diff --git a/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.cpp b/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.cpp
index aff415af..ff792b76 100644
--- a/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.cpp
+++ b/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.cpp
@@ -81,9 +81,9 @@ void ParallelRDP::LoadWSIPlatform(const std::shared_ptr<InstanceFactory> &instan
   windowInfo = newWindowInfo;
 }
 
-void ParallelRDP::Init(const std::shared_ptr<InstanceFactory> &factory, const std::shared_ptr<WSIPlatform> &wsiPlatform,
+void ParallelRDP::Init(const std::shared_ptr<WSIPlatform> &wsiPlatform,
                        const std::shared_ptr<WindowInfo> &newWindowInfo, const u8 *rdram) {
-  LoadWSIPlatform(factory, wsiPlatform, newWindowInfo);
+  LoadWSIPlatform(nullptr, wsiPlatform, newWindowInfo);
 
   ResourceLayout vertLayout;
   ResourceLayout fragLayout;
diff --git a/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.hpp b/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.hpp
index 579b5177..b69af360 100644
--- a/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.hpp
+++ b/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.hpp
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ public:
     virtual ~WindowInfo() = default;
   };
 
-  void Init(const std::shared_ptr<Vulkan::InstanceFactory> &, const std::shared_ptr<Vulkan::WSIPlatform> &,
+  void Init(const std::shared_ptr<Vulkan::WSIPlatform> &,
             const std::shared_ptr<WindowInfo> &, const u8 *);
   ParallelRDP() = default;
 
diff --git a/src/frontend/EmuThread.cpp b/src/frontend/EmuThread.cpp
index fdb7eb0f..54ac8675 100644
--- a/src/frontend/EmuThread.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/EmuThread.cpp
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ EmuThread::EmuThread(const std::shared_ptr<n64::Core> &core, double &fps, Render
 void EmuThread::start() noexcept {
   thread = std::thread([this]() {
     isRunning = true;
-    core->parallel.Init(renderWidget.imGuiVkInstanceFactory, renderWidget.wsiPlatform, renderWidget.windowInfo,
+    core->parallel.Init(renderWidget.wsiPlatform, renderWidget.windowInfo,
                         core->cpu->GetMem().GetRDRAMPtr());
   
     auto lastSample = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
diff --git a/src/frontend/KaizenGui.cpp b/src/frontend/KaizenGui.cpp
index 10751cba..90b6ce94 100644
--- a/src/frontend/KaizenGui.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/KaizenGui.cpp
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 #include <backend/Core.hpp>
 #include <ImGuiImpl/StatusBar.hpp>
 
-KaizenGui::KaizenGui() noexcept : core(std::make_shared<n64::Core>()), vulkanWidget(core), emuThread(core, fpsCounter, vulkanWidget, settingsWindow) {
+KaizenGui::KaizenGui() noexcept : window(SDL_CreateWindow("Kaizen", 1280, 720, SDL_WINDOW_HIGH_PIXEL_DENSITY | SDL_WINDOW_RESIZABLE | SDL_WINDOW_VULKAN)), core(std::make_shared<n64::Core>()), vulkanWidget(core, window), emuThread(core, fpsCounter, vulkanWidget, settingsWindow) {  
   emuExitFunc = [&]() {
     quit = true;
     if (emuThread.isRunning) {
diff --git a/src/frontend/KaizenGui.hpp b/src/frontend/KaizenGui.hpp
index 2c2726af..8e4691d2 100644
--- a/src/frontend/KaizenGui.hpp
+++ b/src/frontend/KaizenGui.hpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include <Discord.hpp>
 
 class KaizenGui final {
+  std::shared_ptr<SDL_Window> window;
 public:
   explicit KaizenGui() noexcept;
   double fpsCounter;
diff --git a/src/frontend/RenderWidget.cpp b/src/frontend/RenderWidget.cpp
index 11151d06..24de5f31 100644
--- a/src/frontend/RenderWidget.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/RenderWidget.cpp
@@ -3,17 +3,10 @@
 #include <RenderWidget.hpp>
 #include <SDL3/SDL_events.h>
 
-RenderWidget::RenderWidget(const std::shared_ptr<n64::Core> &core) {
+RenderWidget::RenderWidget(const std::shared_ptr<n64::Core> &core, const std::shared_ptr<SDL_Window>& window) {
   if (!Vulkan::Context::init_loader(nullptr)) {
     Util::panic("Could not initialize Vulkan ICD");
   }
-
-  imGuiVkInstanceFactory = std::make_shared<ImGuiInstanceFactory>();
-  //windowHandle()->setVulkanInstance(&imGuiVkInstanceFactory->create_instance());
-  //windowHandle()->create();
-
-  //wsiPlatform = std::make_shared<ImGuiWSIPlatform>(core, windowHandle());
- // windowInfo = std::make_shared<ImGuiParallelRdpWindowInfo>(windowHandle());
 }
 
 void ImGuiWSIPlatform::poll_input() {
diff --git a/src/frontend/RenderWidget.hpp b/src/frontend/RenderWidget.hpp
index e5b45a62..663c424d 100644
--- a/src/frontend/RenderWidget.hpp
+++ b/src/frontend/RenderWidget.hpp
@@ -7,16 +7,9 @@ namespace n64 {
 struct Core;
 }
 
-struct ImGuiInstanceFactory final : Vulkan::InstanceFactory {
-  VkInstance create_instance(const VkInstanceCreateInfo *info) override {
-  }
-
-  VkInstance instance;
-};
-
 class ImGuiParallelRdpWindowInfo final : public ParallelRDP::WindowInfo {
 public:
-  explicit ImGuiParallelRdpWindowInfo(SDL_Window *window) : window(window) {}
+  explicit ImGuiParallelRdpWindowInfo(const std::shared_ptr<SDL_Window> window) : window(window) {}
   CoordinatePair get_window_size() override {
     int w,h;
     SDL_GetWindowSizeInPixels(window.get(), &w, &h);
@@ -29,7 +22,7 @@ private:
 
 class ImGuiWSIPlatform final : public Vulkan::WSIPlatform {
 public:
-  explicit ImGuiWSIPlatform(const std::shared_ptr<n64::Core> &core, SDL_Window *window) : window(window), core(core) {}
+  explicit ImGuiWSIPlatform(const std::shared_ptr<n64::Core> &core, const std::shared_ptr<SDL_Window> &window) : window(window), core(core) {}
 
   std::vector<const char *> get_instance_extensions() override {
     auto vec = std::vector<const char *>();
@@ -80,10 +73,8 @@ private:
 
 class RenderWidget final {
 public:
-  [[nodiscard]] VkInstance instance() const { return imGuiVkInstanceFactory->instance; }
-  explicit RenderWidget(const std::shared_ptr<n64::Core> &);
+  explicit RenderWidget(const std::shared_ptr<n64::Core> &, const std::shared_ptr<SDL_Window>&);
 
   std::shared_ptr<ParallelRDP::WindowInfo> windowInfo;
   std::shared_ptr<ImGuiWSIPlatform> wsiPlatform;
-  std::shared_ptr<ImGuiInstanceFactory> imGuiVkInstanceFactory;
 };