diff --git a/examples/vulkan.c b/examples/vulkan.c
index 5bf8f38..61542a7 100644
--- a/examples/vulkan.c
+++ b/examples/vulkan.c
@@ -220,7 +220,7 @@ void vulkan_setup(MwWidget handle) {
 	VkSemaphoreCreateInfo		       semaphoreInfo	    = {};
 	VkFenceCreateInfo		       fenceInfo	    = {};
 
-	MwErrorEnum err;
+	MwErrorEnum err	       = MwEsuccess;
 	_vkGetInstanceProcAddr = MwVulkanGetField(handle, MwVulkanField_GetInstanceProcAddr, &err);
 	if(err != MwEsuccess) {
 		printf("Error getting vkGetInstanceProcAddr!\n%s\n", MwGetLastError());
@@ -632,7 +632,6 @@ int main() {
 				  NULL);
 
 	MwVulkanEnableExtension(VK_KHR_SWAPCHAIN_EXTENSION_NAME);
-	MwVulkanEnableLayer("VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation");
 
 	vulkan = MwCreateWidget(MwVulkanClass, "vulkan", window, 50, 50, ow, oh);
 
diff --git a/src/widget/vulkan.c b/src/widget/vulkan.c
index 87ded2e..14711cf 100644
--- a/src/widget/vulkan.c
+++ b/src/widget/vulkan.c
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@
 MwVulkanConfig vulkan_config = {
     .api_version       = VK_API_VERSION_1_0,
     .vk_version	       = VK_VERSION_1_0,
-    .validation_layers = VK_TRUE,
+    .validation_layers = VK_FALSE,
 };
 
 // convienence macro for handling vulkan errors
@@ -351,8 +351,8 @@ static MwErrorEnum vulkan_devices_setup(MwWidget handle, vulkan_t* o) {
 	    .pEnabledFeatures	     = NULL,
 	    .enabledExtensionCount   = o->vkDeviceExtensionCount,
 	    .ppEnabledExtensionNames = o->vkDeviceExtensions,
-	    .enabledLayerCount	     = 0,
-	    .ppEnabledLayerNames     = NULL,
+	    .enabledLayerCount	     = o->vkLayerCount,
+	    .ppEnabledLayerNames     = o->vkLayers,
 	};
 
 	VK_CMD(_vkCreateDevice(o->vkPhysicalDevice, &createInfo, NULL, &o->vkLogicalDevice) != VK_SUCCESS);