diff --git a/chunk.py b/chunk.py
index 99019b6..38c4e7e 100644
--- a/chunk.py
+++ b/chunk.py
@@ -177,8 +177,8 @@ class ChunkRenderer(object):
         self.queue = queue
         
         self.regionfile = worldobj.get_region_path(*chunkcoords)    
-        if not os.path.exists(self.regionfile):
-            raise ValueError("Could not find regionfile: %s" % self.regionfile)
+        #if not os.path.exists(self.regionfile):
+        #    raise ValueError("Could not find regionfile: %s" % self.regionfile)
 
         ## TODO TODO all of this class
 
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class ChunkRenderer(object):
         #chunkcoords = filename_split[1:3]
         
         #self.coords = map(world.base36decode, chunkcoords)
-        self.blockid = "%d.%d" % chunkcoords
+        #self.blockid = "%d.%d" % chunkcoords
 
         # chunk coordinates (useful to converting local block coords to 
         # global block coords)
@@ -197,12 +197,6 @@ class ChunkRenderer(object):
         self.world = worldobj
         self.rendermode = rendermode
 
-        if self.world.useBiomeData:
-            # make sure we've at least *tried* to load the color arrays in this process...
-            textures.prepareBiomeData(self.world.worlddir)
-            if not textures.grasscolor or not textures.foliagecolor:
-                raise Exception("Can't find grasscolor.png or foliagecolor.png")
-
     def _load_level(self):
         """Loads and returns the level structure"""
         if not hasattr(self, "_level"):
diff --git a/quadtree.py b/quadtree.py
index b64333a..2437b33 100644
--- a/quadtree.py
+++ b/quadtree.py
@@ -434,6 +434,8 @@ class QuadtreeGen(object):
         # Compile this image
         tileimg = Image.new("RGBA", (width, height), (38,92,255,0))
 
+        world = self.world
+        rendermode = self.rendermode
         # col colstart will get drawn on the image starting at x coordinates -(384/2)
         # row rowstart will get drawn on the image starting at y coordinates -(192/2)
         for col, row, chunkx, chunky, regionfile in chunks:
@@ -441,8 +443,10 @@ class QuadtreeGen(object):
             ypos = -96 + (row-rowstart)*96
 
             # draw the chunk!
-            # TODO POI queue
-            chunk.render_to_image((chunkx, chunky), tileimg, (xpos, ypos), self, False, poi_queue)
+            a = chunk.ChunkRenderer((chunkx, chunky), world, rendermode, poi_queue)
+            a.chunk_render(tileimg, xpos, ypos, None)            
+#            chunk.render_to_image((chunkx, chunky), tileimg, (xpos, ypos), self, False, None)
+
 
         # Save them
         tileimg.save(imgpath)
diff --git a/rendernode.py b/rendernode.py
index 43b175d..006c820 100644
--- a/rendernode.py
+++ b/rendernode.py
@@ -60,7 +60,13 @@ def pool_initializer(rendernode):
     #stash the quadtree objects in a global variable after fork() for windows compat.
     global child_rendernode
     child_rendernode = rendernode  
-    
+    for quadtree in rendernode.quadtrees:
+        if quadtree.world.useBiomeData:
+            # make sure we've at least *tried* to load the color arrays in this process...
+            textures.prepareBiomeData(quadtree.world.worlddir)
+            if not textures.grasscolor or not textures.foliagecolor:
+                raise Exception("Can't find grasscolor.png or foliagecolor.png")
+                    
 #http://docs.python.org/library/itertools.html    
 def roundrobin(iterables):
     "roundrobin('ABC', 'D', 'EF') --> A D E B F C"
@@ -119,8 +125,7 @@ class RenderNode(object):
         # Create a pool
         if procs == 1:
             pool = FakePool()
-            global child_rendernode
-            child_rendernode = self
+            pool_initializer(self)
         else:
             pool = multiprocessing.Pool(processes=procs,initializer=pool_initializer,initargs=(self,))
             #warm up the pool so it reports all the worker id's