diff --git a/src/client/game.ts b/src/client/game.ts
index 8124db5..a901a90 100644
--- a/src/client/game.ts
+++ b/src/client/game.ts
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ import { PonyEyes } from './object/other/eyes';
 import { VideoPlayer } from './object/other/video-player';
 import { Player } from './object/player';
 import { PlayerEntity } from './object/player-entity';
-import modelLoaderInstance from './object/pony-loader';
+import { PonyModel } from './object/pony-loader';
 import { ClientWorld } from './object/world/ClientWorld';
 import { ClientWorldLoader } from './object/world/ClientWorldLoader';
 import { ClientWorldManifest } from './object/world/ClientWorldManifest';
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ export class Game {
 
     const cube = await CubeMap.load('/assets/skybox/default');
 
-    await modelLoaderInstance.loadPonyModel();
+    await PonyModel.getInstance().loadPonyModel();
     await PonyEyes.getInstance().initialize();
     await this.world.initialize();
 
diff --git a/src/client/object/chat.ts b/src/client/object/chat.ts
index 8c4213c..18b5dad 100644
--- a/src/client/object/chat.ts
+++ b/src/client/object/chat.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import seedrandom from 'seedrandom';
 const nameColorPallete = {
   H: [1, 360],
   S: [0, 100],
-  L: [50, 100],
+  L: [50, 80],
 };
 
 export class Chat {
diff --git a/src/client/object/pony-loader.ts b/src/client/object/pony-loader.ts
index b2d166f..f3c0a64 100644
--- a/src/client/object/pony-loader.ts
+++ b/src/client/object/pony-loader.ts
@@ -9,7 +9,9 @@ const dracoLoader = new DRACOLoader();
 dracoLoader.setDecoderPath('/examples/js/libs/draco/');
 loader.setDRACOLoader(dracoLoader);
 
-class PonyModel {
+let instance: PonyModel;
+
+export class PonyModel {
   public ponyModel!: THREE.Group;
   public animations!: THREE.AnimationClip[];
 
@@ -46,7 +48,11 @@ class PonyModel {
       );
     });
   }
-}
 
-const modelLoaderInstance = new PonyModel();
-export default modelLoaderInstance;
+  public static getInstance(): PonyModel {
+    if (!instance) {
+      instance = new PonyModel();
+    }
+    return instance;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/client/object/pony.ts b/src/client/object/pony.ts
index 74d3f5d..22ad287 100644
--- a/src/client/object/pony.ts
+++ b/src/client/object/pony.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import * as SkeletonUtils from 'three/examples/jsm/utils/SkeletonUtils';
-import modelLoaderInstance from './pony-loader';
 import { CharacterPacket, FullStatePacket } from '../../common/types/packet';
 import { NameTag } from './nametag';
 import { CanvasUtils } from './canvas-utils';
@@ -15,6 +14,7 @@ import {
 } from 'three';
 import { ClientWorld } from './world/ClientWorld';
 import { PonyEyes } from './other/eyes';
+import { PonyModel } from './pony-loader';
 
 const nameTagBuilder = new CanvasUtils({
   fill: false,
@@ -39,7 +39,8 @@ export class PonyEntity {
   public heightSource?: ClientWorld;
 
   initialize() {
-    this.model = (SkeletonUtils as any).clone(modelLoaderInstance.ponyModel);
+    const loader = PonyModel.getInstance();
+    this.model = (SkeletonUtils as any).clone(loader.ponyModel);
     this.material = (
       (this.model.children[0].children[1] as Mesh)
         .material as MeshStandardMaterial
@@ -48,8 +49,8 @@ export class PonyEntity {
     (this.model.children[0].children[2] as Mesh).material =
       PonyEyes.getInstance().getShader();
     this.mixer = new AnimationMixer(this.model);
-    this.idleAction = this.mixer.clipAction(modelLoaderInstance.animations[0]);
-    this.walkAction = this.mixer.clipAction(modelLoaderInstance.animations[2]);
+    this.idleAction = this.mixer.clipAction(loader.animations[0]);
+    this.walkAction = this.mixer.clipAction(loader.animations[2]);
     this.idleAction.play();
     this.container = new Object3D();
     this.container.add(this.model);