diff --git a/src/common/text_box.cpp b/src/common/text_box.cpp
index aeb15dd..e80a014 100644
--- a/src/common/text_box.cpp
+++ b/src/common/text_box.cpp
@@ -45,20 +45,24 @@ SDL_Texture* renderTextTexture(SDL_Renderer* renderer, TTF_Font* font, std::stri
 	return texture;
 }
 
+TextBox::TextBox() {
+	//
+}
+
+TextBox::~TextBox() {
+	ClearText();
+}
+
 void TextBox::DrawTo(SDL_Renderer* renderer) {
-	image.DrawTo(renderer, posX, posY);
+	SDL_Rect dclip = {posX, posY, 0, 0};
+	SDL_QueryTexture(texture, nullptr, nullptr, &dclip.w, &dclip.h);
+	SDL_RenderCopy(renderer, texture, nullptr, &dclip);
 }
 
 void TextBox::SetText(SDL_Renderer* renderer, TTF_Font* font, std::string str, SDL_Color color) {
-	//make the new texture
-	SDL_Texture* newText = renderTextTexture(renderer, font, str, color);
-
-	//copy the texture
-	image.Free();
-	image.CopyTexture(renderer, newText);
-
-	//cleanup
-	SDL_DestroyTexture(newText);
+	//just use the above global function
+	SDL_DestroyTexture(texture);
+	texture = renderTextTexture(renderer, font, str, color);
 }
 
 void TextBox::AddText(SDL_Renderer* renderer, TTF_Font* font, std::string str, SDL_Color color) {
@@ -66,5 +70,5 @@ void TextBox::AddText(SDL_Renderer* renderer, TTF_Font* font, std::string str, S
 }
 
 void TextBox::ClearText() {
-	image.Free();
+	SDL_DestroyTexture(texture);
 }
diff --git a/src/common/text_box.hpp b/src/common/text_box.hpp
index 376ed4c..b606aa5 100644
--- a/src/common/text_box.hpp
+++ b/src/common/text_box.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,6 @@
 */
 #pragma once
 
-#include "image.hpp"
 #include "SDL2/SDL.h"
 #include "SDL2/SDL_ttf.h"
 
@@ -33,8 +32,8 @@ SDL_Texture* renderTextTexture(SDL_Renderer*, TTF_Font*, std::string, SDL_Color
 
 class TextBox {
 public:
-	TextBox() = default;
-	~TextBox() = default;
+	TextBox();
+	~TextBox();
 
 	void DrawTo(SDL_Renderer*);
 
@@ -49,6 +48,6 @@ public:
 	int SetY() { return posY; }
 
 protected:
-	Image image;
+	SDL_Texture* texture = nullptr;
 	int posX = 0, posY = 0;
 };
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