diff --git a/src/engine/engine.cpp b/src/engine/engine.cpp
index 15ea3a8..df6841f 100644
--- a/src/engine/engine.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/engine.cpp
@@ -18,8 +18,6 @@ void Engine::start_loop() {
     if(renderer == nullptr) {
         throw MissingRendererException();
     }
-    auto render_params = RendererParams{this->config.window_title, this->config.window_width, this->config.window_height, this->config.default_font};
-    renderer->initialize(render_params);
     renderer->flush();
     auto game_params = GameInitArgs{this->config.target_fps, this->config.window_width, this->config.window_height};
     game->initialize(game_params);
@@ -86,8 +84,9 @@ void Engine::parse_config(const std::string& config_file_path) {
 
 void Engine::setup_renderer(RendererTypes rendering_engine) {
     std::unique_ptr<Renderer> rendering_engine_ptr;
+    auto render_params = RendererParams{this->config.window_title, this->config.window_width, this->config.window_height, this->config.default_font};
     switch(rendering_engine) {
-        case SDL_HARDWARE: rendering_engine_ptr = std::make_unique<SdlRenderer>(); break;
+        case SDL_HARDWARE: rendering_engine_ptr = std::make_unique<SdlRenderer>(render_params); break;
         default: throw RLEngineException("Invalid renderer specified");
     }
     this->renderer = std::move(rendering_engine_ptr);
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/renderer.hpp b/src/engine/rendering/renderer.hpp
index 90d0f4d..c468585 100644
--- a/src/engine/rendering/renderer.hpp
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/renderer.hpp
@@ -58,13 +58,12 @@ struct RendererParams {
 
 class Renderer {
 public:
-    virtual void initialize(RendererParams params)=0;
     virtual void flush() = 0;
     virtual void draw_point(int x, int y, Color color) = 0;
     virtual void draw_text(std::optional<TextRenderDetails> details, std::string text,int x, int y)=0;
     virtual void draw_sprite(Sprite sprite, int x, int y)=0;
 
-    virtual ~Renderer() = default;;
+    virtual ~Renderer() = default;
 };
 
 #endif //RLA_IIPP_RENDERER_HPP
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp
index 6c64e7b..34d818d 100644
--- a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.cpp
@@ -2,40 +2,9 @@
 // Created by m on 12/3/21.
 //
 #include <cstdio>
+#include <utility>
 #include "sdlrenderer.hpp"
 
-void SdlRenderer::initialize(RendererParams params) {
-    if(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0) {
-        printf("SDL vide oinit failed: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
-    auto img_flags = IMG_INIT_PNG;
-    if(!(IMG_Init(img_flags) & img_flags)) {
-        printf("Failed to init image loading: %s\n", IMG_GetError());
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
-    if(TTF_Init() < 0) {
-        printf("Failed to initialize font loading: %s\n", TTF_GetError());
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
-    SDL_Window* sdl_window = SDL_CreateWindow(params.title.c_str(), SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, params.width, params.height, SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN);
-    if(sdl_window == nullptr) {
-        printf("error making window: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
-        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-    }
-    else {
-        this->window = std::unique_ptr<SDL_Window, SDL_WindowDeleter>(sdl_window);
-        SDL_Renderer* sdl_renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(this->window.get(), -1, SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED | SDL_RENDERER_PRESENTVSYNC);
-        this->renderer = std::shared_ptr<SDL_Renderer>(sdl_renderer, SDL_DestroyRenderer);
-
-        this->texture_manager = std::make_unique<SdlTextureManager>(this->renderer);
-        this->font_manager = std::make_unique<SdlFontManager>();
-        this->renderer_params = params;
-
-        SDL_RenderClear(this->renderer.get());
-    }
-}
-
 void SdlRenderer::flush() {
     SDL_RenderPresent(this->renderer.get());
     SDL_SetRenderDrawColor(this->renderer.get(), COLOR_BLACK.r, COLOR_BLACK.g, COLOR_BLACK.b, COLOR_BLACK.a);
@@ -90,3 +59,34 @@ void SdlRenderer::draw_sprite(Sprite sprite, int x, int y) {
     auto source = SDL_Rect{src_x, src_y, sprite_sheet->sprite_width, sprite_sheet->sprite_height};
     render_texture(x, y, texture, &source);
 }
+
+SdlRenderer::SdlRenderer(RendererParams renderer_params) : renderer_params(std::move(renderer_params)) {
+    if(SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO) < 0) {
+        printf("SDL vide oinit failed: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    auto img_flags = IMG_INIT_PNG;
+    if(!(IMG_Init(img_flags) & img_flags)) {
+        printf("Failed to init image loading: %s\n", IMG_GetError());
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    if(TTF_Init() < 0) {
+        printf("Failed to initialize font loading: %s\n", TTF_GetError());
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    SDL_Window* sdl_window = SDL_CreateWindow(renderer_params.title.c_str(), SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED, renderer_params.width, renderer_params.height, SDL_WINDOW_SHOWN);
+    if(sdl_window == nullptr) {
+        printf("error making window: %s\n", SDL_GetError());
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+    else {
+        this->window = std::unique_ptr<SDL_Window, SDL_WindowDeleter>(sdl_window);
+        SDL_Renderer* sdl_renderer = SDL_CreateRenderer(this->window.get(), -1, SDL_RENDERER_ACCELERATED | SDL_RENDERER_PRESENTVSYNC);
+        this->renderer = std::shared_ptr<SDL_Renderer>(sdl_renderer, SDL_DestroyRenderer);
+
+        this->texture_manager = std::make_unique<SdlTextureManager>(this->renderer);
+        this->font_manager = std::make_unique<SdlFontManager>();
+
+        SDL_RenderClear(this->renderer.get());
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp
index ff351a9..e50cdb0 100644
--- a/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp
+++ b/src/engine/rendering/sdl/sdlrenderer.hpp
@@ -18,8 +18,10 @@ struct SDL_WindowDeleter {
 class SdlRenderer : public Renderer {
 public:
     ~SdlRenderer() override;
+
+    SdlRenderer(RendererParams renderer_params);
+
     void draw_text(std::optional<TextRenderDetails> details, std::string text, int x, int y) override;
-    void initialize(RendererParams params) override;
     void flush() override;
     void draw_point(int x, int y, Color color) override;
 
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 38b3091..8eff7d3 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -7,8 +7,6 @@
 #include "engine/input/sdlinputprocessor.hpp"
 
 int main() {
-
-    std::unique_ptr<Renderer> renderer = std::make_unique<SdlRenderer>();
     std::unique_ptr<Game> game = std::make_unique<Visualizer>();
     std::unique_ptr<InputProcessor> input_processor = std::make_unique<SdlInputProcessor>();
     auto engine = std::make_unique<Engine>(std::move(game), std::move(input_processor));