diff --git a/private/sdl_gpu_test/0_triangle_with_texcoords/app.cpp b/private/sdl_gpu_test/0_triangle_with_texcoords/app.cpp
index c6c8e99..afc1110 100644
--- a/private/sdl_gpu_test/0_triangle_with_texcoords/app.cpp
+++ b/private/sdl_gpu_test/0_triangle_with_texcoords/app.cpp
@@ -16,23 +16,15 @@ void TriangleWithTexcoordsApp::init(const AppInitArgs& args)
 {
     Application::init(args);
 
-    // create vertex shader
-    mijin::TypelessBuffer vertexSpv = getFileContentsBinary("shaders/glsl/textured_triangles_from_buffer.vert.spv");
-    sdlpp::GPUShader vertexShader;
-    vertexShader.create(mDevice, {
-        .code = {static_cast<const Uint8*>(vertexSpv.data()), vertexSpv.byteSize()},
+    // create shaders
+    sdlpp::GPUShader vertexShader = loadShader("shaders/glsl/textured_triangles_from_buffer.vert.spv", {
         .format = sdlpp::GPUShaderFormat::SPIRV,
         .stage = sdlpp::GPUShaderStage::VERTEX
     });
-
-    // create fragment shader
-    mijin::TypelessBuffer fragmentSpv = getFileContentsBinary("shaders/glsl/color_from_texcoord.frag.spv");
-    sdlpp::GPUShader fragmentShader;
-    fragmentShader.create(mDevice, {
-            .code = {static_cast<const Uint8*>(fragmentSpv.data()), fragmentSpv.byteSize()},
-            .format = sdlpp::GPUShaderFormat::SPIRV,
-            .stage = sdlpp::GPUShaderStage::FRAGMENT,
-            .numUniformBuffers = 1
+    sdlpp::GPUShader fragmentShader = loadShader("shaders/glsl/color_from_texcoord.frag.spv", {
+        .format = sdlpp::GPUShaderFormat::SPIRV,
+        .stage = sdlpp::GPUShaderStage::FRAGMENT,
+        .numUniformBuffers = 1
     });
 
     // create graphics pipeline
diff --git a/private/sdl_gpu_test/application.cpp b/private/sdl_gpu_test/application.cpp
index 46ded9a..2928aeb 100644
--- a/private/sdl_gpu_test/application.cpp
+++ b/private/sdl_gpu_test/application.cpp
@@ -73,4 +73,13 @@ mijin::TypelessBuffer Application::getFileContentsBinary(const fs::path& path)
     mijin::throwOnError(stream->readRest(content), "Error reading file contents.");
     return content;
 }
+
+sdlpp::GPUShader Application::loadShader(const fs::path& path, sdlpp::GPUShaderCreateArgs args)
+{
+    mijin::TypelessBuffer source = getFileContentsBinary(path);
+    sdlpp::GPUShader shader;
+    args.code = {static_cast<const Uint8*>(source.data()), source.byteSize()};
+    shader.create(mDevice, args);
+    return shader;
+}
 }
diff --git a/private/sdl_gpu_test/application.hpp b/private/sdl_gpu_test/application.hpp
index 883e953..d0d4f57 100644
--- a/private/sdl_gpu_test/application.hpp
+++ b/private/sdl_gpu_test/application.hpp
@@ -47,17 +47,20 @@ public:
 
     // utility stuff
     [[nodiscard]]
-    std::string getFileContentsText(const fs::path& path);
+    std::string getFileContentsText(const fs::path& path) ;
 
     [[nodiscard]]
     mijin::TypelessBuffer getFileContentsBinary(const fs::path& path);
 
+    [[nodiscard]]
+    sdlpp::GPUShader loadShader(const fs::path& path, sdlpp::GPUShaderCreateArgs args);
+
     template<typename TVertex>
-    void uploadVertexData(const sdlpp::GPUBuffer& vertexBuffer, std::span<TVertex> vertices);
+    void uploadVertexData(const sdlpp::GPUBuffer& vertexBuffer, std::span<TVertex> vertices) const;
 };
 
 template<typename TVertex>
-void Application::uploadVertexData(const sdlpp::GPUBuffer& vertexBuffer, std::span<TVertex> vertices)
+void Application::uploadVertexData(const sdlpp::GPUBuffer& vertexBuffer, std::span<TVertex> vertices) const
 {
     sdlpp::GPUTransferBuffer transferBuffer;
     transferBuffer.create(mDevice, {