diff --git a/blade-graphics/src/vulkan/resource.rs b/blade-graphics/src/vulkan/resource.rs
index d1dd720..089219b 100644
--- a/blade-graphics/src/vulkan/resource.rs
+++ b/blade-graphics/src/vulkan/resource.rs
@@ -323,7 +323,7 @@ impl crate::traits::ResourceDevice for super::Context {
             image: texture.raw,
             view_type: map_view_dimension(desc.dimension),
             format: super::map_texture_format(desc.format),
-            subresource_range: subresource_range,
+            subresource_range,
             ..Default::default()
         };
 
diff --git a/blade-render/code/fill-gbuf.wgsl b/blade-render/code/fill-gbuf.wgsl
index a2f3e3d..29b1f3e 100644
--- a/blade-render/code/fill-gbuf.wgsl
+++ b/blade-render/code/fill-gbuf.wgsl
@@ -126,7 +126,8 @@ fn main(@builtin(global_invocation_id) global_id: vec3<u32>) {
         if ((debug.texture_flags & DebugTextureFlags_NORMAL) != 0u) {
             normal_local = vec3<f32>(0.0, 0.0, 1.0); // ignore normal map
         } else {
-            let n_xy = entry.normal_scale * textureSampleLevel(textures[entry.normal_texture], sampler_linear, tex_coords, lod).xy;
+            let raw_unorm = textureSampleLevel(textures[entry.normal_texture], sampler_linear, tex_coords, lod).xy;
+            let n_xy = entry.normal_scale * (2.0 * raw_unorm - 1.0);
             normal_local = vec3<f32>(n_xy, sqrt(max(0.0, 1.0 - dot(n_xy, n_xy))));
         }
         var normal = qrot(geo_to_world_rot, tangent_space_geo * normal_local);
@@ -185,7 +186,7 @@ fn main(@builtin(global_invocation_id) global_id: vec3<u32>) {
             if (debug.view_mode == DebugMode_NormalTexture) {
                 textureStore(out_debug, global_id.xy, vec4<f32>(normal_local, 0.0));
             }
-            if (debug.view_mode == DebugMode_NormalFactor) {
+            if (debug.view_mode == DebugMode_NormalScale) {
                 textureStore(out_debug, global_id.xy, vec4<f32>(entry.normal_scale));
             }
             if (debug.view_mode == DebugMode_GeometryNormal) {
diff --git a/blade-render/src/model/mod.rs b/blade-render/src/model/mod.rs
index feb809e..b421d5a 100644
--- a/blade-render/src/model/mod.rs
+++ b/blade-render/src/model/mod.rs
@@ -15,7 +15,8 @@ const META_BASE_COLOR: crate::texture::Meta = crate::texture::Meta {
     y_flip: false,
 };
 const META_NORMAL: crate::texture::Meta = crate::texture::Meta {
-    format: blade_graphics::TextureFormat::Bc5Snorm,
+    //Note: "texpresso" doesn't know how to produce signed normalized
+    format: blade_graphics::TextureFormat::Bc5Unorm,
     generate_mips: false,
     y_flip: false,
 };
diff --git a/blade-render/src/render/mod.rs b/blade-render/src/render/mod.rs
index 420794e..4bbedf2 100644
--- a/blade-render/src/render/mod.rs
+++ b/blade-render/src/render/mod.rs
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ pub enum DebugMode {
     DiffuseAlbedoTexture = 2,
     DiffuseAlbedoFactor = 3,
     NormalTexture = 4,
-    NormalFactor = 5,
+    NormalScale = 5,
     GeometryNormal = 6,
     ShadingNormal = 7,
     Motion = 8,