diff --git a/base/vulkanTextureLoader.hpp b/base/vulkanTextureLoader.hpp
index 16fa5051..a92e0270 100644
--- a/base/vulkanTextureLoader.hpp
+++ b/base/vulkanTextureLoader.hpp
@@ -181,7 +181,7 @@ namespace vkTools
 				imageCreateInfo.arrayLayers = 1;
 				imageCreateInfo.samples = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;
 				imageCreateInfo.tiling = VK_IMAGE_TILING_OPTIMAL;
-				imageCreateInfo.usage = VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT;
+				imageCreateInfo.usage = imageUsageFlags;
 				imageCreateInfo.sharingMode = VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE;
 				imageCreateInfo.initialLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED;
 				imageCreateInfo.extent = { texture->width, texture->height, 1 };
@@ -275,7 +275,7 @@ namespace vkTools
 				imageCreateInfo.arrayLayers = 1;
 				imageCreateInfo.samples = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;
 				imageCreateInfo.tiling = VK_IMAGE_TILING_LINEAR;
-				imageCreateInfo.usage = (useStaging) ? VK_IMAGE_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT : VK_IMAGE_USAGE_SAMPLED_BIT;
+				imageCreateInfo.usage = imageUsageFlags;
 				imageCreateInfo.sharingMode = VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE;
 				imageCreateInfo.initialLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PREINITIALIZED;