diff --git a/src/nodes/drawable/line.wgsl b/src/nodes/drawable/line.wgsl
index a216fee..440a47b 100644
--- a/src/nodes/drawable/line.wgsl
+++ b/src/nodes/drawable/line.wgsl
@@ -15,12 +15,12 @@
 }
 #endif
 
-struct MyExtendedMaterial {
-    quantize_steps: u32,
+struct LineMaterial {
+    unused: u32,
 }
 
 @group(2) @binding(100)
-var<uniform> my_extended_material: MyExtendedMaterial;
+var<uniform> line_mat: LineMaterial;
 
 @fragment
 fn fragment(
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ fn fragment(
 #endif
 
     // alpha discard
-    pbr_input.material.base_color = alpha_discard(pbr_input.material, pbr_input.material.base_color);
+    // pbr_input.material.base_color = alpha_discard(pbr_input.material, pbr_input.material.base_color);
 
 #ifdef PREPASS_PIPELINE
     // in deferred mode we can't modify anything after that, as lighting is run in a separate fullscreen shader.
diff --git a/src/nodes/drawable/lines.rs b/src/nodes/drawable/lines.rs
index 22f4e7a..4282b05 100644
--- a/src/nodes/drawable/lines.rs
+++ b/src/nodes/drawable/lines.rs
@@ -44,6 +44,10 @@ impl MaterialExtension for LineExtension {
 		LINE_SHADER_HANDLE.into()
 	}
 
+	fn deferred_fragment_shader() -> ShaderRef {
+		LINE_SHADER_HANDLE.into()
+	}
+
 	fn alpha_mode() -> Option<AlphaMode> {
 		Some(AlphaMode::Opaque)
 	}
@@ -112,6 +116,8 @@ fn build_line_mesh(
 			match lines.entity.get() {
 				Some(e) => cmds.entity(**e),
 				None => {
+					// if we couldn't get the lines entity then we need to gen the mesh later
+					lines.gen_mesh.store(true, Ordering::Relaxed);
 					let e = cmds.spawn((
 						Name::new("LinesNode"),
 						SpatialNode(Arc::downgrade(&lines.spatial)),
@@ -237,9 +243,9 @@ fn build_line_mesh(
 			panic!("vertex positions contains non finite pos: {vertex_positions:#?}",);
 		}
 		mesh.insert_indices(Indices::U32(vertex_indices));
-		mesh.insert_attribute(Mesh::ATTRIBUTE_COLOR, vertex_colors);
-		mesh.insert_attribute(Mesh::ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, vertex_normals);
 		mesh.insert_attribute(Mesh::ATTRIBUTE_POSITION, vertex_positions.clone());
+		mesh.insert_attribute(Mesh::ATTRIBUTE_NORMAL, vertex_normals);
+		mesh.insert_attribute(Mesh::ATTRIBUTE_COLOR, vertex_colors);
 
 		let mut entity = match lines.entity.get() {
 			Some(e) => cmds.entity(**e),