diff --git a/examples/computeraytracing/computeraytracing.cpp b/examples/computeraytracing/computeraytracing.cpp
index d2f0e973..f9703c1a 100644
--- a/examples/computeraytracing/computeraytracing.cpp
+++ b/examples/computeraytracing/computeraytracing.cpp
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ public:
 				glm::vec3 lookat = glm::vec3(0.0f, 0.5f, 0.0f);
 				float fov = 10.0f;
 			} camera;
+            glm::mat4 _pad;
 		} ubo;
 	} compute;
 
diff --git a/examples/ssao/ssao.cpp b/examples/ssao/ssao.cpp
index cb87d6fa..3cda3ced 100644
--- a/examples/ssao/ssao.cpp
+++ b/examples/ssao/ssao.cpp
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@
 
 #define ENABLE_VALIDATION false
 
-#define SSAO_KERNEL_SIZE 32
+#define SSAO_KERNEL_SIZE 64
 #define SSAO_RADIUS 0.3f
 
 #if defined(__ANDROID__)
diff --git a/examples/texturearray/texturearray.cpp b/examples/texturearray/texturearray.cpp
index 921addea..de997fcc 100644
--- a/examples/texturearray/texturearray.cpp
+++ b/examples/texturearray/texturearray.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@
 
 #define ENABLE_VALIDATION false
 
+#define MAX_LAYERS 8
+
 // Vertex layout for this example
 struct Vertex {
 	float pos[3];
@@ -120,6 +122,7 @@ public:
 		textureArray.width = ktxTexture->baseWidth;
 		textureArray.height = ktxTexture->baseHeight;
 		layerCount = ktxTexture->numLayers;
+        assert(layerCount <= MAX_LAYERS);
 		ktx_uint8_t *ktxTextureData = ktxTexture_GetData(ktxTexture);
 		ktx_size_t ktxTextureSize = ktxTexture_GetSize(ktxTexture);
 
@@ -475,7 +478,7 @@ public:
 	{
 		uboVS.instance = new UboInstanceData[layerCount];
 
-		uint32_t uboSize = sizeof(uboVS.matrices) + (layerCount * sizeof(UboInstanceData));
+		uint32_t uboSize = sizeof(uboVS.matrices) + (MAX_LAYERS * sizeof(UboInstanceData));
 
 		// Vertex shader uniform buffer block
 		VK_CHECK_RESULT(vulkanDevice->createBuffer(