diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Scene/Shader/Shader.hpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Scene/Shader/Shader.hpp
index ed1da7d..e89cb9a 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/Scene/Shader/Shader.hpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Scene/Shader/Shader.hpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@
 
 #include "Base/ICloseable.hpp"
 #include "Base/Utils.hpp"
+#include "Base/Render/RenderResource.hpp"
 #include "VertexInputDescription.hpp"
 #include "ShaderProgramType.hpp"
 #include "DescriptorInputDescription.hpp"
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ namespace OpenVulkano::Scene
 
 
 
-	class Shader final : public ICloseable
+	class Shader final : public RenderResourceHolder<Shader>, public ICloseable
 	{
 	public:
 		std::vector<ShaderProgram> shaderPrograms{};
@@ -88,7 +89,6 @@ namespace OpenVulkano::Scene
 		std::vector<PushConstantRange> pushConstantRanges;
 		Topology topology = Topology::TRIANGLE_LIST;
 		CullMode cullMode = CullMode::BACK;
-		ICloseable* renderShader = nullptr;
 		CompareOp depthCompareOp = CompareOp::LESS;
 		bool alphaBlend = false; // TODO allow fine control over blending
 		bool depthTest = true;
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace OpenVulkano::Scene
 		bool dynamicViewport = true; // If disabled the swapchains fullscreen viewport will always be used, regardless of framebuffer or viewport
 
 		Shader() = default;
-		~Shader() override { if (renderShader) Shader::Close(); }
+		~Shader() override { Shader::Close(); }
 
 		Shader& AddShaderProgram(const ShaderProgram& shaderProgram)
 		{
@@ -163,14 +163,14 @@ namespace OpenVulkano::Scene
 
 		void Close() override
 		{
-			renderShader->Close();
-			renderShader = nullptr;
+			if (HasRenderResource())
+				GetRenderResource().Release();
 		}
 
 	private:
 		void CheckShaderInitState() const
 		{
-			if (renderShader) throw std::runtime_error("Shader already initialized!");
+			if (HasRenderResource()) throw std::runtime_error("Shader already initialized!");
 		}
 	};
 }
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Resources/ResourceManager.cpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Resources/ResourceManager.cpp
index e370336..1d9042a 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Resources/ResourceManager.cpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Resources/ResourceManager.cpp
@@ -277,6 +277,7 @@ namespace OpenVulkano::Vulkan
 				find_if(shaders.begin(), shaders.end(),
 						[&](auto& obj){ return obj.get() == shader; }
 				);
+		object->get()->owner = nullptr;
 		shaders.erase(object);
 	}
 
@@ -308,9 +309,8 @@ namespace OpenVulkano::Vulkan
 	VulkanShader* ResourceManager::CreateShader(Scene::Shader* shader)
 	{
 		const std::unique_lock lock(mutex);
-		if (shader->renderShader) return static_cast<VulkanShader*>(shader->renderShader);
-		VulkanShader* vkShader = new VulkanShader();
-		vkShader->Init(context, shader, this);
+		if (shader->HasRenderResource()) return static_cast<VulkanShader*>(shader->GetRenderResource());
+		VulkanShader* vkShader = new VulkanShader(context, shader, this);
 		shaders.emplace_back(vkShader);
 		return vkShader;
 	}
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Scene/VulkanShader.cpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Scene/VulkanShader.cpp
index fc851aa..e7bc334 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Scene/VulkanShader.cpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Scene/VulkanShader.cpp
@@ -17,7 +17,8 @@ namespace OpenVulkano::Vulkan
 
 	VulkanShader::~VulkanShader()
 	{
-		if (shader) Close();
+		if (owner) owner->RemoveShader(this);
+		owner = nullptr;
 		device.destroyPipeline(pipeline);
 		for(auto& shaderModule : shaderModules)
 		{
@@ -28,12 +29,9 @@ namespace OpenVulkano::Vulkan
 			device.destroyDescriptorSetLayout(descriptorSetLayout);
 	}
 
-	void VulkanShader::Init(Context* context, Scene::Shader* shader, IShaderOwner* owner)
+	VulkanShader::VulkanShader(Context* context, Scene::Shader* shader, IShaderOwner* owner)
+		: IRenderResource<Scene::Shader>(shader), device(context->device->device), owner(owner), context(context)
 	{
-		this->device = context->device->device;
-		this->shader = shader;
-		this->owner = owner;
-		this->context = context;
 		shaderModules.reserve(shader->shaderPrograms.size());
 		shaderStageCreateInfo.resize(shader->shaderPrograms.size());
 		int i = 0;
@@ -45,11 +43,11 @@ namespace OpenVulkano::Vulkan
 			i++;
 		}
 		BuildPipeline();
-		shader->renderShader = this;
 	}
 
 	void VulkanShader::BuildPipeline()
 	{
+		Scene::Shader* shader = GetOwner();
 		std::vector<vk::VertexInputBindingDescription> vertexBindDesc;
 		std::vector<vk::VertexInputAttributeDescription> attributeDescriptions;
 		vertexBindDesc.reserve(shader->vertexInputDescriptions.size());
@@ -129,14 +127,6 @@ namespace OpenVulkano::Vulkan
 		context->commandBuffer.bindPipeline(vk::PipelineBindPoint::eGraphics, pipeline);
 	}
 
-	void VulkanShader::Close()
-	{
-		shader->renderShader = nullptr;
-		shader = nullptr;
-		if (owner) owner->RemoveShader(this);
-		owner = nullptr;
-	}
-
 	void VulkanShader::CreatePipelineLayout()
 	{
 		if (!descriptorSetLayouts.empty())
@@ -150,6 +140,7 @@ namespace OpenVulkano::Vulkan
 		descriptorSetLayouts.push_back(device.createDescriptorSetLayout({ {}, layoutBindings1.size(), layoutBindings1.data() }));
 		descriptorSetLayouts.push_back(device.createDescriptorSetLayout({ {}, layoutBindings2.size(), layoutBindings2.data() }));
 
+		Scene::Shader* shader = GetOwner();
 		for(const auto& set : shader->descriptorSets)
 		{
 			vk::DescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo createInfo { {}, static_cast<uint32_t>(set.size()), reinterpret_cast<const vk::DescriptorSetLayoutBinding*>(set.data()) };
@@ -159,4 +150,9 @@ namespace OpenVulkano::Vulkan
 		vk::PipelineLayoutCreateInfo plci = {{}, static_cast<uint32_t>(descriptorSetLayouts.size()), descriptorSetLayouts.data(), static_cast<uint32_t>(shader->pushConstantRanges.size()), pcRanges };
 		pipelineLayout = this->device.createPipelineLayout(plci);
 	}
+
+	void VulkanShader::Release()
+	{
+		if (owner) owner->RemoveShader(this);
+	}
 }
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Scene/VulkanShader.hpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Scene/VulkanShader.hpp
index af41830..738e0c2 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Scene/VulkanShader.hpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Scene/VulkanShader.hpp
@@ -7,26 +7,20 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "IRecordable.hpp"
-#include "Base/ICloseable.hpp"
+#include "Scene/Shader/Shader.hpp"
 #include <vulkan/vulkan.hpp>
 #include <vector>
 
 namespace OpenVulkano
 {
-	namespace Scene
-	{
-		class Shader;
-	}
-
 	namespace Vulkan
 	{
 		class Context;
 		class IShaderOwner;
 
-		class VulkanShader final : public ICloseable, public IRecordable
+	class VulkanShader final : public IRenderResource<Scene::Shader>, public IRecordable
 		{
 		public:
-			Scene::Shader* shader = nullptr;
 			vk::Device device;
 			std::vector<vk::ShaderModule> shaderModules; // TODO manage live time somewhere else to allow sharing of shader programs
 			std::vector<vk::PipelineShaderStageCreateInfo> shaderStageCreateInfo;
@@ -36,17 +30,15 @@ namespace OpenVulkano
 			IShaderOwner* owner = nullptr;
 			Context* context = nullptr;
 
-			VulkanShader() = default;
+			VulkanShader(Context* context, Scene::Shader* shader, IShaderOwner* owner);
 
 			~VulkanShader() override;
 
-			void Init(Context* context, Scene::Shader* shader, IShaderOwner* owner);
-
 			void Resize();
 
 			void Record(VulkanDrawContext* context) override;
 
-			void Close() override;
+			void Release() override;
 
 		private:
 			void BuildPipeline();
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Scene/VulkanTexture.hpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Scene/VulkanTexture.hpp
index 84e3530..c57aa81 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Scene/VulkanTexture.hpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/Scene/VulkanTexture.hpp
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ namespace OpenVulkano::Vulkan
 		void Record(VulkanDrawContext* context) override
 		{
 			int setId = -1, i = 0;
-			for (const auto& descriptorSet : context->GetShader()->shader->descriptorSets)
+			for (const auto& descriptorSet : context->GetShader()->GetOwner()->descriptorSets)
 			{
 				for (const auto& descriptor : descriptorSet)
 				{
diff --git a/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/VulkanDrawContext.cpp b/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/VulkanDrawContext.cpp
index bc02e80..935bdd5 100644
--- a/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/VulkanDrawContext.cpp
+++ b/openVulkanoCpp/Vulkan/VulkanDrawContext.cpp
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ namespace OpenVulkano::Vulkan
 {
 	void VulkanDrawContext::EncodeShader(Scene::Shader* shader)
 	{
-		VulkanShader* vkShader = static_cast<VulkanShader*>(shader->renderShader);
+		VulkanShader* vkShader = shader->GetRenderResource();
 		if (!vkShader)
 		{
 			vkShader = renderer->GetResourceManager().CreateShader(shader);