diff --git a/src/main.cc b/src/main.cc
index f60159f..59044ce 100644
--- a/src/main.cc
+++ b/src/main.cc
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include "TextShader.h"
 #include "RectShader.h"
+#include "Font.h"
 
 using namespace std;
 
@@ -12,6 +13,7 @@ std::shared_ptr<TextShader> text_shader;
 std::shared_ptr<RectShader> rect_shader;
 std::shared_ptr<glcxx::Array> rect_array;
 std::shared_ptr<glcxx::Buffer> rect_buffer;
+Font font;
 
 #define WIDTH   800
 #define HEIGHT  800
@@ -124,6 +126,12 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         return 2;
     }
 
+    if (!font.load(argv[1], HEIGHT / 10))
+    {
+        fprintf(stderr, "Error loading font from %s\n", argv[1]);
+        return 2;
+    }
+
     UpdateEvent.type = SDL_USEREVENT;
     UpdateEvent.user.code = 0;
     SDL_AddTimer(25, UpdateCallback, NULL);