diff --git a/amt/pixel.hpp b/amt/pixel.hpp
index 6a96e71..13bba72 100644
--- a/amt/pixel.hpp
+++ b/amt/pixel.hpp
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@
 
 #include "matrix.hpp"
 #include <algorithm>
-#include <bit>
 #include <cmath>
 #include <cstddef>
 #include <cstdint>
@@ -62,25 +61,18 @@ namespace amt {
 		constexpr RGBA() noexcept = default;
 		constexpr RGBA(RGBA const&) noexcept = default;
 		constexpr RGBA(RGBA &&) noexcept = default;
-		constexpr RGBA& operator=(RGBA const& other) noexcept {
-			this->m_data.color = other.m_data.color;
-			return *this;
-		}
-		constexpr RGBA& operator=(RGBA && other) noexcept {
-			this->m_data.color = other.m_data.color;
-			return *this;
-		}
-
+		constexpr RGBA& operator=(RGBA const&) noexcept = default; 
+		constexpr RGBA& operator=(RGBA &&) noexcept = default;
 		constexpr ~RGBA() noexcept = default;
 
 		
 		// NOTE: Accepts RRGGBBAA
 		explicit constexpr RGBA(pixels_t color) noexcept
-			: m_data({ .color = color })
+			: RGBA((color >> (8 * 3)) & 0xff, (color >> (8 * 2)) & 0xff, (color >> (8 * 1)) & 0xff, (color >> (8 * 0)) & 0xff)
 		{}
 
 		constexpr RGBA(pixel_t r, pixel_t g, pixel_t b, pixel_t a = 0xff) noexcept
-			: m_data({ .rgba = { r, g, b, a } })
+			: m_data {r, g, b, a}
 		{}
 
 		constexpr RGBA(pixel_t color, pixel_t a = 0xff) noexcept
@@ -89,26 +81,22 @@ namespace amt {
 
 		// NOTE: Returns RRGGBBAA
 		constexpr auto to_hex() const noexcept -> pixels_t {
-			if constexpr (std::endian::native == std::endian::little) {
-				auto r = static_cast<pixels_t>(this->r());
-				auto b = static_cast<pixels_t>(this->b());
-				auto g = static_cast<pixels_t>(this->g());
-				auto a = static_cast<pixels_t>(this->a());
-				return (r << (8 * 3)) | (g << (8 * 2)) | (b << (8 * 1)) | (a << (8 * 0));
-			} else {
-				return m_data.color;
-			}
+			auto r = static_cast<pixels_t>(this->r());
+			auto b = static_cast<pixels_t>(this->b());
+			auto g = static_cast<pixels_t>(this->g());
+			auto a = static_cast<pixels_t>(this->a());
+			return (r << (8 * 3)) | (g << (8 * 2)) | (b << (8 * 1)) | (a << (8 * 0));
 		}
 
-		constexpr auto r() const noexcept -> pixel_t { return m_data.rgba.r; }
-		constexpr auto g() const noexcept -> pixel_t { return m_data.rgba.g; }
-		constexpr auto b() const noexcept -> pixel_t { return m_data.rgba.b; }
-		constexpr auto a() const noexcept -> pixel_t { return m_data.rgba.a; }
+		constexpr auto r() const noexcept -> pixel_t { return m_data[0]; }
+		constexpr auto g() const noexcept -> pixel_t { return m_data[1]; }
+		constexpr auto b() const noexcept -> pixel_t { return m_data[2]; }
+		constexpr auto a() const noexcept -> pixel_t { return m_data[3]; }
 
-		constexpr auto r() noexcept -> pixel_t& { return m_data.rgba.r; }
-		constexpr auto g() noexcept -> pixel_t& { return m_data.rgba.g; }
-		constexpr auto b() noexcept -> pixel_t& { return m_data.rgba.b; }
-		constexpr auto a() noexcept -> pixel_t& { return m_data.rgba.a; }
+		constexpr auto r() noexcept -> pixel_t& { return m_data[0]; }
+		constexpr auto g() noexcept -> pixel_t& { return m_data[1]; }
+		constexpr auto b() noexcept -> pixel_t& { return m_data[2]; }
+		constexpr auto a() noexcept -> pixel_t& { return m_data[3]; }
 
 		/**
 		 * @returns the value is between 0 and 1
@@ -125,13 +113,10 @@ namespace amt {
 			requires std::is_arithmetic_v<T>
 		constexpr auto operator/(T val) const noexcept {
 			auto d = static_cast<float>(val);
-			auto tr = float(r());
-			auto tg = float(g());
-			auto tb = float(b());
 			return RGBA(
-				static_cast<pixel_t>(tr / d),
-				static_cast<pixel_t>(tg / d),
-				static_cast<pixel_t>(tb / d),
+				static_cast<pixel_t>(r() / d),
+				static_cast<pixel_t>(g() / d),
+				static_cast<pixel_t>(b() / d),
 				a()
 			);
 		}
@@ -373,15 +358,7 @@ namespace amt {
 			}
 		}
 	private:
-		union {
-			struct {
-				pixel_t r;
-				pixel_t g;
-				pixel_t b;
-				pixel_t a;
-			} rgba;
-			pixels_t color;
-		} m_data {};
+		pixel_t m_data[4]{};
 	};
 
 	struct HSLA {
diff --git a/amt/raycaster.cpp b/amt/raycaster.cpp
index 254e975..517a546 100644
--- a/amt/raycaster.cpp
+++ b/amt/raycaster.cpp
@@ -7,9 +7,10 @@
 
 using namespace fmt;
 
-static constexpr auto room_brightness = 0.3f; // increse this to increase the room brightness. Higher value means brighter room.
 
 #ifdef AMT_LIGHT
+static constexpr auto room_brightness = 0.3f; // increse this to increase the room brightness. Higher value means brighter room.
+
 inline static constexpr amt::RGBA dumb_lighting(amt::RGBA pixel, double distance, double distance_from_center) {
   auto const dim_pixel = pixel * room_brightness;
   if (distance_from_center >= 0) {
@@ -145,6 +146,7 @@ void Raycaster::sprite_casting() {
           int texY = ((d * textureHeight) / spriteHeight) / 256;
           //get current color from the texture
           // BUG: this crashes sometimes when the math goes out of bounds
+          if(texY < 0 || texY >= (int)sprite_texture.rows()) continue;
           auto color = sprite_texture[texY][texX];
           // poor person's transparency, get current color from the texture
           pixels[y][stripe] = (color.to_hex() & 0xffffff00) ? color: pixels[y][stripe];
@@ -323,11 +325,20 @@ void Raycaster::draw_ceiling_floor() {
       // this uses the previous ty/tx fractional parts of
       // floorX cellX to find the texture x/y. How?
 
+      #ifdef AMT_LIGHT
       // FLOOR
       pixels[y][x] = textures.floor[ty][tx] * room_brightness;
 
       // CEILING
       pixels[$height - y - 1][x] = textures.ceiling[ty][tx] * room_brightness;
+      #else
+      // FLOOR
+      pixels[y][x] = textures.floor[ty][tx];
+
+      // CEILING
+      pixels[$height - y - 1][x] = textures.ceiling[ty][tx];
+      #endif
+
     }
   }