diff --git a/src/main.c b/src/main.c
index 4923ef4..083ed0a 100644
--- a/src/main.c
+++ b/src/main.c
@@ -55,6 +55,7 @@ typedef struct Application {
   VkExtent2D swapChainExtent;
   VkImageView *swapChainImageViews;
   uint32_t swapChainImageViewCount;
+  VkRenderPass renderPass;
   VkPipelineLayout pipelineLayout;
 } Application;
 
@@ -791,6 +792,40 @@ void createGraphicsPipeline(Application *app) {
   vkDestroyShaderModule(app->device, vertShaderModule, NULL);
 }
 
+void createRenderPass(Application *app) {
+  VkAttachmentDescription colorAttachment = {0};
+  colorAttachment.format = app->swapChainImageFormat;
+  colorAttachment.samples = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT;
+  colorAttachment.loadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_CLEAR;
+  colorAttachment.storeOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_STORE;
+  colorAttachment.stencilLoadOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_LOAD_OP_DONT_CARE;
+  colorAttachment.stencilStoreOp = VK_ATTACHMENT_STORE_OP_DONT_CARE;
+  colorAttachment.initialLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_UNDEFINED;
+  colorAttachment.finalLayout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PRESENT_SRC_KHR;
+
+  VkAttachmentReference colorAttachmentRef = {0};
+  colorAttachmentRef.attachment = 0;
+  colorAttachmentRef.layout = VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL;
+
+  VkSubpassDescription subpass = {0};
+  subpass.pipelineBindPoint = VK_PIPELINE_BIND_POINT_GRAPHICS;
+  subpass.colorAttachmentCount = 1;
+  subpass.pColorAttachments = &colorAttachmentRef;
+
+  VkRenderPassCreateInfo renderPassInfo = {0};
+  renderPassInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_RENDER_PASS_CREATE_INFO;
+  renderPassInfo.attachmentCount = 1;
+  renderPassInfo.pAttachments = &colorAttachment;
+  renderPassInfo.subpassCount = 1;
+  renderPassInfo.pSubpasses = &subpass;
+
+  if (vkCreateRenderPass(app->device, &renderPassInfo, NULL,
+                         &app->renderPass) != VK_SUCCESS) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Failed to create render pass!");
+    exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+  }
+}
+
 void initVulkan(Application *app) {
   createInstance(app);
   setupDebugMessenger(app);
@@ -799,6 +834,7 @@ void initVulkan(Application *app) {
   createLogicalDevice(app);
   createSwapChain(app);
   createImageViews(app);
+  createRenderPass(app);
   createGraphicsPipeline(app);
 }
 
@@ -810,6 +846,7 @@ void mainLoop(Application *app) {
 
 void cleanup(Application *app) {
   vkDestroyPipelineLayout(app->device, app->pipelineLayout, NULL);
+  vkDestroyRenderPass(app->device, app->renderPass, NULL);
   for (size_t i = 0; i < app->swapChainImageViewCount; i++) {
     vkDestroyImageView(app->device, app->swapChainImageViews[i], NULL);
   }