diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 8539f35..7cd4bf9 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -89,6 +89,17 @@ dependencies = [
  "libloading",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "ash-window"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "52bca67b61cb81e5553babde81b8211f713cb6db79766f80168f3e5f40ea6c82"
+dependencies = [
+ "ash",
+ "raw-window-handle",
+ "raw-window-metal",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "atomic-waker"
 version = "1.1.2"
@@ -107,6 +118,12 @@ version = "2.11.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c4512299f36f043ab09a583e57bceb5a5aab7a73db1805848e8fef3c9e8c78b3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "block"
+version = "0.1.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "0d8c1fef690941d3e7788d328517591fecc684c084084702d6ff1641e993699a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "block2"
 version = "0.5.1"
@@ -189,6 +206,7 @@ name = "client"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
+ "ash-window",
  "raw-window-handle",
  "renderer",
  "tracing",
@@ -196,6 +214,36 @@ dependencies = [
  "winit",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "cocoa"
+version = "0.25.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f6140449f97a6e97f9511815c5632d84c8aacf8ac271ad77c559218161a1373c"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "block",
+ "cocoa-foundation",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "core-graphics",
+ "foreign-types",
+ "libc",
+ "objc",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "cocoa-foundation"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8c6234cbb2e4c785b456c0644748b1ac416dd045799740356f8363dfe00c93f7"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
+ "block",
+ "core-foundation",
+ "core-graphics-types",
+ "libc",
+ "objc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "combine"
 version = "4.6.7"
@@ -543,6 +591,15 @@ version = "0.4.29"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5e5032e24019045c762d3c0f28f5b6b8bbf38563a65908389bf7978758920897"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "malloc_buf"
+version = "0.0.6"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "62bb907fe88d54d8d9ce32a3cceab4218ed2f6b7d35617cafe9adf84e43919cb"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.8.0"
@@ -619,6 +676,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "objc"
+version = "0.2.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "915b1b472bc21c53464d6c8461c9d3af805ba1ef837e1cac254428f4a77177b1"
+dependencies = [
+ "malloc_buf",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "objc-sys"
 version = "0.3.5"
@@ -953,6 +1019,18 @@ version = "0.6.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "20675572f6f24e9e76ef639bc5552774ed45f1c30e2951e1e99c59888861c539"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "raw-window-metal"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "76e8caa82e31bb98fee12fa8f051c94a6aa36b07cddb03f0d4fc558988360ff1"
+dependencies = [
+ "cocoa",
+ "core-graphics",
+ "objc",
+ "raw-window-handle",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "redox_syscall"
 version = "0.4.1"
diff --git a/crates/client/Cargo.toml b/crates/client/Cargo.toml
index 3545640..2c1d315 100644
--- a/crates/client/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/client/Cargo.toml
@@ -10,3 +10,4 @@ tracing-subscriber = "0.3.23"
 winit = "0.30.13"
 renderer = { path = "../renderer" }
 raw-window-handle = "0.6.2"
+ash-window = "0.13.0"
diff --git a/crates/client/src/main.rs b/crates/client/src/main.rs
index 0b2ec56..54e11fd 100644
--- a/crates/client/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/client/src/main.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::{Context, Result};
+use raw_window_handle::HasDisplayHandle;
 use tracing::info;
 use winit::application::ApplicationHandler;
 use winit::event::WindowEvent;
@@ -8,6 +9,7 @@ use winit::window::{Window, WindowId};
 #[derive(Default)]
 struct App {
     window: Option<Window>,
+    renderer: Option<renderer::Renderer>,
 }
 
 impl ApplicationHandler for App {
@@ -16,6 +18,18 @@ impl ApplicationHandler for App {
             .with_title("Project Catalyst");
 
         self.window = Some(event_loop.create_window(attributes).unwrap());
+
+        let display_handle = event_loop.display_handle()
+            .expect("Failed to get display handle")
+            .as_raw();
+
+        let required_extensions = ash_window::enumerate_required_extensions(display_handle)
+            .expect("Failed to enumerate required extensions");
+
+        let renderer = renderer::Renderer::new(required_extensions)
+            .expect("Failed to initialize Vulkan renderer");
+
+        self.renderer = Some(renderer);
     }
 
     fn window_event(&mut self, event_loop: &ActiveEventLoop, _id: WindowId, event: WindowEvent) {