diff --git a/MetaballsKit/Metaballs.swift b/MetaballsKit/Metaballs.swift
index d9ae4a1..247844a 100644
--- a/MetaballsKit/Metaballs.swift
+++ b/MetaballsKit/Metaballs.swift
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ public class Field {
         didSet {
             // Remove balls that fall outside the new bounds.
             balls = balls.filter { bounds.contains($0.bounds) }
+            updateThreadgroupSizes(withFieldSize: size)
         }
     }
 
@@ -82,9 +83,24 @@ public class Field {
 
     // MARK: - Metal Configuration
 
+    private var device: MTLDevice?
+    private var sampleComputeState: MTLComputePipelineState?
+    private var parametersBuffer: MTLBuffer?
     private var ballBuffer: MTLBuffer?
     private(set) var sampleTexture: MTLTexture?
 
+    private var threadgroupCount = MTLSize()
+    // TODO: It might be possible to (more dynamically) right-size this.
+    private var threadgroupSize = MTLSize(width: 16, height: 16, depth: 1)
+
+    /// Create the Metal buffer containing basic parameters of the simulation.
+    private func makeParametersBufferIfNeeded(withDevice device: MTLDevice) -> MTLBuffer? {
+        if parametersBuffer == nil {
+            parametersBuffer = device.makeBuffer(length: MemoryLayout<Int>.size * 3, options: [])
+        }
+        return parametersBuffer
+    }
+
     /// Create a Metal buffer containing the current set of metaballs.
     /// @param device The Metal device to use to create the buffer.
     /// @return A new buffer containing metaball data.
@@ -116,30 +132,84 @@ public class Field {
         return sampleTexture
     }
 
-    public func computePipelineStateForSamplingKernel(withDevice device: MTLDevice) throws -> MTLComputePipelineState? {
-        let library = device.newDefaultLibrary()
-        if let samplingKernel = library?.makeFunction(name: "samplingKernel") {
-            let computePipelineState = try device.makeComputePipelineState(function: samplingKernel)
-            return computePipelineState
+    /// Update the threadgroup divisions based on the size of the field.
+    /// @param size The size of the field.
+    private func updateThreadgroupSizes(withFieldSize size: CGSize) {
+        let width = Int(size.width)
+        let height = Int(size.height)
+        threadgroupCount = MTLSize(width: width + threadgroupSize.width - 1, height: height + threadgroupSize.height - 1, depth: 1)
+    }
+
+    /// Copy metaballs data into the parameters buffer.
+    private func updateParametersBuffer() {
+        guard let parameters = parametersBuffer else {
+            return
         }
-        else {
-            return nil
+
+        var ptr = parameters.contents()
+        let sizeOfInt = MemoryLayout<Int>.size
+        
+        var width = Int(size.width)
+        ptr.copyBytes(from: &width, count: sizeOfInt)
+        ptr = ptr.advanced(by: sizeOfInt)
+
+        var height = Int(size.height)
+        ptr.copyBytes(from: &height, count: sizeOfInt)
+        ptr = ptr.advanced(by: sizeOfInt)
+
+        var numberOfBalls = balls.count
+        ptr.copyBytes(from: &numberOfBalls, count: sizeOfInt)
+    }
+
+    public func setupMetal(withDevice device: MTLDevice) throws {
+        guard self.device == nil else {
+            return
+        }
+        self.device = device
+        do {
+            sampleComputeState = try computePipelineStateForSamplingKernel(withDevice: device)
+        }
+        catch let e {
+            throw e
         }
     }
 
-    public func computeEncoderForSamplingKernel(withDevice device: MTLDevice, commandBuffer buffer: MTLCommandBuffer, state: MTLComputePipelineState) throws -> MTLComputeCommandEncoder {
-        guard let ballBuffer = makeBallBufferIfNeeded(withDevice: device),
-              let sampleTexture = makeSampleTextureIfNeeded(withDevice: device) else {
+    public func computePipelineStateForSamplingKernel(withDevice device: MTLDevice) throws -> MTLComputePipelineState? {
+        do {
+            guard let samplingKernelLibraryPath = Bundle.main.path(forResource: "SamplingKernel", ofType: "metal") else {
+                return nil
+            }
+            let library = try device.makeLibrary(filepath: samplingKernelLibraryPath)
+            guard let samplingKernel = library.makeFunction(name: "samplingKernel") else {
+                return nil
+            }
+            let state = try device.makeComputePipelineState(function: samplingKernel)
+            return state
+        }
+        catch let e {
+            throw e
+        }
+    }
+
+    public func computeEncoderForSamplingKernel(withDevice device: MTLDevice, commandBuffer buffer: MTLCommandBuffer) throws -> MTLComputeCommandEncoder {
+        guard let parametersBuffer = makeParametersBufferIfNeeded(withDevice: device),
+              let ballBuffer = makeBallBufferIfNeeded(withDevice: device),
+              let sampleTexture = makeSampleTextureIfNeeded(withDevice: device),
+              let state = sampleComputeState
+        else {
             throw MetaballsError.metalError
         }
+
         let encoder = buffer.makeComputeCommandEncoder()
         encoder.setComputePipelineState(state)
-        encoder.setBuffer(ballBuffer, offset: 0, at: 0)
+        encoder.setBuffer(parametersBuffer, offset: 0, at: 0)
+        encoder.setBuffer(ballBuffer, offset: 0, at: 1)
         encoder.setTexture(sampleTexture, at: 0)
-        // TODO: Decide on actual values for these
-        let threadgroupsPerGrid = MTLSize()
-        let threadsPerThreadgroup = MTLSize()
-        encoder.dispatchThreadgroups(threadgroupsPerGrid, threadsPerThreadgroup: threadsPerThreadgroup)
+        encoder.dispatchThreadgroups(threadgroupCount, threadsPerThreadgroup: threadgroupSize)
+        encoder.endEncoding()
+
+        updateParametersBuffer()
+
         return encoder
     }
 }
diff --git a/MetaballsKit/SamplingKernel.metal b/MetaballsKit/SamplingKernel.metal
index a8b09ca..753d542 100644
--- a/MetaballsKit/SamplingKernel.metal
+++ b/MetaballsKit/SamplingKernel.metal
@@ -9,6 +9,12 @@
 #include <metal_stdlib>
 using namespace metal;
 
+typedef struct {
+    int2 size;
+    int numberOfBalls;
+} Parameters;
+
+// TODO: This is a dupe of the Ball struct. Is there a way to DRY this?
 typedef struct {
     float radius;
     float2 position;
@@ -16,14 +22,15 @@ typedef struct {
 } Ball;
 
 kernel void
-sampleFieldKernel(constant Ball* balls                      [[buffer(0)]],
-                  texture2d<half, access::write> samples    [[texture(1)]],
+sampleFieldKernel(constant Parameters& parameters           [[buffer(0)]],
+                  constant Ball* balls                      [[buffer(1)]],
+                  texture2d<half, access::write> samples    [[texture(0)]],
                   uint2 gid                                 [[thread_position_in_grid]])
 {
     float sample = 0.0;
     // TODO: Get number of metaballs.
     for (int i = 0; i < 2; i++) {
-        constant Ball& ball = metaballs[i];
+        constant Ball& ball = balls[i];
         float r2 = ball.radius * ball.radius;
         float xDiff = gid[0] - ball.position[0];
         float yDiff = gid[1] - ball.position[1];