diff --git a/include/arc/engine/engine.h b/include/arc/engine/engine.h
index 63a857d..81a4c93 100644
--- a/include/arc/engine/engine.h
+++ b/include/arc/engine/engine.h
@@ -7,10 +7,12 @@ extern "C" {
 
 #include "arc/graphics/window.h"
 #include "arc/graphics/renderer.h"
+#include "arc/std/handler.h"
 
 typedef struct ARC_EngineData {
     ARC_Window   *window;
     ARC_Renderer *renderer;
+    ARC_Handler  *state;
 } ARC_EngineData;
 
 //NOTE: most work below is temp, and will change once I figure out a better way to write this header
diff --git a/include/arc/graphics/renderer.h b/include/arc/graphics/renderer.h
index cc5612b..619d03e 100644
--- a/include/arc/graphics/renderer.h
+++ b/include/arc/graphics/renderer.h
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ void ARC_Renderer_Destroy(ARC_Renderer *renderer);
 
 void ARC_Renderer_Clear(ARC_Renderer *renderer);
 
-void ARD_Renderer_Render(ARC_Renderer *renderer);
+void ARC_Renderer_Render(ARC_Renderer *renderer);
 
 #ifdef __cplusplus
 }
diff --git a/src/engine/engine.c b/src/engine/engine.c
index 27c69df..17575c6 100644
--- a/src/engine/engine.c
+++ b/src/engine/engine.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <stdlib.h>
 #include "arc/graphics/window.h"
 #include "arc/graphics/renderer.h"
+#include "arc/std/handler.h"
 
 //NOTE: this is very temp, mostly to get smthn running so I can test out different ideas
 #ifdef ARC_SDL
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ void ARC_EngineData_Create(ARC_EngineData **data){
     *data = (ARC_EngineData *)malloc(sizeof(ARC_EngineData));
     (*data)->window   = NULL;
     (*data)->renderer = NULL;
+    ARC_Handler_Create(&((*data)->state));
 
     ARC_WindowInfo windowInfo;
     ARC_RenderInfo renderInfo;
@@ -26,7 +28,7 @@ void ARC_EngineData_Create(ARC_EngineData **data){
         return;
     }
 
-    windowInfo = (ARC_WindowInfo){ "title", SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, 1920, 1080, 0 };
+    windowInfo = (ARC_WindowInfo){ "title", SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, SDL_WINDOWPOS_UNDEFINED, 1280, 720, 0 };
 #endif // ARC_SDL
 
     ARC_Window_Create(&((*data)->window), &windowInfo);
@@ -42,10 +44,40 @@ void ARC_EngineData_Create(ARC_EngineData **data){
 
 void ARC_EngineData_Destroy(ARC_EngineData *data){
 #ifdef ARC_SDL
-    ARC_Window_Destroy(  data->window  );
+    ARC_Handler_Destroy(data->state, NULL); //TODO: replace null with cleanup function
     ARC_Renderer_Destroy(data->renderer);
+    ARC_Window_Destroy(data->window);
 #endif // ARC_SDL
 }
 
 void ARC_Engine_Run(ARC_EngineData *data){
+    double lastTime = 0, currentTime;
+
+#ifdef ARC_SDL
+    SDL_Event event;
+#endif // ARC_SDL
+
+    while(1){
+        // currentTime = SDL_GetTicks();
+        // data->dt = currentTime - lastTime;
+        // lastTime = currentTime;
+
+#ifdef ARC_SDL
+        while(SDL_PollEvent(&event)){
+            if(event.type == SDL_QUIT){ return; }
+            if(event.type == SDL_KEYDOWN && event.key.keysym.sym == SDLK_ESCAPE){ return; }
+        }
+#endif // ARC_SDL
+
+        // data->mouse.update(data->event);
+        // data->keyboard.update(data->event);
+
+        // data->state.update();
+
+        ARC_Renderer_Clear(data->renderer);
+
+        // data->state.render();
+
+        ARC_Renderer_Render(data->renderer);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/graphics/sdl/renderer.c b/src/graphics/sdl/renderer.c
index 9e80a40..bd808d0 100644
--- a/src/graphics/sdl/renderer.c
+++ b/src/graphics/sdl/renderer.c
@@ -28,4 +28,13 @@ void ARC_Renderer_Destroy(ARC_Renderer *renderer){
     free(renderer);
 }
 
+void ARC_Renderer_Clear(ARC_Renderer *renderer){
+    SDL_SetRenderDrawColor((SDL_Renderer *)renderer->renderer, 0, 255, 255, 255);
+    SDL_RenderClear((SDL_Renderer *)renderer->renderer);
+}
+
+void ARC_Renderer_Render(ARC_Renderer *renderer){
+    SDL_RenderPresent((SDL_Renderer *)renderer->renderer);
+}
+
 #endif //ARC_SDL