diff --git a/interface/resources/qml/styles-uit/HifiConstants.qml b/interface/resources/qml/styles-uit/HifiConstants.qml
index afa210ea8b..9705d84b7b 100644
--- a/interface/resources/qml/styles-uit/HifiConstants.qml
+++ b/interface/resources/qml/styles-uit/HifiConstants.qml
@@ -11,44 +11,34 @@
 import QtQuick 2.5
 import QtQuick.Window 2.2
 
-Item {
-    readonly property alias colors: colors
-    readonly property alias colorSchemes: colorSchemes
-    readonly property alias dimensions: dimensions
-    readonly property alias fontSizes: fontSizes
-    readonly property alias glyphs: glyphs
-    readonly property alias icons: icons
-    readonly property alias buttons: buttons
-    readonly property alias effects: effects
+QtObject {
 
     function glyphForIcon(icon) {
         // Translates icon enum to glyph char.
         var glyph;
         switch (icon) {
-            case hifi.icons.information:
-                glyph = hifi.glyphs.info;
+            case icons.information:
+                glyph = glyphs.info;
                 break;
-            case hifi.icons.question:
-                glyph = hifi.glyphs.question;
+            case icons.question:
+                glyph = glyphs.question;
                 break;
-            case hifi.icons.warning:
-                glyph = hifi.glyphs.alert;
+            case icons.warning:
+                glyph = glyphs.alert;
                 break;
-            case hifi.icons.critical:
-                glyph = hifi.glyphs.error;
+            case icons.critical:
+                glyph = glyphs.error;
                 break;
-            case hifi.icons.placemark:
-                glyph = hifi.glyphs.placemark;
+            case icons.placemark:
+                glyph = glyphs.placemark;
                 break;
             default:
-                glyph = hifi.glyphs.noIcon;
+                glyph = glyphs.noIcon;
         }
         return glyph;
     }
 
-    Item {
-        id: colors
-
+    readonly property QtObject colors: QtObject {
         // Base colors
         readonly property color baseGray: "#393939"
         readonly property color darkGray: "#121212"
@@ -134,15 +124,13 @@ Item {
         readonly property color tabBackgroundLight: "#d4d4d4"
     }
 
-    Item {
-        id: colorSchemes
+    readonly property QtObject colorSchemes: QtObject {
         readonly property int light: 0
         readonly property int dark: 1
         readonly property int faintGray: 2
     }
 
-    Item {
-        id: dimensions
+    readonly property QtObject dimensions: QtObject {
         readonly property bool largeScreen: Screen.width >= 1920 && Screen.height >= 1080
         readonly property real borderRadius: largeScreen ? 7.5 : 5.0
         readonly property real borderWidth: largeScreen ? 2 : 1
@@ -168,8 +156,8 @@ Item {
         readonly property real buttonWidth: 120
     }
 
-    Item {
-        id: fontSizes  // In pixels
+    readonly property QtObject fontSizes: QtObject {
+        // In pixels
         readonly property real overlayTitle: dimensions.largeScreen ? 18 : 14
         readonly property real tabName: dimensions.largeScreen ? 12 : 10
         readonly property real sectionName: dimensions.largeScreen ? 12 : 10
@@ -194,8 +182,7 @@ Item {
         readonly property real disclosureButton: dimensions.largeScreen ? 30 : 22
     }
 
-    Item {
-        id: icons
+    readonly property QtObject icons: QtObject {
         // Values per OffscreenUi::Icon
         readonly property int none: 0
         readonly property int question: 1
@@ -205,8 +192,7 @@ Item {
         readonly property int placemark: 5
     }
 
-    Item {
-        id: buttons
+    readonly property QtObject buttons: QtObject {
         readonly property int white: 0
         readonly property int blue: 1
         readonly property int red: 2
@@ -227,12 +213,11 @@ Item {
         readonly property int radius: 5
     }
 
-    QtObject {
-        id: effects
+    readonly property QtObject effects: QtObject {
         readonly property int fadeInDuration: 300
     }
-    Item {
-        id: glyphs
+
+    readonly property QtObject glyphs: QtObject {
         readonly property string noIcon: ""
         readonly property string hmd: "b"
         readonly property string screen: "c"
diff --git a/libraries/gl/src/gl/OffscreenGLCanvas.cpp b/libraries/gl/src/gl/OffscreenGLCanvas.cpp
index 4d92ee8c17..4a2c5fd7f7 100644
--- a/libraries/gl/src/gl/OffscreenGLCanvas.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gl/src/gl/OffscreenGLCanvas.cpp
@@ -69,8 +69,7 @@ bool OffscreenGLCanvas::create(QOpenGLContext* sharedContext) {
         qFatal("Offscreen surface is invalid");
     }
 #endif
-
-#if !defined(USE_GLES)
+    
     if (gl::Context::enableDebugLogger()) {
         _context->makeCurrent(_offscreenSurface);
         QOpenGLDebugLogger *logger = new QOpenGLDebugLogger(this);
@@ -80,7 +79,6 @@ bool OffscreenGLCanvas::create(QOpenGLContext* sharedContext) {
         logger->startLogging(QOpenGLDebugLogger::SynchronousLogging);
         _context->doneCurrent();
     }
-#endif
 
     return true;
 }
diff --git a/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackendShader.cpp b/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackendShader.cpp
index 46931ec08f..35dc8a3fbd 100644
--- a/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackendShader.cpp
+++ b/libraries/gpu-gl-common/src/gpu/gl/GLBackendShader.cpp
@@ -17,8 +17,7 @@ std::string GLBackend::getBackendShaderHeader() const {
 
 #if defined(USE_GLES)
     static const std::string header(
-R"SHADER(
-#version 310 es
+R"SHADER(#version 310 es
 #extension GL_EXT_texture_buffer : enable
 precision lowp float; // check precision 2
 precision lowp samplerBuffer;
@@ -26,8 +25,7 @@ precision lowp sampler2DShadow;
 )SHADER");
 #else
     static const std::string header(
-R"SHADER(
-#version 410 core
+R"SHADER(#version 410 core
 )SHADER");
 #endif