diff --git a/lyra-game/src/render/light/mod.rs b/lyra-game/src/render/light/mod.rs
index eaebbaa..f523263 100644
--- a/lyra-game/src/render/light/mod.rs
+++ b/lyra-game/src/render/light/mod.rs
@@ -215,15 +215,12 @@ pub(crate) enum LightType {
 #[repr(C)]
 #[derive(Default, Debug, Copy, Clone, bytemuck::Pod, bytemuck::Zeroable)]
 pub(crate) struct LightUniform {
-    pub light_type: u32, // LightType
-    pub enabled: u32, // bool
-    pub _padding: [u32; 2],
     pub position: glam::Vec3,
-    pub _padding2: u32,
+    pub light_type: u32, // LightType
     pub direction: glam::Vec3,
-    pub _padding3: u32,
+    pub enabled: u32, // bool
     pub color: glam::Vec3,
-    // no padding is needed here since cutoff acts as the padding
+    // no padding is needed here since range acts as the padding
     // that would usually be needed for the vec3
 
     pub range: f32,
@@ -240,11 +237,8 @@ impl LightUniform {
         Self {
             light_type: LightType::Point as u32,
             enabled: true as u32, // TODO
-            _padding: [0; 2],
             position: transform.translation,
-            _padding2: 0,
             direction: transform.forward(),
-            _padding3: 0,
             color: light.color,
 
             range: 1.5,
@@ -261,11 +255,8 @@ impl LightUniform {
         Self {
             light_type: LightType::Directional as u32,
             enabled: true as u32, // TODO: take from component
-            _padding: [0; 2],
             position: transform.translation,
-            _padding2: 0,
             direction: transform.forward(),
-            _padding3: 0,
             color: light.color,
 
             range: 0.0,
diff --git a/lyra-game/src/render/light_cull_compute.rs b/lyra-game/src/render/light_cull_compute.rs
index 089c313..f65018d 100644
--- a/lyra-game/src/render/light_cull_compute.rs
+++ b/lyra-game/src/render/light_cull_compute.rs
@@ -24,9 +24,10 @@ pub(crate) struct LightCullCompute {
 }
 
 impl LightCullCompute {
-    fn create_grid(device: &wgpu::Device, screen_size: PhysicalSize<u32>, workgroup_size: glam::UVec2) -> LightIndicesGridBuffer {
+    /// Create the LightIndiciesGridBuffer object
+    fn create_grid(device: &wgpu::Device, workgroup_size: glam::UVec2) -> LightIndicesGridBuffer {
         let mut contents = Vec::<u8>::new();
-        let contents_len = workgroup_size.x * workgroup_size.y * mem::size_of::<u8>() as u32;
+        let contents_len = workgroup_size.x * workgroup_size.y * 200 * mem::size_of::<u32>() as u32;
         contents.resize(contents_len as _, 0);
 
         let light_indices_buffer = device.create_buffer_init(&wgpu::util::BufferInitDescriptor {
@@ -167,7 +168,7 @@ impl LightCullCompute {
         });
 
         let workgroup_size = glam::UVec2::new((screen_size.width as f32 / 16.0).ceil() as u32, (screen_size.height as f32 / 16.0).ceil() as u32);
-        let light_grid = Self::create_grid(&device, screen_size, workgroup_size);
+        let light_grid = Self::create_grid(&device, workgroup_size);
         
         let depth_tex_pair = depth_texture.create_bind_group(&device);
 
@@ -228,5 +229,10 @@ impl LightCullCompute {
         }
         self.queue.submit(std::iter::once(encoder.finish()));
         self.device.poll(wgpu::Maintain::Wait);
+        self.cleanup();
+    }
+
+    pub fn cleanup(&mut self) {
+        self.queue.write_buffer(&self.light_indices_grid.index_counter_buffer, 0, &bytemuck::cast_slice(&[0]));
     }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/lyra-game/src/render/shaders/base.wgsl b/lyra-game/src/render/shaders/base.wgsl
index 03c990b..a7a3a19 100755
--- a/lyra-game/src/render/shaders/base.wgsl
+++ b/lyra-game/src/render/shaders/base.wgsl
@@ -27,11 +27,10 @@ struct CameraUniform {
 };
 
 struct Light {
-    light_ty: u32,
-    enabled: u32,
-
     position: vec3<f32>,
+    light_ty: u32,
     direction: vec3<f32>,
+    enabled: u32,
     color: vec3<f32>,
     
     range: f32,
diff --git a/lyra-game/src/render/shaders/light_cull.comp.wgsl b/lyra-game/src/render/shaders/light_cull.comp.wgsl
index e45f27a..54c94ac 100644
--- a/lyra-game/src/render/shaders/light_cull.comp.wgsl
+++ b/lyra-game/src/render/shaders/light_cull.comp.wgsl
@@ -14,11 +14,10 @@ struct CameraUniform {
 };
 
 struct Light {
-    light_ty: u32,
-    enabled: u32,
-
     position: vec3<f32>,
+    light_ty: u32,
     direction: vec3<f32>,
+    enabled: u32,
     color: vec3<f32>,
     
     range: f32,
@@ -148,23 +147,26 @@ fn cs_main(
         let light_index = i;
 
         let light = u_lights.data[light_index];
-        let position_vec4 = u_camera.view * vec4<f32>(light.position, 1.0);
-        let position = position_vec4.xyz;
-        let radius = light.range;
 
-        if (light.light_ty == LIGHT_TY_DIRECTIONAL) {
-            add_light(light_index);
-        } else if (light.light_ty == LIGHT_TY_POINT
-                && sphere_inside_frustrum(wg_frustum_planes, position, radius)) {
-            // TODO: add the light to the transparent geometry list
+        if (light.enabled == 1u) {
+            let position_vec4 = u_camera.view * vec4<f32>(light.position, 1.0);
+            let position = position_vec4.xyz;
+            let radius = light.range;
 
-            add_light(light_index);
+            if (light.light_ty == LIGHT_TY_DIRECTIONAL) {
+                add_light(light_index);
+            } else if (light.light_ty == LIGHT_TY_POINT
+                    && sphere_inside_frustrum(wg_frustum_planes, position, radius)) {
+                // TODO: add the light to the transparent geometry list
 
-            if (!sphere_inside_plane(position, radius, wg_frustum_planes[4])) {
-                
+                add_light(light_index);
+
+                if (!sphere_inside_plane(position, radius, wg_frustum_planes[4])) {
+                    
+                }
             }
+            // TODO: spotlights
         }
-        // TODO: spotlights
     }
 
     workgroupBarrier();