diff --git a/ScreenPlay/ScreenPlay.pro b/ScreenPlay/ScreenPlay.pro
index 7e9ec4bc..86e2bf46 100644
--- a/ScreenPlay/ScreenPlay.pro
+++ b/ScreenPlay/ScreenPlay.pro
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ DISTFILES += \
 RESOURCES += Resources.qrc
 
 SOURCES += main.cpp \
+    app.cpp \
     src/createimportvideo.cpp \
     src/installedlistmodel.cpp \
     src/monitorlistmodel.cpp \
@@ -39,6 +40,7 @@ TRANSLATIONS =  translations/ScreenPlay_en.ts   \
                 translations/ScreenPlay_de.ts
 
 HEADERS += \
+    app.h \
     src/globalvariables.h \
     src/createimportvideo.h \
     src/installedlistmodel.h \
diff --git a/ScreenPlay/app.cpp b/ScreenPlay/app.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..3a604f92
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ScreenPlay/app.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,65 @@
+#include "app.h"
+
+App::App(int& argc, char** argv)
+    : QObject(nullptr)
+    , app { std::make_unique<QGuiApplication>(argc, argv) }
+    , mainWindowEngine{std::make_unique<QQmlApplicationEngine>()}
+{
+    QGuiApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_EnableHighDpiScaling);
+    QGuiApplication::setOrganizationName("ScreenPlay");
+    QGuiApplication::setOrganizationDomain("screen-play.app");
+    QGuiApplication::setApplicationName("ScreenPlay");
+    QGuiApplication::setApplicationVersion("0.3.0");
+    QGuiApplication::setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(false);
+    QGuiApplication::setWindowIcon(QIcon(":/assets/icons/favicon.ico"));
+
+    // Qt < 6.0 needs this init QtWebEngine
+    QtWebEngine::initialize();
+
+    auto globalVariables = make_shared<GlobalVariables>();
+    auto installedListModel = make_shared<InstalledListModel>(globalVariables);
+    auto installedListFilter = make_shared<InstalledListFilter>(installedListModel);
+    auto monitorListModel = make_shared<MonitorListModel>();
+    auto profileListModel = make_shared<ProfileListModel>(globalVariables);
+    auto sdkConnector = make_shared<SDKConnector>();
+    auto settings = make_shared<Settings>(globalVariables);
+    QObject::connect(settings.get(), &Settings::resetInstalledListmodel, installedListModel.get(), &InstalledListModel::reset);
+
+    Create create(globalVariables);
+    Util util {
+        mainWindowEngine->networkAccessManager()
+    };
+    ScreenPlayManager screenPlay {
+        globalVariables,
+        monitorListModel,
+        sdkConnector
+    };
+
+    // This needs to change in the future because setContextProperty gets depricated in Qt 6
+    mainWindowEngine->rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("globalVariables"), globalVariables.get());
+    mainWindowEngine->rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("screenPlay"), &screenPlay);
+    mainWindowEngine->rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("screenPlayCreate"), &create);
+    mainWindowEngine->rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("utility"), &util);
+    mainWindowEngine->rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("installedListFilter"), installedListFilter.get());
+    mainWindowEngine->rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("monitorListModel"), monitorListModel.get());
+    mainWindowEngine->rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("installedListModel"), installedListModel.get());
+    mainWindowEngine->rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("profileListModel"), profileListModel.get());
+    mainWindowEngine->rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("screenPlaySettings"), settings.get());
+    mainWindowEngine->load(QUrl(QStringLiteral("qrc:/main.qml")));
+
+    // Instead of setting "renderType: Text.NativeRendering" every time
+    // we can set it here once :)
+    QQuickWindow::setTextRenderType(QQuickWindow::TextRenderType::NativeTextRendering);
+
+    // Set visible if the -silent parameter was not set
+    QStringList argumentList = app->arguments();
+    if (!argumentList.contains("-silent")) {
+        settings->setMainWindowVisible(true);
+    }
+    installedListModel->init();
+}
+
+int App::run()
+{
+    return app->exec();
+}
diff --git a/ScreenPlay/app.h b/ScreenPlay/app.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1346ae5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ScreenPlay/app.h
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <QDir>
+#include <QGuiApplication>
+#include <QIcon>
+#include <QObject>
+#include <QQmlApplicationEngine>
+#include <QQmlContext>
+#include <QQmlEngine>
+#include <QStringList>
+#include <QUrl>
+#include <QtWebEngine>
+
+#include <memory>
+
+#include "src/create.h"
+#include "src/globalvariables.h"
+#include "src/installedlistfilter.h"
+#include "src/installedlistmodel.h"
+#include "src/monitorlistmodel.h"
+#include "src/profilelistmodel.h"
+#include "src/screenplaymanager.h"
+#include "src/sdkconnector.h"
+#include "src/settings.h"
+#include "src/util.h"
+
+using std::make_shared,
+    std::shared_ptr,
+    ScreenPlay::Util,
+    ScreenPlay::InstalledListModel,
+    ScreenPlay::ScreenPlayManager,
+    ScreenPlay::InstalledListFilter,
+    ScreenPlay::MonitorListModel,
+    ScreenPlay::ProfileListModel,
+    ScreenPlay::SDKConnector,
+    ScreenPlay::Settings,
+    ScreenPlay::Create;
+
+class App : public QObject {
+    Q_OBJECT
+
+    Q_PROPERTY(shared_ptr<GlobalVariables> globalVariables READ globalVariables WRITE setGlobalVariables NOTIFY globalVariablesChanged)
+public:
+    explicit App(int &argc, char **argv);
+
+    shared_ptr<GlobalVariables> globalVariables() const
+    {
+        return m_globalVariables;
+    }
+
+signals:
+
+    void globalVariablesChanged(shared_ptr<GlobalVariables> globalVariables);
+
+public slots:
+int run();
+void setGlobalVariables(shared_ptr<GlobalVariables> globalVariables)
+{
+    if (m_globalVariables == globalVariables)
+        return;
+
+    m_globalVariables = globalVariables;
+    emit globalVariablesChanged(m_globalVariables);
+}
+
+private:
+    std::unique_ptr<QGuiApplication> app;
+    std::unique_ptr<QQmlApplicationEngine> mainWindowEngine;
+    shared_ptr<GlobalVariables> m_globalVariables;
+};
diff --git a/ScreenPlay/main.cpp b/ScreenPlay/main.cpp
index 76fde9c6..c27290bc 100644
--- a/ScreenPlay/main.cpp
+++ b/ScreenPlay/main.cpp
@@ -1,97 +1,7 @@
-#include <QDir>
-#include <QGuiApplication>
-#include <QIcon>
-#include <QObject>
-#include <QQmlApplicationEngine>
-#include <QQmlContext>
-#include <QQmlEngine>
-#include <QStringList>
-#include <QUrl>
-#include <QtWebEngine>
-
-#include <memory>
-
-#include "src/create.h"
-#include "src/globalvariables.h"
-#include "src/installedlistfilter.h"
-#include "src/installedlistmodel.h"
-#include "src/monitorlistmodel.h"
-#include "src/profilelistmodel.h"
-#include "src/screenplaymanager.h"
-#include "src/sdkconnector.h"
-#include "src/settings.h"
-#include "src/util.h"
-
-using std::make_shared,
-    ScreenPlay::Util,
-    ScreenPlay::InstalledListModel,
-    ScreenPlay::ScreenPlayManager,
-    ScreenPlay::InstalledListFilter,
-    ScreenPlay::MonitorListModel,
-    ScreenPlay::ProfileListModel,
-    ScreenPlay::SDKConnector,
-    ScreenPlay::Settings,
-    ScreenPlay::Create;
+#include  "app.h"
 
 int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 {
-
-    QGuiApplication::setAttribute(Qt::AA_EnableHighDpiScaling);
-    QGuiApplication::setOrganizationName("ScreenPlay");
-    QGuiApplication::setOrganizationDomain("screen-play.app");
-    QGuiApplication::setApplicationName("ScreenPlay");
-    QGuiApplication::setApplicationVersion("0.3.0");
-
-    QGuiApplication app(argc, argv);
-
-    QGuiApplication::setQuitOnLastWindowClosed(false);
-    QGuiApplication::setWindowIcon(QIcon(":/assets/icons/favicon.ico"));
-
-    // Qt < 6.0 needs this init QtWebEngine
-    QtWebEngine::initialize();
-    QQmlApplicationEngine mainWindowEngine;
-
-    auto globalVariables = make_shared<GlobalVariables>();
-    auto installedListModel = make_shared<InstalledListModel>(globalVariables);
-    auto installedListFilter = make_shared<InstalledListFilter>(installedListModel);
-    auto monitorListModel = make_shared<MonitorListModel>();
-    auto profileListModel = make_shared<ProfileListModel>(globalVariables);
-    auto sdkConnector = make_shared<SDKConnector>();
-    auto settings = make_shared<Settings>(globalVariables);
-    QObject::connect(settings.get(), &Settings::resetInstalledListmodel, installedListModel.get(), &InstalledListModel::reset);
-
-    Create create(globalVariables);
-    Util util {
-        mainWindowEngine.networkAccessManager()
-    };
-    ScreenPlayManager screenPlay {
-        globalVariables,
-        monitorListModel,
-        sdkConnector
-    };
-
-    // This needs to change in the future because setContextProperty gets depricated in Qt 6
-    mainWindowEngine.rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("globalVariables"), globalVariables.get());
-    mainWindowEngine.rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("screenPlay"), &screenPlay);
-    mainWindowEngine.rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("screenPlayCreate"), &create);
-    mainWindowEngine.rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("utility"), &util);
-    mainWindowEngine.rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("installedListFilter"), installedListFilter.get());
-    mainWindowEngine.rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("monitorListModel"), monitorListModel.get());
-    mainWindowEngine.rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("installedListModel"), installedListModel.get());
-    mainWindowEngine.rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("profileListModel"), profileListModel.get());
-    mainWindowEngine.rootContext()->setContextProperty(QStringLiteral("screenPlaySettings"), settings.get());
-    mainWindowEngine.load(QUrl(QStringLiteral("qrc:/main.qml")));
-
-    // Instead of setting "renderType: Text.NativeRendering" every time
-    // we can set it here once :)
-    QQuickWindow::setTextRenderType(QQuickWindow::TextRenderType::NativeTextRendering);
-
-    // Set visible if the -silent parameter was not set
-    QStringList argumentList = app.arguments();
-    if (!argumentList.contains("-silent")) {
-        settings->setMainWindowVisible(true);
-    }
-    installedListModel->init();
-
-    return app.exec();
+    App app(argc,argv);
+    return app.run();
 }