diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 4406bb8..7173b99 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -2,13 +2,12 @@
 
 The script in /images will generate textures and spritesheet assets which are needed for the [vikus-viewer](https://github.com/cpietsch/vikus-viewer) (repo). The script in /tsne will generate a TSNE layout which can be used as an alternative to the timeline-view in VIKUS Viewer.
 
-
 ## Requirements
+
 - nodejs
   - use the installer on https://nodejs.org/en/download/
   - or use nvm https://github.com/creationix/nvm
 
-
 ## Usage image script
 
 Install the script as a command line tool without the need of cloning / downloading:
@@ -17,15 +16,15 @@ Install the script as a command line tool without the need of cloning / download
 npm install -g vikus-viewer-script
 ```
 
-Alternatively you can download or clone this repo and install the required node packages: 
+Alternatively you can download or clone this repo and install the required node packages:
 
 ```sh
 git clone https://github.com/cpietsch/vikus-viewer-script
 cd vikus-viewer-script
 npm install
 ```
-Note: You can run the script via `node bin/textures` instead of `vikus-viewer-script` if you have cloned it.
 
+Note: You can run the script via `node bin/textures` instead of `vikus-viewer-script` if you have cloned it.
 
 All your images should be in one folder (lets say "images") and named x.jpg where x is the id of the image corresponding to the id field in data.csv
 
@@ -43,11 +42,12 @@ You are now finished in preparing the textures and spritesheets!
 
 Copy the folder 1024, 4096 and sprites inside data into your /data folder of your [vikus-viewer](https://github.com/cpietsch/vikus-viewer) instance. After a successful run you can delete the tmp folder.
 
-*A note for collections of 5000+ items*: In the default configuration the script will generate sprites at the maximum dimensions of 256x256px. For faster loading time and collections with a lot of items, you should adjust the resolution of the sprites by running changing the ``--spriteSize`` flag to e.g.  90.
+_A note for collections of 5000+ items_: In the default configuration the script will generate sprites at the maximum dimensions of 256x256px. For faster loading time and collections with a lot of items, you should adjust the resolution of the sprites by running changing the `--spriteSize` flag to e.g. 90.
 
 ### Examples:
 
 #### Create textures
+
 ```sh
 vikus-viewer-script "/path/to/your/images/*.jpg" # on jpg's
 vikus-viewer-script "/path/to/your/images/*.+(jpg|jpeg|png)" # on multiple formats
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ vikus-viewer-script "/path/to/your/images/**/*.jpg" # on all jpg's in subfolders
 ```
 
 ### CLI commands
+
 ```sh
 Usage: vikus-viewer-script "/path/to/large/images/*.jpg" [options]
 
@@ -73,17 +74,19 @@ Options:
   --spriteFormat    spritesheets format (jpg or png)            [default: "jpg"]
   --largeSize       resolution of full sized images              [default: 4096]
   --mediumSize      resolution of images loaded on the fly       [default: 1024]
+  --skipTextures    skip texture generation, only make spritesheets
+                                                                [default: false]
   -h, --help        Show help                                          [boolean]
 
 Examples:
   vikus-viewer-script "/path/to/large/images/*.jpg"  create VV textures from jpgs
-``` 
+```
 
 ## Usage t-SNE/UMAP script
 
 As an alternative to the temporal view, you can create a t-SNE layout based on image similarity. The script creates a tsne.csv which can be put next to the data.csv in the /data folder. Image similarity is calculated via the [mobilenet activation logit](https://beta.observablehq.com/@cpietsch/imagenet-activation-logit) and then run throught t-SNE or UMAP. An additional spacing step ensures no overlaying images in the distribution.
 
-Download or clone this repo, navigate to /similarity and install the required node packages: 
+Download or clone this repo, navigate to /similarity and install the required node packages:
 
 ```sh
 cd /similarity
@@ -93,6 +96,7 @@ npm i
 Add the `-t` flag to the script to use the much faster tfjs-node implementation instead of the default tfjs.
 
 Run the t-SNE script:
+
 ```sh
 node tsne.js -i /path/to/images
 ```
diff --git a/bin/textures b/bin/textures
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index ea14d3e..d07cbbc
--- a/bin/textures
+++ b/bin/textures
@@ -29,13 +29,12 @@ const argv = require("yargs")
   .default("spriteQuality", 70)
   .describe("spriteFormat", "spritesheets format (jpg or png)")
   .default("spriteFormat", "jpg")
-  .describe("largeSize", "resolution of full sized images, (0 to disable)")
+  .describe("largeSize", "resolution of full sized images")
   .default("largeSize", 4096)
-  .describe(
-    "mediumSize",
-    "resolution of images loaded on the fly, (0 to disable)"
-  )
+  .describe("mediumSize", "resolution of images loaded on the fly")
   .default("mediumSize", 1024)
+  .describe("skipTextures", "skip texture generation, only make spritesheets")
+  .default("skipTextures", false)
   .help("h")
   .alias("h", "help").argv;
 
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 48b6b41..0139e3d 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "vikus-viewer-script",
-  "version": "2.0.5",
+  "version": "2.0.6",
   "description": "Preprocessing scripts for vikus-viewer",
   "author": {
     "name": "Christopher Pietsch",
diff --git a/src/textures.js b/src/textures.js
index 353e24d..2cd4973 100644
--- a/src/textures.js
+++ b/src/textures.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const cascade = require("./cascade.js");
 const sharpsheet = require("sharpsheet");
 
 exports.run = async function textures(inputPath, options) {
+  const skipTextures = options.skipTextures || false;
   const textureRes1 = options.largeSize || 4096;
   const textureRes2 = options.mediumSize || 1024;
   const textureRes3 = options.spriteSize || 128;
@@ -19,20 +20,20 @@ exports.run = async function textures(inputPath, options) {
   const spritesPath = createPath(workPath + "/sprites");
   const tmpPath = createPath(workPath + "/tmp");
   const textureRes1Path =
-    textureRes1 && createPath(workPath + "/" + textureRes1);
+    !skipTextures && createPath(workPath + "/" + textureRes1);
   const textureRes2Path =
-    textureRes2 && createPath(workPath + "/" + textureRes2);
+    !skipTextures && createPath(workPath + "/" + textureRes2);
   const textureRes3Path = createPath(tmpPath + "/" + textureRes3);
 
   const resizeSteps = [
-    textureRes1 && {
+    !skipTextures && {
       width: textureRes1,
       height: textureRes1,
       format: textureFormat,
       quality: textureQuality,
       path: textureRes1Path,
     },
-    textureRes2 && {
+    !skipTextures && {
       width: textureRes2,
       height: textureRes2,
       format: textureFormat,
@@ -46,7 +47,7 @@ exports.run = async function textures(inputPath, options) {
       quality: 100,
       path: textureRes3Path,
     },
-  ];
+  ].filter((s) => s);
 
   console.log("\nlooking for images at ", inputPath);