diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 3ac25b94..cdac1e25 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 *build*/
 .idea/
 roms/
+saves/
 *.bin
 *.sh
 .cache/
diff --git a/src/backend/Core.hpp b/src/backend/Core.hpp
index 5e328bf9..d80a2e00 100644
--- a/src/backend/Core.hpp
+++ b/src/backend/Core.hpp
@@ -7,7 +7,6 @@ struct Event;
 
 namespace n64 {
 struct Core {
-  ~Core() { Stop(); }
   Core(ParallelRDP&);
   void Stop();
   void LoadROM(const std::string&);
diff --git a/src/backend/core/mmio/Audio.cpp b/src/backend/core/mmio/Audio.cpp
index 85ed0bf5..900924d7 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/mmio/Audio.cpp
+++ b/src/backend/core/mmio/Audio.cpp
@@ -9,14 +9,22 @@ namespace n64 {
 
 void audioCallback(void* user, Uint8* stream, int length) {
   auto audioDevice = (AudioDevice*)user;
-  int gotten = 0;
-  audioDevice->LockMutex();
-  int available = SDL_AudioStreamAvailable(audioDevice->GetStream());
+  int gotten = 0, available = 0;
+  if (audioDevice) {
+    audioDevice->LockMutex();
+  }
+
+  if (audioDevice) {
+    available = SDL_AudioStreamAvailable(audioDevice->GetStream().get());
+  }
 
-  if (available > 0) {
-    gotten = SDL_AudioStreamGet(audioDevice->GetStream(), stream, length);
+  if (available > 0 && audioDevice) {
+    gotten = SDL_AudioStreamGet(audioDevice->GetStream().get(), stream, length);
+  }
+
+  if (audioDevice) {
+    audioDevice->UnlockMutex();
   }
-  audioDevice->UnlockMutex();
 
   int gottenSamples = (int)(gotten / sizeof(float));
   auto* out = (float*)stream;
@@ -28,13 +36,11 @@ void audioCallback(void* user, Uint8* stream, int length) {
   }
 }
 
-AudioDevice::AudioDevice() {
+AudioDevice::AudioDevice() : audioStream(SDL_NewAudioStream, SDL_FreeAudioStream, "audioStream", SYSTEM_SAMPLE_FORMAT, 2, AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE, SYSTEM_SAMPLE_FORMAT, 2, AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE),
+                             audioStreamMutex(SDL_CreateMutex, SDL_DestroyMutex, "audioStreamMutex") {
   SDL_InitSubSystem(SDL_INIT_AUDIO);
-  audioStream = SDL_NewAudioStream(SYSTEM_SAMPLE_FORMAT, 2, AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE, SYSTEM_SAMPLE_FORMAT, 2, AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE);
-
-  audioStreamMutex = SDL_CreateMutex();
 
-  if(!audioStreamMutex) {
+  if(!audioStreamMutex.get()) {
     Util::panic("Unable to initialize audio mutex: {}", SDL_GetError());
   }
 
@@ -59,17 +65,15 @@ void AudioDevice::PushSample(float left, float volumeL, float right, float volum
   float adjustedR = right * volumeR;
   float samples[2]{ adjustedL, adjustedR };
 
-  auto availableBytes = (float)SDL_AudioStreamAvailable(audioStream);
+  auto availableBytes = (float)SDL_AudioStreamAvailable(audioStream.get());
   if(availableBytes <= BYTES_PER_HALF_SECOND) {
-    SDL_AudioStreamPut(audioStream, samples, 2 * sizeof(float));
+    SDL_AudioStreamPut(audioStream.get(), samples, 2 * sizeof(float));
   }
 }
 
 void AudioDevice::AdjustSampleRate(int sampleRate) {
   LockMutex();
-  if(audioStream) SDL_FreeAudioStream(audioStream);
-
-  audioStream = SDL_NewAudioStream(SYSTEM_SAMPLE_FORMAT, 2, sampleRate, SYSTEM_SAMPLE_FORMAT, 2, AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE);
+  audioStream.Construct(SDL_NewAudioStream, SYSTEM_SAMPLE_FORMAT, 2, sampleRate, SYSTEM_SAMPLE_FORMAT, 2, AUDIO_SAMPLE_RATE);
   UnlockMutex();
 }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/backend/core/mmio/Audio.hpp b/src/backend/core/mmio/Audio.hpp
index a29a0f8a..25cc1730 100644
--- a/src/backend/core/mmio/Audio.hpp
+++ b/src/backend/core/mmio/Audio.hpp
@@ -1,30 +1,28 @@
 #pragma once
-#include <common.hpp>
+#include <MemoryHelpers.hpp>
 #include <SDL2/SDL.h>
 
 namespace n64 {
 struct AudioDevice {
   AudioDevice();
-  ~AudioDevice() {
-    SDL_FreeAudioStream(audioStream);
-    SDL_DestroyMutex(audioStreamMutex);
-  }
 
   void PushSample(float, float, float, float);
   void AdjustSampleRate(int);
   void LockMutex() {
-    if(audioStreamMutex)
-      SDL_LockMutex(audioStreamMutex);
+    if(audioStreamMutex.get())
+      SDL_LockMutex(audioStreamMutex.get());
   }
   void UnlockMutex() {
-    if (audioStreamMutex)
-      SDL_UnlockMutex(audioStreamMutex);
+    if (audioStreamMutex.get())
+      SDL_UnlockMutex(audioStreamMutex.get());
   }
 
-  SDL_AudioStream* GetStream() { return audioStream; }
+  Util::AutoRelease<SDL_AudioStream, const SDL_AudioFormat, const Uint8, const int, const SDL_AudioFormat,
+                    const Uint8, const int>& GetStream() { return audioStream; }
 private:
-  SDL_AudioStream* audioStream = nullptr;
-  SDL_mutex* audioStreamMutex = nullptr;
+  Util::AutoRelease<SDL_AudioStream, const SDL_AudioFormat, const Uint8, const int, const SDL_AudioFormat,
+                  const Uint8, const int> audioStream;
+  Util::AutoRelease<SDL_mutex> audioStreamMutex;
   SDL_AudioSpec audioSpec{};
   SDL_AudioSpec request{};
   SDL_AudioDeviceID handle{};
diff --git a/src/frontend/EmuThread.cpp b/src/frontend/EmuThread.cpp
index 112d99ef..61772f07 100644
--- a/src/frontend/EmuThread.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/EmuThread.cpp
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
 EmuThread::EmuThread(std::unique_ptr<QtInstanceFactory>&& instance_, std::unique_ptr<Vulkan::WSIPlatform>&& wsiPlatform_, std::unique_ptr<ParallelRDP::WindowInfo>&& windowInfo_, SettingsWindow& settings) noexcept
   : instance(std::move(instance_)), wsiPlatform(std::move(wsiPlatform_)),
     windowInfo(std::move(windowInfo_)),
-    controller(SDL_GameControllerClose),
+    controller(SDL_GameControllerClose, "GameController"),
     core(parallel), settings(settings) {}
 
 [[noreturn]] void EmuThread::run() noexcept {
diff --git a/src/utils/MemoryHelpers.hpp b/src/utils/MemoryHelpers.hpp
index b2f19b65..e9f72ec5 100644
--- a/src/utils/MemoryHelpers.hpp
+++ b/src/utils/MemoryHelpers.hpp
@@ -8,13 +8,18 @@
 namespace Util {
 template <class T, typename... Args>
 struct AutoRelease {
-  AutoRelease(void (*dtor)(T*)) : dtor(dtor) { }
+  AutoRelease(void (*dtor)(T*), const char* name = "") : dtor(dtor), name(name) { }
 
-  AutoRelease(T* (*ctor)(Args...), void (*dtor)(T*), Args... args) : dtor(dtor) {
+  AutoRelease(T* (*ctor)(Args...), void (*dtor)(T*), const char* name = "", Args... args) : dtor(dtor), name(name) {
     thing = ctor(args...);
   }
 
-  T* get() { return thing; }
+  T* get() {
+    if (!thing) {
+      Util::panic("AutoRelease::{} is null!", name);
+    }
+    return thing;
+  }
 
   void Construct(T* (*ctor)(Args...), Args... args) {
     if(thing) {
@@ -36,6 +41,7 @@ struct AutoRelease {
     }
   }
 private:
+  const char* name = "";
   T* thing = nullptr;
   void (*dtor)(T*) = nullptr;
 };