diff --git a/kraken/KRContext.cpp b/kraken/KRContext.cpp
index 887ef89..2ef7f24 100755
--- a/kraken/KRContext.cpp
+++ b/kraken/KRContext.cpp
@@ -621,17 +621,6 @@ long KRContext::getAbsoluteTimeMilliseconds()
 #endif
 }
 
-bool KRContext::getStreamingEnabled()
-{
-    return m_streamingEnabled;
-}
-
-void KRContext::setStreamingEnabled(bool enable)
-{
-    m_streamingEnabled = enable;
-}
-
-
 #if TARGET_OS_IPHONE || TARGET_OS_MAC
 
 void KRContext::getMemoryStats(long &free_memory)
diff --git a/kraken/KRContext.h b/kraken/KRContext.h
index dd77238..4e41934 100755
--- a/kraken/KRContext.h
+++ b/kraken/KRContext.h
@@ -133,8 +133,6 @@ public:
     long getAbsoluteTimeMilliseconds();
     
     std::vector<KRResource *> getResources();
-    bool getStreamingEnabled();
-    void setStreamingEnabled(bool enable);
     
 #if TARGET_OS_IPHONE || TARGET_OS_MAC
     // XXX This doesn't belong here, and might not actually be needed at all
@@ -188,14 +186,12 @@ private:
     mach_timebase_info_data_t    m_timebase_info;
 #endif
 
+    // m_streamingEnabled is set to true once all managers are loaded
     std::atomic<bool> m_streamingEnabled;
     
-    
     static log_callback *s_log_callback;
     static void *s_log_callback_user_data;
     
-    
-
     unordered_multimap<std::string, KRResource*> m_resources;
 
     
diff --git a/kraken/KRDevice.cpp b/kraken/KRDevice.cpp
index 311ba2a..afc1a35 100644
--- a/kraken/KRDevice.cpp
+++ b/kraken/KRDevice.cpp
@@ -245,6 +245,7 @@ void KRDevice::createBuffer(VkDeviceSize size, VkBufferUsageFlags usage, VkMemor
   VkBufferCreateInfo bufferInfo = { VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_CREATE_INFO };
   bufferInfo.size = size;
   bufferInfo.usage = usage;
+  bufferInfo.sharingMode = VK_SHARING_MODE_EXCLUSIVE;
 
   VmaAllocationCreateInfo allocInfo = {};
   allocInfo.usage = VMA_MEMORY_USAGE_GPU_ONLY;