diff --git a/build.sh b/build.sh
index 8ae476b..4cca518 100755
--- a/build.sh
+++ b/build.sh
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ if [ -v debug ]; 													then echo "[debug mode]"; fi
 if [ -v release ];												then echo "[release mode]"; fi
 if [ -v gcc ]; 														then compiler="${CC:-gcc}"; cpp_compiler="g++"; echo "[gcc compiler]"; fi
 if [ -v clang ]; 													then compiler="${CC:-clang}"; cpp_compiler="clang++"; echo "[clang compiler]"; fi
-if [ ! -v vulkan ]												then vulkan=1; fi
+if [ ! -v vulkan ];												then vulkan=1; fi
 if [ -v vulkan ]; 												then render_flag="-DSTG_VULKAN_RENDERER"; fi
 if [ -v vulkan ]; 												then render_link="-lvulkan -l:libvma.a"; echo "[vulkan renderer]"; fi
 if [ ! -v render_flag ];									then render_flag="-DSTG_VULKAN_RENDERER"; vulkan="vulkan"; echo "[default renderer - vulkan]"; fi
diff --git a/src/game.c b/src/game.c
index 12d99f7..aed9973 100644
--- a/src/game.c
+++ b/src/game.c
@@ -53,6 +53,8 @@ static void gFrameStartNew()
 
 static void gRunCycle(gGameCtx *ctx, pGameInput *inputs, u32 i_count)
 {
+	ArenaFree(vFrameArena());
+
 	rBufferQueueReset();
 
 	gPrepareGUICtx(ctx);
diff --git a/src/platform/platform_linux.c b/src/platform/platform_linux.c
index 4e7c9ba..ca6972b 100644
--- a/src/platform/platform_linux.c
+++ b/src/platform/platform_linux.c
@@ -298,11 +298,12 @@ b32 pSyscallErrCheck(void *ptr)
 
 // ::Platform::Linux::Async::Start::
 
-static pThread pThreadInit(pThreadProc proc, rawptr param)
+static pThread pThreadInit(rawptr proc, rawptr param)
 {
 	pThread thread = {0};
-	pthread_mutex_init(&thread.mut, NULL);
-	pthread_create(&thread.handle, NULL, proc, param);
+	Assert(pthread_mutex_init(&thread.mut, NULL) == 0, "pthread_mutex_init failure");
+	Assert(pthread_cond_init(&thread.cond, NULL) == 0, "pthread_cond_init failure");
+	Assert(pthread_create(&thread.handle, NULL, proc, param) == 0, "pthread_create failure");
 
 	return thread;
 }
diff --git a/src/renderer_vulkan.c b/src/renderer_vulkan.c
index e2457ca..d68ee27 100644
--- a/src/renderer_vulkan.c
+++ b/src/renderer_vulkan.c
@@ -1819,6 +1819,7 @@ static void vTransferUpload(vTransfer **transfers, u32 count)
 void *vLoaderStart(void *i)
 {
 	vLoader();
+	pthread_exit(NULL);
 }
 
 #elif _WIN32
@@ -1838,7 +1839,7 @@ static void vLoaderWake()
 
 static void vLoader()
 {
-	pThread self = v_Renderer.async.thread;
+	pThread *self = &v_Renderer.async.thread;
 
 	for (;;)
 	{
@@ -1873,7 +1874,7 @@ static void vLoader()
 		{
 			pAtomicStoreB32(&v_Renderer.async.sleeping, 1);
 			TicketMutUnlock(&v_Renderer.upload.mut);
-			pThreadSuspend(&self);
+			pThreadSuspend(self);
 			pAtomicStoreB32(&v_Renderer.async.sleeping, 0);
 		}
 		else