diff --git a/include/ply.h b/include/ply.h
index 0ec54c0..ae3605d 100644
--- a/include/ply.h
+++ b/include/ply.h
@@ -7,29 +7,29 @@
 
 typedef enum {
   PLY_FORMAT_INVALID = -1,
-  PLY_FORMAT_ASCII,
-  PLY_FORMAT_LE,
-  PLY_FORMAT_BE,
+  PLY_FORMAT_ASCII = 0,
+  PLY_FORMAT_LE = 1,
+  PLY_FORMAT_BE = 2,
 } PlyFormatType;
 
 typedef enum {
   PLY_HEADER_INVALID = -1,
-  PLY_HEADER_COMMENT,
-  PLY_HEADER_END,
-  PLY_HEADER_ELEMENT,
-  PLY_HEADER_PROPERTY,
+  PLY_HEADER_COMMENT = 0,
+  PLY_HEADER_END = 1,
+  PLY_HEADER_ELEMENT = 2,
+  PLY_HEADER_PROPERTY = 3,
 } PlyHeaderType;
 
 typedef enum {
   PLY_TYPE_INVALID = -1,
-  PLY_TYPE_CHAR,
-  PLY_TYPE_UCHAR,
-  PLY_TYPE_SHORT,
-  PLY_TYPE_USHORT,
-  PLY_TYPE_INT,
-  PLY_TYPE_UINT,
-  PLY_TYPE_FLOAT,
-  PLY_TYPE_DOUBLE,
+  PLY_TYPE_CHAR = 0,
+  PLY_TYPE_UCHAR = 1,
+  PLY_TYPE_SHORT = 2,
+  PLY_TYPE_USHORT = 3,
+  PLY_TYPE_INT = 4,
+  PLY_TYPE_UINT = 5,
+  PLY_TYPE_FLOAT = 6,
+  PLY_TYPE_DOUBLE = 7,
 } PlyPropertyType;
 
 typedef struct PlyPropertyStruct {
@@ -63,18 +63,10 @@ typedef struct PlyMeshStruct {
 
 typedef struct PlyMappingsStruct {
   char* vertex_element;
-  char* x;
-  char* y;
-  char* z;
-  char* nx;
-  char* ny;
-  char* nz;
-  char* r;
-  char* g;
-  char* b;
-  char* a;
-  char* u;
-  char* v;
+  char* position[3];
+  char* normal[3];
+  char* colour[4];
+  char* texture[2];
 
   char* face_element;
   char* index;
diff --git a/monkey.ply b/monkey.ply
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..58de342
Binary files /dev/null and b/monkey.ply differ
diff --git a/src/gpu_mem.c b/src/gpu_mem.c
index b7d2653..087aaf6 100644
--- a/src/gpu_mem.c
+++ b/src/gpu_mem.c
@@ -205,6 +205,9 @@ VkResult gpu_buffer_malloc(VkDevice device, GPUPage* page, VkDeviceSize size, Vk
     return VK_ERROR_VALIDATION_FAILED_EXT;
   }
 
+  //TODO: use real alignment size instead of hard-coded to 16
+  size += size % 16;
+
   VkBufferCreateInfo buffer_info = {
     .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_BUFFER_CREATE_INFO,
     .size = size,
diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index e11d196..e59b169 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -978,30 +978,37 @@ VkRenderPass create_render_pass(VkDevice device, VkSurfaceFormatKHR format, VkFo
     .layout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL,
   };
 
-  VkSubpassDescription subpass = {
-    .pipelineBindPoint = VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS,
-    .colorAttachmentCount = sizeof(color_attachment_refs)/sizeof(VkAttachmentReference),
-    .pColorAttachments = color_attachment_refs,
-    .pDepthStencilAttachment = &depth_attachment_ref,
+  // Create a subpass with the color and depth attachments
+  VkSubpassDescription subpasses[] = {
+    {
+      .pipelineBindPoint = VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS,
+      .colorAttachmentCount = sizeof(color_attachment_refs)/sizeof(VkAttachmentReference),
+      .pColorAttachments = color_attachment_refs,
+      .pDepthStencilAttachment = &depth_attachment_ref,
+    },
   };
 
-  VkSubpassDependency dependency = {
-    .srcSubpass = VK_SUBPASS_EXTERNAL,
-    .dstSubpass = 0,
-    .srcStageMask = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT_BIT | VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_EARLY_FRAGMENT_TESTS_BIT,
-    .srcAccessMask = 0,
-    .dstStageMask = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT_BIT | VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_EARLY_FRAGMENT_TESTS_BIT,
-    .dstAccessMask = VK_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT | VK_ACCESS_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT,
+  // This basically says "make sure nothing else is writing to the depth_stencil or the color attachment during the pipeline
+  VkSubpassDependency dependencies[] = {
+    {
+      .srcSubpass = VK_SUBPASS_EXTERNAL,
+      .dstSubpass = 0,
+      .srcStageMask = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT_BIT | VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_EARLY_FRAGMENT_TESTS_BIT,
+      .srcAccessMask = 0,
+      .dstStageMask = VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT_BIT | VK_PIPELINE_STAGE_EARLY_FRAGMENT_TESTS_BIT,
+      .dstAccessMask = VK_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT | VK_ACCESS_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_WRITE_BIT,
+      .dependencyFlags = VK_DEPENDENCY_BY_REGION_BIT,
+    }
   };
 
   VkRenderPassCreateInfo render_info = {
     .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDER_PASS_CREATE_INFO,
     .attachmentCount = sizeof(attachments)/sizeof(VkAttachmentDescription),
     .pAttachments = attachments,
-    .subpassCount = 1,
-    .pSubpasses = &subpass,
-    .dependencyCount = 1,
-    .pDependencies = &dependency,
+    .subpassCount = sizeof(subpasses)/sizeof(VkSubpassDescription),
+    .pSubpasses = subpasses,
+    .dependencyCount = sizeof(dependencies)/sizeof(VkSubpassDependency),
+    .pDependencies = dependencies,
   };
 
   VkRenderPass render_pass;
@@ -2800,28 +2807,38 @@ VkResult draw_frame(VulkanContext* context, SceneContext* scene, uint32_t materi
   return vkQueuePresentKHR(context->queues.present, &present_info);
 }
 
-Object create_simple_mesh_object(Material* simple_mesh_material, VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties memories, VkDevice device, VkCommandPool transfer_pool, VkQueue transfer_queue, uint32_t max_frames_in_flight, VkDescriptorPool pool) {
+Object create_simple_mesh_object(PlyMesh ply_mesh, Material* simple_mesh_material, VkPhysicalDeviceMemoryProperties memories, VkDevice device, VkCommandPool transfer_pool, VkQueue transfer_queue, uint32_t max_frames_in_flight, VkDescriptorPool pool) {
   Object zero = {};
 
   GPUPage* mesh_memory = NULL;
-  VkResult result = gpu_page_allocate(device, memories, 10000, 0xFFFFFFFF, VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT, VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_LAZILY_ALLOCATED_BIT, &mesh_memory);
+  VkResult result = gpu_page_allocate(device, memories, 100000, 0xFFFFFFFF, VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_DEVICE_LOCAL_BIT, VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_LAZILY_ALLOCATED_BIT, &mesh_memory);
   if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
     return zero;
   }
 
   GPUPage* transfer_memory = NULL;
-  result = gpu_page_allocate(device, memories, 100000, 0xFFFFFFFF, VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT, VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT, &transfer_memory);
+  result = gpu_page_allocate(device, memories, 200000, 0xFFFFFFFF, VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_VISIBLE_BIT, VK_MEMORY_PROPERTY_HOST_COHERENT_BIT, &transfer_memory);
   if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
     return zero;
   }
 
   GPUBuffer transfer_buffer = {0};
-  result = gpu_buffer_malloc(device, transfer_memory, 10000, VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT, &transfer_buffer);
+  result = gpu_buffer_malloc(device, transfer_memory, 100000, VK_BUFFER_USAGE_TRANSFER_SRC_BIT, &transfer_buffer);
   if(result != VK_SUCCESS) {
     return zero;
   }
 
-  Mesh* mesh = load_mesh_to_buffer(device, mesh_memory, transfer_buffer, 4, sizeof(struct Vertex), (void*)vertices, 6, sizeof(uint16_t), (void*)indices, transfer_pool, transfer_queue);
+  struct Vertex* tmp = malloc(sizeof(struct Vertex)*ply_mesh.vertex_count);
+  for(uint32_t i = 0; i < ply_mesh.vertex_count; i++) {
+    tmp[i].pos[0] = ply_mesh.position[i][0];
+    tmp[i].pos[1] = ply_mesh.position[i][1];
+    tmp[i].pos[2] = ply_mesh.position[i][2];
+    tmp[i].color[0] = ply_mesh.colour[i][0];
+    tmp[i].color[1] = ply_mesh.colour[i][1];
+    tmp[i].color[2] = ply_mesh.colour[i][2];
+  }
+
+  Mesh* mesh = load_mesh_to_buffer(device, mesh_memory, transfer_buffer, ply_mesh.vertex_count, sizeof(struct Vertex), (void*)tmp, ply_mesh.index_count, sizeof(uint16_t), (void*)ply_mesh.index, transfer_pool, transfer_queue);
   if(mesh == 0) {
     return zero;
   }
@@ -2862,9 +2879,9 @@ Object create_simple_mesh_object(Material* simple_mesh_material, VkPhysicalDevic
     return zero;
   }
   glm_quat_identity(position->rotation);
-  position->scale[0] = 10.f;
-  position->scale[1] = 10.f;
-  position->scale[2] = 10.f;
+  position->scale[0] = 1.f;
+  position->scale[1] = 1.f;
+  position->scale[2] = 1.f;
   position->position[0] = 0.0f;
   position->position[1] = 0.0f;
   position->position[2] = 1.1f;
@@ -3006,7 +3023,7 @@ Object create_texture_mesh_object(Material* texture_mesh_material, VkPhysicalDev
   return object;
 }
 
-void main_loop(GLFWwindow* window, VulkanContext* context) {
+void main_loop(PlyMesh ply_mesh, GLFWwindow* window, VulkanContext* context) {
   SceneContext scene = create_scene_context(context->device, context->memories, context->max_frames_in_flight);
   if(scene.pool == VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
     return;
@@ -3039,7 +3056,7 @@ void main_loop(GLFWwindow* window, VulkanContext* context) {
     return;
   }
 
-  Object triangle_object = create_simple_mesh_object(&simple_mesh_material, context->memories, context->device, context->transfer_command_pool, context->queues.transfer, context->max_frames_in_flight, simple_pool);
+  Object triangle_object = create_simple_mesh_object(ply_mesh, &simple_mesh_material, context->memories, context->device, context->transfer_command_pool, context->queues.transfer, context->max_frames_in_flight, simple_pool);
   if(triangle_object.attributes.buckets == 0) {
     fprintf(stderr, "failed to create simple mesh object\n");
     return;
@@ -3201,7 +3218,7 @@ int main() {
   }
 
   glfwSetKeyCallback(window, key_callback);
-  main_loop(window, context);
+  main_loop(monkey, window, context);
 
   cleanup(window, context);
 
diff --git a/src/ply.c b/src/ply.c
index 90c612e..749e9f4 100644
--- a/src/ply.c
+++ b/src/ply.c
@@ -92,22 +92,99 @@ void ply_free_elements(PlyElement* elements_head) {
 
 PlyMappings default_ply_mappings = {
   .vertex_element = "vertex",
-  .x = "x",
-  .y = "y",
-  .z = "z",
-  .nx = "nx",
-  .ny = "ny",
-  .nz = "nz",
-  .r = "red",
-  .g = "green",
-  .b = "blue",
-  .a = "alpha",
-  .u = "s",
-  .v = "t",
+  .position = {"x", "y", "z"},
+  .normal = {"nx", "ny", "nz"},
+  .colour = {"red", "green", "blue", "alpha"},
+  .texture = {"s", "t"},
   .face_element = "face",
   .index = "vetex_indices",
 };
 
+uint16_t ply_conv_index(PlyPropertyType type, void* value, int swap_order) {
+  if(type == PLY_TYPE_INVALID) {
+    return 0.0f;
+  }
+
+  uint8_t* ptr = value;
+  uint8_t tmp[8];
+  size_t type_size = ply_type_sizes[type];
+  for(uint32_t i = 0; i < type_size; i++) {
+    if(swap_order) {
+      tmp[type_size-i] = ptr[i];
+    } else {
+      tmp[i] = ptr[i];
+    }
+  }
+
+  switch(type) {
+  case PLY_TYPE_CHAR:
+    return (uint16_t)*(int8_t*)(tmp);
+  case PLY_TYPE_UCHAR:
+    return (uint16_t)*(uint8_t*)(tmp);
+  case PLY_TYPE_SHORT:
+    return *(int16_t*)(tmp);
+  case PLY_TYPE_USHORT:
+    return (uint16_t)*(uint16_t*)(tmp);
+  case PLY_TYPE_INT:
+    return (uint16_t)*(int32_t*)(tmp);
+  case PLY_TYPE_UINT:
+    return (uint16_t)*(uint32_t*)(tmp);
+  default:
+    return 0.0f;
+  }
+}
+
+float ply_conv_value(PlyPropertyType type, void* value, int swap_order) {
+  if(type == PLY_TYPE_INVALID) {
+    return 0.0f;
+  }
+
+  uint8_t* ptr = value;
+  uint8_t tmp[8];
+  size_t type_size = ply_type_sizes[type];
+  for(uint32_t i = 0; i < type_size; i++) {
+    if(swap_order) {
+      tmp[type_size-i] = ptr[i];
+    } else {
+      tmp[i] = ptr[i];
+    }
+  }
+
+  switch(type) {
+  case PLY_TYPE_CHAR:
+    return (float)*(int8_t*)(tmp)/(float)INT8_MAX;
+  case PLY_TYPE_UCHAR:
+    return (float)*(uint8_t*)(tmp)/(float)UINT8_MAX;
+  case PLY_TYPE_SHORT:
+    return (float)*(int16_t*)(tmp)/(float)INT16_MAX;
+  case PLY_TYPE_USHORT:
+    return (float)*(uint16_t*)(tmp)/(float)UINT16_MAX;
+  case PLY_TYPE_INT:
+    return (float)*(int32_t*)(tmp)/(float)INT32_MAX;
+  case PLY_TYPE_UINT:
+    return (float)*(uint32_t*)(tmp)/(float)UINT32_MAX;
+  case PLY_TYPE_FLOAT:
+    return *(float*)(tmp);
+  case PLY_TYPE_DOUBLE:
+    return *(float*)(tmp);
+  default:
+    return 0.0f;
+  }
+}
+
+int ply_map_values(char* name, int stride, int count, PlyPropertyType type, int mapping_count, char** mapping, void* data, float* out) {
+  for(int i = 0; i < mapping_count; i++) {
+    if(strcmp(name, mapping[i]) == 0) {
+      for(int j = 0; j < count; j++) {
+        size_t type_size = ply_type_sizes[type];
+        out[(stride*j)+i] = ply_conv_value(type, data + (type_size*j), 0);
+      }
+      return 1;
+    }
+  }
+  return 0;
+}
+
 PlyMesh ply_load_mesh(char* filename, PlyMappings mappings) {
   PlyMesh mesh = {
     .vertex_count = 0,
@@ -263,12 +340,6 @@ PlyMesh ply_load_mesh(char* filename, PlyMappings mappings) {
 
   PlyElement* elem = elements_head;
   while(elem != NULL) {
-    if(strcmp(elem->name, mappings.vertex_element) == 0) {
-
-    } else if(strcmp(elem->name, mappings.face_element) == 0) {
-
-    }
-
     PlyProperty* prop = elem->properties;
     while(prop != NULL) {
       if(prop->count == PLY_TYPE_INVALID) {
@@ -313,6 +384,74 @@ PlyMesh ply_load_mesh(char* filename, PlyMappings mappings) {
     elem = elem->next;
   }
 
+  elem = elements_head;
+  while(elem != NULL) {
+    int type = -1;
+    if(strcmp(elem->name, mappings.vertex_element) == 0) {
+      type = 0;
+      mesh.position = malloc(sizeof(vec3)*elem->count);
+      mesh.colour = malloc(sizeof(vec4)*elem->count);
+      mesh.normal = malloc(sizeof(vec3)*elem->count);
+      mesh.uv = malloc(sizeof(vec2)*elem->count);
+      mesh.vertex_count = elem->count;
+    } else if(strcmp(elem->name, mappings.face_element) == 0) {
+      type = 1;
+      mesh.index_count = 3*elem->count;
+      mesh.index = malloc(3*elem->count*sizeof(uint16_t));
+    } else {
+      continue;
+    }
+
+    PlyProperty* prop = elem->properties;
+    while(prop != NULL) {
+      if(prop->count == PLY_TYPE_INVALID && type == 0) {
+        if(ply_map_values(prop->name,
+              3,
+              elem->count,
+              prop->element,
+              sizeof(mappings.position)/sizeof(char*),
+              mappings.position,
+              prop->elements,
+              (float*)mesh.position)) {
+        } else if(ply_map_values(prop->name,
+              4,
+              elem->count,
+              prop->element,
+              sizeof(mappings.colour)/sizeof(char*),
+              mappings.colour,
+              prop->elements,
+              (float*)mesh.colour)) {
+        } else if(ply_map_values(prop->name,
+              3,
+              elem->count,
+              prop->element,
+              sizeof(mappings.normal)/sizeof(char*),
+              mappings.normal,
+              prop->elements,
+              (float*)mesh.normal)) {
+        } else if(ply_map_values(prop->name,
+              2,
+              elem->count,
+              prop->element,
+              sizeof(mappings.texture)/sizeof(char*),
+              mappings.texture,
+              prop->elements,
+              (float*)mesh.uv)) {
+        }
+      } else if (prop->count != PLY_TYPE_INVALID && type == 1) {
+        for(int i = 0; i < elem->count; i++) {
+          int type_size = ply_type_sizes[prop->element];
+          void ** lists = prop->elements;
+          mesh.index[i*3 + 0] = ply_conv_index(prop->element, lists[i] + (0*type_size), 0);
+          mesh.index[i*3 + 1] = ply_conv_index(prop->element, lists[i] + (1*type_size), 0);
+          mesh.index[i*3 + 2] = ply_conv_index(prop->element, lists[i] + (2*type_size), 0);
+        }
+      }
+      prop = prop->next;
+    }
+    elem = elem->next;
+  }
+
 clean:
   ply_free_elements(elements_head);
 close: