diff --git a/src/app.c b/src/app.c
index c978b39..dcc7d16 100644
--- a/src/app.c
+++ b/src/app.c
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@ Index of this file:
 #include "pl_gpu_allocators_ext.h"
 #include "pl_image_ext.h"
 #include "pl_virtual_memory_ext.h"
+#include "pl_console_ext.h"
 #include "pl_debug_ext.h" // not technically stable
 
 // example extensions
@@ -70,9 +71,13 @@ typedef struct _plAppData
     plFont*        ptDefaultFont;
 
     // ui options
-    plDebugApiInfo tDebugInfo;
-    bool           bShowUiDebug;
-    bool           bShowUiStyle;
+    bool  bShowUiDebug;
+    bool  bShowUiStyle;
+    bool* pbShowDeviceMemoryAnalyzer;
+    bool* pbShowMemoryAllocations;
+    bool* pbShowProfiling;
+    bool* pbShowStats;
+    bool* pbShowLogging;
 
     // graphics & sync objects
     plDevice*                ptDevice;
@@ -114,6 +119,7 @@ const plStringInternI*   gptString        = NULL;
 const plLibraryI*        gptLibrary       = NULL;
 const plLogI*            gptLog           = NULL;
 const plVirtualMemoryI*  gptVirtualMemory = NULL;
+const plConsoleI*        gptConsole       = NULL;
 
 // helpers
 #define PL_ALLOC(x)      gptMemory->tracked_realloc(NULL, (x), __FILE__, __LINE__)
@@ -178,6 +184,7 @@ pl_app_load(plApiRegistryI* ptApiRegistry, plAppData* ptAppData)
         gptLibrary       = pl_get_api_latest(ptApiRegistry, plLibraryI);
         gptLog           = pl_get_api_latest(ptApiRegistry, plLogI);
         gptVirtualMemory = pl_get_api_latest(ptApiRegistry, plVirtualMemoryI);
+        gptConsole       = pl_get_api_latest(ptApiRegistry, plConsoleI);
 
         return ptAppData;
     }
@@ -216,12 +223,16 @@ pl_app_load(plApiRegistryI* ptApiRegistry, plAppData* ptAppData)
     gptLibrary       = pl_get_api_latest(ptApiRegistry, plLibraryI);
     gptLog           = pl_get_api_latest(ptApiRegistry, plLogI);
     gptVirtualMemory = pl_get_api_latest(ptApiRegistry, plVirtualMemoryI);
+    gptConsole       = pl_get_api_latest(ptApiRegistry, plConsoleI);
 
     // this path is taken only during first load, so we
     // allocate app memory here
     ptAppData = PL_ALLOC(sizeof(plAppData));
     memset(ptAppData, 0, sizeof(plAppData));
 
+    // add console variables
+    gptConsole->initialize((plConsoleSettings){.tFlags = PL_CONSOLE_FLAGS_POPUP});
+
     // use window API to create a window
     plWindowDesc tWindowDesc = {
         .pcTitle = "App Template",
@@ -232,6 +243,16 @@ pl_app_load(plApiRegistryI* ptApiRegistry, plAppData* ptAppData)
     };
     gptWindows->create_window(tWindowDesc, &ptAppData->ptWindow);
 
+    // initialize APIs that require it
+    gptDebug->initialize();
+
+    // retrieve some console variables
+    ptAppData->pbShowLogging              = (bool*)gptConsole->get_variable("d.LogTool", NULL, NULL);
+    ptAppData->pbShowStats                = (bool*)gptConsole->get_variable("d.StatTool", NULL, NULL);
+    ptAppData->pbShowProfiling            = (bool*)gptConsole->get_variable("d.ProfileTool", NULL, NULL);
+    ptAppData->pbShowMemoryAllocations    = (bool*)gptConsole->get_variable("d.MemoryAllocationTool", NULL, NULL);
+    ptAppData->pbShowDeviceMemoryAnalyzer = (bool*)gptConsole->get_variable("d.DeviceMemoryAnalyzerTool", NULL, NULL);
+
     // setup graphics extension
     pl__setup_graphics_extensions(ptAppData);
 
@@ -346,6 +367,11 @@ pl_app_update(plAppData* ptAppData)
     // just some drawing
     gptDraw->add_circle(ptAppData->ptFGLayer, (plVec2){100.0f, 100.0f}, 50.0f, 12, (plDrawLineOptions){.fThickness = 2.0f, .uColor = PL_COLOR_32_RGBA(1.0f, 0.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f)});
 
+    if(gptIO->is_key_pressed(PL_KEY_F1, false))
+        gptConsole->open();
+
+    gptConsole->update();
+
     if(gptUi->begin_window("Pilot Light", NULL, false))
     {
 
@@ -359,11 +385,11 @@ pl_app_update(plAppData* ptAppData)
         }
         if(gptUi->begin_collapsing_header("Tools", 0))
         {
-            gptUi->checkbox("Device Memory Analyzer", &ptAppData->tDebugInfo.bShowDeviceMemoryAnalyzer);
-            gptUi->checkbox("Memory Allocations", &ptAppData->tDebugInfo.bShowMemoryAllocations);
-            gptUi->checkbox("Profiling", &ptAppData->tDebugInfo.bShowProfiling);
-            gptUi->checkbox("Statistics", &ptAppData->tDebugInfo.bShowStats);
-            gptUi->checkbox("Logging", &ptAppData->tDebugInfo.bShowLogging);
+            gptUi->checkbox("Device Memory Analyzer", ptAppData->pbShowDeviceMemoryAnalyzer);
+            gptUi->checkbox("Memory Allocations", ptAppData->pbShowMemoryAllocations);
+            gptUi->checkbox("Profiling", ptAppData->pbShowProfiling);
+            gptUi->checkbox("Statistics", ptAppData->pbShowStats);
+            gptUi->checkbox("Logging", ptAppData->pbShowLogging);
             gptUi->end_collapsing_header();
         }
         if(gptUi->begin_collapsing_header("User Interface", 0))
@@ -381,7 +407,7 @@ pl_app_update(plAppData* ptAppData)
     if(ptAppData->bShowUiDebug)
         gptUi->show_debug_window(&ptAppData->bShowUiDebug);
 
-    gptDebug->show_debug_windows(&ptAppData->tDebugInfo);
+    gptDebug->update();
 
     //~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~graphics work~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
@@ -513,6 +539,24 @@ pl__setup_graphics_extensions(plAppData* ptAppData)
                 .uRenderTargetCount = 1,
                 .auRenderTargets = {0}
             }
+        },
+        .atSubpassDependencies = {
+            {
+                .uSourceSubpass = UINT32_MAX,
+                .uDestinationSubpass = 0,
+                .tSourceStageMask = PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT | PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_EARLY_FRAGMENT_TESTS | PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_LATE_FRAGMENT_TESTS | PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_COMPUTE_SHADER,
+                .tDestinationStageMask = PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADER | PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT | PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_EARLY_FRAGMENT_TESTS | PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_LATE_FRAGMENT_TESTS,
+                .tSourceAccessMask = PL_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE | PL_ACCESS_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_WRITE | PL_ACCESS_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_READ,
+                .tDestinationAccessMask = PL_ACCESS_SHADER_READ | PL_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE | PL_ACCESS_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_WRITE | PL_ACCESS_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_READ,
+            },
+            {
+                .uSourceSubpass = 0,
+                .uDestinationSubpass = UINT32_MAX,
+                .tSourceStageMask = PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADER | PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT | PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_EARLY_FRAGMENT_TESTS | PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_LATE_FRAGMENT_TESTS,
+                .tDestinationStageMask = PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_FRAGMENT_SHADER | PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OUTPUT | PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_EARLY_FRAGMENT_TESTS | PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_LATE_FRAGMENT_TESTS | PL_PIPELINE_STAGE_COMPUTE_SHADER,
+                .tSourceAccessMask = PL_ACCESS_SHADER_READ | PL_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE | PL_ACCESS_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_WRITE | PL_ACCESS_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_READ,
+                .tDestinationAccessMask = PL_ACCESS_SHADER_READ | PL_ACCESS_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_WRITE | PL_ACCESS_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_WRITE | PL_ACCESS_DEPTH_STENCIL_ATTACHMENT_READ,
+            },
         }
     };
     ptAppData->tMainRenderPassLayout = gptGfx->create_render_pass_layout(ptAppData->ptDevice, &tMainRenderPassLayoutDesc);