diff --git a/src/McRFPy_API.cpp b/src/McRFPy_API.cpp
index 47a463d..a6a4b19 100644
--- a/src/McRFPy_API.cpp
+++ b/src/McRFPy_API.cpp
@@ -125,6 +125,7 @@ PyObject* PyInit_mcrfpy()
     PyModule_AddType(m, &mcrfpydef::PyColorType);
     PyModule_AddType(m, &mcrfpydef::PyFontType);
     PyModule_AddType(m, &mcrfpydef::PyUICaptionType);
+    PyModule_AddType(m, &mcrfpydef::PyTextureType);
      
     if (PyModule_AddType(m, &mcrfpydef::PyUIFrameType) < 0)
     {
diff --git a/src/UI.cpp b/src/UI.cpp
index 5fb2a38..9cca1c2 100644
--- a/src/UI.cpp
+++ b/src/UI.cpp
@@ -84,16 +84,36 @@ void UICaption::render(sf::Vector2f offset)
     text.move(-offset);
 }
 
-void UISprite::update()
+UISprite::UISprite() {}
+
+UISprite::UISprite(IndexTexture* _itex, int _sprite_index, float x = 0.0, float y = 0.0, float s = 1.0)
+: itex(_itex), sprite_index(_sprite_index)
 {
-    auto& tex = Resources::game->textures[texture_index];
-    sprite.setTexture(tex.texture);
-    sprite.setScale(sf::Vector2f(scale, scale));
+    sprite.setTexture(_itex->texture);
+    sprite.setTextureRect(_itex->spriteCoordinates(_sprite_index));
     sprite.setPosition(sf::Vector2f(x, y));
-    //std::cout << "Drawable position: " << x << ", " << y << " -> " << s.getPosition().x << ", " << s.getPosition().y << std::endl;
-    sprite.setTextureRect(tex.spriteCoordinates(sprite_index));
+    sprite.setScale(sf::Vector2f(s, s));
 }
 
+UISprite::UISprite(IndexTexture* _itex, int _sprite_index, sf::Vector2f pos, float s = 1.0)
+: itex(_itex), sprite_index(_sprite_index)
+{
+    sprite.setTexture(_itex->texture);
+    sprite.setTextureRect(_itex->spriteCoordinates(_sprite_index));
+    sprite.setPosition(pos);
+    sprite.setScale(sf::Vector2f(s, s));
+}
+
+//void UISprite::update()
+//{
+    //auto& tex = Resources::game->textures[texture_index];
+    //sprite.setTexture(tex.texture);
+    //sprite.setScale(sf::Vector2f(scale, scale));
+    //sprite.setPosition(sf::Vector2f(x, y));
+    //std::cout << "Drawable position: " << x << ", " << y << " -> " << s.getPosition().x << ", " << s.getPosition().y << std::endl;
+    //sprite.setTextureRect(tex.spriteCoordinates(sprite_index));
+//}
+
 void UISprite::render(sf::Vector2f offset)
 {
     sprite.move(offset);
@@ -101,6 +121,21 @@ void UISprite::render(sf::Vector2f offset)
     sprite.move(-offset);
 }
 
+void UISprite::setPosition(float x, float y)
+{
+    setPosition(sf::Vector2f(x, y));
+}
+
+void UISprite::setPosition(sf::Vector2f pos)
+{
+    sprite.setPosition(pos);
+}
+
+void UISprite::setScale(float s)
+{
+    sprite.setScale(sf::Vector2f(s, s));
+}
+
 PyObjectsEnum UICaption::derived_type()
 {
     return PyObjectsEnum::UICAPTION;
diff --git a/src/UI.h b/src/UI.h
index 5c26e8a..6fa4632 100644
--- a/src/UI.h
+++ b/src/UI.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #include "Common.h"
 #include "Python.h"
 #include "structmember.h"
+#include "IndexTexture.h"
 
 enum PyObjectsEnum
 {
@@ -81,11 +82,18 @@ public:
 class UISprite: public UIDrawable
 {
 public:
+    UISprite();
+    UISprite(IndexTexture*, int, float, float, float);
+    UISprite(IndexTexture*, int, sf::Vector2f, float);
     void update();
     void render(sf::Vector2f) override final;
-    int texture_index, sprite_index;
-    float x, y, scale;
+    int /*texture_index,*/ sprite_index;
+    IndexTexture* itex;
+    //float x, y, scale;
     sf::Sprite sprite;
+    void setPosition(float, float);
+    void setPosition(sf::Vector2f);
+    void setScale(float);
     PyObjectsEnum derived_type() override final; // { return PyObjectsEnum::UISprite;  };
 };
 
@@ -113,6 +121,7 @@ typedef struct {
 typedef struct {
     PyObject_HEAD
     std::shared_ptr<UISprite> data;
+    PyObject* texture;
 } PyUISpriteObject;
 
 
@@ -243,7 +252,7 @@ switch (target->derived_type())                         \
      *
      */
 
-    
+
     static PyObject* PyColor_get_member(PyColorObject* self, void* closure)
     {
         auto member_ptr = reinterpret_cast<long>(closure);
@@ -856,6 +865,56 @@ switch (target->derived_type())                         \
      *
      */
 
+    /*
+     *
+     * Begin PyTextureType defs
+     *
+     */
+
+    typedef struct {
+        PyObject_HEAD
+        std::shared_ptr<IndexTexture> data;
+    } PyTextureObject;
+
+    static int PyTexture_init(PyTextureObject* self, PyObject* args, PyObject* kwds)
+    {
+        //std::cout << "Init called\n";
+        static const char* keywords[] = { "filename", "grid_size", "grid_width", "grid_height", nullptr };
+        char* filename;
+        int grid_size, grid_width, grid_height;
+
+        if (!PyArg_ParseTupleAndKeywords(args, kwds, "siii", const_cast<char**>(keywords), &filename, &grid_size, &grid_width, &grid_height))
+        {
+            return -1;
+        }
+        sf::Texture t = sf::Texture();
+        t.loadFromFile((std::string)filename);
+        self->data = std::make_shared<IndexTexture>(t, grid_size, grid_width, grid_height);
+        return 0;
+    }
+
+     static PyTypeObject PyTextureType = {
+        //PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
+        .tp_name = "mcrfpy.Texture",
+        .tp_basicsize = sizeof(PyTextureObject),
+        .tp_itemsize = 0,
+        .tp_flags = Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT,
+        .tp_doc = PyDoc_STR("SFML Texture Object"),
+        .tp_init = (initproc)PyTexture_init,
+        .tp_new = [](PyTypeObject* type, PyObject* args, PyObject* kwds) -> PyObject*
+        {
+            PyTextureObject* self = (PyTextureObject*)type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
+            return (PyObject*)self;
+        }
+    };
+
+    /*
+     *
+     * End PyTextureType defs
+     *
+     */
+
+
     /*
      *
      * Begin PyUICollectionIter defs
diff --git a/src/UITestScene.cpp b/src/UITestScene.cpp
index 25016ca..b5904ab 100644
--- a/src/UITestScene.cpp
+++ b/src/UITestScene.cpp
@@ -61,18 +61,40 @@ UITestScene::UITestScene(GameEngine* g) : Scene(g)
 
     t.loadFromFile("./assets/kenney_tinydungeon.png");
     t.setSmooth(false);
-    auto indextex = IndexTexture(t, 16, 12, 11);
-    Resources::game->textures.push_back(indextex);
+    auto* indextex = new IndexTexture(t, 16, 12, 11);
+    Resources::game->textures.push_back(*indextex);
+
+
 
     //std::cout << Resources::game->textures.size() << " textures loaded.\n";
     auto e3 = std::make_shared<UISprite>();
-    e3->x = 10; e3->y = 10;
-    e3->texture_index = 0;
-    e3->sprite_index = 84;
-    e3->scale = 4.0f;
-    e3->update();
 
-    e1aa->children->push_back(e3); 
+    // Make UISprite more like IndexSprite: this is bad
+    //e3->x = 10; e3->y = 10;
+    //e3->texture_index = 0;
+    //e3->sprite_index = 84;
+    //e3->scale = 4.0f;
+    //e3->update();
+
+    // This goes to show how inconvenient the default constructor is. It should be removed
+    e3->itex = &Resources::game->textures[0];
+    e3->sprite.setTexture(e3->itex->texture);
+    e3->sprite_index = 84;
+    e3->sprite.setTextureRect(e3->itex->spriteCoordinates(e3->sprite_index));
+    e3->setPosition(10, 10);
+    e3->setScale(4.0f);
+
+    e1aa->children->push_back(e3);
+
+
+
+    auto e4 = std::make_shared<UISprite>(
+            indextex, //&Resources::game->textures[0],
+            85, sf::Vector2f(90, 10), 4.0);
+    e1aa->children->push_back(e4);
+    //std::cout << "UISprite built: " << e4->sprite.getPosition().x << " " << e4->sprite.getPosition().y << " " << e4->sprite.getScale().x << " " <<
+    //    e4->sprite_index << " " << std::endl;
+
     /*
     // note - you can't use the pointer to UI elements in constructor.
     // The scene map is still being assigned to, so this object can't be looked up.