diff --git a/interface/src/Application.cpp b/interface/src/Application.cpp
index 5a340f471e..8bfb1dfbd4 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.cpp
+++ b/interface/src/Application.cpp
@@ -2209,6 +2209,7 @@ Application::~Application() {
     // shutdown render engine
     _main3DScene = nullptr;
     _renderEngine = nullptr;
+    _infinityEngine = nullptr;
 
     DependencyManager::destroy<Preferences>();
 
@@ -4097,6 +4098,9 @@ void Application::idle() {
         qFatal("Unable to make main thread context current");
     }
 
+    {
+        _infinityEngine->run();
+    }
     {
         PerformanceTimer perfTimer("update");
         PerformanceWarning warn(showWarnings, "Application::idle()... update()");
diff --git a/interface/src/Application.h b/interface/src/Application.h
index d4041aa3be..0435425d5f 100644
--- a/interface/src/Application.h
+++ b/interface/src/Application.h
@@ -69,6 +69,7 @@
 #include "ui/OverlayConductor.h"
 #include "ui/overlays/Overlays.h"
 #include "UndoStackScriptingInterface.h"
+#include "workload/Engine.h"
 
 #include <procedural/ProceduralSkybox.h>
 #include <graphics/Skybox.h>
@@ -612,6 +613,7 @@ private:
     render::ScenePointer _main3DScene{ new render::Scene(glm::vec3(-0.5f * (float)TREE_SCALE), (float)TREE_SCALE) };
     render::EnginePointer _renderEngine{ new render::Engine() };
     gpu::ContextPointer _gpuContext; // initialized during window creation
+    workload::EnginePointer _infinityEngine{ new workload::Engine() };
 
     mutable QMutex _renderArgsMutex{ QMutex::Recursive };
     struct AppRenderArgs {