = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC3, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::RGB);
-        gpu::Element formatMip = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC3, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::RGB);
+  //      gpu::Element formatGPU = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC3, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::RGB);
+  //      gpu::Element formatMip = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC3, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::RGB);
+        gpu::Element formatGPU = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC4, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::RGBA);
+        gpu::Element formatMip = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC4, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::RGBA);
 
         theTexture = (gpu::Texture::create2D(formatGPU, image.width(), image.height(), gpu::Sampler(gpu::Sampler::FILTER_MIN_MAG_MIP_LINEAR)));
         theTexture->setSource(srcImageName);
@@ -378,7 +383,8 @@ gpu::Texture* TextureUsage::createNormalTextureFromBumpImage(const QImage& srcIm
     const double pStrength = 2.0;
     int width = image.width();
     int height = image.height();
-    QImage result(width, height, QImage::Format_RGB888);
+    //QImage result(width, height, QImage::Format_RGB888);
+    QImage result(width, height, QImage::Format_ARGB32);
     
     for (int i = 0; i < width; i++) {
         const int iNextClamped = clampPixelCoordinate(i + 1, width - 1);
@@ -426,8 +432,11 @@ gpu::Texture* TextureUsage::createNormalTextureFromBumpImage(const QImage& srcIm
     gpu::Texture* theTexture = nullptr;
     if ((image.width() > 0) && (image.height() > 0)) {
 
-        gpu::Element formatGPU = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC3, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::RGB);
-        gpu::Element formatMip = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC3, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::RGB);
+
+        //      gpu::Element formatGPU = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC3, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::RGB);
+        //      gpu::Element formatMip = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC3, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::RGB);
+        gpu::Element formatGPU = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC4, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::RGBA);
+        gpu::Element formatMip = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC4, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::RGBA);
 
         theTexture = (gpu::Texture::create2D(formatGPU, image.width(), image.height(), gpu::Sampler(gpu::Sampler::FILTER_MIN_MAG_MIP_LINEAR)));
         theTexture->setSource(srcImageName);
@@ -810,10 +819,14 @@ gpu::Texture* TextureUsage::processCubeTextureColorFromImage(const QImage& srcIm
     gpu::Texture* theTexture = nullptr;
     if ((srcImage.width() > 0) && (srcImage.height() > 0)) {
         QImage image = processSourceImage(srcImage, true);
-        if (image.format() != QImage::Format_RGB888) {
-            image = image.convertToFormat(QImage::Format_RGB888);
+        if (image.format() != QImage::Format_ARGB32) {
+            image = image.convertToFormat(QImage::Format_ARGB32);
         }
 
+       /* if (image.format() != QImage::Format_RGB888) {
+            image = image.convertToFormat(QImage::Format_RGB888);
+        }*/
+
         gpu::Element formatGPU;
         gpu::Element formatMip;
         defineColorTexelFormats(formatGPU, formatMip, image, isLinear, doCompress);