diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/TransferFunction/TransferFunction.cs b/Assets/Scripts/TransferFunction/TransferFunction.cs
index b3fab0ef..e3776cc2 100644
--- a/Assets/Scripts/TransferFunction/TransferFunction.cs
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/TransferFunction/TransferFunction.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public class TransferFunction : ScriptableObject
         [SerializeField]
         public List<TFAlphaControlPoint> alphaControlPoints = new List<TFAlphaControlPoint>();
 
-        private Texture2D texture = null;
+        protected Texture2D texture = null;
         private Color[] tfCols;
 
         private const int TEXTURE_WIDTH = 1024;
diff --git a/CREDITS.md b/CREDITS.md
index 20c6ae7c..bf2a17f9 100644
--- a/CREDITS.md
+++ b/CREDITS.md
@@ -20,5 +20,7 @@ Async loading
 Modified shader to handle stereo rendering.
 - [Juan Pablo Montoya](https://github.com/JuanPabloMontoya271)
 Overlay Segmentations - initial implementation
+- [Vijay Kalivarapu](https://github.com/kvijaykiran)
+Texture2D variable in TransferFunction changed to protected - to allow for custom texture creation
 
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