diff --git a/Mystify/App.axaml.cs b/Mystify/App.axaml.cs
index c41cba2..b172692 100644
--- a/Mystify/App.axaml.cs
+++ b/Mystify/App.axaml.cs
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 using Avalonia;
+using Avalonia.Controls;
 using Avalonia.Controls.ApplicationLifetimes;
 using Avalonia.Markup.Xaml;
+using LightweightIocContainer.Interfaces;
 using Mystify.ViewModels;
 using Mystify.Views;
 
@@ -8,19 +10,30 @@ namespace Mystify
 {
     public class App : Application
     {
+        private IIocContainer? _kernel;
+        
         public override void Initialize() => AvaloniaXamlLoader.Load(this);
 
         public override void OnFrameworkInitializationCompleted()
         {
-            if (ApplicationLifetime is IClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime desktop)
+            if (Design.IsDesignMode)
+                return;
+
+            Bootstrapper bootstrapper = new();
+            _kernel = bootstrapper.BootstrapKernel();
+            
+            if (ApplicationLifetime is IClassicDesktopStyleApplicationLifetime desktopStyleApplicationLifetime)
             {
-                desktop.MainWindow = new MainWindow
+                desktopStyleApplicationLifetime.MainWindow = new MainWindow
                 {
                     DataContext = new MainWindowViewModel(),
                 };
+                desktopStyleApplicationLifetime.Exit += OnExit;
             }
 
             base.OnFrameworkInitializationCompleted();
         }
+
+        private void OnExit(object? sender, ControlledApplicationLifetimeExitEventArgs args) => _kernel?.Dispose();
     }
 }
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diff --git a/Mystify/Bootstrapper.cs b/Mystify/Bootstrapper.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad52015
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Mystify/Bootstrapper.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+// Author: Gockner, Simon
+// Created: 2021-04-06
+// Copyright(c) 2021 SimonG. All Rights Reserved.
+
+using LightweightIocContainer;
+using LightweightIocContainer.Interfaces;
+
+namespace Mystify
+{
+    public class Bootstrapper
+    {
+        public IIocContainer BootstrapKernel() => new IocContainer().Install();
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/Mystify/Mystify.csproj b/Mystify/Mystify.csproj
index 077a9a6..b2e7587 100644
--- a/Mystify/Mystify.csproj
+++ b/Mystify/Mystify.csproj
@@ -13,5 +13,6 @@
         <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Desktop" Version="0.10.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.Diagnostics" Version="0.10.0" />
         <PackageReference Include="Avalonia.ReactiveUI" Version="0.10.0" />
+        <PackageReference Include="LightweightIocContainer" Version="3.0.0-beta" />
     </ItemGroup>
 </Project>