diff --git a/KREngine/kraken/KRTextureManager.cpp b/KREngine/kraken/KRTextureManager.cpp
index 2f554c8..0e02202 100644
--- a/KREngine/kraken/KRTextureManager.cpp
+++ b/KREngine/kraken/KRTextureManager.cpp
@@ -329,6 +329,10 @@ void KRTextureManager::balanceTextureMemory()
         }
     }
     
+    if (maxDimActive > 512) maxDimActive = 512;     // FINDME - hack to stop the texture resizer from blowing out its brains ..
+                                                    // when the texture quality goes up to 1024, the app runs for about 2 mins and then
+                                                    // runs out of memory.
+    
     // Resize active textures to balance the memory usage and mipmap levels
     for(std::set<KRTexture *>::iterator itr=m_activeTextures_streamer.begin(); itr != m_activeTextures_streamer.end() && memory_available > 0; itr++) {
         KRTexture *activeTexture = *itr;