diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 0bec38205e..394c49022f 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -3743,11 +3743,6 @@ void Application::resizeGL() {
         DependencyManager::get<FramebufferCache>()->setFrameBufferSize(fromGlm(renderSize));
     }
 
-    auto renderResolutionScale = getRenderResolutionScale();
-    if (displayPlugin->getRenderResolutionScale() != renderResolutionScale) {
-        displayPlugin->setRenderResolutionScale(renderResolutionScale);
-    }
-
     // FIXME the aspect ratio for stereo displays is incorrect based on this.
     float aspectRatio = displayPlugin->getRecommendedAspectRatio();
     _myCamera.setProjection(glm::perspective(glm::radians(_fieldOfView.get()), aspectRatio,
@@ -8541,7 +8536,7 @@ void Application::shareSnapshot(const QString& path, const QUrl& href) {
 }
 
 float Application::getRenderResolutionScale() const {
-    return 1.0f;
+    return RenderScriptingInterface::getInstance()->getViewportResolutionScale();
 }
 
 void Application::notifyPacketVersionMismatch() {
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/PreferencesDialog.cpp b/interface/src/ui/PreferencesDialog.cpp
index c660a8670c..bb66a8a646 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/PreferencesDialog.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/PreferencesDialog.cpp
@@ -112,8 +112,8 @@ void setupPreferences() {
             RenderScriptingInterface::getInstance()->setViewportResolutionScale(value);
         };
 
-        auto scaleSlider = new SpinnerSliderPreference(GRAPHICS_QUALITY, "Viewport Resolution Scale", getter, setter);
-        scaleSlider->setMin(0.5f);
+        auto scaleSlider = new SliderPreference(GRAPHICS_QUALITY, "Viewport Resolution Scale", getter, setter);
+        scaleSlider->setMin(0.25f);
         scaleSlider->setMax(1.0f);
         scaleSlider->setStep(0.02f);
         preferences->addPreference(scaleSlider);
diff --git a/interface/src/ui/Stats.cpp b/interface/src/ui/Stats.cpp
index dc9780adf5..8b9b9743f0 100644
--- a/interface/src/ui/Stats.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/ui/Stats.cpp
@@ -377,7 +377,7 @@ void Stats::updateStats(bool force) {
     auto displayPlugin = qApp->getActiveDisplayPlugin();
     if (displayPlugin) {
         QVector2D dims(displayPlugin->getRecommendedRenderSize().x, displayPlugin->getRecommendedRenderSize().y);
-        dims *= displayPlugin->getRenderResolutionScale();
+        dims *= qApp->getRenderResolutionScale();
         STAT_UPDATE(gpuFrameSize, dims);
         STAT_UPDATE(gpuFrameTimePerPixel, (float)(gpuContext->getFrameTimerGPUAverage()*1000000.0 / double(dims.x()*dims.y())));
     }
diff --git a/libraries/plugins/src/plugins/DisplayPlugin.h b/libraries/plugins/src/plugins/DisplayPlugin.h
index 1cad9b1e11..ca4e3bc392 100644
--- a/libraries/plugins/src/plugins/DisplayPlugin.h
+++ b/libraries/plugins/src/plugins/DisplayPlugin.h
@@ -147,14 +147,6 @@ public:
     virtual void submitFrame(const gpu::FramePointer& newFrame) = 0;
     virtual void captureFrame(const std::string& outputName) const { }
 
-    virtual float getRenderResolutionScale() const {
-        return _renderResolutionScale;
-    }
-
-    void setRenderResolutionScale(float renderResolutionScale) {
-        _renderResolutionScale = renderResolutionScale;
-    }
-
     // The size of the rendering target (may be larger than the device size due to distortion)
     virtual glm::uvec2 getRecommendedRenderSize() const = 0;
 
@@ -235,8 +227,6 @@ protected:
 
     MovingAverage<float, 10> _movingAveragePresent;
 
-    float _renderResolutionScale { 1.0f };
-
 private:
     QMutex _presentMutex;
     QWaitCondition _presentCondition;