diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 43454081e43..0a59a48d81b 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ For upgrade instructions, please check the [migration guide](MIGRATIONS.md).
 ### Fixed
 
 - Fixed a bug which caused data to not be displayed correctly if adjacent data does not exist.[#3270](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/3270)
+- Fixed a bug which caused initial rendering to sometimes miss some buckets. [#3262](https://github.com/scalableminds/webknossos/pull/3262)
 
 ### Removed
 
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/libs/UpdatableTexture.js b/app/assets/javascripts/libs/UpdatableTexture.js
index 5261bdd5b57..2c8333dba6e 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/libs/UpdatableTexture.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/libs/UpdatableTexture.js
@@ -49,24 +49,24 @@ UpdatableTexture.prototype.constructor = UpdatableTexture;
 
 UpdatableTexture.prototype.isUpdatableTexture = true;
 
-UpdatableTexture.prototype.setRenderer = function(renderer) {
+UpdatableTexture.prototype.setRenderer = function setRenderer(renderer) {
   this.renderer = renderer;
   this.gl = this.renderer.getContext();
   this.utils = THREE.WebGLUtils(this.gl, this.renderer.extensions);
 };
 
-UpdatableTexture.prototype.setSize = function(width, height) {
+UpdatableTexture.prototype.setSize = function setSize(width, height) {
   if (width === this.width && height === this.height) return;
 
-  const textureProperties = this.renderer.properties.get(this);
-  if (!textureProperties.__webglTexture) return;
+  if (!this.isInitialized()) return;
 
   this.width = width;
   this.height = height;
 
   const activeTexture = this.gl.getParameter(this.gl.TEXTURE_BINDING_2D);
+  const textureProperties = this.renderer.properties.get(this);
   this.gl.bindTexture(this.gl.TEXTURE_2D, textureProperties.__webglTexture);
-  if (!textureProperties.__webglTexture) this.width = null;
+  if (!this.isInitialized()) this.width = null;
   this.gl.texImage2D(
     this.gl.TEXTURE_2D,
     0,
@@ -81,12 +81,19 @@ UpdatableTexture.prototype.setSize = function(width, height) {
   this.gl.bindTexture(this.gl.TEXTURE_2D, activeTexture);
 };
 
-UpdatableTexture.prototype.update = function(src, x, y, width, height) {
+UpdatableTexture.prototype.isInitialized = function isInitialized() {
+  return this.renderer.properties.get(this).__webglTexture != null;
+};
+
+UpdatableTexture.prototype.update = function update(src, x, y, width, height) {
   this.setSize(width, width);
-  const textureProperties = this.renderer.properties.get(this);
-  if (!textureProperties.__webglTexture) return;
+  if (!this.isInitialized()) {
+    console.warn("Update called before texture was initialized. This update is discarded");
+    return;
+  }
 
   const activeTexture = this.gl.getParameter(this.gl.TEXTURE_BINDING_2D);
+  const textureProperties = this.renderer.properties.get(this);
   this.gl.bindTexture(this.gl.TEXTURE_2D, textureProperties.__webglTexture);
   this.gl.texSubImage2D(
     this.gl.TEXTURE_2D,
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/libs/utils.js b/app/assets/javascripts/libs/utils.js
index 5e5c6061678..f480b023abd 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/libs/utils.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/libs/utils.js
@@ -458,6 +458,17 @@ export function sortArray8(arr: Array<number>): void {
   swap(arr, 3, 4);
 }
 
+export function waitForCondition(pred: () => boolean): Promise<void> {
+  const tryToResolve = resolve => {
+    if (pred()) {
+      resolve();
+    } else {
+      window.requestAnimationFrame(() => tryToResolve(resolve));
+    }
+  };
+  return new Promise(tryToResolve);
+}
+
 export function waitForSelector(selector: string): Promise<*> {
   const tryToResolve = resolve => {
     const el = document.querySelector(selector);
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/oxalis/model/bucket_data_handling/texture_bucket_manager.js b/app/assets/javascripts/oxalis/model/bucket_data_handling/texture_bucket_manager.js
index bad2bd7ae29..a947b096b97 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/oxalis/model/bucket_data_handling/texture_bucket_manager.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/oxalis/model/bucket_data_handling/texture_bucket_manager.js
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ import UpdatableTexture from "libs/UpdatableTexture";
 import window from "libs/window";
 import { createUpdatableTexture } from "oxalis/geometries/materials/abstract_plane_material_factory";
 import { getRenderer } from "oxalis/controller/renderer";
+import { waitForCondition } from "libs/utils";
 
 // A TextureBucketManager instance is responsible for making buckets available
 // to the GPU.
@@ -74,6 +75,12 @@ export default class TextureBucketManager {
     this.freeIndexSet = new Set(_.range(this.maximumCapacity));
 
     this.dataTextures = [];
+  }
+
+  async startRAFLoops() {
+    await waitForCondition(
+      () => this.lookUpTexture.isInitialized() && this.dataTextures[0].isInitialized(),
+    );
 
     this.keepLookUpBufferUpToDate();
     this.processWriterQueue();
@@ -207,6 +214,8 @@ export default class TextureBucketManager {
       getRenderer(),
     );
     this.lookUpTexture = lookUpTexture;
+
+    this.startRAFLoops();
   }
 
   getLookUpBuffer() {
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/oxalis/model/data_layer.js b/app/assets/javascripts/oxalis/model/data_layer.js
index 0dc6d750889..06bcf371594 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/oxalis/model/data_layer.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/oxalis/model/data_layer.js
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ import {
   getLayerBoundaries,
   getBitDepth,
 } from "oxalis/model/accessors/dataset_accessor";
+import ErrorHandling from "libs/error_handling";
 
 // TODO: Non-reactive
 class DataLayer {
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ class DataLayer {
     const { dataset } = Store.getState();
     const bitDepth = getBitDepth(getLayerByName(dataset, this.name));
 
+    ErrorHandling.assert(layerInfo.resolutions.length > 0, "Resolutions for layer cannot be empty");
+
     this.cube = new DataCube(
       getLayerBoundaries(dataset, this.name).upperBoundary,
       layerInfo.resolutions.length,
diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/test/model/texture_bucket_manager.spec.js b/app/assets/javascripts/test/model/texture_bucket_manager.spec.js
index 22707f44b4d..62122b1ca0c 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/test/model/texture_bucket_manager.spec.js
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/test/model/texture_bucket_manager.spec.js
@@ -26,6 +26,10 @@ mock(
       this.width = width;
       this.height = height;
     }
+
+    isInitialized() {
+      return true;
+    }
   },
 );