diff --git a/projects/apis/vulkan/src/instance/vulkan_instance.c b/projects/apis/vulkan/src/instance/vulkan_instance.c
index 2e85e6c..00f3338 100644
--- a/projects/apis/vulkan/src/instance/vulkan_instance.c
+++ b/projects/apis/vulkan/src/instance/vulkan_instance.c
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ gnReturnCode vulkanCreateInstance(gnInstanceHandle instance, gnInstanceCreateInf
     createInfo.flags |= VK_INSTANCE_CREATE_ENUMERATE_PORTABILITY_BIT_KHR;
     #endif
 
+    VkDebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT debugCreateInfo;
     if (instance->enabledLayerCounts[GN_DEBUGGER_LAYER_PLATFORM] > 0) {
         vkStringArrayListAdd(extensions, VK_EXT_DEBUG_UTILS_EXTENSION_NAME);
         createInfo.enabledLayerCount = 1;
@@ -90,10 +91,11 @@ gnReturnCode vulkanCreateInstance(gnInstanceHandle instance, gnInstanceCreateInf
         instance->instance->userData.debuggerCallback = instanceInfo->debuggerInfo.callback;
         instance->instance->userData.userData = instanceInfo->debuggerInfo.userData;
 
-        VkDebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT debugCreateInfo = {
+        debugCreateInfo = (VkDebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT){
+            .pNext = NULL,
             .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSENGER_CREATE_INFO_EXT,
             .messageSeverity = VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_SEVERITY_VERBOSE_BIT_EXT | VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_SEVERITY_WARNING_BIT_EXT | VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_SEVERITY_ERROR_BIT_EXT,
-            .messageType = VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_TYPE_GENERAL_BIT_EXT | VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_TYPE_VALIDATION_BIT_EXT | VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_TYPE_PERFORMANCE_BIT_EXT
+            .messageType = VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_TYPE_GENERAL_BIT_EXT | VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_TYPE_VALIDATION_BIT_EXT | VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_TYPE_PERFORMANCE_BIT_EXT,
         };
         debugCreateInfo.pfnUserCallback = vk_debuggerDebugCallback;
         debugCreateInfo.pUserData = &instance->instance->userData;