diff --git a/Engine.cc b/Engine.cc
index 452950c..533cd25 100644
--- a/Engine.cc
+++ b/Engine.cc
@@ -925,20 +925,17 @@ void Engine::mouse_motion_event(int x, int y, int xrel, int yrel)
 void Engine::checkForFunctionFull(const std::string & lua_fn_name,
         const std::string & event_name, bool & presentFlag)
 {
-    if (!presentFlag)   /* only look for events we do not have a handler for */
+    lua_getfield(m_luaState, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX, lua_fn_name.c_str());
+    if (lua_isfunction(m_luaState, -1))
     {
-        lua_getfield(m_luaState, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX, lua_fn_name.c_str());
-        if (lua_isfunction(m_luaState, -1))
-        {
-            lua_setfield(m_luaState, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX,
-                    (AG_EVENT_PREFIX + event_name).c_str());
-            presentFlag = true;
-        }
-        else
-        {
-            lua_pop(m_luaState, 1);
-            presentFlag = false;
-        }
+        lua_setfield(m_luaState, LUA_GLOBALSINDEX,
+                (AG_EVENT_PREFIX + event_name).c_str());
+        presentFlag = true;
+    }
+    else
+    {
+        lua_pop(m_luaState, 1);
+        presentFlag = false;
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/Engine.h b/Engine.h
index c7cf793..6e6d717 100644
--- a/Engine.h
+++ b/Engine.h
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ class Engine
                 void setTextureScale(float scale)
                 {
                     m_texture_scale = scale;
+                    render();
                 }
                 void draw();
                 dReal getMass() { return m_ode_object->getMass(); }
diff --git a/ag.cc b/ag.cc
index adbeb43..a3c3959 100644
--- a/ag.cc
+++ b/ag.cc
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ namespace ag
         lua_setfield(L, -2, "setColor");
         lua_pushcfunction(L, object::setTexture);
         lua_setfield(L, -2, "setTexture");
+        lua_pushcfunction(L, object::setTextureScale);
+        lua_setfield(L, -2, "setTextureScale");
         lua_pushcfunction(L, object::setMass);
         lua_setfield(L, -2, "setMass");
         lua_pushcfunction(L, object::getMass);