diff --git a/include/panda_qt/main_window.hpp b/include/panda_qt/main_window.hpp
index 21ad4fa3..b5b93d56 100644
--- a/include/panda_qt/main_window.hpp
+++ b/include/panda_qt/main_window.hpp
@@ -1,7 +1,5 @@
 #pragma once
 
-#include <SDL.h>
-
 #include <QApplication>
 #include <QComboBox>
 #include <QMenuBar>
@@ -39,9 +37,6 @@ class MainWindow : public QMainWindow {
 	QComboBox* themeSelect = nullptr;
 	QMenuBar* menuBar = nullptr;
 
-	SDL_GameController* gameController = nullptr;
-	int gameControllerID;
-
 	Theme currentTheme;
 	void setTheme(Theme theme);
 	void swapEmuBuffer();
diff --git a/include/panda_sdl/frontend_sdl.hpp b/include/panda_sdl/frontend_sdl.hpp
index 4918d84e..d0df3560 100644
--- a/include/panda_sdl/frontend_sdl.hpp
+++ b/include/panda_sdl/frontend_sdl.hpp
@@ -4,16 +4,18 @@
 
 #include "emulator.hpp"
 
-struct FrontendSDL {
+class FrontendSDL {
+	Emulator emu;
+#ifdef PANDA3DS_ENABLE_OPENGL
+	SDL_GLContext glContext;
+#endif
+
+  public:
 	FrontendSDL();
 	bool loadROM(const std::filesystem::path& path);
 	void run();
 
-	Emulator emu;
 	SDL_Window* window = nullptr;
-#ifdef PANDA3DS_ENABLE_OPENGL
-	SDL_GLContext glContext;
-#endif
 	SDL_GameController* gameController = nullptr;
 	int gameControllerID;
 };
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/panda_qt/main_window.cpp b/src/panda_qt/main_window.cpp
index 20f5c9be..2c2cc64f 100644
--- a/src/panda_qt/main_window.cpp
+++ b/src/panda_qt/main_window.cpp
@@ -51,24 +51,6 @@ MainWindow::MainWindow(QApplication* app, QWidget* parent) : QMainWindow(parent)
 		usingGL = (rendererType == RendererType::OpenGL || rendererType == RendererType::Software || rendererType == RendererType::Null);
 		usingVk = (rendererType == RendererType::Vulkan);
 
-		if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_EVENTS) < 0) {
-			Helpers::panic("Failed to initialize SDL2");
-		}
-
-		// Make SDL use consistent positional button mapping
-		SDL_SetHint(SDL_HINT_GAMECONTROLLER_USE_BUTTON_LABELS, "0");
-		if (SDL_Init(SDL_INIT_GAMECONTROLLER) < 0) {
-			Helpers::warn("Failed to initialize SDL2 GameController: %s", SDL_GetError());
-		}
-
-		if (SDL_WasInit(SDL_INIT_GAMECONTROLLER)) {
-			gameController = SDL_GameControllerOpen(0);
-
-			if (gameController != nullptr) {
-				SDL_Joystick* stick = SDL_GameControllerGetJoystick(gameController);
-				gameControllerID = SDL_JoystickInstanceID(stick);
-			}
-		}
 		if (usingGL) {
 			// Make GL context current for this thread, enable VSync
 			GL::Context* glContext = screen.getGLContext();
diff --git a/src/panda_sdl/frontend_sdl.cpp b/src/panda_sdl/frontend_sdl.cpp
index 3368a12e..d1076d9d 100644
--- a/src/panda_sdl/frontend_sdl.cpp
+++ b/src/panda_sdl/frontend_sdl.cpp
@@ -75,7 +75,6 @@ FrontendSDL::FrontendSDL() {
 }
 
 bool FrontendSDL::loadROM(const std::filesystem::path& path) { return emu.loadROM(path); }
-
 void FrontendSDL::run() { emu.run(this); }
 
 void Emulator::run(void* frontend) {
@@ -352,7 +351,6 @@ void Emulator::run(void* frontend) {
 		// TODO: Should this be uncommented?
 		// kernel.evalReschedule();
 
-		// Update inputs in the HID module
 		SDL_GL_SwapWindow(frontendSDL->window);
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/panda_sdl/main.cpp b/src/panda_sdl/main.cpp
index 001148c7..ef354c61 100644
--- a/src/panda_sdl/main.cpp
+++ b/src/panda_sdl/main.cpp
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 #include "panda_sdl/frontend_sdl.hpp"
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
-	FrontendSDL frontend;
+	FrontendSDL app;
 
 	if (argc > 1) {
 		auto romPath = std::filesystem::current_path() / argv[1];
-		if (!frontend.loadROM(romPath)) {
+		if (!app.loadROM(romPath)) {
 			// For some reason just .c_str() doesn't show the proper path
 			Helpers::panic("Failed to load ROM file: %s", romPath.string().c_str());
 		}
@@ -13,5 +13,5 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) {
 		printf("No ROM inserted! Load a ROM by dragging and dropping it into the emulator window!\n");
 	}
 
-	frontend.run();
+	app.run();
 }