diff --git a/src/blocks.zig b/src/blocks.zig
index 9856c055..d267f5f8 100644
--- a/src/blocks.zig
+++ b/src/blocks.zig
@@ -345,9 +345,9 @@ pub const meshes = struct {
 		break :blk names;
 	};
 
-	var animationSSBO: SSBO = undefined;
-	var textureDataSSBO: SSBO = undefined;
-	var animatedTextureDataSSBO: SSBO = undefined;
+	var animationSSBO: ?SSBO = null;
+	var textureDataSSBO: ?SSBO = null;
+	var animatedTextureDataSSBO: ?SSBO = null;
 
 	var animationShader: Shader = undefined;
 	var animationUniforms: struct {
@@ -366,12 +366,6 @@ pub const meshes = struct {
 	const emptyImage = Image{.width = 1, .height = 1, .imageData = emptyTexture[0..]};
 
 	pub fn init() !void {
-		animationSSBO = SSBO.init();
-		animationSSBO.bind(0);
-		textureDataSSBO = SSBO.init();
-		textureDataSSBO.bind(6);
-		animatedTextureDataSSBO = SSBO.init();
-		animatedTextureDataSSBO.bind(1);
 		animationShader = try Shader.initComputeAndGetUniforms("assets/cubyz/shaders/animation_pre_processing.glsl", &animationUniforms);
 		blockTextureArray = TextureArray.init();
 		emissionTextureArray = TextureArray.init();
@@ -384,9 +378,15 @@ pub const meshes = struct {
 	}
 
 	pub fn deinit() void {
-		animationSSBO.deinit();
-		textureDataSSBO.deinit();
-		animatedTextureDataSSBO.deinit();
+		if(animationSSBO) |ssbo| {
+			ssbo.deinit();
+		}
+		if(textureDataSSBO) |ssbo| {
+			ssbo.deinit();
+		}
+		if(animatedTextureDataSSBO) |ssbo| {
+			ssbo.deinit();
+		}
 		animationShader.deinit();
 		blockTextureArray.deinit();
 		emissionTextureArray.deinit();
@@ -576,8 +576,20 @@ pub const meshes = struct {
 		try emissionTextureArray.generate(emissionTextures.items, true);
 
 		// Also generate additional buffers:
-		animationSSBO.bufferData(AnimationData, animation.items);
-		textureDataSSBO.bufferData(TextureData, textureData[0..meshes.size]);
-		animatedTextureDataSSBO.bufferData(TextureData, textureData[0..meshes.size]);
+		if(animationSSBO) |ssbo| {
+			ssbo.deinit();
+		}
+		if(textureDataSSBO) |ssbo| {
+			ssbo.deinit();
+		}
+		if(animatedTextureDataSSBO) |ssbo| {
+			ssbo.deinit();
+		}
+		animationSSBO = SSBO.initStatic(AnimationData, animation.items);
+		animationSSBO.?.bind(0);
+		textureDataSSBO = SSBO.initStatic(TextureData, textureData[0..meshes.size]);
+		textureDataSSBO.?.bind(6);
+		animatedTextureDataSSBO = SSBO.initStatic(TextureData, textureData[0..meshes.size]);
+		animatedTextureDataSSBO.?.bind(1);
 	}
 };
diff --git a/src/graphics.zig b/src/graphics.zig
index 6be22066..3f9e2fc9 100644
--- a/src/graphics.zig
+++ b/src/graphics.zig
@@ -1170,6 +1170,14 @@ pub const SSBO = struct {
 		return self;
 	}
 
+	pub fn initStatic(comptime T: type, data: []const T) SSBO {
+		var self = SSBO{.bufferID = undefined};
+		c.glGenBuffers(1, &self.bufferID);
+		c.glBindBuffer(c.GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER, self.bufferID);
+		c.glBufferStorage(c.GL_SHADER_STORAGE_BUFFER, @intCast(data.len*@sizeOf(T)), data.ptr, 0);
+		return self;
+	}
+
 	pub fn deinit(self: SSBO) void {
 		c.glDeleteBuffers(1, &self.bufferID);
 	}
diff --git a/src/models.zig b/src/models.zig
index 61965c82..d0e00665 100644
--- a/src/models.zig
+++ b/src/models.zig
@@ -174,9 +174,6 @@ pub var fullCube: u16 = 0;
 // TODO: Allow loading from world assets.
 // TODO: Editable player models.
 pub fn init() !void {
-	voxelModelSSBO = graphics.SSBO.init();
-	voxelModelSSBO.bind(4);
-
 	voxelModels = std.ArrayList(VoxelModel).init(main.threadAllocator);
 
 	nameToIndex = std.StringHashMap(u16).init(main.threadAllocator);
@@ -199,7 +196,8 @@ pub fn init() !void {
 	try nameToIndex.put("octahedron", @intCast(voxelModels.items.len));
 	(try voxelModels.addOne()).init(octahedron);
 
-	voxelModelSSBO.bufferData(VoxelModel, voxelModels.items);
+	voxelModelSSBO = graphics.SSBO.initStatic(VoxelModel, voxelModels.items);
+	voxelModelSSBO.bind(4);
 }
 
 pub fn deinit() void {