diff --git a/src/libprojectM/TextureManager.cpp b/src/libprojectM/TextureManager.cpp
index ee79c33c7..17c6eb8a0 100644
--- a/src/libprojectM/TextureManager.cpp
+++ b/src/libprojectM/TextureManager.cpp
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ void TextureManager::Preload()
 
 					    SOIL_FLAG_POWER_OF_TWO
 					  |  SOIL_FLAG_MULTIPLY_ALPHA
-					  |  SOIL_FLAG_COMPRESS_TO_DXT
+					  
 					  );
 #endif
 
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ void TextureManager::Preload()
 
 					  SOIL_FLAG_POWER_OF_TWO
 					  |  SOIL_FLAG_MULTIPLY_ALPHA
-					  |  SOIL_FLAG_COMPRESS_TO_DXT
+					  
 					  );
 #endif
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ void TextureManager::Preload()
 
 					  SOIL_FLAG_POWER_OF_TWO
 					  |  SOIL_FLAG_MULTIPLY_ALPHA
-					  |  SOIL_FLAG_COMPRESS_TO_DXT
+				
 					  );
 #endif
 
@@ -182,7 +182,7 @@ GLuint TextureManager::getTextureFullpath(const std::string filename, const std:
 					    //SOIL_FLAG_POWER_OF_TWO
 					  //  SOIL_FLAG_MIPMAPS
 					    SOIL_FLAG_MULTIPLY_ALPHA
-					  |  SOIL_FLAG_COMPRESS_TO_DXT
+					 
 					  //| SOIL_FLAG_DDS_LOAD_DIRECT
 					  ,&width,&height);