diff --git a/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/particle.rs b/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/particle.rs
index cb7357aa1c..3f6b3b63ea 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/particle.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/render/pipelines/particle.rs
@@ -164,6 +164,7 @@ impl ParticlePipeline {
         device: &wgpu::Device,
         vs_module: &wgpu::ShaderModule,
         fs_module: &wgpu::ShaderModule,
+        sc_desc: &wgpu::SwapChainDescriptor,
         global_layout: &GlobalsLayouts,
         aa_mode: AaMode,
     ) -> Self {
@@ -205,8 +206,7 @@ impl ParticlePipeline {
             }),
             primitive_topology: wgpu::PrimitiveTopology::TriangleList,
             color_states: &[wgpu::ColorStateDescriptor {
-                // TODO pass this format in or make it a const
-                format: wgpu::TextureFormat::Rgba8UnormSrgb,
+                format: sc_desc.format,
                 color_blend: wgpu::BlendDescriptor {
                     src_factor: wgpu::BlendFactor::SrcAlpha,
                     dst_factor: wgpu::BlendFactor::OneMinusSrcAlpha,
diff --git a/voxygen/src/render/renderer.rs b/voxygen/src/render/renderer.rs
index b5b1b55bb4..38e0c378f1 100644
--- a/voxygen/src/render/renderer.rs
+++ b/voxygen/src/render/renderer.rs
@@ -2129,6 +2129,7 @@ fn create_pipelines(
         device,
         &create_shader("particle-vert", ShaderKind::Vertex)?,
         &create_shader("particle-frag", ShaderKind::Fragment)?,
+        sc_desc,
         &layouts.global,
         mode.aa,
     );