diff --git a/game/graphics.cc b/game/graphics.cc
index 49ecb3e..0167749 100644
--- a/game/graphics.cc
+++ b/game/graphics.cc
@@ -649,7 +649,7 @@ void Graphics::render(double time)
 
 void Graphics::updateLights() {
     std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Light>> oldClosestLights = std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Light>>(*closestLights);
-    closestLights = level->getClosestLights();
+    closestLights = level->getClosestLights(maxShadowSampleCount);
     if (closestLights->size() > 0) {
         lightingShader->use();
         lightingShader->setUniform("lightCount", (int) closestLights->size());
@@ -873,7 +873,7 @@ void Graphics::enqueueObjects(std::vector<std::vector<Object*>>* queue){
 }
 
 void Graphics::initShadowRenderQueue() {
-    closestLights = level->getClosestLights();
+    closestLights = level->getClosestLights(maxShadowSampleCount);
     int maxLights = min((int)closestLights->size(), maxShadowSampleCount);
     shadowRenderQueue = std::vector<ShadowRenderQueueSlot>(maxLights);
     glViewport(0, 0, cube_size, cube_size);
diff --git a/game/level.cc b/game/level.cc
index a109b2e..1b6d319 100644
--- a/game/level.cc
+++ b/game/level.cc
@@ -468,14 +468,14 @@ bool Level::compareLightDistances(shared_ptr<Light> a, shared_ptr<Light> b) {
     }
 }
 
-std::vector<shared_ptr<Light>>* Level::getClosestLights() {
+std::vector<shared_ptr<Light>>* Level::getClosestLights(unsigned int maximumAmount) {
     closestLights = std::vector<shared_ptr<Light>>(lights);
     std::sort(closestLights.begin(),
         closestLights.end(),
         [this](shared_ptr<Light> a, shared_ptr<Light> b) {return compareLightDistances(a, b); });
-    if (lights.size() > 15) {
+    if (lights.size() > maximumAmount) {
         closestLights = std::vector<shared_ptr<Light>>(&closestLights[0],
-                &closestLights[15]);
+                &closestLights[maximumAmount]);
     }
     // sort pointers for faster comparisons
     std::sort(closestLights.begin(), closestLights.end());
diff --git a/game/level.hh b/game/level.hh
index 42a8c12..a06e20b 100644
--- a/game/level.hh
+++ b/game/level.hh
@@ -86,7 +86,7 @@ class Level {
         void addToSpecificChunk(Object* object, int xPosition, int zPosition);
         void enqueueObjects(Graphics* graphics);
         void sortObjects(int textureCount);
-        std::vector<shared_ptr<Light>>* getClosestLights();
+        std::vector<shared_ptr<Light>>* getClosestLights(unsigned int maximumAmount);
         int checkMaxSurroundingLights();
     private:
         std::vector<Chunk*> getSurroundingChunks(glm::vec3 center, int chunkRenderDistance);