diff --git a/src/engine/vk/VkDescriptorPool.cpp b/src/engine/vk/VkDescriptorPool.cpp
index 589c618..08e1a49 100644
--- a/src/engine/vk/VkDescriptorPool.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/vk/VkDescriptorPool.cpp
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ namespace Vixen::Vk {
         const VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo info{
             .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_INFO,
             .pNext = nullptr,
-            .flags = 0,
+            .flags = VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_FREE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_BIT,
             .maxSets = maxSets,
             .poolSizeCount = static_cast<uint32_t>(sizes.size()),
             .pPoolSizes = sizes.data()
diff --git a/src/engine/vk/VkDescriptorSet.cpp b/src/engine/vk/VkDescriptorSet.cpp
index 1086e07..0b3d7b3 100644
--- a/src/engine/vk/VkDescriptorSet.cpp
+++ b/src/engine/vk/VkDescriptorSet.cpp
@@ -37,7 +37,10 @@ namespace Vixen::Vk {
     }
 
     VkDescriptorSet::~VkDescriptorSet() {
-        vkFreeDescriptorSets(device->getDevice(), pool->getPool(), 1, &set);
+        checkVulkanResult(
+            vkFreeDescriptorSets(device->getDevice(), pool->getPool(), 1, &set),
+            "Failed to free descriptor set"
+        );
     }
 
     void VkDescriptorSet::updateUniformBuffer(const uint32_t binding, const VkBuffer& buffer) const {