diff --git a/components/skybox.js b/components/skybox.js
index c3e5c241..8e6cb312 100644
--- a/components/skybox.js
+++ b/components/skybox.js
@@ -8,5 +8,6 @@
 export default (options) => ({
   backgroundBlur: false,
   // envMap,
+  // rgbm: false,
   ...options,
 });
diff --git a/systems/skybox.js b/systems/skybox.js
index 01ec005f..aedff1ab 100644
--- a/systems/skybox.js
+++ b/systems/skybox.js
@@ -2,17 +2,34 @@ import { pipeline, skybox } from "./renderer/pex-shaders/index.js";
 import { vec3 } from "pex-math";
 import { quad } from "../utils.js";
 
+function initSkybox(ctx, skybox) {
+  skybox._skyTexture = ctx.texture2D({
+    width: 512,
+    height: 256,
+    // pixelFormat: this.rgbm ? ctx.PixelFormat.RGBA8 : ctx.PixelFormat.RGBA16F,
+    pixelFormat: skybox.rgbm ? ctx.PixelFormat.RGBA8 : ctx.PixelFormat.RGBA, // TODO: these are the same values
+    encoding: skybox.rgbm ? ctx.Encoding.RGBM : ctx.Encoding.Linear,
+    min: ctx.Filter.Linear,
+    mag: ctx.Filter.Linear,
+  });
+  skybox._updateSkyTexturePass = ctx.pass({
+    name: "Skybox.updateSkyTexturePass",
+    color: [skybox._skyTexture],
+    clearColor: [0, 0, 0, 0],
+  });
+}
+
 export default function createSkyboxSystem(opts) {
   const { ctx } = opts;
 
   const skyboxSystem = {
+    type: "skybox-system",
     cache: {},
     debug: false,
   };
 
-
   const updateSkyTextureCmd = {
-    name: "Skybox.updateSkyTexture",
+    name: "Skybox.updateSkyTextureCmd",
     pipeline: ctx.pipeline({
       vert: pipeline.fullscreen.vert,
       frag: skybox.skyEnvMap.frag,
@@ -27,23 +44,6 @@ export default function createSkyboxSystem(opts) {
     indices: ctx.indexBuffer(quad.cells),
   };
 
-  function initSkybox(ctx, entity, skybox) {
-    skybox._skyTexture = ctx.texture2D({
-      width: 512,
-      height: 256,
-      // pixelFormat: this.rgbm ? ctx.PixelFormat.RGBA8 : ctx.PixelFormat.RGBA16F,
-      pixelFormat: skybox.rgbm ? ctx.PixelFormat.RGBA8 : ctx.PixelFormat.RGBA,
-      encoding: skybox.rgbm ? ctx.Encoding.RGBM : ctx.Encoding.Linear,
-      min: ctx.Filter.Linear,
-      mag: ctx.Filter.Linear,
-    });
-    skybox._updateSkyTexturePass = ctx.pass({
-      name: "Skybox.updateSkyTexture",
-      color: [skybox._skyTexture],
-      clearColor: [0, 0, 0, 0],
-    });
-  }
-
   skyboxSystem.update = (entities) => {
     const skyboxEntities = entities.filter((e) => e.skybox);
     for (let skyboxEntity of skyboxEntities) {
@@ -51,20 +51,14 @@ export default function createSkyboxSystem(opts) {
       let needsUpdate = false;
       let cachedProps = skyboxSystem.cache[skyboxEntity.id];
       if (!cachedProps) {
-        initSkybox(ctx, skyboxEntity, skyboxEntity.skybox);
+        initSkybox(ctx, skyboxEntity.skybox);
         cachedProps = skyboxSystem.cache[skyboxEntity.id] = {};
         skyboxSystem.cache[skyboxEntity.id].sunPosition = [
           ...skybox.sunPosition,
         ];
         needsUpdate = true;
-        // const skybox = new Skybox({
-        //   ...skyboxEntity.skybox,
-        //   ctx: opts.ctx,
-        // });
         // skyboxSystem.cache[skyboxEntity.id] = skybox;
         // skyboxEntity._skybox = skybox; //TODO: why do we need it
-
-        // skybox.updateSkyTexture();
       }
 
       if (vec3.distance(cachedProps.sunPosition, skybox.sunPosition) > 0) {
diff --git a/types.js b/types.js
index 923e82e3..cdee3f00 100644
--- a/types.js
+++ b/types.js
@@ -175,6 +175,7 @@
  * @typedef {object} SkyboxComponentOptions
  * @property {number[]} [sunPosition]
  * @property {ctx.texture2D} [envMap]
+ * @property {boolean} [rgbm=false]
  * @property {boolean} [backgroundBlur=false]
  */
 /**