diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index 8b001d3..3f155cc 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -95,9 +95,12 @@ class VulkanApp {
     std::vector<const char*> extensions = getRequiredExtensions();
 
     // Enable the portability extension and set flags
-    extensions.push_back(vk::KHRPortabilityEnumerationExtensionName);
-#if VK_HEADER_VERSION < 110
-    extensions.push_back(vk::KHRGetPhysicalDeviceProperties2ExtensionName);
+    extensions.emplace_back(vk::KHRPortabilityEnumerationExtensionName);
+#ifdef __APPLE__
+    // Technically deprecated but vulkan complains if I don't include it for macOS
+    // So instead of using the vk::KHRPortabilitySubsetExtensionName, I just use
+    // the direct string.
+    extensions.emplace_back("VK_KHR_get_physical_device_properties2");
 #endif
 
     vk::InstanceCreateInfo createInfo {
@@ -181,7 +184,7 @@ class VulkanApp {
                                                   .queueCount       = 1,
                                                   .pQueuePriorities = &queuePriority };
 
-      queueCreateInfos.push_back(queueCreateInfo);
+      queueCreateInfos.emplace_back(queueCreateInfo);
     }
 
     vk::PhysicalDeviceFeatures deviceFeatures;
@@ -190,7 +193,7 @@ class VulkanApp {
     vk::DeviceCreateInfo createInfo { .queueCreateInfoCount    = static_cast<u32>(queueCreateInfos.size()),
                                       .pQueueCreateInfos       = queueCreateInfos.data(),
                                       .enabledExtensionCount   = 1,
-                                      .ppEnabledExtensionNames = { vk::KHRPortabilitySubsetExtensionName },
+                                      .ppEnabledExtensionNames = &vk::KHRPortabilitySubsetExtensionName,
                                       .pEnabledFeatures        = &deviceFeatures };
 #else
     vk::DeviceCreateInfo createInfo { .queueCreateInfoCount    = static_cast<u32>(queueCreateInfos.size()),
@@ -239,7 +242,7 @@ class VulkanApp {
     std::vector extensions(extensionsSpan.begin(), extensionsSpan.end());
 
     if (enableValidationLayers)
-      extensions.push_back(vk::EXTDebugUtilsExtensionName);
+      extensions.emplace_back(vk::EXTDebugUtilsExtensionName);
 
     return extensions;
   }