diff --git a/src/asset.cpp b/src/asset.cpp
index 96a82db4..c19844e5 100644
--- a/src/asset.cpp
+++ b/src/asset.cpp
@@ -28,91 +28,99 @@ namespace rack {
 namespace asset {
 
 
-void init() {
-	// Get system dir
-	if (systemDir.empty()) {
-		if (settings::devMode) {
-			systemDir = ".";
-		}
-		else {
+static void initSystemDir() {
+	if (systemDir != "")
+		return;
+
+	if (settings::devMode) {
+		systemDir = ".";
+		return;
+	}
+
 #if defined ARCH_MAC
-			CFBundleRef bundle = CFBundleGetMainBundle();
-			assert(bundle);
-
-			// Check if we're running as a command-line program or an app bundle.
-			CFURLRef bundleUrl = CFBundleCopyBundleURL(bundle);
-			// Thanks Ken Thomases! https://stackoverflow.com/a/58369256/272642
-			CFStringRef uti;
-			if (CFURLCopyResourcePropertyForKey(bundleUrl, kCFURLTypeIdentifierKey, &uti, NULL) && uti && UTTypeConformsTo(uti, kUTTypeApplicationBundle)) {
-				char bundleBuf[PATH_MAX];
-				Boolean success = CFURLGetFileSystemRepresentation(bundleUrl, TRUE, (UInt8*) bundleBuf, sizeof(bundleBuf));
-				assert(success);
-				bundlePath = bundleBuf;
-			}
-
-			CFURLRef resourcesUrl = CFBundleCopyResourcesDirectoryURL(bundle);
-			char resourcesBuf[PATH_MAX];
-			Boolean success = CFURLGetFileSystemRepresentation(resourcesUrl, TRUE, (UInt8*) resourcesBuf, sizeof(resourcesBuf));
-			assert(success);
-			CFRelease(resourcesUrl);
-			systemDir = resourcesBuf;
+	CFBundleRef bundle = CFBundleGetMainBundle();
+	assert(bundle);
+
+	// Check if we're running as a command-line program or an app bundle.
+	CFURLRef bundleUrl = CFBundleCopyBundleURL(bundle);
+	// Thanks Ken Thomases! https://stackoverflow.com/a/58369256/272642
+	CFStringRef uti;
+	if (CFURLCopyResourcePropertyForKey(bundleUrl, kCFURLTypeIdentifierKey, &uti, NULL) && uti && UTTypeConformsTo(uti, kUTTypeApplicationBundle)) {
+		char bundleBuf[PATH_MAX];
+		Boolean success = CFURLGetFileSystemRepresentation(bundleUrl, TRUE, (UInt8*) bundleBuf, sizeof(bundleBuf));
+		assert(success);
+		bundlePath = bundleBuf;
+	}
+
+	CFURLRef resourcesUrl = CFBundleCopyResourcesDirectoryURL(bundle);
+	char resourcesBuf[PATH_MAX];
+	Boolean success = CFURLGetFileSystemRepresentation(resourcesUrl, TRUE, (UInt8*) resourcesBuf, sizeof(resourcesBuf));
+	assert(success);
+	CFRelease(resourcesUrl);
+	systemDir = resourcesBuf;
 #endif
 #if defined ARCH_WIN
-			// Get path to executable
-			wchar_t moduleBufW[MAX_PATH];
-			DWORD length = GetModuleFileNameW(NULL, moduleBufW, LENGTHOF(moduleBufW));
-			assert(length > 0);
-			// Get folder of executable
-			PathRemoveFileSpecW(moduleBufW);
-			// Convert to short path to avoid Unicode
-			wchar_t moduleBufShortW[MAX_PATH];
-			GetShortPathNameW(moduleBufW, moduleBufShortW, LENGTHOF(moduleBufShortW));
-			systemDir = string::fromWstring(moduleBufShortW);
+	// Get path to executable
+	wchar_t moduleBufW[MAX_PATH];
+	DWORD length = GetModuleFileNameW(NULL, moduleBufW, LENGTHOF(moduleBufW));
+	assert(length > 0);
+	// Get folder of executable
+	PathRemoveFileSpecW(moduleBufW);
+	// Convert to short path to avoid Unicode
+	wchar_t moduleBufShortW[MAX_PATH];
+	GetShortPathNameW(moduleBufW, moduleBufShortW, LENGTHOF(moduleBufShortW));
+	systemDir = string::fromWstring(moduleBufShortW);
 #endif
 #if defined ARCH_LIN
-			// Users should launch Rack from their terminal in the system directory
-			systemDir = ".";
+	// Users should launch Rack from their terminal in the system directory
+	systemDir = ".";
 #endif
-		}
+}
+
+
+static void initUserDir() {
+	if (userDir != "")
+		return;
+
+	if (settings::devMode) {
+		userDir = ".";
+		return;
 	}
 
-	// Get user dir
-	if (userDir.empty()) {
-		if (settings::devMode) {
-			userDir = ".";
-		}
-		else {
 #if defined ARCH_WIN
-			// Get "My Documents" folder
-			wchar_t documentsBufW[MAX_PATH] = L".";
-			HRESULT result = SHGetFolderPathW(NULL, CSIDL_MYDOCUMENTS, NULL, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, documentsBufW);
-			assert(result == S_OK);
-			// Convert to short path to avoid Unicode
-			wchar_t documentsBufShortW[MAX_PATH];
-			GetShortPathNameW(documentsBufW, documentsBufShortW, LENGTHOF(documentsBufShortW));
-			userDir = string::fromWstring(documentsBufShortW);
-			userDir += "/Rack";
+	// Get "My Documents" folder
+	wchar_t documentsBufW[MAX_PATH] = L".";
+	HRESULT result = SHGetFolderPathW(NULL, CSIDL_MYDOCUMENTS, NULL, SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, documentsBufW);
+	assert(result == S_OK);
+	// Convert to short path to avoid Unicode
+	wchar_t documentsBufShortW[MAX_PATH];
+	GetShortPathNameW(documentsBufW, documentsBufShortW, LENGTHOF(documentsBufShortW));
+	userDir = string::fromWstring(documentsBufShortW);
+	userDir += "/Rack";
 #endif
 #if defined ARCH_MAC
-			// Get home directory
-			struct passwd* pw = getpwuid(getuid());
-			assert(pw);
-			userDir = pw->pw_dir;
-			userDir += "/Documents/Rack";
+	// Get home directory
+	struct passwd* pw = getpwuid(getuid());
+	assert(pw);
+	userDir = pw->pw_dir;
+	userDir += "/Documents/Rack";
 #endif
 #if defined ARCH_LIN
-			// Get home directory
-			const char* homeBuf = getenv("HOME");
-			if (!homeBuf) {
-				struct passwd* pw = getpwuid(getuid());
-				assert(pw);
-				homeBuf = pw->pw_dir;
-			}
-			userDir = homeBuf;
-			userDir += "/.Rack";
-#endif
-		}
+	// Get home directory
+	const char* homeBuf = getenv("HOME");
+	if (!homeBuf) {
+		struct passwd* pw = getpwuid(getuid());
+		assert(pw);
+		homeBuf = pw->pw_dir;
 	}
+	userDir = homeBuf;
+	userDir += "/.Rack";
+#endif
+}
+
+void init() {
+	initSystemDir();
+	initUserDir();
 
 	system::createDirectory(systemDir);
 	system::createDirectory(userDir);
diff --git a/src/gamepad.cpp b/src/gamepad.cpp
index 6dae1279..e57aefad 100644
--- a/src/gamepad.cpp
+++ b/src/gamepad.cpp
@@ -12,7 +12,6 @@ struct Driver;
 
 
 static const int DRIVER = -10;
-static Driver* driver = NULL;
 
 
 struct InputDevice : midi::InputDevice {
@@ -117,17 +116,17 @@ struct Driver : midi::Driver {
 };
 
 
+static Driver driver;
+
+
 void init() {
-	driver = new Driver;
-	midi::addDriver(DRIVER, driver);
+	midi::addDriver(DRIVER, &driver);
 }
 
 void step() {
-	if (!driver)
-		return;
 	for (int i = 0; i < 16; i++) {
 		if (glfwJoystickPresent(i)) {
-			driver->devices[i].step();
+			driver.devices[i].step();
 		}
 	}
 }
diff --git a/src/logger.cpp b/src/logger.cpp
index 3377db1a..1dc30869 100644
--- a/src/logger.cpp
+++ b/src/logger.cpp
@@ -18,12 +18,13 @@ void init() {
 	startTime = system::getNanoseconds();
 	if (settings::devMode) {
 		outputFile = stderr;
+		return;
 	}
-	else {
-		outputFile = std::fopen(asset::logPath.c_str(), "w");
-		if (!outputFile) {
-			std::fprintf(stderr, "Could not open log at %s\n", asset::logPath.c_str());
-		}
+
+	assert(!outputFile);
+	outputFile = std::fopen(asset::logPath.c_str(), "w");
+	if (!outputFile) {
+		std::fprintf(stderr, "Could not open log at %s\n", asset::logPath.c_str());
 	}
 }
 
diff --git a/src/plugin.cpp b/src/plugin.cpp
index b9730cec..1d722751 100644
--- a/src/plugin.cpp
+++ b/src/plugin.cpp
@@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ static void extractPackages(std::string path) {
 ////////////////////
 
 void init() {
+	// Don't re-initialize
+	if (!plugins.empty())
+		return;
+
 	// Load Core
 	loadPlugin("");
 
@@ -239,13 +243,13 @@ void init() {
 void destroy() {
 	for (Plugin* plugin : plugins) {
 		// Free library handle
+		if (plugin->handle) {
 #if defined ARCH_WIN
-		if (plugin->handle)
 			FreeLibrary((HINSTANCE) plugin->handle);
 #else
-		if (plugin->handle)
 			dlclose(plugin->handle);
 #endif
+		}
 
 		// For some reason this segfaults.
 		// It might be best to let them leak anyway, because "crash on exit" issues would occur with badly-written plugins.
diff --git a/src/settings.cpp b/src/settings.cpp
index 4b0e492d..7a90eb5c 100644
--- a/src/settings.cpp
+++ b/src/settings.cpp
@@ -249,11 +249,11 @@ void save(const std::string& path) {
 	if (!rootJ)
 		return;
 
-	FILE* file = fopen(path.c_str(), "w");
+	FILE* file = std::fopen(path.c_str(), "w");
 	if (!file)
 		return;
 	DEFER({
-		fclose(file);
+		std::fclose(file);
 	});
 
 	json_dumpf(rootJ, file, JSON_INDENT(2) | JSON_REAL_PRECISION(9));
@@ -262,11 +262,11 @@ void save(const std::string& path) {
 
 void load(const std::string& path) {
 	INFO("Loading settings %s", path.c_str());
-	FILE* file = fopen(path.c_str(), "r");
+	FILE* file = std::fopen(path.c_str(), "r");
 	if (!file)
 		return;
 	DEFER({
-		fclose(file);
+		std::fclose(file);
 	});
 
 	json_error_t error;
diff --git a/src/updater.cpp b/src/updater.cpp
index 7d778fae..ebb77c28 100644
--- a/src/updater.cpp
+++ b/src/updater.cpp
@@ -48,12 +48,13 @@ static void checkVersion() {
 
 
 void init() {
-	if (!settings::devMode) {
-		std::thread t([] {
-			checkVersion();
-		});
-		t.detach();
-	}
+	if (settings::devMode)
+		return;
+
+	std::thread t([]() {
+		checkVersion();
+	});
+	t.detach();
 }