diff --git a/examples/custom-renderer/App.zig b/examples/custom-renderer/App.zig
index c735304c..e9dab44b 100644
--- a/examples/custom-renderer/App.zig
+++ b/examples/custom-renderer/App.zig
@@ -51,6 +51,8 @@ fn init(
     renderer: *Renderer.Mod,
     game: *Mod,
 ) !void {
+    renderer.send(.init, .{});
+
     // Create our player entity.
     const player = try core.newEntity();
 
@@ -198,4 +200,6 @@ fn tick(
             try renderer.set(id, .position, new_position);
         }
     }
+
+    renderer.send(.render_frame, .{});
 }
diff --git a/examples/custom-renderer/Renderer.zig b/examples/custom-renderer/Renderer.zig
index 65c53d57..5c2476e2 100644
--- a/examples/custom-renderer/Renderer.zig
+++ b/examples/custom-renderer/Renderer.zig
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ pub const components = .{
 pub const local_events = .{
     .init = .{ .handler = init },
     .deinit = .{ .handler = deinit },
-    .tick = .{ .handler = tick },
+    .render_frame = .{ .handler = renderFrame },
 };
 
 const UniformBufferObject = extern struct {
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ fn deinit(
     renderer.state().uniform_buffer.release();
 }
 
-fn tick(
+fn renderFrame(
     core: *mach.Core.Mod,
     renderer: *Mod,
 ) !void {
@@ -132,19 +132,6 @@ fn tick(
     const encoder = core.state().device.createCommandEncoder(&.{ .label = label });
     defer encoder.release();
 
-    // Begin render pass
-    const sky_blue_background = gpu.Color{ .r = 0.776, .g = 0.988, .b = 1, .a = 1 };
-    const color_attachments = [_]gpu.RenderPassColorAttachment{.{
-        .view = back_buffer_view,
-        .clear_value = sky_blue_background,
-        .load_op = .clear,
-        .store_op = .store,
-    }};
-    const render_pass = encoder.beginRenderPass(&gpu.RenderPassDescriptor.init(.{
-        .label = label,
-        .color_attachments = &color_attachments,
-    }));
-
     // Update uniform buffer
     var archetypes_iter = core.entities.query(.{ .all = &.{
         .{ .renderer = &.{ .position, .scale } },
@@ -166,6 +153,19 @@ fn tick(
         }
     }
 
+    // Begin render pass
+    const sky_blue_background = gpu.Color{ .r = 0.776, .g = 0.988, .b = 1, .a = 1 };
+    const color_attachments = [_]gpu.RenderPassColorAttachment{.{
+        .view = back_buffer_view,
+        .clear_value = sky_blue_background,
+        .load_op = .clear,
+        .store_op = .store,
+    }};
+    const render_pass = encoder.beginRenderPass(&gpu.RenderPassDescriptor.init(.{
+        .label = label,
+        .color_attachments = &color_attachments,
+    }));
+
     // Draw
     for (renderer.state().bind_groups[0..num_entities]) |bind_group| {
         render_pass.setPipeline(renderer.state().pipeline);