diff --git a/core/miscgui/settings.cppwip b/core/miscgui/settings.cppwip
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+// Copyright 2025 Pound Emulator Project. All rights reserved.
+//todo: get the ui working (ownedbywuigi)
+
+#include <thread>
+
+#include "Base/Logging/Backend.h"
+
+#include <SDL3/SDL.h>
+
+#include "Base/Config.h"
+
+SDL_Window *Window{};
+SDL_Event windowEvent;
+
+void initSDL3() {
+
+    if (!SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_VIDEO)) {
+        LOG_ERROR(Render, "Error while creating SDL3 Context!");
+    }
+
+    SDL_PropertiesID props = SDL_CreateProperties();
+    SDL_SetStringProperty(props, SDL_PROP_WINDOW_CREATE_TITLE_STRING, "Options - Pound");
+    SDL_SetNumberProperty(props, SDL_PROP_WINDOW_CREATE_X_NUMBER, SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED);
+    SDL_SetNumberProperty(props, SDL_PROP_WINDOW_CREATE_Y_NUMBER, SDL_WINDOWPOS_CENTERED);
+    SDL_SetNumberProperty(props, SDL_PROP_WINDOW_CREATE_WIDTH_NUMBER, Config::windowWidth());
+    SDL_SetNumberProperty(props, SDL_PROP_WINDOW_CREATE_HEIGHT_NUMBER, Config::windowHeight());
+    // For a new Vulkan support, don't forget to change 'SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL' by 'SDL_WINDOW_VULKAN'.
+    SDL_SetNumberProperty(props, "flags", SDL_WINDOW_OPENGL);
+    SDL_SetBooleanProperty(props, SDL_PROP_WINDOW_CREATE_RESIZABLE_BOOLEAN, true);
+    SDL_SetBooleanProperty(props, SDL_PROP_WINDOW_CREATE_OPENGL_BOOLEAN, true);
+    Window = SDL_CreateWindowWithProperties(props);
+    SDL_DestroyProperties(props);
+
+    SDL_SetWindowMinimumSize(Window, 720, 480);
+}
+
+int main() {
+
+    Base::Log::Initialize();
+    Base::Log::Start();
+
+    const auto config_dir = Base::FS::GetUserPath(Base::FS::PathType::BinaryDir);
+    Config::Load(config_dir / "config.toml");
+
+    initSDL3();
+
+    bool rendering = true;
+
+    while (rendering) {
+        std::this_thread::sleep_for(std::chrono::milliseconds(50));
+        // Process events.
+        while (SDL_PollEvent(&windowEvent)) {
+            switch (windowEvent.type) {
+                case SDL_EVENT_QUIT:
+                SDL_DestroyWindow(Window);
+                SDL_Quit();
+                rendering = false;
+            break;
+            default:
+            break;
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    return 0;
+}