diff --git a/glue.c b/glue.c
index ffb9821..103d2a0 100644
--- a/glue.c
+++ b/glue.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ ALLEGRO_FONT *al_load_ttf_font_f(ALLEGRO_FILE *file,
 		}
 		void *filebuf = malloc(filesize);
 
-    SFT sft = { .flags = SFT_DOWNWARD_Y };
+    SFT sft = { .flags = 0 };
     ALLEGRO_FONT *f = NULL;
 		ALLEGRO_BITMAP *gtex = NULL;
     int result = 0;
@@ -102,18 +102,25 @@ ALLEGRO_FONT *al_load_ttf_font_f(ALLEGRO_FILE *file,
 			//}
 			block =
 				al_lock_bitmap_region(gtex, woff, hoff, geom.minWidth, geom.minHeight,
-					ALLEGRO_PIXEL_FORMAT_ABGR_8888, ALLEGRO_LOCK_WRITEONLY);
+					ALLEGRO_PIXEL_FORMAT_SINGLE_CHANNEL_8, ALLEGRO_LOCK_READWRITE);
 			ALLEGRO_INFO("got lock\n");
 			img.width = geom.minWidth;
 			img.height = geom.minHeight;
-			img.pixels = block->data;
-			//if (0 > sft_render(&sft, glyph, img)) goto glyph_lookup_fail; // FIXME UB
+			img.pixels = malloc(img.width * img.height);
+			if (!img.pixels) goto glyph_lookup_oom;
+			if (0 > sft_render(&sft, glyph, img)) goto glyph_lookup_fail;
 			ALLEGRO_INFO("got raster\n");
+			free(fuck);
+			// todo copy bytes to texture
 			al_unlock_bitmap(gtex);
-			ALLEGRO_INFO("unlock\n");
+			ALLEGRO_INFO("blit raster to vram\n");
 
 			i++; continue;
 
+			glyph_lookup_oom:
+			ALLEGRO_ERROR("No buffer to generate glyph %c in %s\n", cache_text_str[i], filename);
+			FAIL;
+
 			glyph_lookup_fail:
 			ALLEGRO_ERROR("Failure generating glyph %c in %s!\n", cache_text_str[i], filename);
 			FAIL;