diff --git a/kraken/KRContext.cpp b/kraken/KRContext.cpp
index 28aa540..d0fc9ff 100755
--- a/kraken/KRContext.cpp
+++ b/kraken/KRContext.cpp
@@ -106,9 +106,13 @@ KRContext::KRContext(const KrInitializeInfo* initializeInfo)
 #endif
     
     createDeviceContexts();
+
+    m_presentationThread = std::thread(&KRContext::presentationThreadFunc, this);
 }
 
 KRContext::~KRContext() {
+  m_stop = true;
+  m_presentationThread.join();
     if(m_pSceneManager) {
         delete m_pSceneManager;
         m_pSceneManager = NULL;
@@ -1187,3 +1191,27 @@ KrResult KRContext::deleteWindowSurface(const KrDeleteWindowSurfaceInfo* deleteW
   m_surfaces.erase(itr);
   return KR_SUCCESS;
 }
+
+void KRContext::presentationThreadFunc()
+{
+#if defined(ANDROID)
+  // TODO - Set thread names on Android
+#elif defined(_WIN32) || defined(_WIN64)
+  // TODO - Set thread names on windows
+#else
+  pthread_setname_np("Kraken - Presentation");
+#endif
+
+  std::chrono::microseconds sleep_duration(15000);
+
+  while (!m_stop)
+  {
+    renderFrame();
+    std::this_thread::sleep_for(sleep_duration);
+  }
+}
+
+void KRContext::renderFrame()
+{
+
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/kraken/KRContext.h b/kraken/KRContext.h
index 53ad64a..bb87ab2 100755
--- a/kraken/KRContext.h
+++ b/kraken/KRContext.h
@@ -196,6 +196,10 @@ private:
 #endif
     } SurfaceInfo;
     unordered_map<KrSurfaceHandle, SurfaceInfo> m_surfaces;
+    std::thread m_presentationThread;
+    void presentationThreadFunc();
+    std::atomic<bool> m_stop;
+    void renderFrame();
 };
 
 #endif
diff --git a/tests/smoke/hello_cube/main_win.cpp b/tests/smoke/hello_cube/main_win.cpp
index 5d2045b..1f89c48 100644
--- a/tests/smoke/hello_cube/main_win.cpp
+++ b/tests/smoke/hello_cube/main_win.cpp
@@ -59,8 +59,10 @@ int WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance, LPSTR lpCmdLine
 
   smoke_load();
 
-  while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0) > 0)
+  while (GetMessage(&msg, NULL, 0, 0) > 0) {
     DispatchMessage(&msg);
+  }
+    
 
   // KrShutdown will delete the window surfaces for us; however, we
   // include this here for code coverage in tests.