diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.h b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.h
index 6e13598caa..adf6a464f7 100755
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.h
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.h
@@ -525,7 +525,7 @@ public:
     ExternalUpdates getUpdates() const;
 
     // Serialize ktx header and keyvalues directly to a file, and return a Texture representing that file
-    static Texture* serializeHeader(const std::string& ktxfile, const ktx::Header& header, const ktx::KeyValues& keyValues);
+    static TexturePointer serializeHeader(const std::string& ktxfile, const ktx::Header& header, const ktx::KeyValues& keyValues);
 
     // Serialize a texture into a KTX file
     static ktx::KTXUniquePointer serialize(const Texture& texture);
diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture_ktx.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture_ktx.cpp
index 5d85a9f01e..9a1c633be5 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture_ktx.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture_ktx.cpp
@@ -370,7 +370,7 @@ TexturePointer Texture::unserialize(const std::string& ktxfile, const ktx::KTXDe
     return tex;
 }
 
-Texture* Texture::serializeHeader(const std::string& ktxfile, const ktx::Header& header, const ktx::KeyValues& keyValues) {
+TexturePointer Texture::serializeHeader(const std::string& ktxfile, const ktx::Header& header, const ktx::KeyValues& keyValues) {
     // Create a memory-backed KTX object
     auto ktxBuffer = ktx::KTX::createBare(header, keyValues);
 
diff --git a/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.cpp b/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.cpp
index 1a80280546..cf94192442 100644
--- a/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.cpp
+++ b/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/TextureCache.cpp
@@ -569,7 +569,7 @@ void NetworkTexture::maybeHandleFinishedInitialLoad() {
             if (!texture) {
                 KTXFilePointer ktxFile = textureCache->_ktxCache.getFile(hash);
                 if (ktxFile) {
-                    texture.reset(gpu::Texture::unserialize(ktxFile->getFilepath()));
+                    texture = gpu::Texture::unserialize(ktxFile->getFilepath());
                     if (texture) {
                         texture = textureCache->cacheTextureByHash(hash, texture);
                     }
@@ -603,7 +603,7 @@ void NetworkTexture::maybeHandleFinishedInitialLoad() {
                 auto newKtxDescriptor = memKtx->toDescriptor();
 
                 //auto texture = gpu::Texture::serializeHeader("test.ktx", *header, keyValues);
-                texture.reset(gpu::Texture::unserialize(_file->getFilepath(), newKtxDescriptor));
+                texture = gpu::Texture::unserialize(_file->getFilepath(), newKtxDescriptor);
                 texture->setKtxBacking(file->getFilepath());
                 texture->setSource(filename);