diff --git a/src/animations/ColorMix.zig b/src/animations/ColorMix.zig
index 95e7df0..95b454c 100644
--- a/src/animations/ColorMix.zig
+++ b/src/animations/ColorMix.zig
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 const std = @import("std");
+const Animation = @import("../tui/Animation.zig");
 const TerminalBuffer = @import("../tui/TerminalBuffer.zig");
 const utils = @import("../tui/utils.zig");
 
@@ -43,7 +44,15 @@ pub fn init(terminal_buffer: *TerminalBuffer, col1: u32, col2: u32, col3: u32) C
     };
 }
 
-pub fn draw(self: *ColorMix) void {
+pub fn animation(self: *ColorMix) Animation {
+    return Animation.init(self, deinit, realloc, draw);
+}
+
+fn deinit(_: *ColorMix) void {}
+
+fn realloc(_: *ColorMix) anyerror!void {}
+
+fn draw(self: *ColorMix) void {
     self.frames +%= 1;
     const time: f32 = @as(f32, @floatFromInt(self.frames)) * time_scale;
 
diff --git a/src/animations/Doom.zig b/src/animations/Doom.zig
index 6b0d46a..bbc0a86 100644
--- a/src/animations/Doom.zig
+++ b/src/animations/Doom.zig
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
+const Animation = @import("../tui/Animation.zig");
 const TerminalBuffer = @import("../tui/TerminalBuffer.zig");
 const utils = @import("../tui/utils.zig");
 
@@ -38,17 +39,21 @@ pub fn init(allocator: Allocator, terminal_buffer: *TerminalBuffer, top_color: u
     };
 }
 
-pub fn deinit(self: Doom) void {
+pub fn animation(self: *Doom) Animation {
+    return Animation.init(self, deinit, realloc, draw);
+}
+
+fn deinit(self: *Doom) void {
     self.allocator.free(self.buffer);
 }
 
-pub fn realloc(self: *Doom) !void {
+fn realloc(self: *Doom) anyerror!void {
     const buffer = try self.allocator.realloc(self.buffer, self.terminal_buffer.width * self.terminal_buffer.height);
     initBuffer(buffer, self.terminal_buffer.width);
     self.buffer = buffer;
 }
 
-pub fn draw(self: Doom) void {
+fn draw(self: *Doom) void {
     for (0..self.terminal_buffer.width) |x| {
         for (1..self.terminal_buffer.height) |y| {
             const source = y * self.terminal_buffer.width + x;
diff --git a/src/animations/Matrix.zig b/src/animations/Matrix.zig
index 18636fc..c60aa17 100644
--- a/src/animations/Matrix.zig
+++ b/src/animations/Matrix.zig
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 const std = @import("std");
 const Allocator = std.mem.Allocator;
 const Random = std.Random;
+const Animation = @import("../tui/Animation.zig");
 const TerminalBuffer = @import("../tui/TerminalBuffer.zig");
 const utils = @import("../tui/utils.zig");
 
@@ -54,12 +55,16 @@ pub fn init(allocator: Allocator, terminal_buffer: *TerminalBuffer, fg_ini: u32,
     };
 }
 
-pub fn deinit(self: Matrix) void {
+pub fn animation(self: *Matrix) Animation {
+    return Animation.init(self, deinit, realloc, draw);
+}
+
+fn deinit(self: *Matrix) void {
     self.allocator.free(self.dots);
     self.allocator.free(self.lines);
 }
 
-pub fn realloc(self: *Matrix) !void {
+fn realloc(self: *Matrix) anyerror!void {
     const dots = try self.allocator.realloc(self.dots, self.terminal_buffer.width * (self.terminal_buffer.height + 1));
     const lines = try self.allocator.realloc(self.lines, self.terminal_buffer.width);
 
@@ -69,7 +74,7 @@ pub fn realloc(self: *Matrix) !void {
     self.lines = lines;
 }
 
-pub fn draw(self: *Matrix) void {
+fn draw(self: *Matrix) void {
     const buf_height = self.terminal_buffer.height;
     const buf_width = self.terminal_buffer.width;
     self.count += 1;
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index e9de028..54e62aa 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const interop = @import("interop.zig");
 const Doom = @import("animations/Doom.zig");
 const Matrix = @import("animations/Matrix.zig");
 const ColorMix = @import("animations/ColorMix.zig");
+const Animation = @import("tui/Animation.zig");
 const TerminalBuffer = @import("tui/TerminalBuffer.zig");
 const Session = @import("tui/components/Session.zig");
 const Text = @import("tui/components/Text.zig");
@@ -336,24 +337,24 @@ pub fn main() !void {
     }
 
     // Initialize the animation, if any
-    var doom: Doom = undefined;
-    var matrix: Matrix = undefined;
-    var color_mix: ColorMix = undefined;
+    var animation: Animation = undefined;
 
     switch (config.animation) {
         .none => {},
-        .doom => doom = try Doom.init(allocator, &buffer, config.doom_top_color, config.doom_middle_color, config.doom_bottom_color),
-        .matrix => matrix = try Matrix.init(allocator, &buffer, config.cmatrix_fg, config.cmatrix_min_codepoint, config.cmatrix_max_codepoint),
-        .colormix => color_mix = ColorMix.init(&buffer, config.colormix_col1, config.colormix_col2, config.colormix_col3),
-    }
-    defer {
-        switch (config.animation) {
-            .none => {},
-            .doom => doom.deinit(),
-            .matrix => matrix.deinit(),
-            .colormix => {},
-        }
+        .doom => {
+            var doom = try Doom.init(allocator, &buffer, config.doom_top_color, config.doom_middle_color, config.doom_bottom_color);
+            animation = doom.animation();
+        },
+        .matrix => {
+            var matrix = try Matrix.init(allocator, &buffer, config.cmatrix_fg, config.cmatrix_min_codepoint, config.cmatrix_max_codepoint);
+            animation = matrix.animation();
+        },
+        .colormix => {
+            var color_mix = ColorMix.init(&buffer, config.colormix_col1, config.colormix_col2, config.colormix_col3);
+            animation = color_mix.animation();
+        },
     }
+    defer animation.deinit();
 
     const animate = config.animation != .none;
     const shutdown_key = try std.fmt.parseInt(u8, config.shutdown_key[1..], 10);
@@ -382,7 +383,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
     while (run) {
         // If there's no input or there's an animation, a resolution change needs to be checked
-        if (!update or config.animation != .none) {
+        if (!update or animate) {
             if (!update) std.time.sleep(std.time.ns_per_ms * 100);
 
             _ = termbox.tb_present(); // Required to update tb_width() and tb_height()
@@ -396,16 +397,9 @@ pub fn main() !void {
                 buffer.width = width;
                 buffer.height = height;
 
-                switch (config.animation) {
-                    .none => {},
-                    .doom => doom.realloc() catch {
-                        try info_line.addMessage(lang.err_alloc, config.error_bg, config.error_fg);
-                    },
-                    .matrix => matrix.realloc() catch {
-                        try info_line.addMessage(lang.err_alloc, config.error_bg, config.error_fg);
-                    },
-                    .colormix => {},
-                }
+                animation.realloc() catch {
+                    try info_line.addMessage(lang.err_alloc, config.error_bg, config.error_fg);
+                };
 
                 update = true;
                 resolution_changed = true;
@@ -417,14 +411,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
             if (auth_fails < config.auth_fails) {
                 _ = termbox.tb_clear();
 
-                if (!animation_timed_out) {
-                    switch (config.animation) {
-                        .none => {},
-                        .doom => doom.draw(),
-                        .matrix => matrix.draw(),
-                        .colormix => color_mix.draw(),
-                    }
-                }
+                if (!animation_timed_out) animation.draw();
 
                 buffer.drawLabel(ly_top_str, 0, 0);
 
@@ -585,12 +572,7 @@ pub fn main() !void {
 
             if (config.animation_timeout_sec > 0 and tv.tv_sec - tv_zero.tv_sec > config.animation_timeout_sec) {
                 animation_timed_out = true;
-                switch (config.animation) {
-                    .none => {},
-                    .doom => doom.deinit(),
-                    .matrix => matrix.deinit(),
-                    .colormix => {},
-                }
+                animation.deinit();
             }
         } else if (config.bigclock != .none and config.clock == null) {
             var tv: interop.system_time.timeval = undefined;
@@ -736,9 +718,6 @@ pub fn main() !void {
                     const password_text = try allocator.dupeZ(u8, password.text.items);
                     defer allocator.free(password_text);
 
-                    // Give up control on the TTY
-                    // _ = termbox.tb_shutdown();
-
                     session_pid = try std.posix.fork();
                     if (session_pid == 0) {
                         const current_environment = session.label.list.items[session.label.current];
diff --git a/src/tui/Animation.zig b/src/tui/Animation.zig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2311bba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/tui/Animation.zig
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+const Animation = @This();
+
+const VTable = struct {
+    deinit_fn: *const fn (ptr: *anyopaque) void,
+    realloc_fn: *const fn (ptr: *anyopaque) anyerror!void,
+    draw_fn: *const fn (ptr: *anyopaque) void,
+};
+
+pointer: *anyopaque,
+vtable: VTable,
+
+pub fn init(
+    pointer: anytype,
+    comptime deinit_fn: fn (ptr: @TypeOf(pointer)) void,
+    comptime realloc_fn: fn (ptr: @TypeOf(pointer)) anyerror!void,
+    comptime draw_fn: fn (ptr: @TypeOf(pointer)) void,
+) Animation {
+    const Pointer = @TypeOf(pointer);
+    const Impl = struct {
+        pub fn deinitImpl(ptr: *anyopaque) void {
+            const impl: Pointer = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr));
+            return @call(.always_inline, deinit_fn, .{impl});
+        }
+
+        pub fn reallocImpl(ptr: *anyopaque) anyerror!void {
+            const impl: Pointer = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr));
+            return @call(.always_inline, realloc_fn, .{impl});
+        }
+
+        pub fn drawImpl(ptr: *anyopaque) void {
+            const impl: Pointer = @ptrCast(@alignCast(ptr));
+            return @call(.always_inline, draw_fn, .{impl});
+        }
+
+        const vtable = VTable{
+            .deinit_fn = deinitImpl,
+            .realloc_fn = reallocImpl,
+            .draw_fn = drawImpl,
+        };
+    };
+
+    return .{
+        .pointer = pointer,
+        .vtable = Impl.vtable,
+    };
+}
+
+pub fn deinit(self: *Animation) void {
+    const impl: @TypeOf(self.pointer) = @ptrCast(@alignCast(self.pointer));
+    return @call(.auto, self.vtable.deinit_fn, .{impl});
+}
+
+pub fn realloc(self: *Animation) anyerror!void {
+    const impl: @TypeOf(self.pointer) = @ptrCast(@alignCast(self.pointer));
+    return @call(.auto, self.vtable.realloc_fn, .{impl});
+}
+
+pub fn draw(self: *Animation) void {
+    const impl: @TypeOf(self.pointer) = @ptrCast(@alignCast(self.pointer));
+    return @call(.auto, self.vtable.draw_fn, .{impl});
+}