diff --git a/src/ptk_vk/init.c b/src/ptk_vk/init.c
index 4bb8c51..1c811ad 100644
--- a/src/ptk_vk/init.c
+++ b/src/ptk_vk/init.c
@@ -100,6 +100,8 @@ static PTK_LIST(VkBuffer) m_uniform_buffers;
 static PTK_LIST(VkDeviceMemory) m_uniform_buffers_memory;
 static PTK_LIST(voidptr) m_uniform_buffers_mapped;
 
+static VkRenderPass m_render_pass;
+
 static VkDescriptorPool m_descriptor_pool;
 static PTK_LIST(VkDescriptorSet) m_descriptor_sets;
 
@@ -385,7 +387,7 @@ bool create_graphics_pipeline(void) {
                 .pColorBlendState = &color_blending,
                 .pDynamicState = &dynamic_state,
                 .layout = m_pipeline_layout,
-                .renderPass = g_render_pass,
+                .renderPass = m_render_pass,
                 .subpass = 0,
                 .basePipelineHandle = VK_NULL_HANDLE,
                 .basePipelineIndex = -1,
@@ -782,7 +784,7 @@ bool vk_record_command_buffer(const VkCommandBuffer command_buffer, const uint32
         &(VkRenderPassBeginInfo){
             .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDER_PASS_BEGIN_INFO,
             .pNext = NULL,
-            .renderPass = g_render_pass,
+            .renderPass = m_render_pass,
             .framebuffer = g_swapchain_framebuffers.data[image_index],
             .renderArea = (VkRect2D){
                 .offset = (VkOffset2D){
@@ -920,7 +922,7 @@ bool vk_init(GLFWwindow *window, const size_t width, const size_t height, const
         return false;
     }
 
-    VkRenderPass render_pass = render_pass_opt.value;
+    m_render_pass = render_pass_opt.value;
 
     if (!create_descriptor_set_layout()) {
         PTK_ERR("failed creating descriptor set layout");
@@ -932,7 +934,7 @@ bool vk_init(GLFWwindow *window, const size_t width, const size_t height, const
         return false;
     }
 
-    if (!vk_create_framebuffers(render_pass)) {
+    if (!vk_create_framebuffers(m_render_pass)) {
         PTK_ERR("failed creating framebuffers");
         return false;
     }
@@ -986,7 +988,7 @@ void vk_cleanup(void) {
     vkDestroyPipeline(g_dev, m_pipeline, NULL);
     vkDestroyPipelineLayout(g_dev, m_pipeline_layout, NULL);
 
-    vkDestroyRenderPass(g_dev, g_render_pass, NULL);
+    vkDestroyRenderPass(g_dev, m_render_pass, NULL);
 
     for (size_t i = 0; i < g_max_frames_in_flight; ++i) {
         vkDestroyBuffer(g_dev, m_uniform_buffers.data[i], NULL);