diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.cpp
index 833647bbda..281d768182 100755
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/Texture.cpp
@@ -127,7 +127,9 @@ Texture::Pixels::Pixels(const Element& format, Size size, const Byte* bytes) :
 }
 
 Texture::Pixels::~Pixels() {
-    Texture::updateTextureCPUMemoryUsage(_storage->size(), 0);
+    if (_storage) {
+        Texture::updateTextureCPUMemoryUsage(_storage->size(), 0);
+    }
 }
 
 void Texture::Storage::assignTexture(Texture* texture) {
diff --git a/libraries/model/src/model/TextureMap.cpp b/libraries/model/src/model/TextureMap.cpp
index 3f10f66256..417fd6992e 100755
--- a/libraries/model/src/model/TextureMap.cpp
+++ b/libraries/model/src/model/TextureMap.cpp
@@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ QImage processSourceImage(const QImage& srcImage, bool cubemap) {
     return srcImage;
 }
 
-gpu::Texture* cacheTexture(const std::string& name, gpu::Texture* srcTexture, bool write = true, bool read = true) {
+gpu::Texture* cacheTexture(const std::string& name, gpu::Texture* srcTexture, bool write = true, bool read = false) {
     if (!srcTexture) {
         return nullptr;
     }