diff --git a/game/developer_console.cpp b/game/developer_console.cpp
index 248f616..263ed86 100644
--- a/game/developer_console.cpp
+++ b/game/developer_console.cpp
@@ -66,4 +66,9 @@ namespace developer {
 
         return it->second(payload);
     }
+
+    DeveloperConsole::CallbackResult resultOkay()
+    {
+        return DeveloperConsole::CallbackResult::createOkay();
+    }
 }
diff --git a/game/developer_console.hpp b/game/developer_console.hpp
index 150ecaf..57d32b9 100644
--- a/game/developer_console.hpp
+++ b/game/developer_console.hpp
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ namespace developer {
                     CallbackResult(bool okay, const std::string &answer);
 
                 public:
-                    static CallbackResult createError(const std::string &answer);
-                    static CallbackResult createOkay(const std::string &answer);
+                    static CallbackResult createError(const std::string &answer="");
+                    static CallbackResult createOkay(const std::string &answer="");
 
                 public:
                     // read-only interface to result data
@@ -44,4 +44,6 @@ namespace developer {
         private:
             std::map<std::string, callback_t> m_callbacks;
     };
+
+    DeveloperConsole::CallbackResult resultOkay();
 }
diff --git a/game/renderer_polygon_3d/renderer_polygon_3d.cpp b/game/renderer_polygon_3d/renderer_polygon_3d.cpp
index a43ab2e..08e34d4 100644
--- a/game/renderer_polygon_3d/renderer_polygon_3d.cpp
+++ b/game/renderer_polygon_3d/renderer_polygon_3d.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@
 #include "state/events/missile_event.hpp"
 #include "state/events/ship_event.hpp"
 
+#include "developer_console.hpp"
+
 namespace endofthejedi {
     void RendererPolygon3d::setup()
     {
@@ -39,20 +41,50 @@ namespace endofthejedi {
         addModel("../data/mesh/planet_128.stl", &m_planetModel);
         addModel("../data/mesh/ship_ufo.stl",  &m_shipModel);
 
+        m_texture = nullptr;
+        m_backgroundTexturePath = "../data/img/test.png";
+        loadBackgroundTexture();
+
+        developer::DeveloperConsole::instance().addCallback("reload_bg", [=](const std::string &)
+        {
+            loadBackgroundTexture();
+            return developer::resultOkay();
+        });
+
+        developer::DeveloperConsole::instance().addCallback("set_bg", [=](const std::string &str)
+        {
+            std::string token;
+            std::string rest;
+            util::splitIntoTokenAndRest(str, token, rest);
+
+            m_backgroundTexturePath = token;
+            loadBackgroundTexture();
+            return developer::resultOkay();
+        });
+    }
+
+    void RendererPolygon3d::loadBackgroundTexture()
+    {
         //m_texture = new ImageTexture("../data/img/test.png");
-        m_texture = new ImageTexture("../data/img/stars_nebular.png");
+        if (m_texture != nullptr) {
+            delete(m_texture);
+        }
+
+                //"../data/img/stars_nebular.png");
+        m_texture = new ImageTexture(m_backgroundTexturePath);
 
         glActiveTexture(GL_TEXTURE0);
         m_texture->loadPng();
 
         std::cout<<"texture loading: " << m_texture->valid() << std::endl;
         if (!m_texture->valid()) {
-            exit(-1);
+            std::cout<<"loading failed!";
+            return;
+            //exit(-1);
         }
 
         glm::vec2 s = m_texture->size();
         std::cout<<"texture size is " << s.x << " X " << s.y << std::endl;
-        //exit(0);
     }
 
     void RendererPolygon3d::renderBackgroundImage()
diff --git a/game/renderer_polygon_3d/renderer_polygon_3d.hpp b/game/renderer_polygon_3d/renderer_polygon_3d.hpp
index 556183c..cb53f5f 100644
--- a/game/renderer_polygon_3d/renderer_polygon_3d.hpp
+++ b/game/renderer_polygon_3d/renderer_polygon_3d.hpp
@@ -64,6 +64,8 @@ namespace endofthejedi {
 
             void renderBackgroundImage();
 
+            void loadBackgroundTexture();
+
         private:
             // all models are also here (for easy reloading etc.)
             std::vector<PolygonModel*>  m_models;
@@ -92,6 +94,7 @@ namespace endofthejedi {
             std::list<const game::Missile*> m_missiles;
             std::list<const game::Ship*>    m_ships;
 
+            std::string m_backgroundTexturePath;
             ImageTexture *m_texture;
     };
 }