diff --git a/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig b/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
index 076798630..8306843b5 100644
--- a/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/OpenGL.zig
@@ -1405,13 +1405,15 @@ pub fn drawFrame(self: *OpenGL, surface: *apprt.Surface) !void {
     // If we're in single-threaded more we grab a lock since we use shared data.
     if (single_threaded_draw) self.draw_mutex.lock();
     defer if (single_threaded_draw) self.draw_mutex.unlock();
-    const gl_state = self.gl_state orelse return;
+    const gl_state: *GLState = if (self.gl_state) |*v| v else return;
 
     // Draw our terminal cells
-    try self.drawCellProgram(&gl_state);
+    try self.drawCellProgram(gl_state);
 
     // Draw our custom shaders
-    try self.drawCustomPrograms(&gl_state);
+    if (gl_state.custom) |*custom_state| {
+        try self.drawCustomPrograms(custom_state);
+    }
 
     // Swap our window buffers
     switch (apprt.runtime) {
@@ -1423,20 +1425,17 @@ pub fn drawFrame(self: *OpenGL, surface: *apprt.Surface) !void {
 
 fn drawCustomPrograms(
     self: *OpenGL,
-    gl_state: *const GLState,
+    custom_state: *custom.State,
 ) !void {
     _ = self;
 
-    // If we have no custom shaders then we do nothing.
-    const custom_state = gl_state.custom orelse return;
-
     // Bind our state that is global to all custom shaders
     const custom_bind = try custom_state.bind();
     defer custom_bind.unbind();
 
     // Sync the uniform data.
     // TODO: only do this when the data has changed
-    try custom_state.syncUniforms();
+    try custom_state.newFrame();
 
     // Go through each custom shader and draw it.
     for (custom_state.programs) |program| {
diff --git a/src/renderer/opengl/custom.zig b/src/renderer/opengl/custom.zig
index 7f1deb5b2..b316c3635 100644
--- a/src/renderer/opengl/custom.zig
+++ b/src/renderer/opengl/custom.zig
@@ -93,7 +93,18 @@ pub const State = struct {
         self.vao.destroy();
     }
 
-    pub fn syncUniforms(self: *const State) !void {
+    /// Call this prior to drawing a frame to update the time
+    /// and synchronize the uniforms. This synchronizes uniforms
+    /// so you should make changes to uniforms prior to calling
+    /// this.
+    pub fn newFrame(self: *State) !void {
+        // Update our frame time
+        const now = std.time.Instant.now() catch self.last_frame_time;
+        const since_ns: f32 = @floatFromInt(now.since(self.last_frame_time));
+        self.uniforms.time = since_ns / std.time.ns_per_s;
+        self.uniforms.time_delta = since_ns / std.time.ns_per_s;
+
+        // Sync our uniform changes
         var ubobind = try self.ubo.bind(.uniform);
         defer ubobind.unbind();
         try ubobind.setData(self.uniforms, .static_draw);