diff --git a/modules/softwareintegration/rendering/renderablepointscloud.cpp b/modules/softwareintegration/rendering/renderablepointscloud.cpp
index 316612f23e..3b3a9c4c71 100644
--- a/modules/softwareintegration/rendering/renderablepointscloud.cpp
+++ b/modules/softwareintegration/rendering/renderablepointscloud.cpp
@@ -30,12 +30,15 @@
 #include <openspace/util/spicemanager.h>
 #include <openspace/util/updatestructures.h>
 #include <openspace/documentation/verifier.h>
+#include <ghoul/misc/csvreader.h>
 #include <ghoul/glm.h>
 #include <ghoul/filesystem/filesystem.h>
+#include <ghoul/logging/logmanager.h>
 #include <ghoul/opengl/programobject.h>
 
 namespace {
     constexpr const char* ProgramName = "shaderProgram";
+    constexpr const char* _loggerCat = "PointsCloud";
 
     constexpr openspace::properties::Property::PropertyInfo ColorInfo = {
         "Color",
@@ -74,7 +77,6 @@ namespace openspace {
         };
     }
 
-
     RenderablePointsCloud::RenderablePointsCloud(const ghoul::Dictionary& dictionary)
         : Renderable(dictionary)
         , _color(
@@ -156,7 +158,7 @@ namespace openspace {
         _shaderProgram->setUniform("size", _size);
 
         // Changes GL state:
-        glEnable(GL_BLEND);
+        glEnablei(GL_BLEND, 0);
         glBlendEquation(GL_FUNC_ADD);
         glBlendFunc(GL_SRC_ALPHA, GL_ONE_MINUS_SRC_ALPHA);
         glEnable(GL_PROGRAM_POINT_SIZE); // Enable gl_PointSize in vertex
@@ -171,9 +173,25 @@ namespace openspace {
     }
 
     void RenderablePointsCloud::update(const UpdateData&) {
+        if (!_isDirty) {
+            return;
+        }
+        std::string planets = absPath("${MODULE_SOFTWAREINTEGRATION}/testdata/testPointsCloud.csv");
+        std::vector<std::vector<std::string>> dataString = ghoul::loadCSVFile(planets);
+        //LWARNING(fmt::format("dataString: {}", dataString[0][0]));
 
-        // store data point in _varray
-        _varray.push_back({ 0.f, 0.f, 0.f });
+        for (int i = 0; i < dataString.size(); i++ ) { // rows
+                float x = std::stof(dataString[i][0]) * 3.0857E16;
+                float y = std::stof(dataString[i][1]) * 3.0857E16;
+                float z = std::stof(dataString[i][2]) * 3.0857E16;
+
+                _varray.push_back({ x, y, z });
+        }
+
+        // store data point in _varray dataString[i][j]
+        //_varray.push_back({ 10000000000.f, 0.f, 0.f });
+
+        //_varray.push_back({ dataString.x, v0.y, v0.z });
 
         glBindVertexArray(_vaoID);
         glBindBuffer(GL_ARRAY_BUFFER, _vBufferID);
@@ -194,6 +212,8 @@ namespace openspace {
         );
 
         glBindVertexArray(0);
+
+        _isDirty = false;
     }
 
 } // namespace openspace
diff --git a/modules/softwareintegration/rendering/renderablepointscloud.h b/modules/softwareintegration/rendering/renderablepointscloud.h
index 7c01da5688..4988bb2fbb 100644
--- a/modules/softwareintegration/rendering/renderablepointscloud.h
+++ b/modules/softwareintegration/rendering/renderablepointscloud.h
@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ namespace openspace {
         GLuint _vaoID = 0;
         GLuint _vBufferID = 0;
 
+        bool _isDirty = true;
+
         std::vector<Vertex> _varray;
     };
 
diff --git a/modules/softwareintegration/testdata/testPointsCloud.csv b/modules/softwareintegration/testdata/testPointsCloud.csv
index 5d51562a19..ba04f41b2e 100644
--- a/modules/softwareintegration/testdata/testPointsCloud.csv
+++ b/modules/softwareintegration/testdata/testPointsCloud.csv
@@ -1,10 +1,3 @@
-# This file was produced by the NASA Exoplanet Archive  http://exoplanetarchive.ipac.caltech.edu,,
-# Thu Mar  5 07:41:55 2020,,
-#,,
-# COLUMN ra:             RA [decimal degrees],,
-# COLUMN dec:            Dec [decimal degrees],,
-# COLUMN st_dist:        Distance [pc],,
-#,,
 ra,dec,st_dist
 185.179276,17.792868,93.37
 229.274536,71.823898,125.72
@@ -1239,7 +1232,6 @@ ra,dec,st_dist
 172.334946,-1.454787,44.13
 172.334946,-1.454787,44.13
 52.341961,22.299404,336.26
-78.339134,16.414202,
 245.44075,-23.547865,110.87
 252.426086,-19.542822,158.39
 252.426086,-19.542822,158.39
@@ -3744,13 +3736,11 @@ ra,dec,st_dist
 271.223333,-27.220944,7560
 270.442963,-29.108778,5300
 268.143097,-32.040092,7210
-269.678542,-29.398239,
 271.9487,-28.170279,7100
 271.473755,-27.714287,6500
 268.742218,-29.750463,6800
 261.7925,-29.793972,5100
 269.375958,-29.736564,7120
-255.527252,-29.945583,
 132.48676,11.692484,837.03
 132.82283,11.756299,842.01
 132.753364,11.814655,895.73
@@ -3812,9 +3802,7 @@ ra,dec,st_dist
 267.970612,-29.27136,4705
 269.329407,-31.951723,5915
 269.048889,-30.52836,5800
-266.883057,-24.522667,
 268.280365,-30.245722,860
-270.319366,-28.461971,
 269.055542,-29.199083,5650
 272.176958,-29.835806,3200
 269.014,-29.082889,7100
@@ -3837,7 +3825,6 @@ ra,dec,st_dist
 195.014903,12.682353,600
 195.014903,12.682353,600
 195.014903,12.682353,600
-245.909262,-26.531594,
 259.791971,-14.6336,1200
 350.644348,-26.849533,230
 130.432596,20.226891,181.54