diff --git a/core/src/processing/opengl/PGraphicsOpenGL.java b/core/src/processing/opengl/PGraphicsOpenGL.java
index 619b260f2..49a82f710 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/opengl/PGraphicsOpenGL.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/opengl/PGraphicsOpenGL.java
@@ -5773,7 +5773,7 @@ public class PGraphicsOpenGL extends PGraphics {
     Texture tex = (Texture)initCache(img);
     if (tex == null) return null;
 
-    if (img.isModified()) {
+    if (img.isModified() || img.isLoaded()) {
       if (img.width != tex.width || img.height != tex.height) {
         tex.init(img.width, img.height);
       }
@@ -5801,7 +5801,8 @@ public class PGraphicsOpenGL extends PGraphics {
       tex = addTexture(img);
       if (tex != null) {
         img.loadPixels();
-        tex.set(img.pixels);
+        tex.set(img.pixels, img.format);
+        img.setLoaded(false);
       }
     }
     return tex;
@@ -5897,6 +5898,7 @@ public class PGraphicsOpenGL extends PGraphics {
       tex.set(img.pixels, x, y, w, h, img.format);
     }
     img.setModified(false);
+    img.setLoaded(false);
   }
 
 
diff --git a/core/src/processing/opengl/Texture.java b/core/src/processing/opengl/Texture.java
index 005686fb0..82f0a1f19 100644
--- a/core/src/processing/opengl/Texture.java
+++ b/core/src/processing/opengl/Texture.java
@@ -524,21 +524,21 @@ public class Texture implements PConstants {
    * Copies the contents of the texture to the pixels array.
    * @param pixels
    */
-  public void loadPixels(int[] pixels) {
-    if (hasBuffers()) {
-      // Updates the texture AND the pixels array of the image at the same time,
-      // getting the pixels directly from the buffer data (and thus avoiding
-      // expensive transfer between video and main memory).
-      bufferUpdate(pixels);
-    }
-
-    if (isModified()) {
-      // Regular pixel copy from texture.
-      get(pixels);
-    }
-
-    setModified(false);
-  }
+//  public void loadPixels(int[] pixels) {
+//    if (hasBuffers()) {
+//      // Updates the texture AND the pixels array of the image at the same time,
+//      // getting the pixels directly from the buffer data (and thus avoiding
+//      // expensive transfer between video and main memory).
+//      bufferUpdate(pixels);
+//    }
+//
+//    if (isModified()) {
+//      // Regular pixel copy from texture.
+//      get(pixels);
+//    }
+//
+//    setModified(false);
+//  }
 
 
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