diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer.java b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer.java
index 04055f285..5215d6558 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/blaze/BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer.java
@@ -239,8 +239,10 @@ public class BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 			return;
 		}
 		
-		GpuDevice GPU_DEVICE = RenderSystem.getDevice();
-		CommandEncoder COMMAND_ENCODER = GPU_DEVICE.createCommandEncoder();
+		// delayed getters since this class may be initialized before
+		// the GPU device has been set
+		GpuDevice gpuDevice = RenderSystem.getDevice();
+		CommandEncoder commandEncoder = gpuDevice.createCommandEncoder();
 		
 		
 		
@@ -287,14 +289,14 @@ public class BlazeDebugWireframeRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 			this.uniformBuffer = UniformHandler.createBuffer("uniformBlock", uniformBufferSize, this.uniformBuffer);
 			GpuBufferSlice bufferSlice = new GpuBufferSlice(this.uniformBuffer, 0, uniformBufferSize);
 			
-			COMMAND_ENCODER.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
+			commandEncoder.writeToBuffer(bufferSlice, buffer);
 		}
 		
 		
 		
 		// render //
 		
-		try (RenderPass renderPass = COMMAND_ENCODER.createRenderPass(
+		try (RenderPass renderPass = commandEncoder.createRenderPass(
 			this::getRenderPassName,
 			McLodRenderer.INSTANCE.dhColorTextureWrapper.textureView, 
 			/*optionalClearColorAsInt*/ OptionalInt.empty(),
diff --git a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/nativeGl/DebugRenderer.java b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/nativeGl/DebugRenderer.java
index e7999132e..7cc016b57 100644
--- a/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/nativeGl/DebugRenderer.java
+++ b/common/src/main/java/com/seibel/distanthorizons/common/render/nativeGl/DebugRenderer.java
@@ -170,7 +170,6 @@ public class DebugRenderer extends AbstractDebugWireframeRenderer
 	}
 	
 	@Override
-	@Deprecated // TODO this should add all the boxes to a list so we can render them as a batch instead of individual draw calls
 	public void render(Box box)
 	{
 		Mat4f boxTransform = Mat4f.createTranslateMatrix(box.minPos.x - this.camPosFloatThisFrame.x, box.minPos.y - this.camPosFloatThisFrame.y, box.minPos.z - this.camPosFloatThisFrame.z);
diff --git a/coreSubProjects b/coreSubProjects
index 49e34d78a..2ea3d645e 160000
--- a/coreSubProjects
+++ b/coreSubProjects
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 49e34d78a521e3f795b06eb556025aa458dc2bb0
+Subproject commit 2ea3d645e81f955de253a5a290c53fc5987c1d8e