diff --git a/solaris/tile/raster_tile.py b/solaris/tile/raster_tile.py
index 56363603..73f643db 100644
--- a/solaris/tile/raster_tile.py
+++ b/solaris/tile/raster_tile.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import os
 import rasterio
-from rasterio.warp import transform_bounds, Resampling
+from rasterio.warp import Resampling, calculate_default_transform
 from rasterio.io import DatasetReader
 from rasterio.vrt import WarpedVRT
 from rasterio.crs import CRS
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class RasterTiler(object):
         Path to save output files to. If not specified here, this
         must be provided when ``Tiler.tile_generator()`` is called.
     src_tile_size : `tuple` of `int`s, optional
-        The size of the output tiles in ``(y, x)`` coordinates. By default,
+        The size of the input tiles in ``(y, x)`` coordinates. By default,
         this is in pixel units; this can be changed to metric units using the
         `src_metric_size` argument.
     src_metric_size : bool, optional
@@ -55,9 +55,9 @@ class RasterTiler(object):
         initialization or when an image is loaded, the image bounds will be
         used; if provided, this value will override image metadata.
     tile_bounds : `list`-like
-        A `list`-like of ``[left, bottom, right, top]`` coordinates defining
-        the boundaries of the tiles to create. If not provided, they will be
-        generated from the `aoi_bounds` based on `src_tile_size`.
+        A `list`-like of ``[left, bottom, right, top]`` lists of coordinates
+        defining the boundaries of the tiles to create. If not provided, they
+        will be generated from the `aoi_bounds` based on `src_tile_size`.
     verbose : bool, optional
         Verbose text output. By default, verbose text is not printed.
 
@@ -275,28 +275,48 @@ def tile_generator(self, src, dest_dir=None, channel_idxs=None,
         for tb in self.tile_bounds:
             # removing the following line until COG functionality implemented
             if True:  # not self.is_cog or self.force_load_cog:
-                vrt = self.load_src_vrt()
-                window = vrt.window(*tb)
+                window = rasterio.windows.from_bounds(
+                    *tb, transform=self.src.transform,
+                    width=self.src_tile_size[1],
+                    height=self.src_tile_size[0])
+
                 if self.src.count != 1:
-                    tile_data = vrt.read(window=window,
-                                         resampling=getattr(Resampling,
-                                                            self.resampling),
-                                         indexes=channel_idxs)
+                    src_data = self.src.read(
+                        window=window,
+                        resampling=getattr(Resampling,
+                                           self.resampling),
+                        indexes=channel_idxs, boundless=True)
                 else:
-                    tile_data = vrt.read(window=window,
-                                         resampling=getattr(Resampling,
-                                                            self.resampling))
-                # get the affine xform between src and dest for the tile
-                aff_xform = transform.from_bounds(*tb,
-                                                  self.dest_tile_size[1],
-                                                  self.dest_tile_size[0])
+                    src_data = self.src.read(
+                        window=window,
+                        resampling=getattr(Resampling,
+                                           self.resampling),
+                        boundless=True)
+
+                dst_transform, width, height = calculate_default_transform(
+                    self.src.crs, CRS.from_epsg(self.dest_crs),
+                    self.src.width, self.src.height, *tb,
+                    dst_height=self.dest_tile_size[0],
+                    dst_width=self.dest_tile_size[1])
+
+                tile_data = np.zeros(shape=(src_data.shape[0], height, width),
+                                     dtype=src_data.dtype)
+                rasterio.warp.reproject(
+                    source=src_data,
+                    destination=tile_data,
+                    src_transform=self.src.window_transform(window),
+                    src_crs=self.src.crs,
+                    dst_transform=dst_transform,
+                    dst_crs=CRS.from_epsg(self.dest_crs),
+                    resampling=getattr(Resampling, self.resampling))
+
                 if self.nodata:
                     mask = np.all(tile_data != nodata,
                                   axis=0).astype(np.uint8) * 255
                 elif self.alpha:
-                    mask = vrt.read(self.alpha, window=window,
-                                    resampling=getattr(Resampling,
-                                                       self.resampling))
+                    mask = self.src.read(self.alpha, window=window,
+                                         resampling=getattr(Resampling,
+                                                            self.resampling))
                 else:
                     mask = None  # placeholder
 
@@ -313,7 +333,7 @@ def tile_generator(self, src, dest_dir=None, channel_idxs=None,
             profile.update(width=self.dest_tile_size[1],
                            height=self.dest_tile_size[0],
                            crs=CRS.from_epsg(self.dest_crs),
-                           transform=aff_xform)
+                           transform=dst_transform)
             if len(tile_data.shape) == 2:  # if there's no channel band
                 profile.update(count=1)
             else: