diff --git a/include/guecs/sfml/components.hpp b/include/guecs/sfml/components.hpp
index 1b87999..593f5f4 100644
--- a/include/guecs/sfml/components.hpp
+++ b/include/guecs/sfml/components.hpp
@@ -103,6 +103,7 @@ namespace guecs {
     sf::Color color=THEME.BG_COLOR;
     shared_ptr<sf::RectangleShape> shape = nullptr;
     shared_ptr<sf::Sprite> sprite = nullptr;
+    shared_ptr<sf::Texture> texture = nullptr;
 
     Background(lel::Parser& parser, sf::Color bg_color=THEME.BG_COLOR) :
       x(parser.grid_x),
diff --git a/src/guecs/sfml/components.cpp b/src/guecs/sfml/components.cpp
index 7bb6f9c..dba17b1 100644
--- a/src/guecs/sfml/components.cpp
+++ b/src/guecs/sfml/components.cpp
@@ -158,7 +158,8 @@ namespace guecs {
     auto sprite_texture = BACKEND->get_sprite(name);
 
     sf::IntRect rect{{0,0},sprite_texture.frame_size};
-    sprite = make_shared<sf::Sprite>(*sprite_texture.texture, rect);
+    texture = sprite_texture.texture;
+    sprite = make_shared<sf::Sprite>(*texture, rect);
 
     sprite->setPosition({float(x), float(y)});