diff --git a/thermion_dart/lib/src/filament/src/implementation/ffi_filament_app.dart b/thermion_dart/lib/src/filament/src/implementation/ffi_filament_app.dart
index d78c811d..06c8f8ff 100644
--- a/thermion_dart/lib/src/filament/src/implementation/ffi_filament_app.dart
+++ b/thermion_dart/lib/src/filament/src/implementation/ffi_filament_app.dart
@@ -534,12 +534,6 @@ class FFIFilamentApp extends FilamentApp<Pointer> {
     return instance;
   }
 
-  Material? _gridMaterial;
-  Future<Material> get gridMaterial async {
-    _gridMaterial ??= FFIMaterial(Material_createGridMaterial(engine), this);
-    return _gridMaterial!;
-  }
-
   ///
   ///
   ///
diff --git a/thermion_dart/lib/src/filament/src/implementation/grid_overlay.dart b/thermion_dart/lib/src/filament/src/implementation/grid_overlay.dart
index 63de8da4..3bb6ec53 100644
--- a/thermion_dart/lib/src/filament/src/implementation/grid_overlay.dart
+++ b/thermion_dart/lib/src/filament/src/implementation/grid_overlay.dart
@@ -1,14 +1,27 @@
-import 'package:thermion_dart/src/bindings/bindings.dart';
 import 'package:thermion_dart/src/filament/src/implementation/ffi_asset.dart';
 import 'package:thermion_dart/src/filament/src/implementation/ffi_filament_app.dart';
+import 'package:thermion_dart/src/filament/src/implementation/ffi_material.dart';
+import 'package:thermion_dart/thermion_dart.dart';
 
 class GridOverlay extends FFIAsset {
-  
   GridOverlay(super.asset, super.app, super.animationManager);
 
-  static Future<GridOverlay> create(FFIFilamentApp app, Pointer<TAnimationManager> animationManager) async {
-    final gridMaterial = await app.gridMaterial;
-    final asset = await withPointerCallback<TSceneAsset>((cb) => SceneAsset_createGridRenderThread(app.engine, gridMaterial.pointer, cb));
-    return GridOverlay(asset, app, animationManager);
+  static GridOverlay? _overlay;
+  static Material? _gridMaterial;
+
+  static Future<GridOverlay> create(
+      FFIFilamentApp app, Pointer<TAnimationManager> animationManager) async {
+    if (_overlay == null) {
+      _gridMaterial ??= FFIMaterial(Material_createGridMaterial(app.engine), app);
+      
+      final asset = await withPointerCallback<TSceneAsset>((cb) =>
+          SceneAsset_createGridRenderThread(
+              app.engine, _gridMaterial!.getNativeHandle(), cb));
+
+      _overlay = GridOverlay(asset, app, animationManager);
+      var materialInstance = await _overlay!.getMaterialInstanceAt();
+      await materialInstance.setParameterFloat3("gridColor", 0.1, 0.1, 0.1);
+    }
+    return _overlay!;
   }
 }