diff --git a/WickedEngine/bloomcombineCS.hlsl b/WickedEngine/bloomcombineCS.hlsl
index a6513dc13..6c046dcc7 100644
--- a/WickedEngine/bloomcombineCS.hlsl
+++ b/WickedEngine/bloomcombineCS.hlsl
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include "ShaderInterop_Postprocess.h"
 
 TEXTURE2D(input, float4, TEXSLOT_ONDEMAND0);
-TEXTURE2D(bloom, float4, TEXSLOT_ONDEMAND1);
+TEXTURE2D(texture_bloom, float3, TEXSLOT_ONDEMAND1);
 
 RWTEXTURE2D(output, float4, 0);
 
@@ -11,10 +11,10 @@ void main(uint3 DTid : SV_DispatchThreadID)
 {
 	const float2 uv = (DTid.xy + 0.5f) * xPPResolution_rcp;
 
-	float4 color = input[DTid.xy];
-	color.rgb += bloom.SampleLevel(sampler_linear_clamp, uv, 1.5f).rgb;
-	color.rgb += bloom.SampleLevel(sampler_linear_clamp, uv, 3.5f).rgb;
-	color.rgb += bloom.SampleLevel(sampler_linear_clamp, uv, 4.5f).rgb;
+	float3 bloom = texture_bloom.SampleLevel(sampler_linear_clamp, uv, 1.5f);
+	bloom += texture_bloom.SampleLevel(sampler_linear_clamp, uv, 3.5f);
+	bloom += texture_bloom.SampleLevel(sampler_linear_clamp, uv, 4.5f);
+	bloom /= 3.0f;
 
-	output[DTid.xy] = color;
+	output[DTid.xy] = input[DTid.xy] + float4(bloom, 0);
 }
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diff --git a/WickedEngine/wiVersion.cpp b/WickedEngine/wiVersion.cpp
index 10d2edf76..6b90ba64f 100644
--- a/WickedEngine/wiVersion.cpp
+++ b/WickedEngine/wiVersion.cpp
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ namespace wiVersion
 	// minor features, major updates
 	const int minor = 38;
 	// minor bug fixes, alterations, refactors, updates
-	const int revision = 25;
+	const int revision = 26;
 
 
 	long GetVersion()