diff --git a/src/core/const.js b/src/core/const.js
index c14e9ab..cd86b8b 100644
--- a/src/core/const.js
+++ b/src/core/const.js
@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@
         MIRRORED_REPEAT:2
     },
 
+    GC_MODES: {
+        DEFAULT:        0,
+        AUTO:           0,
+        MANUAL:         1,
+    },
+
     /**
      * If set to true WebGL will attempt make textures mimpaped by default
      * Mipmapping will only succeed if the base texture uploaded has power of two dimensions

diff --git a/src/core/const.js b/src/core/const.js
index c14e9ab..cd86b8b 100644
--- a/src/core/const.js
+++ b/src/core/const.js
@@ -172,6 +172,12 @@
         MIRRORED_REPEAT:2
     },
 
+    GC_MODES: {
+        DEFAULT:        0,
+        AUTO:           0,
+        MANUAL:         1,
+    },
+
     /**
      * If set to true WebGL will attempt make textures mimpaped by default
      * Mipmapping will only succeed if the base texture uploaded has power of two dimensions
diff --git a/src/core/renderers/webgl/TextureGarbageCollector.js b/src/core/renderers/webgl/TextureGarbageCollector.js
index 6fcbc29..550fadf 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/webgl/TextureGarbageCollector.js
+++ b/src/core/renderers/webgl/TextureGarbageCollector.js
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
-    
+
+var CONST = require('../../const');
+
 /**
  * @class
  * @memberof PIXI
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@
     this.maxIdle = 60 * 60;
     this.checkCountMax = 60 * 10;
 
-    this.enabled = true;
+    this.mode = CONST.GC_MODES.DEFAULT;
 }
 
 TextueGarbageCollector.prototype.constructor = TextueGarbageCollector;
@@ -21,28 +23,34 @@
 
 TextueGarbageCollector.prototype.update = function()
 {
-    if(! this.enabled )return;
+    if(this.mode === CONST.GC_MODES.MANUAL)return;
 
     this.count++;
     this.checkCount++;
 
-    var managedTextures =  this.renderer.textureManager._managedTextures;
-
+    
     if(this.checkCount > this.checkCountMax)
     {
         this.checkCount = 0;
 
-        for (var i = 0; i < managedTextures.length; i++) {
-            
-            var texture = managedTextures[i];
-
-            // only supports non generated textures at the moment!
-            if( !texture._glRenderTargets && this.count  - texture.touched > this.maxIdle)
-            {
-                texture.dispose();
-                i--;
-            }
-            
-        };
+        this.run();
     }    
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
+
+TextueGarbageCollector.prototype.run = function()
+{
+    var managedTextures =  this.renderer.textureManager._managedTextures;
+
+    for (var i = 0; i < managedTextures.length; i++) {
+            
+        var texture = managedTextures[i];
+
+        // only supports non generated textures at the moment!
+        if( !texture._glRenderTargets && this.count  - texture.touched > this.maxIdle)
+        {
+            texture.dispose();
+            i--;
+        }
+        
+    };
+}