diff --git a/common/gl_model.c b/common/gl_model.c
index b92201b..e537e0e 100644
--- a/common/gl_model.c
+++ b/common/gl_model.c
@@ -1292,7 +1292,7 @@ trivertx_t	*poseverts[MAXALIASFRAMES];
 int			posenum;
 
 byte		**player_8bit_texels_tbl;
-byte		*player_8bit_texels;
+byte            player_8bit_texels[320*200];
 
 /*
 =================
@@ -1491,11 +1491,12 @@ void *Mod_LoadAllSkins (int numskins, daliasskintype_t *pskintype)
 			Mod_FloodFillSkin( skin, pheader->skinwidth, pheader->skinheight );
 
 			// save 8 bit texels for the player model to remap
-	//		if (!strcmp(loadmodel->name,"progs/player.mdl")) {
+			if (!strcmp(loadmodel->name,"progs/player.mdl")) {
 				texels = Hunk_AllocName(s, loadname);
 				pheader->texels[i] = texels - (byte *)pheader;
 				memcpy (texels, (byte *)(pskintype + 1), s);
-	//		}
+                                memcpy (player_8bit_texels,(byte *)(pskintype + 1), s);
+			}
 			snprintf(name, sizeof(name), "%s_%i", loadmodel->name, i);
 			pheader->gl_texturenum[i][0] =
 			pheader->gl_texturenum[i][1] =