diff --git a/src/LayerComposition.cpp b/src/LayerComposition.cpp
index 020414b..38b29af 100644
--- a/src/LayerComposition.cpp
+++ b/src/LayerComposition.cpp
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ void LayerComposition::setup(){
     ofxMsdfgen::AtlasSettings settings;
     //settings.characters = "ABCDEFGHIJKL";
     settings.scale = 64;
+    settings.characters = "";
     //string fontName = "RobotoFlex.ttf";
     //string fontPath = "data/fonts/" + fontName;
     //string fontPath = "data/celines-fonts/testing2VF.ttf";
@@ -15,10 +16,7 @@ void LayerComposition::setup(){
     //string fontPath = "data/celines-fonts/Alfarn2.otf";
     //string fontPath = "data/celines-fonts/Cottagecore.ttf";
     atlas = make_shared <ofxMsdfgen::Atlas>();
-    atlas->setup(fontPath, settings);
 
-    atlasImage = make_shared <ofImage>(atlas->getAtlasImage());
-    glyphGeometries = atlas->getGlyphGeometries();
     msdfShader = make_shared <ofShader>();
     #ifdef TARGET_EMSCRIPTEN
         msdfShader->load("ofxMsdfgen/shaders/unitRange/ES3/shader");
@@ -32,8 +30,14 @@ void LayerComposition::setup(){
 
     layer->setProps(Layer::Props());
 
+    settings.characters += layer->getProps().text;
     layers.push_back(std::move(layer));
 
+    atlas->setup(fontPath, settings);
+    atlas->generate();
+    atlasImage = make_shared <ofImage>(atlas->getAtlasImage());
+    glyphGeometries = atlas->getGlyphGeometries();
+
 }
 
 void LayerComposition::update(){