diff --git a/Gems/WhiteBox/Assets/materials/DefaultPBR.material b/Gems/WhiteBox/Assets/materials/DefaultPBR.material
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..f0990f148c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Gems/WhiteBox/Assets/materials/DefaultPBR.material
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "materialType": "Materials/Types/StandardPBR.materialtype",
+    "parentMaterial": "Materials/Presets/PBR/default_grid.material"
+}
diff --git a/Gems/WhiteBox/Code/Source/Rendering/Atom/WhiteBoxBuffer.h b/Gems/WhiteBox/Code/Source/Rendering/Atom/WhiteBoxBuffer.h
index bea6de5898..a8f709c361 100644
--- a/Gems/WhiteBox/Code/Source/Rendering/Atom/WhiteBoxBuffer.h
+++ b/Gems/WhiteBox/Code/Source/Rendering/Atom/WhiteBoxBuffer.h
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@ namespace WhiteBox
 
         // specify the data format for vertex stream data
         AZ::RHI::BufferDescriptor bufferDescriptor;
-        bufferDescriptor.m_bindFlags = AZ::RHI::BufferBindFlags::InputAssembly | AZ::RHI::BufferBindFlags::ShaderRead;
+        bufferDescriptor.m_bindFlags = AZ::RHI::BufferBindFlags::DynamicInputAssembly | AZ::RHI::BufferBindFlags::ShaderRead;
         bufferDescriptor.m_byteCount = bufferSize;
         bufferDescriptor.m_alignment = elementSize;