diff --git a/include/vulkan/funcs.hpp b/include/vulkan/funcs.hpp
new file mode 100644
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+++ b/include/vulkan/funcs.hpp
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+#ifndef FUNCS_HPP
+#define FUNCS_HPP
+
+#include <vulkan/vulkan_core.h>
+
+namespace Vulkan::Funcs {
+
+    ///
+    /// Initialize the global Vulkan function pointers.
+    ///
+    void initialize();
+
+    /// Call to the original vkCreateInstance function.
+    VkResult vkCreateInstanceOriginal(
+        const VkInstanceCreateInfo* pCreateInfo,
+        const VkAllocationCallbacks* pAllocator,
+        VkInstance* pInstance
+    );
+    /// Call to the original vkDestroyInstance function.
+    void vkDestroyInstanceOriginal(
+        VkInstance instance,
+        const VkAllocationCallbacks* pAllocator
+    );
+}
+
+#endif // FUNCS_HPP
diff --git a/src/vulkan/funcs.cpp b/src/vulkan/funcs.cpp
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+++ b/src/vulkan/funcs.cpp
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+#include "vulkan/funcs.hpp"
+#include "loader/dl.hpp"
+#include "log.hpp"
+
+using namespace Vulkan;
+
+namespace {
+    PFN_vkCreateInstance vkCreateInstance_ptr{};
+    PFN_vkDestroyInstance vkDestroyInstance_ptr{};
+}
+
+void Funcs::initialize() {
+    if (vkCreateInstance_ptr || vkDestroyInstance_ptr) {
+        Log::warn("lsfg-vk(funcs): Global Vulkan functions already initialized, did you call it twice?");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    auto* handle = Loader::DL::odlopen("libvulkan.so.1", 0x2);
+    vkCreateInstance_ptr = reinterpret_cast<PFN_vkCreateInstance>(
+        Loader::DL::odlsym(handle, "vkCreateInstance"));
+    vkDestroyInstance_ptr = reinterpret_cast<PFN_vkDestroyInstance>(
+        Loader::DL::odlsym(handle, "vkDestroyInstance"));
+    if (!vkCreateInstance_ptr || !vkDestroyInstance_ptr) {
+        Log::error("lsfg-vk(funcs): Failed to initialize Vulkan functions, missing symbols");
+        exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
+    }
+
+    Log::debug("lsfg-vk(funcs): Initialized global Vulkan functions with original pointers");
+}
+
+// original function calls
+
+VkResult Funcs::vkCreateInstanceOriginal(
+        const VkInstanceCreateInfo* pCreateInfo,
+        const VkAllocationCallbacks* pAllocator,
+        VkInstance* pInstance) {
+    return vkCreateInstance_ptr(pCreateInfo, pAllocator, pInstance);
+}
+
+void Funcs::vkDestroyInstanceOriginal(
+        VkInstance instance,
+        const VkAllocationCallbacks* pAllocator) {
+    vkDestroyInstance_ptr(instance, pAllocator);
+}