diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 3810adf..2121d34 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -4,3 +4,6 @@
 [submodule "lib/glad"]
 	path = lib/glad
 	url = https://github.com/Dav1dde/glad.git
+[submodule "extern/stb"]
+	path = extern/stb
+	url = https://github.com/nothings/stb.git
diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index ecadb36..6cb33b5 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -14,5 +14,10 @@ add_subdirectory(lib/glfw)
 # GLAD
 add_subdirectory(lib/glad)
 
+# External headers & sources
+file(GLOB EXTERN_SOURCES extern/*)
+include_directories(${EXTERN_SOURCES})
+link_directories(${EXTERN_SOURCES})
+
 # Linking
 target_link_libraries(Hohmann PRIVATE glfw glad)
diff --git a/extern/stb b/extern/stb
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..8b5f1f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/extern/stb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit 8b5f1f37b5b75829fc72d38e7b5d4bcbf8a26d55
diff --git a/headers/textures.hpp b/headers/textures.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..513af29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/headers/textures.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+#ifndef TEXTURES_HPP
+#define TEXTURES_HPP
+
+#define STB_IMAGE_IMPLEMENTATION
+#include "../extern/stb/stb_image.h"
+
+
+#endif
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 513cf33..2a45833 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #define VERT_SHADER_SRC_FILE "shaders/vertex.glsl"
 #define FRAG_SHADER_SRC_FILE "shaders/fragment.glsl"
 
+#define RUSTY_METAL_TEXTURE "assets/textures/rusty_metal.jpg"
 
 void framebuffer_size_callback(GLFWwindow* win, int w, int h) {
 	glViewport(0, 0, w, h);
@@ -126,6 +127,10 @@ int main() {
 	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_S, GL_MIRRORED_REPEAT);
 	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_WRAP_T, GL_MIRRORED_REPEAT);
 
+	// "blending"
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_LINEAR);
+	glTexParameteri(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL_LINEAR);
+
 	float borderColor[] = {1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f};
 	glTexParameterfv(GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL_TEXTURE_BORDER_COLOR, borderColor);
 
diff --git a/src/textures.cpp b/src/textures.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29