diff --git a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackendTexelFormat.cpp b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackendTexelFormat.cpp
index 1a7b969e13..00528d0030 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackendTexelFormat.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu/src/gpu/GLBackendTexelFormat.cpp
@@ -399,11 +399,9 @@ GLTexelFormat GLTexelFormat::evalGLTexelFormat(const Element& dstFormat, const E
                 }
                 break;
             case gpu::SRGB:
-                texel.format = GL_RGB;
                 texel.internalFormat = GL_SRGB8;
                 break;
             case gpu::SRGBA:
-                texel.format = GL_RGBA;
                 texel.internalFormat = GL_SRGB8_ALPHA8; // standard 2.2 gamma correction color
                 break;
             case gpu::COMPRESSED_RGBA:
diff --git a/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/ModelCache.cpp b/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/ModelCache.cpp
index b8deef9f27..586f2423af 100644
--- a/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/ModelCache.cpp
+++ b/libraries/model-networking/src/model-networking/ModelCache.cpp
@@ -497,7 +497,8 @@ void NetworkMaterial::setTextures(const QVariantMap& textureMap) {
 
     if (!normalName.isEmpty()) {
         auto url = textureMap.contains(normalName) ? textureMap[normalName].toUrl() : QUrl();
-        auto map = fetchTextureMap(url, NORMAL_TEXTURE, MapChannel::NORMAL_MAP);
+      //  auto map = fetchTextureMap(url, NORMAL_TEXTURE, MapChannel::NORMAL_MAP);
+        auto map = fetchTextureMap(url, DEFAULT_TEXTURE, MapChannel::NORMAL_MAP);
         setTextureMap(MapChannel::NORMAL_MAP, map);
     }
 
diff --git a/libraries/model/src/model/TextureMap.cpp b/libraries/model/src/model/TextureMap.cpp
index 014431619c..b50a35bb9d 100755
--- a/libraries/model/src/model/TextureMap.cpp
+++ b/libraries/model/src/model/TextureMap.cpp
@@ -198,8 +198,18 @@ gpu::Texture* TextureUsage::createLightmapTextureFromImage(const QImage& srcImag
 gpu::Texture* TextureUsage::createNormalTextureFromNormalImage(const QImage& srcImage, const std::string& srcImageName) {
     QImage image = srcImage;
 
-    if (image.format() != QImage::Format_RGB888) {
+  /*  if (image.format() != QImage::Format_RGB888) {
         image = image.convertToFormat(QImage::Format_RGB888);
+    }*/
+
+    if (!image.hasAlphaChannel()) {
+        if (image.format() != QImage::Format_RGB888) {
+            image = image.convertToFormat(QImage::Format_RGB888);
+        }
+    } else {
+        if (image.format() != QImage::Format_ARGB32) {
+            image = image.convertToFormat(QImage::Format_ARGB32);
+        }
     }
 
     gpu::Texture* theTexture = nullptr;
@@ -208,6 +218,10 @@ gpu::Texture* TextureUsage::createNormalTextureFromNormalImage(const QImage& src
         gpu::Element formatGPU = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC3, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::RGB);
         gpu::Element formatMip = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC3, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::RGB);
 
+        if (image.hasAlphaChannel()) {
+            formatGPU = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC4, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::RGBA);
+            formatMip = gpu::Element(gpu::VEC4, gpu::NUINT8, gpu::BGRA);
+        }
 
         theTexture = (gpu::Texture::create2D(formatGPU, image.width(), image.height(), gpu::Sampler(gpu::Sampler::FILTER_MIN_MAG_MIP_LINEAR)));
         theTexture->assignStoredMip(0, formatMip, image.byteCount(), image.constBits());