diff --git a/src/suyu/bootmanager.cpp b/src/suyu/bootmanager.cpp
index a84dcdb3a3..023ece4868 100644
--- a/src/suyu/bootmanager.cpp
+++ b/src/suyu/bootmanager.cpp
@@ -277,6 +277,14 @@ struct VulkanRenderWidget : public RenderWidget {
     }
 };
 
+struct MetalRenderWidget : public RenderWidget {
+    explicit MetalRenderWidget(GRenderWindow* parent) : RenderWidget(parent) {
+        // HACK: manually resize the renderable area
+        resize(600, 400);
+        windowHandle()->setSurfaceType(QWindow::MetalSurface);
+    }
+};
+
 struct NullRenderWidget : public RenderWidget {
     explicit NullRenderWidget(GRenderWindow* parent) : RenderWidget(parent) {}
 };
@@ -1056,8 +1064,9 @@ bool GRenderWindow::InitializeVulkan() {
 }
 
 bool GRenderWindow::InitializeMetal() {
-    // TODO: initialize Metal
-    child_widget = new NullRenderWidget(this);
+    auto child = new MetalRenderWidget(this);
+    child_widget = child;
+    child_widget->windowHandle()->create();
     main_context = std::make_unique<DummyContext>();
 
     return true;
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_metal/renderer_metal.h b/src/video_core/renderer_metal/renderer_metal.h
index 12c3396583..852964d5bf 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_metal/renderer_metal.h
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_metal/renderer_metal.h
@@ -53,9 +53,6 @@ private:
     const CAMetalLayer* layer;
 
     RasterizerMetal rasterizer;
-
-    // HACK
-    MTLTexture_t renderTexture;
 };
 
 } // namespace Metal
diff --git a/src/video_core/renderer_metal/renderer_metal.mm b/src/video_core/renderer_metal/renderer_metal.mm
index a3416805d3..6009eed606 100644
--- a/src/video_core/renderer_metal/renderer_metal.mm
+++ b/src/video_core/renderer_metal/renderer_metal.mm
@@ -13,17 +13,16 @@ RendererMetal::RendererMetal(Core::Frontend::EmuWindow& emu_window,
                              std::unique_ptr<Core::Frontend::GraphicsContext> context_)
     : RendererBase(emu_window, std::move(context_)), device_memory{device_memory_},
                    gpu{gpu_}, device{},
-                   layer(static_cast<const CAMetalLayer*>(render_window.GetWindowInfo().render_surface)),
+                   layer([static_cast<const CAMetalLayer*>(render_window.GetWindowInfo().render_surface)
+                          retain]),
                    rasterizer(gpu_, device, layer) {
-    // HACK
-    MTLTextureDescriptor* textureDescriptor = [MTLTextureDescriptor texture2DDescriptorWithPixelFormat:MTLPixelFormatRGBA8Unorm_sRGB
-                                                                                                 width:1280
-                                                                                                height:720
-                                                                                             mipmapped:NO];
-    renderTexture = [device.GetDevice() newTextureWithDescriptor:textureDescriptor];
+    // Give the layer our device
+    layer.device = device.GetDevice();
 }
 
-RendererMetal::~RendererMetal() = default;
+RendererMetal::~RendererMetal() {
+    [layer release];
+}
 
 void RendererMetal::Composite(std::span<const Tegra::FramebufferConfig> framebuffers) {
     if (framebuffers.empty()) {
@@ -32,18 +31,19 @@ void RendererMetal::Composite(std::span<const Tegra::FramebufferConfig> framebuf
 
     // HACK
     @autoreleasepool {
-        //id<CAMetalDrawable> drawable = [layer nextDrawable];
+        id<CAMetalDrawable> drawable = [layer nextDrawable];
 
         MTLRenderPassDescriptor* renderPassDescriptor = [MTLRenderPassDescriptor renderPassDescriptor];
         renderPassDescriptor.colorAttachments[0].clearColor = MTLClearColorMake(1.0, 0.5, 0.0, 1.0);
         renderPassDescriptor.colorAttachments[0].loadAction  = MTLLoadActionClear;
         renderPassDescriptor.colorAttachments[0].storeAction = MTLStoreActionStore;
-        renderPassDescriptor.colorAttachments[0].texture = renderTexture;//drawable.texture;
+        renderPassDescriptor.colorAttachments[0].texture = drawable.texture;
 
         id<MTLCommandBuffer> commandBuffer = [device.GetCommandQueue() commandBuffer];
-        id<MTLRenderCommandEncoder> renderEncoder = [commandBuffer renderCommandEncoderWithDescriptor:renderPassDescriptor];
+        id<MTLRenderCommandEncoder> renderEncoder = [commandBuffer
+                                    renderCommandEncoderWithDescriptor:renderPassDescriptor];
         [renderEncoder endEncoding];
-        //[commandBuffer presentDrawable:drawable];
+        [commandBuffer presentDrawable:drawable];
         [commandBuffer commit];
     }