diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index d5869f6..3dbb6a2 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -117,10 +117,6 @@ int main(int argc, const char * argv[]) {
         // main window
         sc::gui::Window& window {sc::gui::Window::new_window("living art")};
         main_window = &window;
-        window.add_event_handler([](const SDL_Event& event, bool quit) -> bool {
-            std::cerr << "closing window " << event.window.windowID << '\n';
-            return quit;
-        }, SDL_WINDOWEVENT_CLOSE);
 
         // create an SDL drawing surface and connect it to cairo
         SDL_Surface* s {SDL_CreateRGBSurface(0, WIDTH, HEIGHT, 32, 0x00ff0000, 0x0000ff00, 0x000000ff, 0)};