diff --git a/KREngine/kraken/KRCamera.cpp b/KREngine/kraken/KRCamera.cpp
index 7a4abf1..f729137 100644
--- a/KREngine/kraken/KRCamera.cpp
+++ b/KREngine/kraken/KRCamera.cpp
@@ -77,6 +77,13 @@ void KRCamera::loadXML(tinyxml2::XMLElement *e)
     KRNode::loadXML(e);
 }
 
+void KRCamera::flushSkybox()
+{
+    KRTexture *tobedeleted = m_pSkyBoxTexture;
+    m_pSkyBoxTexture = NULL;
+//    delete tobedeleted;       // FINDME - this delete is not thread safe .. it crashes the texture streamer
+}
+
 void KRCamera::renderFrame(float deltaTime, GLint renderBufferWidth, GLint renderBufferHeight)
 {    
     // ----====---- Record timing information for measuring FPS ----====----
diff --git a/KREngine/kraken/KRCamera.h b/KREngine/kraken/KRCamera.h
index 4978c00..d84b589 100644
--- a/KREngine/kraken/KRCamera.h
+++ b/KREngine/kraken/KRCamera.h
@@ -67,6 +67,8 @@ public:
     virtual void loadXML(tinyxml2::XMLElement *e);
     
     std::string getDebugText();
+    
+    void flushSkybox();     // this will delete the skybox and cause the camera to reload a new skybox based on the settings
 
 private:
     void createBuffers(GLint renderBufferWidth, GLint renderBufferHeight);
diff --git a/KREngine/kraken/KREngine.mm b/KREngine/kraken/KREngine.mm
index 991fba0..b570d3e 100644
--- a/KREngine/kraken/KREngine.mm
+++ b/KREngine/kraken/KREngine.mm
@@ -237,14 +237,14 @@ void kraken::set_debug_text(const std::string &print_text)
     NSString *bundlePath = [[NSBundle mainBundle] pathForResource:bundleName ofType:@"bundle"];
     NSBundle *bundle = [NSBundle bundleWithPath:bundlePath];
     if(bundle == nil) {
-        NSLog(@"ERROR - Standard asset bundle could not be found.");
+        KRContext::Log(KRContext::LOG_LEVEL_ERROR, "%s", "ERROR - Standard asset bundle could not be found.");
     } else {
         NSEnumerator *bundleEnumerator = [[bundle pathsForResourcesOfType: nil inDirectory: nil] objectEnumerator];
         NSString * p = nil;
         while (p = [bundleEnumerator nextObject]) {
             NSString *file_name = [p lastPathComponent];
             if([file_name hasSuffix: @".vsh"] || [file_name hasSuffix: @".fsh"] || [file_name hasSuffix: @".krbundle"] ||[file_name hasPrefix:@"font."]) {
-                NSLog(@"  %@\n", file_name);
+                KRContext::Log(KRContext::LOG_LEVEL_INFORMATION, "%s", [file_name UTF8String]);
                 [self loadResource:p];
             }
         }
diff --git a/KREngine/kraken/KRScene.cpp b/KREngine/kraken/KRScene.cpp
index 816a4ca..f2ae199 100644
--- a/KREngine/kraken/KRScene.cpp
+++ b/KREngine/kraken/KRScene.cpp
@@ -126,8 +126,8 @@ void KRScene::render(KRCamera *pCamera, unordered_map<KRAABB, int> &visibleBound
     std::vector<KRDirectionalLight *>directional_lights;
     std::vector<KRSpotLight *>spot_lights;
     
-    pCamera->settings.setSkyBox(m_skyBoxName); // This is temporary until the camera is moved into the scene graph
-    
+//    pCamera->settings.setSkyBox(m_skyBoxName); // This is temporary until the camera is moved into the scene graph
+// NOTE: the skybox is now selected in the CircaViewController
     
     std::set<KRNode *> outerNodes = std::set<KRNode *>(m_nodeTree.getOuterSceneNodes()); // HACK - Copying the std::set as it is potentially modified as KRNode's update their bounds during the iteration.  This is very expensive and will be eliminated in the future.