diff --git a/examples/advanced-gen-texture-light/main.zig b/examples/advanced-gen-texture-light/main.zig
index 01aba51c..32d6661f 100755
--- a/examples/advanced-gen-texture-light/main.zig
+++ b/examples/advanced-gen-texture-light/main.zig
@@ -518,7 +518,7 @@ const Brick = struct {
 
     fn texture(device: gpu.Device) Texture {
         const slice: []const u8 = &data();
-        return Texture.fromData(device, W, H, slice);
+        return Texture.fromData(device, W, H, u8, slice);
     }
 
     fn data() [W * H * 4]u8 {
@@ -589,7 +589,7 @@ const Texture = struct {
         self.sampler.release();
     }
 
-    fn fromData(device: gpu.Device, width: u32, height: u32, data: anytype) Self {
+    fn fromData(device: gpu.Device, width: u32, height: u32, comptime T: type, data: []const T) Self {
         const extent = gpu.Extent3D{
             .width = width,
             .height = height,
@@ -631,12 +631,13 @@ const Texture = struct {
             &gpu.ImageCopyTexture{
                 .texture = texture,
             },
-            data,
             &gpu.Texture.DataLayout{
                 .bytes_per_row = 4 * width,
                 .rows_per_image = height,
             },
             &extent,
+            T,
+            data,
         );
 
         const bind_group_layout = Self.bindGroupLayout(device);
diff --git a/examples/gkurve/main.zig b/examples/gkurve/main.zig
index 4d2cd5cc..0803808b 100644
--- a/examples/gkurve/main.zig
+++ b/examples/gkurve/main.zig
@@ -78,9 +78,10 @@ pub fn init(app: *App, engine: *mach.Engine) !void {
 
     queue.writeTexture(
         &.{ .texture = texture },
-        texture_atlas_data.data,
         &data_layout,
         &.{ .width = texture_atlas_data.size, .height = texture_atlas_data.size },
+        zigimg.color.Rgba32,
+        texture_atlas_data.data,
     );
 
     app.vertices = try std.ArrayList(draw.Vertex).initCapacity(engine.allocator, 9);
diff --git a/examples/textured-cube/main.zig b/examples/textured-cube/main.zig
index 4f4ccf66..fe12f746 100644
--- a/examples/textured-cube/main.zig
+++ b/examples/textured-cube/main.zig
@@ -129,11 +129,11 @@ pub fn init(app: *App, engine: *mach.Engine) !void {
         .rows_per_image = @intCast(u32, img.height),
     };
     switch (img.pixels.?) {
-        .Rgba32 => |pixels| queue.writeTexture(&.{ .texture = cube_texture }, pixels, &data_layout, &img_size),
+        .Rgba32 => |pixels| queue.writeTexture(&.{ .texture = cube_texture }, &data_layout, &img_size, zigimg.color.Rgba32, pixels),
         .Rgb24 => |pixels| {
             const data = try rgb24ToRgba32(engine.allocator, pixels);
             //defer data.deinit(allocator);
-            queue.writeTexture(&.{ .texture = cube_texture }, data.Rgba32, &data_layout, &img_size);
+            queue.writeTexture(&.{ .texture = cube_texture }, &data_layout, &img_size, zigimg.color.Rgba32, data.Rgba32);
         },
         else => @panic("unsupported image color format"),
     }
diff --git a/gpu/src/Queue.zig b/gpu/src/Queue.zig
index aba981f4..53f29598 100644
--- a/gpu/src/Queue.zig
+++ b/gpu/src/Queue.zig
@@ -63,9 +63,10 @@ pub inline fn writeBuffer(queue: Queue, buffer: Buffer, buffer_offset: u64, comp
 pub inline fn writeTexture(
     queue: Queue,
     destination: *const ImageCopyTexture,
-    data: anytype,
     data_layout: *const Texture.DataLayout,
     write_size: *const Extent3D,
+    comptime T: type,
+    data: []const T,
 ) void {
     queue.vtable.writeTexture(
         queue.ptr,