std::vector<std::thread> loader_threads;
    loader_threads.reserve(surfs.size());

    std::mutex surf_lock;

    for(const auto& f : file_paths) {
        loader_threads.emplace_back([&surf_lock, &surfs](const std::string path) {
            surface temp = image::get_image(path);

            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(surf_lock);

            if(!temp.null()) {
                surfs.push_back({ std::move(temp), path});
            }
        }, f);
    }

    for(auto& thread : loader_threads) {
        thread.join();
    }