diff --git a/src/Main.hs b/src/Main.hs
index 832a24d..0119f13 100644
--- a/src/Main.hs
+++ b/src/Main.hs
@@ -1,5 +1,37 @@
 module Main where
 
+import RGFW.Generated
+import Foreign.C.Types (CChar)
+import Foreign.C.String (newCString)
+import Foreign.C.ConstPtr
+import Data.Bits ((.|.))
+
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
-  putStrLn "Hello World"
+
+  -- disable wayland, can't be bothered
+  _ <- rGFW_useWayland_safe $ RGFW_bool 0
+
+  -- create window. This string does not need to be freed, the window stays open
+  windowTitle_cstr <- newCString "window"
+  let
+    windowTitle_ptr = ConstPtr windowTitle_cstr
+    windowFlags = RGFW_windowFlags $ fromIntegral $ RGFW_windowCenter .|. RGFW_windowNoResize .|. RGFW_windowOpenGL
+
+  window_ptr <- rGFW_createWindow_safe
+    windowTitle_ptr -- name
+    100 -- x
+    100 -- y
+    100 -- w
+    100 -- h
+    windowFlags -- flags
+  putDebug $ "windowFlags: " ++ (show $ unwrapU32 $ unwrapRGFW_windowFlags windowFlags)
+  putDebug $ "window_ptr: " ++ (show $ window_ptr)
+  putDebug "created window"
+  loop 0
+
+loop :: Int -> IO ()
+loop i = loop $ i + 1
+
+putDebug :: String -> IO ()
+putDebug a = putStrLn $ "[debug] " ++ a