diff --git a/ultramodern/CMakeLists.txt b/ultramodern/CMakeLists.txt
index f2d4bff..333ed13 100644
--- a/ultramodern/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/ultramodern/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -16,6 +16,7 @@ add_library(ultramodern STATIC
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/input.cpp"
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/mesgqueue.cpp"
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/misc_ultra.cpp"
+    "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/renderer_wrapper.cpp"
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/rsp.cpp"
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/scheduling.cpp"
     "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/src/task_win32.cpp"
diff --git a/ultramodern/include/ultramodern/error_handling.hpp b/ultramodern/include/ultramodern/error_handling.hpp
index 7632806..288482a 100644
--- a/ultramodern/include/ultramodern/error_handling.hpp
+++ b/ultramodern/include/ultramodern/error_handling.hpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #ifndef __ERROR_HANDLING_HPP__
 #define __ERROR_HANDLING_HPP__
 
+#include <cstdlib>
+
 namespace ultramodern {
     namespace error_handling {
         struct callbacks_t {
@@ -17,6 +19,8 @@ namespace ultramodern {
         void set_callbacks(const callbacks_t& callbacks);
 
         void message_box(const char* msg);
+
+        [[noreturn]] void quick_exit(const char* filename, int line, const char *func, int exit_status = EXIT_FAILURE);
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/ultramodern/include/ultramodern/renderer_wrapper.hpp b/ultramodern/include/ultramodern/renderer_wrapper.hpp
index e054bda..0de38ca 100644
--- a/ultramodern/include/ultramodern/renderer_wrapper.hpp
+++ b/ultramodern/include/ultramodern/renderer_wrapper.hpp
@@ -43,7 +43,13 @@ namespace ultramodern {
                 SetupResult setup_result;
         };
 
-        // TODO: register function
+        struct callbacks_t {
+            using create_render_context_t = std::unique_ptr<RendererContext>(uint8_t* rdram, WindowHandle window_handle, bool developer_mode);
+
+            create_render_context_t *create_render_context;
+        };
+
+        void set_callbacks(const callbacks_t& callbacks);
 
         std::unique_ptr<RendererContext> create_render_context(uint8_t* rdram, WindowHandle window_handle, bool developer_mode);
     }
diff --git a/ultramodern/src/error_handling.cpp b/ultramodern/src/error_handling.cpp
index 0adf16d..9be5acd 100644
--- a/ultramodern/src/error_handling.cpp
+++ b/ultramodern/src/error_handling.cpp
@@ -17,3 +17,13 @@ void ultramodern::error_handling::message_box(const char* msg) {
         error_handling_callbacks.message_box(msg);
     }
 }
+
+void ultramodern::error_handling::quick_exit(const char* filename, int line, const char *func, int exit_status) {
+    fprintf(stderr, "Exiting with exit status '%i'. Function %s, at file %s:%i, ", exit_status, func, filename, line);
+
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+    std::_Exit(exit_status);
+#else
+    std::quick_exit(exit_status);
+#endif
+}
diff --git a/ultramodern/src/events.cpp b/ultramodern/src/events.cpp
index 6f40d04..ab510f6 100644
--- a/ultramodern/src/events.cpp
+++ b/ultramodern/src/events.cpp
@@ -214,15 +214,9 @@ void task_thread_func(uint8_t* rdram, moodycamel::LightweightSemaphore* thread_r
             return;
         }
 
-
         if (!ultramodern::rsp::run_task(PASS_RDRAM task)) {
             fprintf(stderr, "Failed to execute task type: %" PRIu32 "\n", task->t.type);
-            assert(false);
-#       ifdef __APPLE__
-            std::_Exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-#       else
-            std::quick_exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
-#       endif
+            ultramodern::error_handling::quick_exit(__FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
         }
 
         // Tell the game that the RSP has completed
diff --git a/ultramodern/src/renderer_wrapper.cpp b/ultramodern/src/renderer_wrapper.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d734583
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ultramodern/src/renderer_wrapper.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+#include "ultramodern/renderer_wrapper.hpp"
+#include "ultramodern/ultramodern.hpp"
+
+static ultramodern::renderer::callbacks_t render_callbacks{};
+
+void set_callbacks(const ultramodern::renderer::callbacks_t& callbacks) {
+    render_callbacks = callbacks;
+}
+
+
+std::unique_ptr<ultramodern::renderer::RendererContext> ultramodern::renderer::create_render_context(uint8_t* rdram, WindowHandle window_handle, bool developer_mode) {
+    if (render_callbacks.create_render_context == nullptr) {
+        error_handling::message_box("[Error] The render callback `create_render_context` was not registered");
+        // TODO: should we make a macro for this?
+        error_handling::quick_exit(__FILE__, __LINE__, __func__);
+    }
+
+    return render_callbacks.create_render_context(rdram, window_handle, developer_mode);
+}