diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 4fffb2f..7aeb431 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 /target
 /Cargo.lock
+
+vk_functions
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/build.rs b/build.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cae31dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/build.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+use std::{fs::File, io::Write, path::Path, process::Command, str::from_utf8};
+
+const VK_INCLUDE: &str = "/usr/include/vulkan";
+const VK_HEADER: &[&str] = &[
+    "vulkan_core.h",
+    "vulkan_xcb.h",
+    "vulkan_xlib.h",
+    "vulkan_wayland.h",
+];
+const FN_PREFIX: &str = "PFN_";
+
+fn main() {
+    let mut fns = Vec::new();
+
+    for header in VK_HEADER {
+        Command::new("ctags")
+            .arg("--help")
+            .output()
+            .expect("Failed to execute ctags. Maybe you need to install it first?");
+
+        let output = Command::new("ctags")
+            .arg("-x")
+            .arg("--c-types=t")
+            .arg(format!("{}/{}", VK_INCLUDE, header))
+            .output()
+            .expect(&format!("failed to open file {}/{}", VK_INCLUDE, header));
+
+        let output_splits = from_utf8(&output.stdout).unwrap().split_whitespace();
+
+        for split in output_splits {
+            if split.starts_with(FN_PREFIX) {
+                fns.push(split.trim_start_matches(FN_PREFIX).to_string())
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    let path = Path::new("vk_functions");
+    let mut file = File::create(path).unwrap();
+
+    for func in fns {
+        file.write_all(format!("{}\n", func).as_bytes()).unwrap();
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 68a8035..411de48 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -40,15 +40,7 @@ pub extern "C" fn vkNegotiateLoaderLayerInterfaceVersion(
         }
     };
 
-    set_vk_handles(
-        VkTypedefHandles::new(&[
-            "vulkan_symbols/vulkan_core_symbols",
-            "vulkan_symbols/vulkan_wayland_symbols",
-            "vulkan_symbols/vulkan_xcb_symbols",
-            "vulkan_symbols/vulkan_xlib_symbols",
-        ])
-        .unwrap(),
-    );
+    set_vk_handles(VkTypedefHandles::new().unwrap());
 
     VK_SUCCESS
 }
@@ -77,6 +69,10 @@ extern "system" fn get_device_proc_addr(
         _ => (),
     };
 
+    if let Some(func) = vk_handles().handle(s) {
+        return func;
+    }
+
     write_log(format!("\trequested fn: {} in device proc addr", s));
     write_log(format!("\t-> not found"));
     Functions::Null.convert()
@@ -106,6 +102,10 @@ extern "system" fn get_instance_proc_addr(
         _ => (),
     };
 
+    if let Some(func) = vk_handles().handle(s) {
+        return func;
+    }
+
     write_log(format!("\trequested fn: {} in instance proc addr", s));
     write_log(format!("\t-> not found"));
     Functions::Null.convert()
@@ -152,6 +152,13 @@ extern "system" fn create_instance(
 
 extern "system" fn destroy_instance(instance: VkInstance, allocator: *const VkAllocationCallbacks) {
     write_log(" ================== vulkan layer destroy instance ==================");
+
+    unsafe {
+        let destroy_instance: PFN_vkDestroyInstance =
+            mem::transmute(vk_handles().handle("vkDestroyInstance").unwrap());
+
+        destroy_instance(instance, allocator);
+    }
 }
 
 extern "system" fn create_device(
@@ -194,9 +201,16 @@ extern "system" fn create_device(
 
 extern "system" fn destroy_device(device: VkDevice, allocator: *const VkAllocationCallbacks) {
     write_log(" ================== vulkan layer destroy device ==================");
+
+    unsafe {
+        let destroy_device: PFN_vkDestroyDevice =
+            mem::transmute(vk_handles().handle("vkDestroyDevice").unwrap());
+
+        destroy_device(device, allocator);
+    }
 }
 
-fn write_log(msg: impl ToString) {
+pub fn write_log(msg: impl ToString) {
     let mut file = OpenOptions::new()
         .append(true)
         .create(true)
diff --git a/src/vk_handles.rs b/src/vk_handles.rs
index a81fdb5..28b0afd 100644
--- a/src/vk_handles.rs
+++ b/src/vk_handles.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 use anyhow::Result;
-use std::{collections::HashMap, ffi::c_void, fs, mem, path::Path, ptr};
+use std::{collections::HashMap, ffi::c_void, mem, ptr};
 use vulkan_sys::prelude::*;
 
 static mut FN_HANDLES: Option<VkTypedefHandles> = None;
@@ -24,14 +24,9 @@ pub struct VkTypedefHandles {
 }
 
 impl VkTypedefHandles {
-    pub fn new(symbol_files: &[impl AsRef<Path>]) -> Result<Self> {
-        let mut symbols = Vec::new();
-
-        for symbol_file in symbol_files {
-            let s = fs::read_to_string(symbol_file)?;
-
-            symbols.append(&mut s.lines().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect());
-        }
+    pub fn new() -> Result<Self> {
+        let fns = include_str!("../vk_functions");
+        let symbols = fns.lines().map(|s| s.to_string()).collect();
 
         Ok(Self {
             typedefs: symbols,