diff --git a/libs/openFrameworks/graphics/ofPixels.cpp b/libs/openFrameworks/graphics/ofPixels.cpp
index de5d1847b6f..134b40ef8cf 100644
--- a/libs/openFrameworks/graphics/ofPixels.cpp
+++ b/libs/openFrameworks/graphics/ofPixels.cpp
@@ -143,6 +143,8 @@ static size_t channelsFromPixelFormat(ofPixelFormat format){
 		return 1;
 		break;
 	case OF_PIXELS_GRAY_ALPHA:
+
+	// FIXME: this is not true for OF_PIXELS_RGB565. it has 3 channels and 2 bytes.
 	case OF_PIXELS_RGB565:
 		return 2;
 		break;
@@ -393,10 +395,10 @@ template<typename PixelType>
 void ofPixels_<PixelType>::setFromExternalPixels(PixelType * newPixels, size_t w, size_t h, ofPixelFormat _pixelFormat){
 	clear();
 	pixelFormat = _pixelFormat;
-	width= w;
+	width = w;
 	height = h;
 
-	pixelsSize = bytesFromPixelFormat(w,h,_pixelFormat);
+	pixelsSize = w * h * getNumChannels();
 
 	pixels = newPixels;
 	pixelsOwner = false;
@@ -513,8 +515,8 @@ void ofPixels_<PixelType>::allocate(size_t w, size_t h, ofPixelFormat format){
 		return;
 	}
 
-	size_t newSize = bytesFromPixelFormat(w,h,format);
-	size_t oldSize = getTotalBytes();
+	size_t newSize = w * h * pixelBitsFromPixelFormat(format);
+	size_t oldSize = width * height * pixelBitsFromPixelFormat(pixelFormat);
 	//we check if we are already allocated at the right size
 	if(bAllocated && newSize==oldSize){
 		pixelFormat = format;
@@ -530,9 +532,12 @@ void ofPixels_<PixelType>::allocate(size_t w, size_t h, ofPixelFormat format){
 	width 		= w;
 	height 		= h;
 
-	pixelsSize = newSize;
+	pixelsSize = w * h * getNumChannels();
 
+	// we have some incongruence here, if we use PixelType
+	// we are not able to use RGB565 format
 	pixels = new PixelType[pixelsSize];
+//	pixels = new uint8_t[newSize];
 	bAllocated = true;
 	pixelsOwner = true;
 }
@@ -583,11 +588,11 @@ void ofPixels_<PixelType>::clear(){
 		pixels = nullptr;
 	}
 
-	width			= 0;
-	height			= 0;
-	pixelFormat		= OF_PIXELS_UNKNOWN;
-	pixelsSize		= 0;
-	bAllocated		= false;
+	width = 0;
+	height = 0;
+	pixelFormat = OF_PIXELS_UNKNOWN;
+	pixelsSize = 0;
+	bAllocated = false;
 }
 
 template<typename PixelType>
diff --git a/libs/openFrameworks/graphics/ofPixels.h b/libs/openFrameworks/graphics/ofPixels.h
index 0d28f8f0ef6..06f15f69193 100644
--- a/libs/openFrameworks/graphics/ofPixels.h
+++ b/libs/openFrameworks/graphics/ofPixels.h
@@ -679,8 +679,8 @@ class ofPixels_ {
 	void copyFrom( const ofPixels_<SrcType>& mom );
 
 	PixelType * pixels = nullptr;
-	size_t 	width = 0;
-	size_t 	height = 0;
+	size_t width = 0;
+	size_t height = 0;
 
 	//int 	channels; // 1, 3, 4 channels per pixel (grayscale, rgb, rgba)
 	size_t 	pixelsSize = 0;
diff --git a/scripts/apothecary b/scripts/apothecary
index 2d2f7ad685a..2ba90dc7e8e 160000
--- a/scripts/apothecary
+++ b/scripts/apothecary
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 2d2f7ad685abb329363a82955779f26c4cd1d39b
+Subproject commit 2ba90dc7e8e3fea3c7577890117d858455a3c422