diff --git a/src/frontend/MainWindow.cpp b/src/frontend/MainWindow.cpp
index bb4fdbc7..0959da8f 100644
--- a/src/frontend/MainWindow.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/MainWindow.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 #include <QMessageBox>
 #include <MainWindow.hpp>
 
-MainWindowController::MainWindowController() noexcept {
+MainWindowController::MainWindowController() noexcept : vulkanWidget(new RenderWidget(this)) {
   view.setupUi(this);
   ConnectSignalsToSlots();
 }
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ void MainWindowController::ConnectSignalsToSlots() noexcept {
       view.actionStop->setEnabled(true);
       emit OpenROM(file_name);
     }
-    });
+  });
 
   connect(view.actionExit, &QAction::triggered, this, [this]() {
     emit Exit();
diff --git a/src/frontend/MainWindow.hpp b/src/frontend/MainWindow.hpp
index a00f1d1b..49e3a5d0 100644
--- a/src/frontend/MainWindow.hpp
+++ b/src/frontend/MainWindow.hpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #pragma once
 #include "ui_mainwindow.h"
+#include <RenderWidget.hpp>
 #include <QMainWindow>
 #include <QApplication>
 
@@ -14,6 +15,7 @@ private:
   void ConnectSignalsToSlots() noexcept;
 
   Ui::MainWindow view;
+  RenderWidget *vulkanWidget;
   bool textPauseToggle = false;
 
 Q_SIGNALS:
diff --git a/src/frontend/RenderWidget.hpp b/src/frontend/RenderWidget.hpp
index d7841121..275cf38c 100644
--- a/src/frontend/RenderWidget.hpp
+++ b/src/frontend/RenderWidget.hpp
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ public:
   }
 
   VkSurfaceKHR create_surface(VkInstance instance, VkPhysicalDevice) override {
+    window->show();
     return QVulkanInstance::surfaceForWindow(window);
   }
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/mainwindow.ui b/src/frontend/mainwindow.ui
index 5c9cb14e..1c8fc3a4 100644
--- a/src/frontend/mainwindow.ui
+++ b/src/frontend/mainwindow.ui
@@ -30,9 +30,6 @@
     <property name="bottomMargin">
      <number>0</number>
     </property>
-	<item>
-	 <widget class="RenderWidget" name="vulkanWidget"/>
-	</item>
    </layout>
   </widget>
   <widget class="QMenuBar" name="menubar">
@@ -122,13 +119,6 @@
    </property>
   </action>
  </widget>
- <customwidgets>
-  <customwidget>
-   <class>Renderer</class>
-   <extends>QWidget</extends>
-   <header>RenderWidget.hpp</header>
-  </customwidget>
- </customwidgets>
  <resources/>
  <connections/>
 </ui>