diff -r 4d184a8706b1 -r 658bccb1bf73 src/text.c
--- a/src/text.c	Wed Jul 16 23:27:34 2025 +0200
+++ b/src/text.c	Thu Jul 17 19:44:22 2025 +0200
@@ -97,9 +97,9 @@
     asc_texture_from_surface(text->texture, surface);
 
     // If dimensions changed, update the mesh
-    if (text->dimension.x != (unsigned)surface->w || text->dimension.y != (unsigned)surface->h) {
-        text->dimension.x = surface->w;
-        text->dimension.y = surface->h;
+    if (text->dimension.width != (unsigned)surface->w || text->dimension.height != (unsigned)surface->h) {
+        text->dimension.width = surface->w;
+        text->dimension.height = surface->h;
         const asc_vec2f uv_scale = asc_texture_calculate_uv_scale(text->texture, text->dimension, ASC_VEC2F_1);
         asc_mesh_plane_2d(&text->mesh,
             .size = ASC_VEC2F(surface->w, surface->h),
@@ -117,6 +117,9 @@
 static void asc_text_draw(const AscCamera *camera, const AscSceneNode *node) {
     asc_cptr_cast(AscText, text, node);
 
+    // early exit when the text has no width
+    if (text->dimension.width == 0) return;
+
     // Activate shader
     // TODO: scene should know which shader we are going to activate s.t. it can pre-sort nodes
     const AscShaderProgram *shader = asc_shader_lookup_or_create(
@@ -174,7 +177,7 @@
     text->texture = cxMallocDefault(sizeof(AscTexture));
     asc_texture_init_rectangle(text->texture, 1);
     // TODO: check why we can't just wait for the first normal update to happen
-    asc_text_update(node);
+    //asc_text_update(node);
 
     return node;
 }