diff --git a/packages/desktop/src/controller.rs b/packages/desktop/src/controller.rs
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+++ b/packages/desktop/src/controller.rs
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+use crate::desktop_context::DesktopContext;
+use crate::user_window_events::UserWindowEvent;
+use dioxus_core::*;
+use std::{
+    collections::{HashMap, VecDeque},
+    sync::atomic::AtomicBool,
+    sync::{Arc, RwLock},
+};
+use wry::{
+    self,
+    application::{event_loop::ControlFlow, event_loop::EventLoopProxy, window::WindowId},
+    webview::WebView,
+};
+
+pub(super) struct DesktopController {
+    pub(super) webviews: HashMap<WindowId, WebView>,
+    pub(super) sender: futures_channel::mpsc::UnboundedSender<SchedulerMsg>,
+    pub(super) pending_edits: Arc<RwLock<VecDeque<String>>>,
+    pub(super) quit_app_on_close: bool,
+    pub(super) is_ready: Arc<AtomicBool>,
+}
+
+impl DesktopController {
+    // Launch the virtualdom on its own thread managed by tokio
+    // returns the desktop state
+    pub(super) fn new_on_tokio<P: Send + 'static>(
+        root: Component<P>,
+        props: P,
+        proxy: EventLoopProxy<UserWindowEvent>,
+    ) -> Self {
+        let edit_queue = Arc::new(RwLock::new(VecDeque::new()));
+        let pending_edits = edit_queue.clone();
+
+        let (sender, receiver) = futures_channel::mpsc::unbounded::<SchedulerMsg>();
+        let return_sender = sender.clone();
+
+        let desktop_context_proxy = proxy.clone();
+        std::thread::spawn(move || {
+            // We create the runtime as multithreaded, so you can still "spawn" onto multiple threads
+            let runtime = tokio::runtime::Builder::new_multi_thread()
+                .enable_all()
+                .build()
+                .unwrap();
+
+            runtime.block_on(async move {
+                let mut dom =
+                    VirtualDom::new_with_props_and_scheduler(root, props, (sender, receiver));
+
+                let window_context = DesktopContext::new(desktop_context_proxy);
+
+                dom.base_scope().provide_context(window_context);
+
+                let edits = dom.rebuild();
+
+                edit_queue
+                    .write()
+                    .unwrap()
+                    .push_front(serde_json::to_string(&edits.edits).unwrap());
+
+                loop {
+                    dom.wait_for_work().await;
+                    let mut muts = dom.work_with_deadline(|| false);
+
+                    while let Some(edit) = muts.pop() {
+                        edit_queue
+                            .write()
+                            .unwrap()
+                            .push_front(serde_json::to_string(&edit.edits).unwrap());
+                    }
+
+                    let _ = proxy.send_event(UserWindowEvent::Update);
+                }
+            })
+        });
+
+        Self {
+            pending_edits,
+            sender: return_sender,
+            webviews: HashMap::new(),
+            is_ready: Arc::new(AtomicBool::new(false)),
+            quit_app_on_close: true,
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn close_window(&mut self, window_id: WindowId, control_flow: &mut ControlFlow) {
+        self.webviews.remove(&window_id);
+
+        if self.webviews.is_empty() && self.quit_app_on_close {
+            *control_flow = ControlFlow::Exit;
+        }
+    }
+
+    pub(super) fn try_load_ready_webviews(&mut self) {
+        if self.is_ready.load(std::sync::atomic::Ordering::Relaxed) {
+            let mut queue = self.pending_edits.write().unwrap();
+            let (_id, view) = self.webviews.iter_mut().next().unwrap();
+
+            while let Some(edit) = queue.pop_back() {
+                view.evaluate_script(&format!("window.interpreter.handleEdits({})", edit))
+                    .unwrap();
+            }
+        } else {
+            println!("waiting for ready");
+        }
+    }
+}