diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/globes/chunkedlodglobe.cpp b/modules/globebrowsing/globes/chunkedlodglobe.cpp
index ca8e6be1f1..86128e7a04 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/globes/chunkedlodglobe.cpp
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/globes/chunkedlodglobe.cpp
@@ -97,6 +97,7 @@ namespace openspace {
         minDistToCamera = INFINITY;
         ChunkNode::renderedPatches = 0;
 
+
         _leftRoot->render(data);
         _rightRoot->render(data);
 
@@ -112,6 +113,7 @@ namespace openspace {
 
     void ChunkedLodGlobe::update(const UpdateData& data) {
         _patchRenderer->update();
+        
     }
 
     const Ellipsoid& ChunkedLodGlobe::ellipsoid() const
diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/globes/chunkindex.h b/modules/globebrowsing/globes/chunkindex.h
index 80226aa1e1..0f70e6f690 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/globes/chunkindex.h
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/globes/chunkindex.h
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ using HashKey = unsigned long;
 
 
 struct ChunkIndex {
-
+    
 
     int x, y, level;
     
diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/globes/renderableglobe.cpp b/modules/globebrowsing/globes/renderableglobe.cpp
index baac1ecf10..04734bafbf 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/globes/renderableglobe.cpp
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/globes/renderableglobe.cpp
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace openspace {
             colorTextureDictionary.getValue("FilePath", path);
             std::shared_ptr<TileProvider> colorTextureProvider =
                 std::shared_ptr<TileProvider>(new TileProvider(
-                    path, 5000, 1024));
+                    path, 5000, 1024, 60));
             _tileProviderManager->addColorTexture(name, colorTextureProvider);
         }
 
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ namespace openspace {
             heightMapDictionary.getValue("FilePath", path);
             std::shared_ptr<TileProvider> heightMapProvider =
                 std::shared_ptr<TileProvider>(new TileProvider(
-                    path, 5000, 256));
+                    path, 5000, 256, 60));
             _tileProviderManager->addHeightMap(name, heightMapProvider);
         }
 
diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/other/concurrentjobmanager.h b/modules/globebrowsing/other/concurrentjobmanager.h
index 1a994a3a7f..33cd150b5a 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/other/concurrentjobmanager.h
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/other/concurrentjobmanager.h
@@ -83,6 +83,12 @@ namespace openspace {
             }
         }
 
+        void clearEnqueuedJobs() {
+            while (_incomingJobs.size()) {
+                _incomingJobs.pop();
+            }
+        }
+
         std::shared_ptr<Job<P>> popFinishedJob() {
             ghoul_assert(_finishedJobs.size() > 0, "There is no finished job to pop!");
             return _finishedJobs.pop();
diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/other/tileprovider.cpp b/modules/globebrowsing/other/tileprovider.cpp
index a8ef467eb4..58d98915d5 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/other/tileprovider.cpp
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/other/tileprovider.cpp
@@ -48,9 +48,12 @@ namespace openspace {
     TileProvider::TileProvider(
         const std::string& filePath,
         int tileCacheSize,
-        int minimumPixelSize)
+        int minimumPixelSize,
+        int framesUntilRequestFlush)
     : _filePath(filePath)
     , _tileCache(tileCacheSize) // setting cache size
+    , _framesSinceLastRequestFlush(0)
+    , _framesUntilRequestFlush(framesUntilRequestFlush)
     {
         // Set a temporary texture
         std::string fileName = "textures/earth_bluemarble.jpg";
@@ -101,11 +104,20 @@ namespace openspace {
     }
 
     TileProvider::~TileProvider(){
+        clearRequestQueue();
         delete _gdalDataSet;
     }
 
 
     void TileProvider::prerender() {
+        initTexturesFromLoadedData();
+
+        if (_framesSinceLastRequestFlush++ > _framesUntilRequestFlush) {
+            clearRequestQueue();
+        }
+    }
+
+    void TileProvider::initTexturesFromLoadedData() {
         while (_tileLoadManager.numFinishedJobs() > 0) {
             auto finishedJob = _tileLoadManager.popFinishedJob();
             std::shared_ptr<UninitializedTextureTile> uninitedTex =
@@ -116,6 +128,12 @@ namespace openspace {
         }
     }
 
+    void TileProvider::clearRequestQueue() {
+        _tileLoadManager.clearEnqueuedJobs();
+        _queuedTileRequests.clear();
+        _framesSinceLastRequestFlush = 0;
+    }
+
 
     Tile TileProvider::getMostHiResTile(ChunkIndex chunkIndex) {
         std::shared_ptr<Texture> tex = nullptr;
@@ -187,14 +205,16 @@ namespace openspace {
             return _tileCache.get(hashkey);
         }
         else {
-            // enque load job
-            std::shared_ptr<TextureTileLoadJob> job = std::shared_ptr<TextureTileLoadJob>(
-                new TextureTileLoadJob(this, chunkIndex));
+            bool tileHasBeenQueued = _queuedTileRequests.find(hashkey) != _queuedTileRequests.end();
+            if (!tileHasBeenQueued) {
+                // enque load job
+                std::shared_ptr<TextureTileLoadJob> job = std::shared_ptr<TextureTileLoadJob>(
+                    new TextureTileLoadJob(this, chunkIndex));
 
-            _tileLoadManager.enqueueJob(job);
+                _tileLoadManager.enqueueJob(job);
 
-            // map key to nullptr while tile is loaded
-            _tileCache.put(hashkey, nullptr);
+                _queuedTileRequests.insert(hashkey);                
+            }
             return nullptr;
         }
     }
diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/other/tileprovider.h b/modules/globebrowsing/other/tileprovider.h
index 4117b5898d..6a5f46dcf8 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/other/tileprovider.h
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/other/tileprovider.h
@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
 #include "gdal_priv.h"
 
 #include <openspace/engine/downloadmanager.h>
+#include <set>
 
 #include <ghoul/logging/logmanager.h>
 #include <ghoul/filesystem/filesystem.h> // absPath
@@ -69,7 +70,8 @@ namespace openspace {
     */
     class TileProvider {
     public:
-        TileProvider(const std::string& fileName, int tileCacheSize, int minimumPixelSize);
+        TileProvider(const std::string& fileName, int tileCacheSize, int minimumPixelSize,
+            int framesUntilRequestFlush);
         ~TileProvider();
 
         Tile getMostHiResTile(ChunkIndex chunkIndex);
@@ -84,6 +86,13 @@ namespace openspace {
 
         friend class TextureTileLoadJob;
 
+
+
+        //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+        //                                Helper functions                              //
+        //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
         /**
             Fetches all the needeed texture data from the GDAL dataset.
         */
@@ -96,9 +105,26 @@ namespace openspace {
         std::shared_ptr<Texture> initializeTexture(
             std::shared_ptr<UninitializedTextureTile> uninitedTexture);
 
-        LRUCache<HashKey, std::shared_ptr<Texture>> _tileCache;
 
-        const std::string _filePath; 
+        void clearRequestQueue();
+
+        void initTexturesFromLoadedData();
+
+
+
+
+        //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+        //                                Member variables                              //
+        //////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+
+        LRUCache<HashKey, std::shared_ptr<Texture>> _tileCache;
+        std::set<HashKey> _queuedTileRequests;
+
+        int _framesSinceLastRequestFlush;
+        int _framesUntilRequestFlush;
+
+        const std::string _filePath;
 
         static bool hasInitializedGDAL;
         GDALDataset* _gdalDataSet;
diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/rendering/culling.cpp b/modules/globebrowsing/rendering/culling.cpp
index 9e50a7accb..a8dd94c96d 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/rendering/culling.cpp
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/rendering/culling.cpp
@@ -24,7 +24,6 @@
 
 
 #include <modules/globebrowsing/rendering/culling.h>
-#include <modules/globebrowsing/rendering/aabb.h>
 
 #include <modules/globebrowsing/geodetics/ellipsoid.h>
 
@@ -48,7 +47,7 @@ namespace openspace {
     }
 
 
-    const AABB3 viewFrustum = AABB3(vec3(-1, -1, 0), vec3(1, 1, 1e35));
+    const AABB3 FrustumCuller::viewFrustum(vec3(-1, -1, 0), vec3(1, 1, 1e35));
 
 
     bool FrustumCuller::isVisible(
@@ -147,7 +146,7 @@ namespace openspace {
         }
 
         
-        return bounds.intersects(viewFrustum);
+        return bounds.intersects(FrustumCuller::viewFrustum);
         
         /*
         vec2 center = bounds.center();
diff --git a/modules/globebrowsing/rendering/culling.h b/modules/globebrowsing/rendering/culling.h
index b47661908a..f7d6e92f33 100644
--- a/modules/globebrowsing/rendering/culling.h
+++ b/modules/globebrowsing/rendering/culling.h
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@
 
 #include <modules/globebrowsing/geodetics/geodetic2.h>
 #include <modules/globebrowsing/geodetics/ellipsoid.h>
+#include <modules/globebrowsing/rendering/aabb.h>
+
 
 
 namespace openspace {
@@ -52,9 +54,6 @@ namespace openspace {
     class FrustumCuller {
     public:
 
-
-
-
         FrustumCuller();
         ~FrustumCuller();