diff --git a/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.cpp b/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.cpp
index 95e396ae..359757ef 100644
--- a/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.cpp
+++ b/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.cpp
@@ -33,7 +33,9 @@ void ParallelRDP::LoadWSIPlatform(Vulkan::InstanceFactory* instanceFactory, std:
   windowInfo = std::move(newWindowInfo);
 }
 
-void ParallelRDP::Init(const u8* rdram) {
+void ParallelRDP::Init(Vulkan::InstanceFactory* factory, std::unique_ptr<Vulkan::WSIPlatform>&& wsiPlatform, std::unique_ptr<WindowInfo>&& newWindowInfo, const u8* rdram) {
+  LoadWSIPlatform(factory, std::move(wsiPlatform), std::move(newWindowInfo));
+
   ResourceLayout vertLayout;
   ResourceLayout fragLayout;
 
@@ -78,10 +80,6 @@ void ParallelRDP::Init(const u8* rdram) {
   }
 }
 
-ParallelRDP::ParallelRDP(Vulkan::InstanceFactory* factory, std::unique_ptr<Vulkan::WSIPlatform>&& wsi_platform, std::unique_ptr<WindowInfo>&& newWindowInfo) {
-  LoadWSIPlatform(factory, std::move(wsi_platform), std::move(newWindowInfo));
-}
-
 void ParallelRDP::DrawFullscreenTexturedQuad(Util::IntrusivePtr<Image> image, Util::IntrusivePtr<CommandBuffer> cmd) {
   cmd->set_texture(0, 0, image->get_view(), Vulkan::StockSampler::LinearClamp);
   cmd->set_program(fullscreen_quad_program);
diff --git a/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.hpp b/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.hpp
index b617a27c..8b87b9bf 100644
--- a/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.hpp
+++ b/external/parallel-rdp/ParallelRDPWrapper.hpp
@@ -15,8 +15,8 @@ public:
     virtual ~WindowInfo() = default;
   };
 
-  void Init(const u8*);
-  ParallelRDP(Vulkan::InstanceFactory*, std::unique_ptr<Vulkan::WSIPlatform>&&, std::unique_ptr<WindowInfo>&&);
+  void Init(Vulkan::InstanceFactory*, std::unique_ptr<Vulkan::WSIPlatform>&&, std::unique_ptr<WindowInfo>&&, const u8*);
+  ParallelRDP() = default;
   ~ParallelRDP() {
     delete wsi;
     delete command_processor;
diff --git a/src/frontend/EmuThread.cpp b/src/frontend/EmuThread.cpp
index 875ee2cb..e40331e3 100644
--- a/src/frontend/EmuThread.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/EmuThread.cpp
@@ -4,9 +4,11 @@
 #include "Audio.hpp"
 
 EmuThread::EmuThread(std::unique_ptr<QtInstanceFactory>&& instance_, std::unique_ptr<Vulkan::WSIPlatform>&& wsiPlatform_, std::unique_ptr<ParallelRDP::WindowInfo>&& windowInfo_, QObject* parent_object) noexcept
-  : QThread(parent_object), instance(std::move(instance_)), wsiPlatform(std::move(wsiPlatform_)), windowInfo(std::move(windowInfo_)), parallel(instance.get(), std::move(wsiPlatform), std::move(windowInfo)) {}
+  : QThread(parent_object), instance(std::move(instance_)), wsiPlatform(std::move(wsiPlatform_)), windowInfo(std::move(windowInfo_)) {}
 
 [[noreturn]] void EmuThread::run() noexcept {
+  parallel.Init(instance.get(), std::move(wsiPlatform), std::move(windowInfo), core->cpu->GetMem().GetRDRAMPtr());
+
   while (true) {
     if (!core->pause) {
       core->Run(settings->getVolumeL(), settings->getVolumeR());
diff --git a/src/frontend/KaizenQt.cpp b/src/frontend/KaizenQt.cpp
index c73e219c..d1b72b63 100644
--- a/src/frontend/KaizenQt.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/KaizenQt.cpp
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@ KaizenQt::KaizenQt() noexcept : QWidget(nullptr) {
     std::move(mainWindow->view.vulkanWidget->windowInfo),
     mainWindow);
   emuThread->core = new n64::Core(emuThread->parallel);
-  emuThread->parallel.Init(emuThread->core->cpu->GetMem().GetRDRAMPtr());
 
   ConnectMainWindowSignalsToSlots();