diff --git a/src/yave_vulkan_instance.cpp b/src/yave_vulkan_instance.cpp
index b89d9f0..3407bee 100644
--- a/src/yave_vulkan_instance.cpp
+++ b/src/yave_vulkan_instance.cpp
@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 #include "yave_vulkan_instance.hpp"
+#include <cstdint>
 #include <vulkan/vulkan_core.h>
 
 namespace yave {
 
-YaveVulkanInstance::YaveVulkanInstance() { createInstance(); }
+YaveVulkanInstance::YaveVulkanInstance() {
+  createInstance();
+  pickPhysicalDevice();
+}
 YaveVulkanInstance::~YaveVulkanInstance() { destroyInstance(); }
 
 void YaveVulkanInstance::createInstance() {
@@ -76,4 +80,71 @@ bool YaveVulkanInstance::checkLayersValidSuppport(
   return true;
 }
 
+// TODO: Create way to pick the most powerful and feature rich device
+//(maybe use a suitability score rather than bool)
+// Right now we're settling for the first device with queue family support
+bool YaveVulkanInstance::isDeviceSuitable(VkPhysicalDevice device) {
+  QueueFamilyIndices indices = findQueueFamilies(device);
+
+  return indices.isComplete();
+}
+
+void YaveVulkanInstance::pickPhysicalDevice() {
+  physicalDevice = VK_NULL_HANDLE;
+
+  // Get number of vulken enabled devices on system
+  uint32_t deviceCount = 0;
+  vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices(instance, &deviceCount, nullptr);
+
+  // No point in running vulkan if it's not supported on any devices
+  if (deviceCount == 0) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("failed to find GPUs with Vulkan support!");
+  }
+
+  // Now we have the number of devices we can create a vector to store them for
+  // evaluation
+  std::vector<VkPhysicalDevice> devices(deviceCount);
+  vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices(instance, &deviceCount, devices.data());
+
+  // Use our suitability function to see if a device is suitable
+  for (const auto &device : devices) {
+    if (isDeviceSuitable(device)) {
+      physicalDevice = device;
+      break;
+    }
+  }
+
+  // If we couldn't select a device throw an error
+  if (physicalDevice == VK_NULL_HANDLE) {
+    throw std::runtime_error("failed to find a suitable GPU!");
+  }
+}
+
+QueueFamilyIndices
+YaveVulkanInstance::findQueueFamilies(VkPhysicalDevice device) {
+  // Get number of queues
+  QueueFamilyIndices indices;
+  uint32_t queueFamilyCount = 0;
+  vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties(device, &queueFamilyCount, nullptr);
+
+  // Put queues into vector
+  std::vector<VkQueueFamilyProperties> queueFamilies(queueFamilyCount);
+  vkGetPhysicalDeviceQueueFamilyProperties(device, &queueFamilyCount,
+                                           queueFamilies.data());
+
+  // iterate over the devices ques and see if it has a graphics bit
+  int i = 0;
+  for (const auto &queueFamily : queueFamilies) {
+    if (queueFamily.queueFlags & VK_QUEUE_GRAPHICS_BIT) {
+      indices.graphicsFamily = i;
+    }
+    // If we know we have support we don't need to look for anything more
+    if(indices.isComplete()){
+      break;
+    }
+    i++;
+  }
+  return indices;
+}
+
 } // namespace yave
diff --git a/src/yave_vulkan_instance.hpp b/src/yave_vulkan_instance.hpp
index 8b93370..d945099 100644
--- a/src/yave_vulkan_instance.hpp
+++ b/src/yave_vulkan_instance.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #pragma once
 
 #include <cstring>
+#include <optional>
 #include <stdexcept>
 #include <vector>
 #include <vulkan/vulkan.h>
@@ -9,13 +10,29 @@
 #include <GLFW/glfw3.h>
 
 namespace yave {
+
+struct QueueFamilyIndices {
+  std::optional<uint32_t> graphicsFamily;
+
+  bool isComplete() { return graphicsFamily.has_value(); }
+};
+
 class YaveVulkanInstance {
 
 private:
   VkInstance instance;
+  VkPhysicalDevice physicalDevice;
+
+  // Vulkan instance
   void createInstance();
   void destroyInstance();
 
+  // TODO: Move Physical device code to it's own class
+  // Physical device
+  void pickPhysicalDevice();
+  bool isDeviceSuitable(VkPhysicalDevice device);
+  QueueFamilyIndices findQueueFamilies(VkPhysicalDevice device);
+
   // Validation support
   bool checkLayersValidSuppport(VkInstanceCreateInfo &createInfo);
   const std::vector<const char *> validationLayers = {