diff --git a/src/tilemapvx.cpp b/src/tilemapvx.cpp
index bbd925d..78d9224 100644
--- a/src/tilemapvx.cpp
+++ b/src/tilemapvx.cpp
@@ -118,6 +118,10 @@ struct TilemapVXPrivate : public ViewportElement, TileAtlasVX::Reader
        shState->requestAtlasTex(ATLASVX_W, ATLASVX_H, atlas);

        vbo = VBO::gen();
+       VBO::bind(vbo);
+       allocQuads = 4;
+       VBO::allocEmpty(quadBytes(allocQuads), GL_DYNAMIC_DRAW);
+       VBO::unbind();

        GLMeta::vaoFillInVertexData<SVertex>(vao);
        vao.vbo = vbo;