diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index bb8b99f..523ba8b 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
-#include <glad/glad.h>
+#include <glad/glad.h> // must come before GLFW
+
 #include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
+#include <iostream>
 #include <stdio.h>
+#include <thread>
+
 int main() {
   printf("running the main function...\n");
   printf("glfw init\n");
@@ -8,7 +12,17 @@ int main() {
   glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MAJOR, 3);
   glfwWindowHint(GLFW_CONTEXT_VERSION_MINOR, 3);
   glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_PROFILE, GLFW_OPENGL_CORE_PROFILE);
-  glfwWindowHint(GLFW_OPENGL_FORWARD_COMPAT, GL_TRUE);
 
+  printf("opening window\n");
+  GLFWwindow *window = glfwCreateWindow(800, 600, "LearnOpenGL", NULL, NULL);
+  if (window == NULL) {
+    std::cout << "Failed to create GLFW window" << std::endl;
+    glfwTerminate();
+    return -1;
+  }
+  glfwMakeContextCurrent(window);
+  printf("closed window\n");
+
+  printf("program finished\n");
   return 0;
 }