diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 207ac0a7..add19c0a 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ Uses [assimp](https://github.com/assimp/assimp) to load and a mesh from a common
 ## [Mesh instancing](instancing/)
 <img src="./screenshots/instancing.jpg" height="96px" align="right">
 
-Shows the use of instancing for rendering many copies of the same mesh using different attributes and textures. A secondary uniform buffer containing instanced data, stored in device local memory, is used to pass instance data to the shader via vertex attributes with a per-instance step rate. The instance data also contains a texture layer index for having different textures for the instanced meshes.
+Shows the use of instancing for rendering many copies of the same mesh using different attributes and textures. A secondary vertex buffer containing instanced data, stored in device local memory, is used to pass instance data to the shader via vertex attributes with a per-instance step rate. The instance data also contains a texture layer index for having different textures for the instanced meshes.
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 ## [Multi sampling](multisampling/)
diff --git a/instancing/instancing.cpp b/instancing/instancing.cpp
index 40c2290f..e1196668 100644
--- a/instancing/instancing.cpp
+++ b/instancing/instancing.cpp
@@ -500,7 +500,7 @@ public:
 			&stagingBuffer.memory);
 
 		VulkanExampleBase::createBuffer(
-			VK_BUFFER_USAGE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_BIT |VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT,
+			VK_BUFFER_USAGE_VERTEX_BUFFER_BIT | VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_DST_BIT,
 			VK_MEMORY_HEAP_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT,
 			instanceBuffer.size,
 			nullptr,
@@ -553,7 +553,10 @@ public:
 			uboVS.view = glm::rotate(uboVS.view, glm::radians(rotation.z), glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f));
 		}
 
-		uboVS.time += frameTimer * 0.05f;
+		if (!paused)
+		{
+			uboVS.time += frameTimer * 0.05f;
+		}
 
 		memcpy(uniformData.vsScene.mapped, &uboVS, sizeof(uboVS));
 	}