diff --git a/GameData/ConformalDecals/Plugins/ConformalDecals.dll b/GameData/ConformalDecals/Plugins/ConformalDecals.dll
index 1ac867a..abddca6 100644
Binary files a/GameData/ConformalDecals/Plugins/ConformalDecals.dll and b/GameData/ConformalDecals/Plugins/ConformalDecals.dll differ
diff --git a/Source/ConformalDecals/ConformalDecals.csproj b/Source/ConformalDecals/ConformalDecals.csproj
index f4c8b7a..b6a10d0 100644
--- a/Source/ConformalDecals/ConformalDecals.csproj
+++ b/Source/ConformalDecals/ConformalDecals.csproj
@@ -90,6 +90,7 @@
         <Compile Include="Test/TestLayers.cs" />
         <Compile Include="Text\DecalTextStyle.cs" />
         <Compile Include="Text\RenderedText.cs" />
+        <Compile Include="Text\TextRenderJob.cs" />
         <Compile Include="UI/ColorPickerController.cs" />
         <Compile Include="UI/FontMenuController.cs" />
         <Compile Include="UI/FontMenuItem.cs" />
diff --git a/Source/ConformalDecals/ModuleConformalText.cs b/Source/ConformalDecals/ModuleConformalText.cs
index a851536..6e3615a 100644
--- a/Source/ConformalDecals/ModuleConformalText.cs
+++ b/Source/ConformalDecals/ModuleConformalText.cs
@@ -27,8 +27,8 @@ namespace ConformalDecals {
 
             var decalText = new DecalText("Hello World!", _font, _style);
             
-            TextRenderer.Instance.RenderText(decalText, out var texture, out var window);
-            materialProperties.AddOrGetTextureProperty("_Decal", true).Texture = texture;
+            //TextRenderer.Instance.RenderText(decalText, out var texture, out var window);
+            //materialProperties.AddOrGetTextureProperty("_Decal", true).Texture = texture;
             UpdateMaterials();
             UpdateScale();
         }
diff --git a/Source/ConformalDecals/Text/RenderedText.cs b/Source/ConformalDecals/Text/RenderedText.cs
index d00c293..fc31ae4 100644
--- a/Source/ConformalDecals/Text/RenderedText.cs
+++ b/Source/ConformalDecals/Text/RenderedText.cs
@@ -1,11 +1,16 @@
 using UnityEngine;
 
 namespace ConformalDecals.Text {
-    public class RenderedText : ScriptableObject {
+    public class RenderedText {
         public Texture2D Texture { get; private set; }
 
         public Rect Window { get; private set; }
 
-        public int UserCount { get; private set; }
+        public int UserCount { get; set; }
+
+        public RenderedText(Texture2D texture, Rect window) {
+            Texture = texture;
+            Window = window;
+        }
     }
 }
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diff --git a/Source/ConformalDecals/Text/TextRenderJob.cs b/Source/ConformalDecals/Text/TextRenderJob.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0d17cbd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Source/ConformalDecals/Text/TextRenderJob.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+using System;
+using UnityEngine.Events;
+
+namespace ConformalDecals.Text {
+    public class TextRenderJob {
+        public DecalText OldText { get; }
+        public DecalText NewText { get; }
+        public bool Needed { get; private set; }
+        public bool IsStarted { get; private set; }
+        public bool IsDone { get; private set; }
+
+        public readonly TextRenderer.TextRenderEvent onRenderFinished = new TextRenderer.TextRenderEvent();
+        
+        public TextRenderJob(DecalText oldText, DecalText newText, UnityAction<RenderedText> renderFinishedCallback) {
+            OldText = oldText ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(oldText));
+            NewText = newText ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(newText));
+            Needed = true;
+            
+            if (renderFinishedCallback != null) onRenderFinished.AddListener(renderFinishedCallback);
+        }
+        
+        public TextRenderJob( DecalText newText, UnityAction<RenderedText> renderFinishedCallback) {
+            NewText = newText ?? throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(newText));
+            Needed = true;
+            
+            if (renderFinishedCallback != null) onRenderFinished.AddListener(renderFinishedCallback);
+        }
+
+        public void Cancel() {
+            Needed = false;
+        }
+
+        public void Start() {
+            IsStarted = true;
+        }
+
+        public void Finish(RenderedText output) {
+            IsDone = true;
+            onRenderFinished.Invoke(output);
+        }
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Source/ConformalDecals/Text/TextRenderer.cs b/Source/ConformalDecals/Text/TextRenderer.cs
index aee2b59..8cd57df 100644
--- a/Source/ConformalDecals/Text/TextRenderer.cs
+++ b/Source/ConformalDecals/Text/TextRenderer.cs
@@ -1,13 +1,15 @@
 using System;
-using System.Collections;
 using System.Collections.Generic;
 using TMPro;
 using UnityEngine;
-using UnityEngine.Rendering;
+using UnityEngine.Events;
 
 namespace ConformalDecals.Text {
     [KSPAddon(KSPAddon.Startup.Instantly, true)]
     public class TextRenderer : MonoBehaviour {
+        public const TextureFormat       TextTextureFormat       = TextureFormat.RG16;
+        public const RenderTextureFormat TextRenderTextureFormat = RenderTextureFormat.R8;
+
         public static TextRenderer Instance {
             get {
                 if (!_instance._isSetup) {
@@ -18,8 +20,8 @@ namespace ConformalDecals.Text {
             }
         }
 
-        public const TextureFormat       TextTextureFormat       = TextureFormat.RG16;
-        public const RenderTextureFormat TextRenderTextureFormat = RenderTextureFormat.R8;
+        [Serializable]
+        public class TextRenderEvent : UnityEvent<RenderedText> { }
 
         private const string BlitShader     = "ConformalDecals/Text Blit";
         private const int    MaxTextureSize = 4096;
@@ -32,8 +34,30 @@ namespace ConformalDecals.Text {
         private TextMeshPro _tmp;
         private Material    _blitMaterial;
 
-        private Dictionary<DecalText, RenderedText> _renderedTextures = new Dictionary<DecalText, RenderedText>();
-        private Texture2D                           _lastTexture; // to reduce the number of Texture2D objects created and destroyed, keep the last one on hand
+        private readonly Dictionary<DecalText, RenderedText> _renderCache = new Dictionary<DecalText, RenderedText>();
+        private readonly Queue<TextRenderJob>                _renderJobs  = new Queue<TextRenderJob>();
+
+        public TextRenderJob RenderText(DecalText text, UnityAction<RenderedText> renderFinishedCallback) {
+            var job = new TextRenderJob(text, renderFinishedCallback);
+            _renderJobs.Enqueue(job);
+            return job;
+        }
+
+        public TextRenderJob UpdateText(DecalText oldText, DecalText newText, UnityAction<RenderedText> renderFinishedCallback) {
+            var job = new TextRenderJob(oldText, newText, renderFinishedCallback);
+            _renderJobs.Enqueue(job);
+            return job;
+        }
+
+        public void UnregisterText(DecalText text) {
+            if (_renderCache.TryGetValue(text, out var renderedText)) {
+                renderedText.UserCount--;
+                if (renderedText.UserCount <= 0) {
+                    _renderCache.Remove(text);
+                    Destroy(renderedText.Texture);
+                }
+            }
+        }
 
         private void Start() {
             if (_instance != null) {
@@ -45,6 +69,16 @@ namespace ConformalDecals.Text {
             DontDestroyOnLoad(gameObject);
         }
 
+        private void Update() {
+            TextRenderJob nextJob;
+            do {
+                if (_renderJobs.Count <= 0) return;
+                nextJob = _renderJobs.Dequeue();
+            } while (nextJob.Needed);
+
+            RunJob(nextJob);
+        }
+
         private void Setup() {
             if (_isSetup) return;
 
@@ -60,7 +94,47 @@ namespace ConformalDecals.Text {
             _isSetup = true;
         }
 
-        public void RenderText(DecalText text, out Texture2D texture, out Rect window) {
+        private void RunJob(TextRenderJob job) {
+            Debug.Log($"Starting Text Rendering Job. queue depth = {_renderJobs.Count}, cache size = {_renderCache.Count}");
+            job.Start();
+            
+            Texture2D texture = null;
+            if (job.OldText != null && _renderCache.TryGetValue(job.OldText, out var oldRender)) {
+                // old output still exists
+
+                oldRender.UserCount--;
+                    
+                if (oldRender.UserCount <= 0) {
+                    // this is the only usage of this output, so we are free to re-render into the texture
+                    Debug.Log("Render output is not shared with other users, so reusing texture and removing cache slot");
+                    
+                    texture = oldRender.Texture;
+                    _renderCache.Remove(job.OldText);
+                }
+                else {
+                    // other things are using this render output, so decriment usercount, and we'll make a new entry instead
+                    Debug.Log("Render output is shared with other users, so making new output");
+                }
+            }
+            
+            // now that all old references are handled, begin rendering the new output
+
+            if (_renderCache.TryGetValue(job.NewText, out var cachedRender)) {
+                Debug.Log("Using Cached Render Output");
+                Debug.Log($"Finished Text Rendering Job. queue depth = {_renderJobs.Count}, cache size = {_renderCache.Count}");
+
+                cachedRender.UserCount++;
+                return;
+            }
+
+            var output = RenderText(job.NewText, texture);
+            _renderCache.Add(job.NewText, output);
+            
+            job.Finish(output);
+            Debug.Log($"Finished Text Rendering Job. queue depth = {_renderJobs.Count}, cache size = {_renderCache.Count}");
+        }
+
+        public RenderedText RenderText(DecalText text, Texture2D texture) {
             // SETUP TMP OBJECT FOR RENDERING
             _tmp.text = text.FormattedText;
             _tmp.font = text.Font.FontAsset;
@@ -108,20 +182,18 @@ namespace ConformalDecals.Text {
             float sizeRatio = Mathf.Min(textureSize.x / size.x, textureSize.y, size.y);
 
             // calculate where in the texture the used area actually is
-            window = new Rect {
+            var window = new Rect {
                 size = size * sizeRatio,
                 center = (Vector2) textureSize / 2
             };
 
-            // GET TEXTURE
-            if (_lastTexture != null) {
-                texture = _lastTexture;
-                texture.Resize(textureSize.x, textureSize.y, TextTextureFormat, false);
-                _lastTexture = null;
-            }
-            else {
+            // SETUP TEXTURE
+            if (texture == null) {
                 texture = new Texture2D(textureSize.x, textureSize.y, TextTextureFormat, false);
             }
+            else if (texture.width != textureSize.x || texture.height != textureSize.y || texture.format != TextTextureFormat) {
+                texture.Resize(textureSize.x, textureSize.y, TextTextureFormat, false);
+            }
 
             // GENERATE PROJECTION MATRIX
             var halfSize = (Vector2) textureSize / PixelDensity / 2 / sizeRatio;
@@ -147,6 +219,8 @@ namespace ConformalDecals.Text {
 
             // RELEASE RENDERTEX
             RenderTexture.ReleaseTemporary(renderTex);
+
+            return new RenderedText(texture, window);
         }
     }
 }
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