diff --git a/SMCode/SM.Base/PostEffects/BloomEffect.cs b/SMCode/SM.Base/PostEffects/BloomEffect.cs
index 1b1aa16..1b0cf84 100644
--- a/SMCode/SM.Base/PostEffects/BloomEffect.cs
+++ b/SMCode/SM.Base/PostEffects/BloomEffect.cs
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ namespace SM.Base.PostEffects
 {
     public class BloomEffect : PostProcessEffect
     {
-        private static BezierCurve _defaultCurve = new BezierCurve(Vector2.UnitY, new Vector2(0.32f, 1), new Vector2(0.432f, 0), new Vector2(1,0));
+        private static BezierCurve _defaultCurve = new BezierCurve(Vector2.UnitY, Vector2.Zero, new Vector2(0.2f, 0f), new Vector2(1,0));
 
         private const float _defaultTextureScale = .75f;
 
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ namespace SM.Base.PostEffects
         private BezierCurve _weightCurve ;
         private float[] _weights;
 
-        public int Iterations = 1;
+        public int Iterations = 8;
         public float Threshold = .8f;
         public float Power = 1;
 
diff --git a/SM_TEST/Program.cs b/SM_TEST/Program.cs
index e006a4b..90f3139 100644
--- a/SM_TEST/Program.cs
+++ b/SM_TEST/Program.cs
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ namespace SM_TEST
             DrawObject2D box = new DrawObject2D();
             scene.Objects.Add(box);
 
-            DrawText text = new DrawText(font, "Text");
+            DrawText text = new DrawText(font, "Test Text");
             text.Transform.Position.Set(50, 0);
             text.Transform.Size.Set(2);
             scene.Objects.Add(text);
diff --git a/SM_TEST/TestRenderPipeline.cs b/SM_TEST/TestRenderPipeline.cs
index 01b96d3..502cb88 100644
--- a/SM_TEST/TestRenderPipeline.cs
+++ b/SM_TEST/TestRenderPipeline.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,10 @@ namespace SM_TEST
 
         public override void Initialization()
         {
-            _bloom = new BloomEffect(hdr: true);
+            _bloom = new BloomEffect(hdr: true)
+            {
+                Threshold = .8f,
+            };
 
             MainFramebuffer = CreateWindowFramebuffer();