diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index f4b676b..d4e33b2 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 **/*.o
 **/*.a
+**/*.exe
 **/.DS_Store
 .cache/
-**/*.exe
-examples/log.txt
+**/log.txt
 compile_commands.json
diff --git a/examples/simple-init.c b/examples/simple-init.c
index 74b9213..0df89dd 100644
--- a/examples/simple-init.c
+++ b/examples/simple-init.c
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ int main() {
     gr_window_create(1920, 1080, "hi");
 
     while(!gr_window_should_close()) {
-       gr_window_clear(249, 163, 255);
+       gr_window_clear(26, 26, 26);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/examples/simple.c b/examples/simple.c
index 610af17..566c2f9 100644
--- a/examples/simple.c
+++ b/examples/simple.c
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #include <gearlib.h>
 
 int main() {
-    gr_state_init();
+//    gr_state_init();
     gr_window_create(800, 600, "hi");
 }
diff --git a/src/gearlib.h b/src/gearlib.h
index ba936f6..cb5233c 100644
--- a/src/gearlib.h
+++ b/src/gearlib.h
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <stdbool.h>
 #include <stdint.h>
 #include <assert.h>
+#include <stdlib.h>
 
 typedef uint8_t u8;
 typedef uint16_t u16;
diff --git a/src/window.c b/src/window.c
index c2bb82f..5780fa7 100644
--- a/src/window.c
+++ b/src/window.c
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
 
 bool gr_window_init(i32 major, i32 minor) {
     if(gr_state->window_initialized == true) {
-        log_fatal("Init already called");
+        log_error("Init already called, ignoring call to init");
         return false;
     }
 
@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ bool gr_window_create(i32 width, i32 height, const char* title) {
     const char* platform = gr_platform_get_name();
     if(!gr_platform_init()) {
         log_fatal("%s failed to initialize", platform);
-        return false;
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
     log_info("%s initialized successfully", platform);
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ bool gr_window_create(i32 width, i32 height, const char* title) {
     void* window = gr_platform_create_window(width, height, title);
     if(window == NULL) {
         log_fatal("%s failed to create window", platform);
-        return false;
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 
     log_info("%s window created successfully", platform);
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ bool gr_window_create(i32 width, i32 height, const char* title) {
 
     if(!gladLoadGLLoader(gr_platform_get_load_proc())) {
         log_fatal("Glad failed to load");
-        return false;
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
     log_info("Glad loaded successfully");