diff --git a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/Container.java b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/Container.java
index 7e789160..070fe6e7 100644
--- a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/Container.java
+++ b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/Container.java
@@ -23,6 +23,7 @@ import itdelatrisu.opsu.beatmap.Beatmap;
 import itdelatrisu.opsu.beatmap.BeatmapSetList;
 import itdelatrisu.opsu.downloads.DownloadList;
 import itdelatrisu.opsu.downloads.Updater;
+import itdelatrisu.opsu.render.CurveRenderState;
 import itdelatrisu.opsu.ui.UI;
 
 import org.lwjgl.opengl.Display;
@@ -132,6 +133,9 @@ public class Container extends AppGameContainer {
 		// reset BeatmapSetList data
 		if (BeatmapSetList.get() != null)
 			BeatmapSetList.get().reset();
+		
+		// delete OpenGL objects involved in the Curve rendering
+		CurveRenderState.shutdown();
 	}
 
 	@Override
diff --git a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/CurveRenderState.java b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/CurveRenderState.java
index 287ebd63..2d93e235 100644
--- a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/CurveRenderState.java
+++ b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/CurveRenderState.java
@@ -75,6 +75,12 @@ public class CurveRenderState {
 		//scale = scale * 118 / 128; //for curves exactly as big as the sliderball
 		FrameBufferCache.init(width, height);
 	}
+	
+	public static void shutdown()
+	{
+		staticState.shutdown();
+		FrameBufferCache.shutdown();
+	}
 
 	/**
 	 * Creates an object to hold the render state that's necessary to draw a curve.
@@ -447,5 +453,25 @@ public class CurveRenderState {
 				colBorderLoc = GL20.glGetUniformLocation(program, "col_border");
 			}
 		}
+
+		private void shutdown()
+		{
+			if(gradientTexture != 0)
+			{
+			GL11.glDeleteTextures(gradientTexture);
+			gradientTexture = 0;
+			}
+			
+			if(program != 0)
+			{
+				GL20.glDeleteProgram(program);
+				program = 0;
+				attribLoc = 0;
+				texCoordLoc = 0;
+				colLoc = 0;
+				colBorderLoc = 0;
+				texLoc = 0;
+			}
+		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/FrameBufferCache.java b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/FrameBufferCache.java
index 2558dd15..83d62a03 100644
--- a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/FrameBufferCache.java
+++ b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/FrameBufferCache.java
@@ -122,6 +122,20 @@ public class FrameBufferCache {
 		return buffer;
 	}
 
+	public static void shutdown()
+	{
+		//if there were any previous Framebuffers in the cache delete them
+		//this is necessary for cases when the game gets re-started with a
+		//different resolution without closing the process
+		FrameBufferCache fbcInstance = FrameBufferCache.getInstance();
+		for(Rendertarget target: fbcInstance.cache)
+		{
+			target.destroyRTT();
+		}
+		fbcInstance.cache.clear();
+		fbcInstance.freeMap();
+	}
+
 	/**
 	 * There should only ever be one framebuffer cache, this function returns
 	 * that one framebuffer cache instance.
diff --git a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/Rendertarget.java b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/Rendertarget.java
index 00599f5f..75894000 100644
--- a/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/Rendertarget.java
+++ b/src/itdelatrisu/opsu/render/Rendertarget.java
@@ -35,9 +35,12 @@ public class Rendertarget {
 	/** The FBO ID. */
 	private final int fboID;
 
-	/** The texture ID. */
+	/** The texture ID. for the color buffer this rendertarget renders into. */
 	private final int textureID;
 
+	/** The renderbuffer ID for the depth buffer that this rendertarget renders into. */
+	private final int depthBufferID;
+	
 	/**
 	 * Create a new FBO.
 	 * @param width the width
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ public class Rendertarget {
 		this.height = height;
 		fboID = GL30.glGenFramebuffers();
 		textureID = GL11.glGenTextures();
+		depthBufferID = GL30.glGenRenderbuffers();
 	}
 
 	/**
@@ -99,10 +103,9 @@ public class Rendertarget {
 		GL11.glTexParameteri(GL11.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL11.GL_TEXTURE_MIN_FILTER, GL11.GL_NEAREST);
 		GL11.glTexParameteri(GL11.GL_TEXTURE_2D, GL11.GL_TEXTURE_MAG_FILTER, GL11.GL_NEAREST);
 
-		int fboDepth = GL30.glGenRenderbuffers();
-		GL30.glBindRenderbuffer(GL30.GL_RENDERBUFFER, fboDepth);
+		GL30.glBindRenderbuffer(GL30.GL_RENDERBUFFER, buffer.depthBufferID);
 		GL30.glRenderbufferStorage(GL30.GL_RENDERBUFFER, GL11.GL_DEPTH_COMPONENT, width, height);
-		GL30.glFramebufferRenderbuffer(GL30.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL30.GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT, GL30.GL_RENDERBUFFER, fboDepth);
+		GL30.glFramebufferRenderbuffer(GL30.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL30.GL_DEPTH_ATTACHMENT, GL30.GL_RENDERBUFFER, buffer.depthBufferID);
 
 		GL32.glFramebufferTexture(GL30.GL_FRAMEBUFFER, GL30.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0, fboTexture, 0);
 		GL20.glDrawBuffers(GL30.GL_COLOR_ATTACHMENT0);
@@ -112,4 +115,15 @@ public class Rendertarget {
 
 		return buffer;
 	}
+	
+	/**
+	 * Destroy the OpenGL objects associated with this Rendertarget. Do not try
+	 * to use this rendertarget with OpenGL after calling this method.
+	 */
+	public void destroyRTT()
+	{
+		GL30.glDeleteFramebuffers(fboID);
+		GL30.glDeleteRenderbuffers(depthBufferID);
+		GL11.glDeleteTextures(textureID);
+	}
 }