diff --git a/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js b/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js
index d0896b7..b4fdfc9 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js
+++ b/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
      */
     getGLShader()
     {
-        return this.shader.glShaders[this.renderer.CONTEXT_UID];
+        return this.shader.program.glShaders[this.renderer.CONTEXT_UID];
     }
 
     /**

diff --git a/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js b/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js
index d0896b7..b4fdfc9 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js
+++ b/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
      */
     getGLShader()
     {
-        return this.shader.glShaders[this.renderer.CONTEXT_UID];
+        return this.shader.program.glShaders[this.renderer.CONTEXT_UID];
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/Filter.js b/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/Filter.js
index c051375..2c3eaad 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/Filter.js
+++ b/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/Filter.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Shader from '../../../shader/Shader';
+import Program from '../../../shader/Program';
 import { BLEND_MODES } from '../../../const';
 import settings from '../../../settings';
 
@@ -17,7 +18,9 @@
      */
     constructor(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc, uniforms)
     {
-        super(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc, uniforms);
+        const program = Program.from(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc);
+
+        super(program, uniforms);
 
         this.blendMode = BLEND_MODES.NORMAL;
 

diff --git a/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js b/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js
index d0896b7..b4fdfc9 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js
+++ b/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
      */
     getGLShader()
     {
-        return this.shader.glShaders[this.renderer.CONTEXT_UID];
+        return this.shader.program.glShaders[this.renderer.CONTEXT_UID];
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/Filter.js b/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/Filter.js
index c051375..2c3eaad 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/Filter.js
+++ b/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/Filter.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Shader from '../../../shader/Shader';
+import Program from '../../../shader/Program';
 import { BLEND_MODES } from '../../../const';
 import settings from '../../../settings';
 
@@ -17,7 +18,9 @@
      */
     constructor(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc, uniforms)
     {
-        super(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc, uniforms);
+        const program = Program.from(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc);
+
+        super(program, uniforms);
 
         this.blendMode = BLEND_MODES.NORMAL;
 
diff --git a/src/core/shader/Program.js b/src/core/shader/Program.js
index 44d9b78..46cd06e 100644
--- a/src/core/shader/Program.js
+++ b/src/core/shader/Program.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import extractUniformsFromSrc from './extractUniformsFromSrc';
 import generateUniformsSync from './generateUniformsSync';
 import glCore from 'pixi-gl-core';
+import { ProgramCache } from '../utils';
 
 let UID = 0;
 
@@ -228,6 +229,30 @@
 
         return Program.testingContext;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * A short hand function to create a program based of a vertex and fragment shader
+     * this method will also check to see if there is a cached program.
+     *
+     * @param {string} [vertexSrc] - The source of the vertex shader.
+     * @param {string} [fragmentSrc] - The source of the fragment shader.
+     * @param {object} [uniforms] - Custom uniforms to use to augment the built-in ones.
+     *
+     * @returns {PIXI.Shader} an shiney new pixi shader.
+     */
+    static from(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc)
+    {
+        const key = vertexSrc + fragmentSrc;
+
+        let program = ProgramCache[key];
+
+        if (!program)
+        {
+            ProgramCache[key] = program = new Program(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc);
+        }
+
+        return program;
+    }
 }
 
 export default Program;

diff --git a/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js b/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js
index d0896b7..b4fdfc9 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js
+++ b/src/core/renderers/webgl/ShaderManager.js
@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
      */
     getGLShader()
     {
-        return this.shader.glShaders[this.renderer.CONTEXT_UID];
+        return this.shader.program.glShaders[this.renderer.CONTEXT_UID];
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/Filter.js b/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/Filter.js
index c051375..2c3eaad 100644
--- a/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/Filter.js
+++ b/src/core/renderers/webgl/filters/Filter.js
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 import Shader from '../../../shader/Shader';
+import Program from '../../../shader/Program';
 import { BLEND_MODES } from '../../../const';
 import settings from '../../../settings';
 
@@ -17,7 +18,9 @@
      */
     constructor(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc, uniforms)
     {
-        super(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc, uniforms);
+        const program = Program.from(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc);
+
+        super(program, uniforms);
 
         this.blendMode = BLEND_MODES.NORMAL;
 
diff --git a/src/core/shader/Program.js b/src/core/shader/Program.js
index 44d9b78..46cd06e 100644
--- a/src/core/shader/Program.js
+++ b/src/core/shader/Program.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import extractUniformsFromSrc from './extractUniformsFromSrc';
 import generateUniformsSync from './generateUniformsSync';
 import glCore from 'pixi-gl-core';
+import { ProgramCache } from '../utils';
 
 let UID = 0;
 
@@ -228,6 +229,30 @@
 
         return Program.testingContext;
     }
+
+    /**
+     * A short hand function to create a program based of a vertex and fragment shader
+     * this method will also check to see if there is a cached program.
+     *
+     * @param {string} [vertexSrc] - The source of the vertex shader.
+     * @param {string} [fragmentSrc] - The source of the fragment shader.
+     * @param {object} [uniforms] - Custom uniforms to use to augment the built-in ones.
+     *
+     * @returns {PIXI.Shader} an shiney new pixi shader.
+     */
+    static from(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc)
+    {
+        const key = vertexSrc + fragmentSrc;
+
+        let program = ProgramCache[key];
+
+        if (!program)
+        {
+            ProgramCache[key] = program = new Program(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc);
+        }
+
+        return program;
+    }
 }
 
 export default Program;
diff --git a/src/core/shader/Shader.js b/src/core/shader/Shader.js
index 2a8cc78..3768f03 100644
--- a/src/core/shader/Shader.js
+++ b/src/core/shader/Shader.js
@@ -1,5 +1,4 @@
 import Program from './Program';
-import { ProgramCache } from '../utils';
 
 // let math = require('../../../math');
 /**
@@ -47,18 +46,10 @@
      */
     static from(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc, uniforms)
     {
-        const key = vertexSrc + fragmentSrc;
-
-        let program = ProgramCache[key];
-
-        if (!program)
-        {
-            ProgramCache[key] = program = new Program(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc);
-        }
+        const program = Program.from(vertexSrc, fragmentSrc);
 
         return new Shader(program, uniforms);
     }
-
 }
 
 export default Shader;