diff --git a/src/managers/vulkan/VulkanManagerInit.cpp b/src/managers/vulkan/VulkanManagerInit.cpp
index 110b2e9..7540326 100644
--- a/src/managers/vulkan/VulkanManagerInit.cpp
+++ b/src/managers/vulkan/VulkanManagerInit.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,23 @@
 #include "VulkanManager.h"
 
+#ifdef PB_DEBUG
+
+static VKAPI_ATTR VkBool32 VKAPI_CALL VulkanErrorDebugCallback(VkDebugUtilsMessageSeverityFlagBitsEXT, VkDebugUtilsMessageTypeFlagsEXT, const VkDebugUtilsMessengerCallbackDataEXT* data, void*)
+{
+    static std::set<int32_t> seenErrors;
+    if (seenErrors.contains(data->messageIdNumber))
+        return VK_FALSE;
+
+    seenErrors.insert(data->messageIdNumber);
+
+    std::cout << "\nVULKAN ERROR [" << data->pMessageIdName << "]: \n" << data->pMessage << "\n" << std::endl;
+    return VK_FALSE;
+}
+
+static VkDebugUtilsMessengerEXT gDebugMessenger;
+
+#endif // PB_DEBUG
+
 namespace PB::Renderer
 {
     // === Custom resources === //
@@ -114,23 +132,64 @@ namespace PB::Renderer
         createInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_INSTANCE_CREATE_INFO;
         createInfo.pNext = nullptr;
         createInfo.pApplicationInfo = &appInfo;
-        createInfo.enabledLayerCount = 0;
-        createInfo.ppEnabledLayerNames = nullptr;
 
-        /* Imports GLFW extensions */
+        if constexpr (DEBUG_MODE)
+        {
+            static const std::vector LAYERS =
+            {
+                "VK_LAYER_KHRONOS_validation",
+            };
+
+            createInfo.enabledLayerCount = LAYERS.size();
+            createInfo.ppEnabledLayerNames = LAYERS.data();
+        }
+
+        else
+        {
+            createInfo.enabledLayerCount = 0;
+            createInfo.ppEnabledLayerNames = nullptr;
+        }
+
+        /* Imports extensions */
         uint32_t glfwExtensionCount = 0;
         const char** glfwExtensions = glfwGetRequiredInstanceExtensions(&glfwExtensionCount);
-        createInfo.enabledExtensionCount = glfwExtensionCount;
-        createInfo.ppEnabledExtensionNames = glfwExtensions;
+
+        std::vector extensions(glfwExtensions, glfwExtensions + glfwExtensionCount);
+        if constexpr (DEBUG_MODE)
+        {
+            extensions.push_back(VK_EXT_DEBUG_UTILS_EXTENSION_NAME);
+        }
+
+        createInfo.enabledExtensionCount = extensions.size();
+        createInfo.ppEnabledExtensionNames = extensions.data();
 
         /* Creates the Vulkan instance */
         VkInstance instance;
-        if (vkCreateInstance(&createInfo, nullptr, &instance) != VK_SUCCESS)
+        if (const VkResult result = vkCreateInstance(&createInfo, nullptr, &instance); result != VK_SUCCESS)
         {
-            std::cout << "PB::Renderer::VulkanManager::Init(): Could not create Vulkan instance" << std::endl;
+            std::cout << "PB::Renderer::VulkanManager::Init(): Could not create Vulkan instance: [" << result << "]" << std::endl;
             return false;
         }
 
+        /* Adds a debug messenger */
+        #ifdef PB_DEBUG
+
+        VkDebugUtilsMessengerCreateInfoEXT debugCreateInfo;
+        debugCreateInfo.sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSENGER_CREATE_INFO_EXT;
+        debugCreateInfo.messageSeverity =
+            VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_SEVERITY_WARNING_BIT_EXT |
+            VK_DEBUG_UTILS_MESSAGE_SEVERITY_ERROR_BIT_EXT;
+        debugCreateInfo.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 = VulkanErrorDebugCallback;
+
+        if (const auto func = reinterpret_cast<PFN_vkCreateDebugUtilsMessengerEXT>(vkGetInstanceProcAddr(instance, "vkCreateDebugUtilsMessengerEXT")); func != nullptr)
+            func(instance, &debugCreateInfo, nullptr, &gDebugMessenger);
+
+        #endif // PB_DEBUG
+
         s_Instance = instance;
         return true;
     }