diff --git a/src/niagara.cpp b/src/niagara.cpp
index ae265df..ed95f50 100644
--- a/src/niagara.cpp
+++ b/src/niagara.cpp
@@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ int debugGuiMode = 1;
 int debugLodStep = 0;
 
 bool reloadShaders = false;
+uint32_t reloadShadersColor = 0xffffffff;
 double reloadShadersTimer = 0;
 
 VkSemaphore createSemaphore(VkDevice device)
@@ -1173,8 +1174,18 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
 					VK_CHECK(vkDeviceWaitIdle(device));
 
 					pipelines();
+
+					reloadShadersColor = 0x00ff00;
+				}
+				else
+				{
+					reloadShadersColor = 0xffffff;
 				}
 			}
+			else
+			{
+				reloadShadersColor = 0xff0000;
+			}
 
 			reloadShadersTimer = glfwGetTime() + 1;
 		}
@@ -1804,16 +1815,16 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
 
 		if (debugGuiMode % 3)
 		{
-			auto debugtext = [&](int line, const char* format, ...)
+			auto debugtext = [&](int line, uint32_t color, const char* format, ...)
 #ifdef __GNUC__
-			                     __attribute__((format(printf, 3, 4)))
+			                     __attribute__((format(printf, 4, 5)))
 #endif
 			{
 				TextData textData = {};
 				textData.offsetX = 1;
 				textData.offsetY = line + 1;
 				textData.scale = 2;
-				textData.color = 0xffffffff;
+				textData.color = color;
 
 				va_list args;
 				va_start(args, format);
@@ -1856,26 +1867,29 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv)
 			double trianglesPerSec = double(triangleCount) / double(frameGpuAvg * 1e-3);
 			double drawsPerSec = double(draws.size()) / double(frameGpuAvg * 1e-3);
 
-			debugtext(0, "%scpu: %.2f ms; gpu: %.2f ms", reloadShaders ? "R* " : "", frameCpuAvg, frameGpuAvg);
+			debugtext(0, ~0u, "%scpu: %.2f ms; gpu: %.2f ms", reloadShaders ? "   " : "", frameCpuAvg, frameGpuAvg);
+
+			if (reloadShaders)
+				debugtext(0, reloadShadersColor, "R*");
 
 			if (debugGuiMode % 3 == 2)
 			{
-				debugtext(2, "cull: %.2f ms, pyramid: %.2f ms, render: %.2f ms, shadows: %.2f ms, shadow blur: %.2f ms, final: %.2f ms",
+				debugtext(2, ~0u, "cull: %.2f ms, pyramid: %.2f ms, render: %.2f ms, shadows: %.2f ms, shadow blur: %.2f ms, final: %.2f ms",
 				    cullGpuTime + culllateGpuTime + cullpostGpuTime,
 				    pyramidGpuTime,
 				    renderGpuTime + renderlateGpuTime + renderpostGpuTime,
 				    shadowsGpuTime, shadowblurGpuTime,
 				    finalGpuTime);
-				debugtext(3, "triangles %.2fM; %.1fB tri / sec, %.1fM draws / sec",
+				debugtext(3, ~0u, "triangles %.2fM; %.1fB tri / sec, %.1fM draws / sec",
 				    double(triangleCount) * 1e-6, trianglesPerSec * 1e-9, drawsPerSec * 1e-6);
 
-				debugtext(5, "frustum culling %s, occlusion culling %s, level-of-detail %s",
+				debugtext(5, ~0u, "frustum culling %s, occlusion culling %s, level-of-detail %s",
 				    cullingEnabled ? "ON" : "OFF", occlusionEnabled ? "ON" : "OFF", lodEnabled ? "ON" : "OFF");
-				debugtext(6, "mesh shading %s, task shading %s, cluster occlusion culling %s",
+				debugtext(6, ~0u, "mesh shading %s, task shading %s, cluster occlusion culling %s",
 				    taskSubmit ? "ON" : "OFF", taskSubmit && taskShadingEnabled ? "ON" : "OFF",
 				    clusterOcclusionEnabled ? "ON" : "OFF");
 
-				debugtext(8, "RT shading %s, shadow blur %s, shadow quality %d, shadow checkerboard %s",
+				debugtext(8, ~0u, "RT shading %s, shadow blur %s, shadow quality %d, shadow checkerboard %s",
 				    raytracingSupported && shadingEnabled ? "ON" : "OFF",
 				    raytracingSupported && shadingEnabled && shadowblurEnabled ? "ON" : "OFF",
 				    shadowQuality, shadowCheckerboard ? "ON" : "OFF");
diff --git a/src/shaders/debugtext.comp.glsl b/src/shaders/debugtext.comp.glsl
index 9e0b27a..6760dcb 100644
--- a/src/shaders/debugtext.comp.glsl
+++ b/src/shaders/debugtext.comp.glsl
@@ -104,9 +104,9 @@ void main()
 	if ((texbit0 | texbit1) == 0)
 		return;
 
-	vec4 color = texbit1 == 1 ? unpackUnorm4x8(text.color) : vec4(0.0);
+	vec3 color = texbit1 == 1 ? unpackUnorm4x8(text.color).bgr : vec3(0.0);
 
 	for (int y = 0; y < text.scale; ++y)
 		for (int x = 0; x < text.scale; ++x)
-			imageStore(outImage, (text.offset * size + pos) * text.scale + ivec2(x, y), color);
+			imageStore(outImage, (text.offset * size + pos) * text.scale + ivec2(x, y), vec4(color, 1.0));
 }