diff --git a/compile_shaders.sh b/compile_shaders.sh
index 3f675e2..9c266fd 100755
--- a/compile_shaders.sh
+++ b/compile_shaders.sh
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 glslc shaders/shader.vert -o shaders/shader.vert.spv
-glslc shaders/shader.frag -o shaders/shader.vert.spv
+glslc shaders/shader.frag -o shaders/shader.frag.spv
diff --git a/shaders/shader.vert.spv b/shaders/shader.vert.spv
deleted file mode 100644
index 47d2768..0000000
Binary files a/shaders/shader.vert.spv and /dev/null differ
diff --git a/src/application.cpp b/src/application.cpp
index ba4b5e3..eea182d 100644
--- a/src/application.cpp
+++ b/src/application.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 namespace yave {
 
 void Application::run() {
-  yaveVulkanInstance VI = yaveVulkanInstance();
+  YaveVulkanInstance VI = YaveVulkanInstance();
 
   while (!yaveWindow.shouldClose()) {
     glfwPollEvents();
diff --git a/src/application.hpp b/src/application.hpp
index 604b2c2..b09798d 100644
--- a/src/application.hpp
+++ b/src/application.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include "yave_window.hpp"
+#include "yave_graphics_pipeline.hpp"
 
 namespace yave {
 class Application {
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ class Application {
 
     private:
         YaveWindow yaveWindow{WIDTH, HEIGHT, "Hello Vulkan!"};
+        YaveGrPipeline yavePipeline{"shaders/shader.vert.spv","shaders/shader.frag.spv"};
 
 };
 } // namespace yave
diff --git a/src/yave_graphics_pipeline.cpp b/src/yave_graphics_pipeline.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c65bc6d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/yave_graphics_pipeline.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+#include "yave_graphics_pipeline.hpp"
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <fstream>
+#include <vector>
+
+namespace yave {
+YaveGrPipeline::YaveGrPipeline(const std::string &vertFilepath,
+                               const std::string &fragFilepath) {
+  createGraphicsPipeline(vertFilepath, fragFilepath);
+}
+
+std::vector<char> YaveGrPipeline::readFile(const std::string &filepath) {
+  std::ifstream file{filepath, std::ios::ate | std::ios::binary};
+  if (!file.is_open()) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("failed to open file: " + filepath);
+  }
+
+  size_t fileSize = static_cast<size_t>(file.tellg());
+  std::vector<char> buffer(fileSize);
+
+  file.seekg(0);
+  file.read(buffer.data(), fileSize);
+  file.close();
+
+  return buffer;
+}
+
+void YaveGrPipeline::createGraphicsPipeline(const std::string &vertFilepath,
+                                            const std::string &fragFilepath) {
+  auto vertCode = readFile(vertFilepath);
+  auto fragCode = readFile(fragFilepath);
+}
+
+} // namespace yave
diff --git a/src/yave_graphics_pipeline.hpp b/src/yave_graphics_pipeline.hpp
index 39ed6be..9d1ccde 100644
--- a/src/yave_graphics_pipeline.hpp
+++ b/src/yave_graphics_pipeline.hpp
@@ -1,15 +1,20 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include<string>
+#include <string>
+#include <vector>
 
 namespace yave {
 
 class YaveGrPipeline {
-  public:
-    YaveGrPipeline(const std::string& vertFilepath, const std::string& fragFilepath);
+public:
+  YaveGrPipeline(const std::string &vertFilepath,
+                 const std::string &fragFilepath);
 
-  private:
-    
+private:
+  static std::vector<char> readFile(const std::string &filepath);
+
+  void createGraphicsPipeline(const std::string &vertFilepath,
+                              const std::string &fragFilepath);
 };
 
 } // namespace yave
diff --git a/src/yave_window.hpp b/src/yave_window.hpp
index 0d232f6..f9357b9 100644
--- a/src/yave_window.hpp
+++ b/src/yave_window.hpp
@@ -8,21 +8,27 @@
 namespace yave {
 
 class YaveWindow {
-    private:
-        GLFWwindow *window;
+private:
+  GLFWwindow *window;
 
-        void initWindow();
+  void initWindow();
 
-        const int width;
-        const int height;
-        std::string windowName;
+  const int width;
+  const int height;
+  std::string windowName;
 
-    public:
-        YaveWindow(int w, int h, std::string name);
-        ~YaveWindow();
+public:
+  // Delete Copy constructors 
+  // This class should match one to one with glfw window instances
+  YaveWindow(const YaveWindow &) = delete;
+  YaveWindow &operator=(const YaveWindow &) = delete;
 
-        bool shouldClose() { return glfwWindowShouldClose(window); }
+  // Initialiser and destructor
+  YaveWindow(int w, int h, std::string name);
+  ~YaveWindow();
 
+  // Tell apllicaton that the user has attempted to close the window
+  bool shouldClose() { return glfwWindowShouldClose(window); }
 };
 
-}
+} // namespace yave