diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index d600899..de65fe8 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
 # Yet Another Vulkan Engine.
 This project has been created with the sole purpose of teaching me how Vulkan
 works.
+
+# Installing Dependancies.
+To build the project on redhat based distros these dependancies or their
+equivelents are required.
+'''
+sudo dnf install vulkan-tools vulkan-loader-devel vulkan-validation-layers-devel
+glfw-devel glm-devel glslc
+'''
diff --git a/src/application.cpp b/src/application.cpp
index f355a38..ba4b5e3 100644
--- a/src/application.cpp
+++ b/src/application.cpp
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 #include "application.hpp"
+#include "yave_vulkan_instance.hpp"
 
 namespace yave {
 
 void Application::run() {
+  yaveVulkanInstance VI = yaveVulkanInstance();
+
   while (!yaveWindow.shouldClose()) {
     glfwPollEvents();
   }
diff --git a/src/yave_vulkan_instance.cpp b/src/yave_vulkan_instance.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dee8b3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/yave_vulkan_instance.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+#include "yave_vulkan_instance.hpp"
+
+namespace yave {
+
+YaveVulkanInstance::YaveVulkanInstance() { createInstance(); }
+
+void YaveVulkanInstance::createInstance() {
+  VkApplicationInfo appInfo{};
+  appInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_APPLICATION_INFO;
+  appInfo.pApplicationName = "Hello Triangle";
+  appInfo.applicationVersion = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 0, 0);
+  appInfo.pEngineName = "Yave";
+  appInfo.engineVersion = VK_MAKE_VERSION(1, 0, 0);
+  appInfo.apiVersion = VK_API_VERSION_1_0;
+
+  VkInstanceCreateInfo createInfo{};
+  createInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_INSTANCE_CREATE_INFO;
+  createInfo.pApplicationInfo = &appInfo;
+
+  uint32_t glfwExtensionCount = 0;
+  const char **glfwExtensions;
+
+  glfwExtensions = glfwGetRequiredInstanceExtensions(&glfwExtensionCount);
+
+  createInfo.enabledExtensionCount = glfwExtensionCount;
+  createInfo.ppEnabledExtensionNames = glfwExtensions;
+
+  createInfo.enabledLayerCount = 0;
+
+  if (vkCreateInstance(&createInfo, nullptr, &instance) != VK_SUCCESS) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("failed to create vulkan instance!");
+  }
+}
+
+} // namespace yave
diff --git a/src/yave_vulkan_instance.hpp b/src/yave_vulkan_instance.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1621394
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/yave_vulkan_instance.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <stdexcept>
+#include <vulkan/vulkan.h>
+
+#define GLFW_INCLUDE_VULKAN
+#include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
+
+namespace yave {
+class YaveVulkanInstance {
+
+  private:
+    VkInstance instance;
+
+    void createInstance();
+
+  public:
+    YaveVulkanInstance();
+
+};
+} // namespace yave