diff --git a/scripts/node_posterize/node_posterize.gml b/scripts/node_posterize/node_posterize.gml
index d412cfc58..6be40fb4a 100644
--- a/scripts/node_posterize/node_posterize.gml
+++ b/scripts/node_posterize/node_posterize.gml
@@ -59,8 +59,7 @@ function Node_Posterize(_x, _y, _group = noone) : Node_Processor(_x, _y, _group)
 		
 		if(_use_pal) {
 			surface_set_shader(_outSurf, sh_posterize_palette);
-				shader_set_f("palette", paletteToArray(_pal));
-				shader_set_i("keys", array_length(_pal));
+				shader_set_palette(_pal, "palette", "keys");
 				shader_set_i("alpha", _alp);
 				shader_set_i("space", _spce);
 				
@@ -151,10 +150,6 @@ function Node_Posterize(_x, _y, _group = noone) : Node_Processor(_x, _y, _group)
 			
 				draw_surface_safe(_surf);
 			surface_reset_shader();
-			
-			// surface_set_shader(_outSurf);
-			// 	draw_surface_safe(_sMax);
-			// surface_reset_shader();
 		}
 		
 		return _outSurf;
diff --git a/scripts/palette_functions/palette_functions.gml b/scripts/palette_functions/palette_functions.gml
index 9e28d674f..82d12ad88 100644
--- a/scripts/palette_functions/palette_functions.gml
+++ b/scripts/palette_functions/palette_functions.gml
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ function loadPalette(path) {
 		var pal = array_create(_sw * _sh);
 		for( var i = 0; i < _sh; i++ ) 
 		for( var j = 0; j < _sw; j++ ) 
-			pal[i * _sh + j] = surface_getpixel(_s, j, i);
+			pal[i * _sh + j] = cola(surface_getpixel(_s, j, i));
 		
 		surface_free(_s);
 		
@@ -54,13 +54,11 @@ function loadPalette(path) {
 				var _r = string_hexadecimal(string_copy(_w, 1, 2));
 				var _g = string_hexadecimal(string_copy(_w, 3, 2));
 				var _b = string_hexadecimal(string_copy(_w, 5, 2));
+				var _a = string_length(_w) > 6? string_hexadecimal(string_copy(_w, 7, 2)) : 255;
 				
-				if(string_length(_w) > 6) {
-					var _a = string_hexadecimal(string_copy(_w, 7, 2));
-					pal[_index++] = make_color_rgba(_r, _g, _b, _a);
-				} else 
-					pal[_index++] = make_color_rgb(_r, _g, _b);
+				pal[_index++] = make_color_rgba(_r, _g, _b, _a);
 				break;
+				
 			case ".gpl" :
 			case ".pal" :
 				if(string_char_at(_w, 1) == "#") break;
@@ -68,7 +66,7 @@ function loadPalette(path) {
 				    _c = array_filter(_c, function(s) { return s != ""; });
 				
 				if(array_length(_c) == 3) 
-					pal[_index++] = make_color_rgb(toNumber(_c[0]), toNumber(_c[1]), toNumber(_c[2]));
+					pal[_index++] = make_color_rgba(toNumber(_c[0]), toNumber(_c[1]), toNumber(_c[2]), 255);
 				else if(array_length(_c) >= 4) 
 					pal[_index++] = make_color_rgba(toNumber(_c[0]), toNumber(_c[1]), toNumber(_c[2]), toNumber(_c[3]));
 				break;
diff --git a/scripts/shader_functions/shader_functions.gml b/scripts/shader_functions/shader_functions.gml
index 1506aaa8c..34da4dcd3 100644
--- a/scripts/shader_functions/shader_functions.gml
+++ b/scripts/shader_functions/shader_functions.gml
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ function shader_set_f_map_s(uniform, value, surface, junc) {
 	shader_set_i(uniform + "UseSurf", junc.attributes.mapped && is_surface(surface));
 }
 
-function shader_set_uniform_f_array_safe(uniform, array, max_length = 128) {
+function shader_set_uniform_f_array_safe(uniform, array, max_length = 4096) {
 	INLINE
 	
 	if(!is_array(array)) return;
@@ -161,14 +161,15 @@ function shader_set_color(uniform, col, alpha = 1) {
 function shader_set_palette(pal, pal_uni = "palette", amo_uni = "paletteAmount", max_length = 1024) {
 	INLINE
 	
-	shader_set_i(amo_uni, min(max_length, array_length(pal)));
+	var _amo = min(max_length, array_length(pal));
+	if(_amo == 0) return;
 	
 	var _pal = [];
-	for( var i = 0, n = min(max_length, array_length(pal)); i < n; i++ )
+	for( var i = 0, n = _amo; i < n; i++ )
 		array_append(_pal, colToVec4(pal[i]));
 	
-	if(array_length(_pal))
-		shader_set_f(pal_uni, _pal);
+	shader_set_i(amo_uni, _amo);
+	shader_set_f(pal_uni, _pal);
 }
 
 #region prebuild
diff --git a/shaders/sh_posterize_palette/sh_posterize_palette.fsh b/shaders/sh_posterize_palette/sh_posterize_palette.fsh
index d36653f98..4c4133c4c 100644
--- a/shaders/sh_posterize_palette/sh_posterize_palette.fsh
+++ b/shaders/sh_posterize_palette/sh_posterize_palette.fsh
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ varying vec4 v_vColour;
 #define PALETTE_LIMIT 1024
 
 uniform vec4 palette[PALETTE_LIMIT];
-uniform int keys;
-uniform int alpha;
-uniform int space;
+uniform int  keys;
+uniform int  alpha;
+uniform int  space;
 
 vec3 rgb2xyz( vec3 c ) {
     vec3 tmp;
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ float colorDifferentRGB(in vec4 c1, in vec4 c2) {
 }
 
 void main() {
-	vec4 _col = v_vColour * texture2D( gm_BaseTexture, v_vTexcoord );
+	vec4 _col = texture2D( gm_BaseTexture, v_vTexcoord );
 	vec4  col = alpha == 1? _col * _col.a : _col;
 	
 	int   closet_index = 0;