diff --git a/shaders/ABuffer/abufferResolveFragment.glsl b/shaders/ABuffer/abufferResolveFragment.glsl
index 75b1a615be..23746f32cb 100644
--- a/shaders/ABuffer/abufferResolveFragment.glsl
+++ b/shaders/ABuffer/abufferResolveFragment.glsl
@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
 
 #define SHOWFUNC
 // #define JITTERING
+#define SHOWENLIL
 
 #define PSCDEPTH 1
 #define ZDEPTH 2
@@ -171,13 +172,15 @@ vec4 calculate_final_color(uint frag_count) {
 		ABufferStruct_t endFrag = fragments[i+1];
 		int type = int(_type_(startFrag));
 		
-		if(type == 0)
+		if(type == 0) {
 			//blendStep(final_color, _col_(startFrag), stepSize);
 			final_color = blend(final_color, _col_(startFrag));
+		} else {
+			currentVolumeBitmask = currentVolumeBitmask ^ (1 << (type-1));
+		}
 
 
 #if MAX_VOLUMES > 0
-		currentVolumeBitmask = currentVolumeBitmask ^ type;
 		if(currentVolumeBitmask != 0) {
 			int volID = type -1;
 			float p = 0.0f;
diff --git a/shaders/exitpoints.vert b/shaders/exitpoints.vert
index f8895ba4b3..a3295d3a6f 100644
--- a/shaders/exitpoints.vert
+++ b/shaders/exitpoints.vert
@@ -32,7 +32,6 @@ uniform vec4 campos;
 uniform mat4 camrot;
 uniform vec2 scaling;
 uniform vec4 objpos;
-uniform float time;
 
 out vec3 vPosition;
 out vec3 worldPosition;
diff --git a/src/abuffer/abuffer.cpp b/src/abuffer/abuffer.cpp
index 7c2207d6fa..98d4244691 100644
--- a/src/abuffer/abuffer.cpp
+++ b/src/abuffer/abuffer.cpp
@@ -180,6 +180,7 @@ int ABuffer::addSamplerfile(const std::string& filename) {
 	_samplers.push_back("");
 
 	// ID is one more than "actual" position since ID=0 is considered geometry
+	//return 1 << (_samplers.size()-1);
 	return _samplers.size();
 }
 
@@ -306,13 +307,15 @@ std::string ABuffer::openspaceHeaders() {
 
 std::string ABuffer::openspaceSamplerCalls() {
 	std::string samplercalls;
-	for (int i = 1; i < 2; ++i) {
+	for (int i = 0; i < _samplers.size(); ++i) {
 
 		auto found1 = _samplers.at(i).find_first_not_of("vec4 ");
 		auto found2 = _samplers.at(i).find_first_of("(",found1);
 		if(found1 != std::string::npos && found2 != std::string::npos) {
 			std::string functionName = _samplers.at(i).substr(found1, found2 - found1);
-			samplercalls += "if((currentVolumeBitmask & (1 << " + std::to_string(i) + ")) == "+std::to_string(i+1)+") {\n";
+			if(i == 0)
+				samplercalls += "#ifdef SHOWENLIL\n";
+			samplercalls += "if((currentVolumeBitmask & (1 << " + std::to_string(i) + ")) == "+std::to_string(1 << i)+") {\n";
 			samplercalls += "    vec4 c = " + functionName + "(final_color,volume_position[" + std::to_string(i) + "]);\n";
 			// samplercalls += "    if(c.a < 0.1) { \n";
 			// samplercalls += "        if( volumeStepSize[" + std::to_string(i) + "] < 16.0*volumeStepSizeOriginal[" + std::to_string(i) + "]) \n";
@@ -326,6 +329,8 @@ std::string ABuffer::openspaceSamplerCalls() {
 			// samplercalls += "    blendStep(final_color, c, stepSize);\n";
 			samplercalls += "    volume_position[" + std::to_string(i) + "] += volume_direction[" + std::to_string(i) + "]*volumeStepSize[" + std::to_string(i) + "];\n";
 			samplercalls += "}\n";
+			if(i == 0)
+				samplercalls += "#endif\n";
 		}
 
 		
diff --git a/src/rendering/renderablevolumegl.cpp b/src/rendering/renderablevolumegl.cpp
index ddbf548138..80c96dd39c 100644
--- a/src/rendering/renderablevolumegl.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/renderablevolumegl.cpp
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ RenderableVolumeGL::RenderableVolumeGL(const ghoul::Dictionary& dictionary):
 
     _transferFunction = nullptr;
     _transferFunctionFile = nullptr;
+    _transferFunctionPath = "";
     if (dictionary.hasKey("TransferFunction")) {
         std::string transferFunctionPath = "";
         if(dictionary.getValue("TransferFunction", transferFunctionPath)) {
@@ -120,22 +121,28 @@ RenderableVolumeGL::~RenderableVolumeGL() {
 }
 
 bool RenderableVolumeGL::initialize() {
-    assert(_filename != "");
+    // assert(_filename != "");
     //	------ VOLUME READING ----------------
-	_volume = loadVolume(_filename, _hintsDictionary);
-	_volume->uploadTexture();
-    _transferFunction = loadTransferFunction(_transferFunctionPath);
-    _transferFunction->uploadTexture();
-
     // TODO: fix volume an transferfunction names
-    OsEng.renderEngine().abuffer()->addVolume(_volumeName, _volume);
-    OsEng.renderEngine().abuffer()->addTransferFunction(_transferFunctionName, _transferFunction);
-    _id = OsEng.renderEngine().abuffer()->addSamplerfile(_samplerFilename);
+    if(_filename != "") {
+        _volume = loadVolume(_filename, _hintsDictionary);
+        _volume->uploadTexture();
+        OsEng.renderEngine().abuffer()->addVolume(_volumeName, _volume);
+    }
 
-    auto textureCallback = [this](const ghoul::filesystem::File& file) {
-        _updateTransferfunction = true;
-    };
-    _transferFunctionFile->setCallback(textureCallback);
+    if(_transferFunctionPath != "") {
+        _transferFunction = loadTransferFunction(_transferFunctionPath);
+        _transferFunction->uploadTexture();
+        OsEng.renderEngine().abuffer()->addTransferFunction(_transferFunctionName, _transferFunction);
+
+        auto textureCallback = [this](const ghoul::filesystem::File& file) {
+            _updateTransferfunction = true;
+        };
+        _transferFunctionFile->setCallback(textureCallback);
+    }
+
+    // add the sampler and get the ID
+    _id = OsEng.renderEngine().abuffer()->addSamplerfile(_samplerFilename);
 
     _box = new sgct_utils::SGCTBox(1.0f, sgct_utils::SGCTBox::Regular);
     OsEng.configurationManager().getValue("RaycastProgram", _boxProgram);