diff --git a/crates/comet_ecs/src/component.rs b/crates/comet_ecs/src/component.rs
index 53e958f..ab17c9b 100755
--- a/crates/comet_ecs/src/component.rs
+++ b/crates/comet_ecs/src/component.rs
@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ pub trait Collider {
 pub trait Render {
     fn is_visible(&self) -> bool;
     fn set_visibility(&mut self, is_visible: bool);
-    fn get_texture(&self) -> String;
+    fn get_texture(&self) -> &str;
     fn set_texture(&mut self, texture: &'static str);
 }
 
@@ -320,8 +320,8 @@ impl Render for Render2D {
         self.is_visible = is_visible;
     }
 
-    fn get_texture(&self) -> String {
-        self.texture_name.parse().unwrap()
+    fn get_texture(&self) -> &str {
+        self.texture_name
     }
 
     /// Use the actual file name of the texture instead of the path
diff --git a/crates/comet_renderer/src/renderer2d.rs b/crates/comet_renderer/src/renderer2d.rs
index d45c3de..3279603 100644
--- a/crates/comet_renderer/src/renderer2d.rs
+++ b/crates/comet_renderer/src/renderer2d.rs
@@ -555,19 +555,19 @@ impl<'a> Renderer2D<'a> {
         ))
     }
 
-    fn get_texture_region(&self, texture_path: String) -> Option<&TextureRegion> {
+    fn get_texture_region(&self, texture_path: &str) -> Option<&TextureRegion> {
         if !self
             .resource_manager
             .texture_atlas()
             .textures()
-            .contains_key(&texture_path)
+            .contains_key(texture_path)
         {
-            error!("Texture {} not found in atlas", &texture_path);
+            error!("Texture {} not found in atlas", texture_path);
         }
         self.resource_manager
             .texture_atlas()
             .textures()
-            .get(&texture_path)
+            .get(texture_path)
     }
 
     fn get_glyph_region(&self, glyph: char, font: String) -> &TextureRegion {
@@ -772,7 +772,7 @@ impl<'a> Renderer2D<'a> {
                 let rotation_angle = transform_component.rotation().to_radians();
 
                 let region =
-                    match self.get_texture_region(renderer_component.get_texture().to_string()) {
+                    match self.get_texture_region(renderer_component.get_texture()) {
                         Some(r) => r,
                         None => continue,
                     };