diff --git a/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeNode.cc b/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeNode.cc
index 69a70190adbd976bd75b8b4e7426777304bf697f..cbf11b1e67bec6ba71b50ce5342db15f7d1401bc 100644
--- a/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeNode.cc
+++ b/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeNode.cc
@@ -242,9 +242,12 @@ getRenderObjects(ACG::IRenderer* _renderer, ACG::GLState&  _state , const ACG::S
     QString filename = dome_.textureFileName();
 
     // Fallback image
-    if ( !info.exists() )
+    if ( !info.exists() ) {
+      std::cerr << "Did not find image!" << filename.toStdString() << std::endl;
       filename = OpenFlipper::Options::iconDirStr() + QDir::separator() + "EmptySkyDome.png";
 
+    }
+
     // Test: Load texture image
     QImage texture(filename);
 
diff --git a/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeObject.cc b/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeObject.cc
index ad63f085b5b32cac01340dc4bcddc95987a563e2..7f9e169689593f03db202e1b6a700255a68349c5 100644
--- a/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeObject.cc
+++ b/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeObject.cc
@@ -162,7 +162,11 @@ void SkyDomeObject::setName( QString _name ) {
 // ===============================================================================
 
 void SkyDomeObject::update(UpdateType _type) {
-  skyDomeNode_->update();
+
+  // Only the texture update is relevant. The other updates
+  // Are uniforms which are required on each draw anyway
+  if (_type.contains(UPDATE_TEXTURE) )
+    skyDomeNode_->update();
 }
 
 // ===============================================================================
@@ -191,7 +195,10 @@ QString SkyDomeObject::getObjectinfo() {
   if ( dataType( DATA_SKYDOME ) )
     output += "Object Contains SkyDome : ";
 
-  output += " Horizontal FOV: ( " + QString::number(skyDome_.horizontalFOV()) + ")";
+  output += " Horizontal FOV: " + QString::number(skyDome_.horizontalFOV());
+  output += " Vertical   FOV: " + QString::number(skyDome_.verticalFOV());
+  output += " Top Cutoff    : " + QString::number(skyDome_.topOffset());
+  output += " Image File    : " + skyDome_.textureFileName();
 
   output += "========================================================================\n";
   return output;
diff --git a/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeType.cc b/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeType.cc
index 2aa6becc1dfe97416657b3792b90927cbd311cb0..3cdce1fed7a3d06f0b6108f40a7d1c93818c7654 100644
--- a/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeType.cc
+++ b/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeType.cc
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@
 //=============================================================================
 
 /**
- * \file SkyDomeType.c
+ * \file SkyDomeType.cc
  * This File contains the implementation for SkyDome
  */
 
@@ -57,6 +57,8 @@
 
 #include "SkyDomeType.hh"
 
+#include <iostream>
+
 //== SkyDome Implementation ===============================================
 
 
@@ -74,11 +76,11 @@ QString SkyDome::textureFileName() {
   return textureFileName_;
 }
 
-void SkyDome::setTextureFileName(QString _textureFileName) {
+void SkyDome::setTextureFileName(const QString& _textureFileName) {
   textureFileName_ = _textureFileName;
 }
 
-void SkyDome::setHorizontalFOV( float _value) {
+void SkyDome::setHorizontalFOV( const float& _value) {
   horizontalFOV_ = _value;
 }
 
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ float SkyDome::horizontalFOV() {
   return horizontalFOV_;
 }
 
-void SkyDome::setVerticalFOV( float _value) {
+void SkyDome::setVerticalFOV( const float& _value) {
   verticalFOV_ = _value;
 }
 
@@ -94,7 +96,7 @@ float SkyDome::verticalFOV() {
   return verticalFOV_;
 }
 
-void SkyDome::setTopOffset( float _value) {
+void SkyDome::setTopOffset( const float& _value) {
   topOffset_ = _value;
 }
 
diff --git a/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeType.hh b/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeType.hh
index 5c5bdd54fd80dba2d726bb9e51690c886a96ed31..0ee6791465a762527fada8d6dd6d6c6bf6886124 100644
--- a/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeType.hh
+++ b/ObjectTypes/SkyDome/SkyDomeType.hh
@@ -70,19 +70,20 @@ public:
   SkyDome();
 
   /// Defines the texture that will be used
-  QString textureFileName();
+  void setTextureFileName(const QString& _textureFileName);
 
-  void setTextureFileName(QString _textureFileName);
+  /// Returns the texture that will be used
+  QString textureFileName();
 
-  void setHorizontalFOV( float _value);
+  void setHorizontalFOV( const float& _value);
 
   float horizontalFOV();
 
-  void setVerticalFOV( float _value);
+  void setVerticalFOV( const float& _value);
 
   float verticalFOV();
 
-  void setTopOffset( float _value);
+  void setTopOffset( const float& _value);
 
   float topOffset();
 
@@ -99,7 +100,6 @@ private:
 
   QString textureFileName_;
 
-
 };