diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 227491a..4923ef4 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ typedef struct Application {
   VkExtent2D swapChainExtent;
   VkImageView *swapChainImageViews;
   uint32_t swapChainImageViewCount;
+  VkPipelineLayout pipelineLayout;
 } Application;
 
 typedef struct SwapChainSupportDetails {
@@ -733,10 +734,59 @@ void createGraphicsPipeline(Application *app) {
   viewportState.scissorCount = 1;
 
   VkRect2D scissor = {0};
-  scissor.offset.x = 0; 
-  scissor.offset.y = 0; 
+  scissor.offset.x = 0;
+  scissor.offset.y = 0;
   scissor.extent = app->swapChainExtent;
 
+  VkPipelineRasterizationStateCreateInfo rasterizer = {0};
+  rasterizer.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_RASTERIZATION_STATE_CREATE_INFO;
+  rasterizer.depthClampEnable = VK_FALSE;
+  rasterizer.rasterizerDiscardEnable = VK_FALSE;
+  rasterizer.polygonMode = VK_POLYGON_MODE_FILL;
+  rasterizer.lineWidth = 1.0f;
+  rasterizer.cullMode = VK_CULL_MODE_BACK_BIT;
+  rasterizer.frontFace = VK_FRONT_FACE_CLOCKWISE;
+  rasterizer.depthBiasEnable = VK_FALSE;
+  rasterizer.depthBiasConstantFactor = 0.0f; // Optional
+  rasterizer.depthBiasClamp = 0.0f;          // Optional
+  rasterizer.depthBiasSlopeFactor = 0.0f;    // Optional
+
+  // disable multisampling for now
+  VkPipelineMultisampleStateCreateInfo multisampling = {0};
+  multisampling.sType =
+      VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_MULTISAMPLE_STATE_CREATE_INFO;
+  multisampling.sampleShadingEnable = VK_FALSE;
+  multisampling.rasterizationSamples = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;
+  multisampling.minSampleShading = 1.0f;          // Optional
+  multisampling.pSampleMask = NULL;               // Optional
+  multisampling.alphaToCoverageEnable = VK_FALSE; // Optional
+  multisampling.alphaToOneEnable = VK_FALSE;      // Optional
+
+  VkPipelineColorBlendAttachmentState colorBlendAttachment = {0};
+  colorBlendAttachment.colorWriteMask =
+      VK_COLOR_COMPONENT_R_BIT | VK_COLOR_COMPONENT_G_BIT |
+      VK_COLOR_COMPONENT_B_BIT | VK_COLOR_COMPONENT_A_BIT;
+  colorBlendAttachment.blendEnable = VK_FALSE;
+  colorBlendAttachment.srcColorBlendFactor = VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE;  // Optional
+  colorBlendAttachment.dstColorBlendFactor = VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ZERO; // Optional
+  colorBlendAttachment.colorBlendOp = VK_BLEND_OP_ADD;             // Optional
+  colorBlendAttachment.srcAlphaBlendFactor = VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ONE;  // Optional
+  colorBlendAttachment.dstAlphaBlendFactor = VK_BLEND_FACTOR_ZERO; // Optional
+  colorBlendAttachment.alphaBlendOp = VK_BLEND_OP_ADD;             // Optional
+
+  VkPipelineLayoutCreateInfo pipelineLayoutInfo = {0};
+  pipelineLayoutInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_LAYOUT_CREATE_INFO;
+  pipelineLayoutInfo.setLayoutCount = 0;         // Optional
+  pipelineLayoutInfo.pSetLayouts = NULL;         // Optional
+  pipelineLayoutInfo.pushConstantRangeCount = 0; // Optional
+  pipelineLayoutInfo.pPushConstantRanges = NULL; // Optional
+
+  if (vkCreatePipelineLayout(app->device, &pipelineLayoutInfo, NULL,
+                             &app->pipelineLayout) != VK_SUCCESS) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create pipeline layout!");
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
+
   vkDestroyShaderModule(app->device, fragShaderModule, NULL);
   vkDestroyShaderModule(app->device, vertShaderModule, NULL);
 }
@@ -759,6 +809,7 @@ void mainLoop(Application *app) {
 }
 
 void cleanup(Application *app) {
+  vkDestroyPipelineLayout(app->device, app->pipelineLayout, NULL);
   for (size_t i = 0; i < app->swapChainImageViewCount; i++) {
     vkDestroyImageView(app->device, app->swapChainImageViews[i], NULL);
   }