diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/instance.c b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/instance.c
index cbc7f3693..3dd5688c3 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/instance.c
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/instance.c
@@ -205,16 +205,26 @@ QFV_CreateInstance (vulkan_ctx_t *ctx,
 					const char **layers, const char **extensions)
 {
 	VkApplicationInfo appInfo = {
-		VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_APPLICATION_INFO, 0,
-		appName, appVersion,
-		PACKAGE_STRING, 0x000702ff, //FIXME version
-		VK_API_VERSION_1_3,
+		.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_APPLICATION_INFO,
+		.pApplicationName = appName,
+		.applicationVersion = appVersion,
+		.pEngineName = PACKAGE_STRING,
+		.engineVersion = 0x000702ff, //FIXME version
+		.apiVersion = VK_API_VERSION_1_3,
+	};
+	VkValidationFeatureEnableEXT valfeat_enable[] = {
+//		VK_VALIDATION_FEATURE_ENABLE_BEST_PRACTICES_EXT,
+	};
+#define valfeat_count sizeof(valfeat_enable)/sizeof(valfeat_enable[0])
+	VkValidationFeaturesEXT validation_features= {
+		.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_VALIDATION_FEATURES_EXT,
+		.enabledValidationFeatureCount = valfeat_count,
+		.pEnabledValidationFeatures = valfeat_enable,
 	};
 	VkInstanceCreateInfo createInfo = {
-		VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_INSTANCE_CREATE_INFO, 0, 0,
-		&appInfo,
-		0, 0,
-		0, 0,
+		.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_INSTANCE_CREATE_INFO,
+		.pNext = &validation_features,
+		.pApplicationInfo = &appInfo,
 	};
 	VkResult    res;
 	VkInstance  instance;
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/rp_main_def.plist b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/rp_main_def.plist
index 71efccc8d..9e67a99e3 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/rp_main_def.plist
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/rp_main_def.plist
@@ -1390,7 +1390,6 @@ renderpasses = {
 
 						stages = (
 							$lighting.shader.vertex_splat,
-							$lighting.shader.debug_fragment,
 						);
 						vertexInput = $lighting.vertexInput_splat;
 						inputAssembly = $lighting.inputAssembly;
diff --git a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/staging.c b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/staging.c
index 28a3c6584..265915508 100644
--- a/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/staging.c
+++ b/libs/video/renderer/vulkan/staging.c
@@ -115,8 +115,8 @@ QFV_DestroyStagingBuffer (qfv_stagebuf_t *stage)
 								 cmdBuf->size, cmdBuf->a);
 
 	dfunc->vkUnmapMemory (device->dev, stage->memory);
-	dfunc->vkFreeMemory (device->dev, stage->memory, 0);
 	dfunc->vkDestroyBuffer (device->dev, stage->buffer, 0);
+	dfunc->vkFreeMemory (device->dev, stage->memory, 0);
 	free (stage);
 }