diff --git a/include/memory.hpp b/include/memory.hpp
index 0e75f36c..33b18ca5 100644
--- a/include/memory.hpp
+++ b/include/memory.hpp
@@ -95,6 +95,7 @@ namespace KernelMemoryTypes {
 class Memory {
 	u8* fcram;
 	u8* dspRam;
+	u8* vram;  // Provided to the memory class by the GPU class
 
 	u64& cpuTicks; // Reference to the CPU tick counter
 	using SharedMemoryBlock = KernelMemoryTypes::SharedMemoryBlock;
@@ -237,6 +238,7 @@ public:
 	u8* getDSPMem() { return dspRam; }
 	u8* getDSPDataMem() { return &dspRam[DSP_DATA_MEMORY_OFFSET]; }
 	u8* getDSPCodeMem() { return &dspRam[DSP_CODE_MEMORY_OFFSET]; }
-
 	u32 getUsedUserMem() { return usedUserMemory; }
+
+	void setVRAM(u8* pointer) { vram = pointer; }
 };
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diff --git a/src/core/PICA/gpu.cpp b/src/core/PICA/gpu.cpp
index 9d4c06bc..599f79fd 100644
--- a/src/core/PICA/gpu.cpp
+++ b/src/core/PICA/gpu.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ using namespace Floats;
 
 GPU::GPU(Memory& mem) : mem(mem), renderer(*this, regs) {
 	vram = new u8[vramSize];
+	mem.setVRAM(vram); // Give the bus a pointer to our VRAM
 }
 
 void GPU::reset() {
@@ -256,7 +257,6 @@ void GPU::fireDMA(u32 dest, u32 source, u32 size) {
 		std::memcpy(&vram[dest - vramStart], &fcram[source - fcramStart], size);
 	} else {
 		printf("Non-trivially optimizable GPU DMA. Falling back to byte-by-byte transfer");
-		std::memcpy(&vram[dest - vramStart], mem.getReadPointer(source), size);
 
 		for (u32 i = 0; i < size; i++) {
 			mem.write8(dest + i, mem.read8(source + i));
diff --git a/src/core/memory.cpp b/src/core/memory.cpp
index 6d64f3f8..37c13c7d 100644
--- a/src/core/memory.cpp
+++ b/src/core/memory.cpp
@@ -143,7 +143,15 @@ void Memory::write8(u32 vaddr, u8 value) {
 		*(u8*)(pointer + offset) = value;
 	}
 	else {
-		Helpers::panic("Unimplemented 8-bit write, addr: %08X, val: %02X", vaddr, value);
+		// VRAM write
+		if (vaddr >= VirtualAddrs::VramStart && vaddr < VirtualAddrs::VramStart + VirtualAddrs::VramSize) {
+			// TODO: Invalidate renderer caches here
+			vram[vaddr - VirtualAddrs::VramStart] = value;
+		} 
+
+		else {
+			Helpers::panic("Unimplemented 8-bit write, addr: %08X, val: %02X", vaddr, value);
+		}
 	}
 }