diff --git a/config/Sources.cmake b/config/Sources.cmake
index 7632d7d8f788b53a22ce1a5b513f469a83b00f4d..4f673e00d1e42e733534480d6085affd651a8c04 100644
--- a/config/Sources.cmake
+++ b/config/Sources.cmake
@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ set(vkcv_sources
 
 		${vkcv_source}/vkcv/ImageManager.hpp
 		${vkcv_source}/vkcv/ImageManager.cpp
+		
+		${vkcv_include}/vkcv/Logger.hpp
 
 		${vkcv_include}/vkcv/SwapChain.hpp
 		${vkcv_source}/vkcv/SwapChain.cpp
diff --git a/config/lib/SPIRV_Cross.cmake b/config/lib/SPIRV_Cross.cmake
index 751ee883c47e0eab081a13e5805ced6f2daa7e30..2e705d7d5a006e3851d14d22a57fd667c61c79f5 100644
--- a/config/lib/SPIRV_Cross.cmake
+++ b/config/lib/SPIRV_Cross.cmake
@@ -6,9 +6,20 @@ if (spirv-cross_FOUND)
     message(${vkcv_config_msg} " SPIRV Cross    - " ${SPIRV_CROSS_VERSION})
 else()
     if (EXISTS "${vkcv_lib_path}/SPIRV-Cross")
+        set(SPIRV_CROSS_EXCEPTIONS_TO_ASSERTIONS OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
+        set(SPIRV_CROSS_SHARED OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
+        set(SPIRV_CROSS_STATIC ON CACHE INTERNAL "")
         set(SPIRV_CROSS_CLI OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
         set(SPIRV_CROSS_ENABLE_TESTS OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
+        
+        set(SPIRV_CROSS_ENABLE_GLSL ON CACHE INTERNAL "")
+        set(SPIRV_CROSS_ENABLE_HLSL OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
+        set(SPIRV_CROSS_ENABLE_MSL OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
+        set(SPIRV_CROSS_ENABLE_CPP ON CACHE INTERNAL "")
+        set(SPIRV_CROSS_ENABLE_REFLECT OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
         set(SPIRV_CROSS_ENABLE_C_API OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
+        set(SPIRV_CROSS_ENABLE_UTIL OFF CACHE INTERNAL "")
+        
         set(SPIRV_CROSS_SKIP_INSTALL ON CACHE INTERNAL "")
     
         add_subdirectory(${vkcv_lib}/SPIRV-Cross)
diff --git a/include/vkcv/Core.hpp b/include/vkcv/Core.hpp
index 061a2bd787b78f1af1e948b8a5b0486dff57e249..4f9468a2a738502d8459e4e136f566fa507d8b6e 100644
--- a/include/vkcv/Core.hpp
+++ b/include/vkcv/Core.hpp
@@ -157,6 +157,19 @@ namespace vkcv
         [[nodiscard]]
         PipelineHandle createGraphicsPipeline(const PipelineConfig &config);
 
+        /**
+         * Creates a basic vulkan compute pipeline using @p shader program and returns it using the @p handle.
+         * Fixed Functions for pipeline are set with standard values.
+         *
+         * @param shader program that hold the compiles compute shader
+         * @param handle a handle to return the created vulkan handle
+         * @return True if pipeline creation was successful, False if not
+         */
+        [[nodiscard]]
+        PipelineHandle createComputePipeline(
+            const ShaderProgram &config, 
+            const std::vector<vk::DescriptorSetLayout> &descriptorSetLayouts);
+
         /**
          * Creates a basic vulkan render pass using @p config from the render pass config class and returns it using the @p handle.
          * Fixed Functions for pipeline are set with standard values.
@@ -228,6 +241,13 @@ namespace vkcv
 			const std::vector<DrawcallInfo> &drawcalls,
 			const std::vector<ImageHandle>  &renderTargets);
 
+		void recordComputeDispatchToCmdStream(
+			CommandStreamHandle cmdStream,
+			PipelineHandle computePipeline,
+			const uint32_t dispatchCount[3],
+			const std::vector<DescriptorSetUsage> &descriptorSetUsages,
+			const PushConstantData& pushConstantData);
+
 		/**
 		 * @brief end recording and present image
 		*/
diff --git a/include/vkcv/Logger.hpp b/include/vkcv/Logger.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..251b6b528c45ea509dbfcd0cfb7135b77031f1ac
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/vkcv/Logger.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <iostream>
+
+namespace vkcv {
+	
+	enum class LogLevel {
+		INFO,
+		WARNING,
+		ERROR
+	};
+	
+	constexpr auto getLogOutput(LogLevel level) {
+		switch (level) {
+			case LogLevel::INFO:
+				return stdout;
+			default:
+				return stderr;
+		}
+	}
+	
+	constexpr const char* getLogName(LogLevel level) {
+		switch (level) {
+			case LogLevel::INFO:
+				return "INFO";
+			case LogLevel::WARNING:
+				return "WARNING";
+			case LogLevel::ERROR:
+				return "ERROR";
+			default:
+				return "UNKNOWN";
+		}
+	}
+	
+#ifndef NDEBUG
+#ifndef VKCV_DEBUG_MESSAGE_LEN
+#define VKCV_DEBUG_MESSAGE_LEN 1024
+#endif
+
+#ifdef _MSC_VER
+#define __PRETTY_FUNCTION__ __FUNCSIG__
+#endif
+
+#define vkcv_log(level, ...) {      \
+  char output_message [             \
+    VKCV_DEBUG_MESSAGE_LEN          \
+  ];                                \
+  std::snprintf(                    \
+    output_message,                 \
+    VKCV_DEBUG_MESSAGE_LEN,         \
+    __VA_ARGS__                     \
+  );                                \
+  std::fprintf(                     \
+    getLogOutput(level),            \
+    "[%s]: %s [%s, line %d: %s]\n", \
+  	vkcv::getLogName(level),        \
+    output_message,                 \
+    __FILE__,                       \
+    __LINE__,                       \
+    __PRETTY_FUNCTION__             \
+  );                                \
+}
+
+#else
+#define vkcv_log(level, ...) {}
+#endif
+
+}
diff --git a/modules/asset_loader/src/vkcv/asset/asset_loader.cpp b/modules/asset_loader/src/vkcv/asset/asset_loader.cpp
index e660b442d0b9a0208f95c9d753ef19e926bcac44..f3823cc8f3fe54b53835f356dd14a086515118dd 100644
--- a/modules/asset_loader/src/vkcv/asset/asset_loader.cpp
+++ b/modules/asset_loader/src/vkcv/asset/asset_loader.cpp
@@ -7,6 +7,8 @@
 #define STBI_ONLY_JPEG
 #include <stb_image.h>
 
+#include <vkcv/Logger.hpp>
+
 namespace vkcv::asset {
 
 /**
@@ -39,11 +41,12 @@ uint8_t convertTypeToInt(const fx::gltf::Accessor::Type type) {
  * @param path path to file that is responsible for error
  */
 void print_what (const std::exception& e, const std::string &path) {
-	fprintf(stderr, "ERROR loading file %s: %s\n", path.c_str(), e.what());
+	vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Loading file %s: %s",
+			 path.c_str(), e.what());
+	
 	try {
 		std::rethrow_if_nested(e);
 	} catch (const std::exception& nested) {
-		std::cerr << "nested: ";
 		print_what(nested, path);
 	}
 }
@@ -121,7 +124,7 @@ int loadMesh(const std::string &path, Mesh &mesh) {
 		const size_t off = indexBufferView.byteOffset;
 		const void *const ptr = ((char*)indexBuffer.data.data()) + off;
 		if (!memcpy(indexBufferData.data(), ptr, indexBufferView.byteLength)) {
-			std::cerr << "ERROR copying index buffer data.\n";
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Copying index buffer data");
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -136,7 +139,7 @@ int loadMesh(const std::string &path, Mesh &mesh) {
 		const size_t off = 0;
 		const void *const ptr = ((char*)vertexBuffer.data.data()) + off;
 		if (!memcpy(vertexBufferData.data(), ptr, vertexBuffer.byteLength)) {
-			std::cerr << "ERROR copying vertex buffer data.\n";
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Copying vertex buffer data");
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
@@ -150,9 +153,8 @@ int loadMesh(const std::string &path, Mesh &mesh) {
 	case fx::gltf::Accessor::ComponentType::UnsignedInt:
 		indexType = UINT32; break;
 	default:
-		std::cerr << "ERROR: Index type not supported: " <<
-			static_cast<uint16_t>(indexAccessor.componentType) <<
-			std::endl;
+		vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Index type (%u) not supported",
+				 static_cast<uint16_t>(indexAccessor.componentType));
 		return 0;
 	}
 
diff --git a/projects/first_mesh/src/main.cpp b/projects/first_mesh/src/main.cpp
index 20638320a7d46d4f90fcfd2750dae440e466e28b..906b44c09dd4b84dc313527c8fb275b6dffbfe44 100644
--- a/projects/first_mesh/src/main.cpp
+++ b/projects/first_mesh/src/main.cpp
@@ -132,6 +132,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv) {
 	vkcv::DescriptorWrites setWrites;
 	setWrites.sampledImageWrites	= { vkcv::SampledImageDescriptorWrite(0, texture.getHandle()) };
 	setWrites.samplerWrites			= { vkcv::SamplerDescriptorWrite(1, sampler) };
+
 	core.writeDescriptorSet(descriptorSet, setWrites);
 
 	vkcv::ImageHandle depthBuffer = core.createImage(vk::Format::eD32Sfloat, windowWidth, windowHeight).getHandle();
diff --git a/projects/first_triangle/shaders/comp.spv b/projects/first_triangle/shaders/comp.spv
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..b414e36b2bea66dab00746298e536d029091e0fd
Binary files /dev/null and b/projects/first_triangle/shaders/comp.spv differ
diff --git a/projects/first_triangle/shaders/compile.bat b/projects/first_triangle/shaders/compile.bat
index b4521235c40fe5fb163bab874560c2f219b7517f..17743a7c49cdfc6e091c43a42a0adb755a731682 100644
--- a/projects/first_triangle/shaders/compile.bat
+++ b/projects/first_triangle/shaders/compile.bat
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 %VULKAN_SDK%\Bin32\glslc.exe shader.vert -o vert.spv
 %VULKAN_SDK%\Bin32\glslc.exe shader.frag -o frag.spv
+%VULKAN_SDK%\Bin32\glslc.exe shader.comp -o comp.spv
 pause
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/projects/first_triangle/shaders/shader.comp b/projects/first_triangle/shaders/shader.comp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..fad6cd0815f2f09bf92dcc3171e2e3723f5466df
--- /dev/null
+++ b/projects/first_triangle/shaders/shader.comp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#version 440
+
+layout(std430, binding = 0) buffer testBuffer
+{ 
+    float test1[10];
+    float test2[10];
+    float test3[10];
+};
+
+layout( push_constant ) uniform constants{
+    float pushConstant;
+};
+
+layout(local_size_x = 5) in;
+
+void main(){
+
+    if(gl_GlobalInvocationID.x >= 10){
+        return;
+    }
+
+    test1[gl_GlobalInvocationID.x] = gl_GlobalInvocationID.x;
+    test2[gl_GlobalInvocationID.x] = 69;  // nice!
+    test3[gl_GlobalInvocationID.x] = pushConstant;    
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/projects/first_triangle/src/main.cpp b/projects/first_triangle/src/main.cpp
index 2ede653ff98e19159e0155b282cab1b309a13816..ca10434bb9e486649411bcaac54c432744a914bb 100644
--- a/projects/first_triangle/src/main.cpp
+++ b/projects/first_triangle/src/main.cpp
@@ -92,6 +92,7 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv) {
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
+	// Graphics Pipeline
 	vkcv::ShaderProgram triangleShaderProgram{};
 	triangleShaderProgram.addShader(vkcv::ShaderStage::VERTEX, std::filesystem::path("shaders/vert.spv"));
 	triangleShaderProgram.addShader(vkcv::ShaderStage::FRAGMENT, std::filesystem::path("shaders/frag.spv"));
@@ -115,6 +116,30 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv) {
 		return EXIT_FAILURE;
 	}
 
+	// Compute Pipeline
+	vkcv::ShaderProgram computeShaderProgram{};
+	computeShaderProgram.addShader(vkcv::ShaderStage::COMPUTE, std::filesystem::path("shaders/comp.spv"));
+	computeShaderProgram.reflectShader(vkcv::ShaderStage::COMPUTE);
+
+	// take care, assuming shader has exactly one descriptor set
+	vkcv::DescriptorSetHandle computeDescriptorSet = core.createDescriptorSet(computeShaderProgram.getReflectedDescriptors()[0]);
+
+	vkcv::PipelineHandle computePipeline = core.createComputePipeline(
+		computeShaderProgram, 
+		{ core.getDescriptorSet(computeDescriptorSet).layout });
+
+	struct ComputeTestBuffer {
+		float test1[10];
+		float test2[10];
+		float test3[10];
+	};
+
+	vkcv::Buffer computeTestBuffer = core.createBuffer<ComputeTestBuffer>(vkcv::BufferType::STORAGE, 1);
+
+	vkcv::DescriptorWrites computeDescriptorWrites;
+	computeDescriptorWrites.storageBufferWrites = { vkcv::StorageBufferDescriptorWrite(0, computeTestBuffer.getHandle()) };
+	core.writeDescriptorSet(computeDescriptorSet, computeDescriptorWrites);
+
 	/*
 	 * BufferHandle triangleVertices = core.createBuffer(vertices);
 	 * BufferHandle triangleIndices = core.createBuffer(indices);
@@ -164,6 +189,17 @@ int main(int argc, const char** argv) {
 			pushConstantData,
 			{ drawcall },
 			{ swapchainInput });
+
+		const uint32_t dispatchSize[3] = { 2, 1, 1 };
+		const float theMeaningOfLife = 42;
+
+		core.recordComputeDispatchToCmdStream(
+			cmdStream,
+			computePipeline,
+			dispatchSize,
+			{ vkcv::DescriptorSetUsage(0, core.getDescriptorSet(computeDescriptorSet).vulkanHandle) },
+			vkcv::PushConstantData((void*)&theMeaningOfLife, sizeof(theMeaningOfLife)));
+
 		core.prepareSwapchainImageForPresent(cmdStream);
 		core.submitCommandStream(cmdStream);
 	    
diff --git a/src/vkcv/CommandResources.cpp b/src/vkcv/CommandResources.cpp
index 71c990c3c222f2318c2f5744ff6295f667d9e6f8..a31e6967d85bd099fe5cbbc865b0e062212ca16e 100644
--- a/src/vkcv/CommandResources.cpp
+++ b/src/vkcv/CommandResources.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #include "vkcv/CommandResources.hpp"
 #include <iostream>
 
+#include "vkcv/Logger.hpp"
 
 namespace vkcv {
 
@@ -62,7 +63,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 			return queueManager.getPresentQueue();
 		}
 		else {
-			std::cerr << "getQueueForSubmit error: unknown queue type" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Unknown queue type");
 			return queueManager.getGraphicsQueues().front();	// graphics is the most general queue
 		}
 	}
diff --git a/src/vkcv/CommandStreamManager.cpp b/src/vkcv/CommandStreamManager.cpp
index 9d0a236a4eaa5a166be77d143370a018b9ea7e73..5a5b359b912d9cef36e0b03379d7f0f6f0951381 100644
--- a/src/vkcv/CommandStreamManager.cpp
+++ b/src/vkcv/CommandStreamManager.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 #include "vkcv/CommandStreamManager.hpp"
 #include "vkcv/Core.hpp"
 
+#include "vkcv/Logger.hpp"
+
 namespace vkcv {
 	CommandStreamManager::CommandStreamManager() noexcept : m_core(nullptr){}
 
@@ -14,7 +16,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 
 	void CommandStreamManager::init(Core* core) {
 		if (!core) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: CommandStreamManager::init requires valid core pointer" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Requires valid core pointer");
 		}
 		m_core = core;
 	}
@@ -57,7 +59,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 
 		const size_t id = handle.getId();
 		if (id >= m_commandStreams.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: CommandStreamManager::recordCommandsToStream requires valid handle" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Requires valid handle");
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -71,7 +73,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 
 		const size_t id = handle.getId();
 		if (id >= m_commandStreams.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: CommandStreamManager::addFinishCallbackToStream requires valid handle" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Requires valid handle");
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -86,7 +88,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 
 		const size_t id = handle.getId();
 		if (id >= m_commandStreams.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: CommandStreamManager::submitCommandStreamSynchronous requires valid handle" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Requires valid handle");
 			return;
 		}
 		CommandStream& stream = m_commandStreams[id];
@@ -111,7 +113,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 	vk::CommandBuffer CommandStreamManager::getStreamCommandBuffer(const CommandStreamHandle handle) {
 		const size_t id = handle.getId();
 		if (id >= m_commandStreams.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: CommandStreamManager::submitCommandStreamSynchronous requires valid handle" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Requires valid handle");
 			return nullptr;
 		}
 		return m_commandStreams[id].cmdBuffer;
diff --git a/src/vkcv/Core.cpp b/src/vkcv/Core.cpp
index 0d3bf032f5bc9e4997dabd90ae210166edd57160..e76a4111678ee5e9d506708a845c2a134d668d3a 100644
--- a/src/vkcv/Core.cpp
+++ b/src/vkcv/Core.cpp
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@
 #include "ImageLayoutTransitions.hpp"
 #include "vkcv/CommandStreamManager.hpp"
 
+#include "vkcv/Logger.hpp"
+
 namespace vkcv
 {
 
@@ -101,6 +103,13 @@ namespace vkcv
         return m_PipelineManager->createPipeline(config, *m_PassManager);
     }
 
+    PipelineHandle Core::createComputePipeline(
+        const ShaderProgram &shaderProgram, 
+        const std::vector<vk::DescriptorSetLayout>& descriptorSetLayouts)
+    {
+        return m_PipelineManager->createComputePipeline(shaderProgram, descriptorSetLayouts);
+    }
+
 
     PassHandle Core::createPass(const PassConfig &config)
     {
@@ -125,7 +134,7 @@ namespace vkcv
 		}
 		
 		if (result != vk::Result::eSuccess) {
-			std::cerr << vk::to_string(result) << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "%s", vk::to_string(result).c_str());
 			return Result::ERROR;
 		}
 		
@@ -149,7 +158,7 @@ namespace vkcv
 		}
 		
     	if (acquireSwapchainImage() != Result::SUCCESS) {
-    		std::cerr << "Acquire failed!" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Acquire failed");
     		
     		m_currentSwapchainImageIndex = std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max();
     	}
@@ -234,7 +243,7 @@ namespace vkcv
             1);
         if(m_Context.m_Device.createFramebuffer(&createInfo, nullptr, &framebuffer) != vk::Result::eSuccess)
         {
-            std::cout << "FAILED TO CREATE TEMPORARY FRAMEBUFFER!" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Failed to create temporary framebuffer");
             return;
         }
 
@@ -298,6 +307,40 @@ namespace vkcv
 		recordCommandsToStream(cmdStreamHandle, submitFunction, finishFunction);
 	}
 
+	void Core::recordComputeDispatchToCmdStream(
+		CommandStreamHandle cmdStreamHandle,
+		PipelineHandle computePipeline,
+		const uint32_t dispatchCount[3],
+		const std::vector<DescriptorSetUsage>& descriptorSetUsages,
+		const PushConstantData& pushConstantData) {
+
+		auto submitFunction = [&](const vk::CommandBuffer& cmdBuffer) {
+
+			const auto pipelineLayout = m_PipelineManager->getVkPipelineLayout(computePipeline);
+
+			cmdBuffer.bindPipeline(vk::PipelineBindPoint::eCompute, m_PipelineManager->getVkPipeline(computePipeline));
+			for (const auto& usage : descriptorSetUsages) {
+				cmdBuffer.bindDescriptorSets(
+					vk::PipelineBindPoint::eCompute,
+					pipelineLayout,
+					usage.setLocation,
+					{ usage.vulkanHandle },
+					{});
+			}
+			if (pushConstantData.sizePerDrawcall > 0) {
+				cmdBuffer.pushConstants(
+					pipelineLayout,
+					vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eCompute,
+					0,
+					pushConstantData.sizePerDrawcall,
+					pushConstantData.data);
+			}
+			cmdBuffer.dispatch(dispatchCount[0], dispatchCount[1], dispatchCount[2]);
+		};
+
+		recordCommandsToStream(cmdStreamHandle, submitFunction, nullptr);
+	}
+
 	void Core::endFrame() {
 		if (m_currentSwapchainImageIndex == std::numeric_limits<uint32_t>::max()) {
 			return;
@@ -325,7 +368,7 @@ namespace vkcv
 		}
 		
 		if (result != vk::Result::eSuccess) {
-			std::cout << "Error: swapchain present failed... " << vk::to_string(result) << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Swapchain present failed (%s)", vk::to_string(result).c_str());
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -404,7 +447,7 @@ namespace vkcv
 
 	void Core::writeDescriptorSet(DescriptorSetHandle handle, const DescriptorWrites &writes) {
 		m_DescriptorManager->writeDescriptorSet(
-			handle, 
+			handle,
 			writes, 
 			*m_ImageManager, 
 			*m_BufferManager, 
diff --git a/src/vkcv/DescriptorManager.cpp b/src/vkcv/DescriptorManager.cpp
index 5c14b928d1d3a8cf435564c2f95cc379b10f1650..f591daf90b47b57a758b2b24c7fa87b5c33e3c46 100644
--- a/src/vkcv/DescriptorManager.cpp
+++ b/src/vkcv/DescriptorManager.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 #include "DescriptorManager.hpp"
 
+#include "vkcv/Logger.hpp"
+
 namespace vkcv
 {
     DescriptorManager::DescriptorManager(vk::Device device) noexcept:
@@ -53,7 +55,7 @@ namespace vkcv
         vk::DescriptorSetLayoutCreateInfo layoutInfo({}, setBindings);
         if(m_Device.createDescriptorSetLayout(&layoutInfo, nullptr, &set.layout) != vk::Result::eSuccess)
         {
-            std::cout << "FAILED TO CREATE DESCRIPTOR SET LAYOUT" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Failed to create descriptor set layout");
             return DescriptorSetHandle();
         };
         
@@ -69,10 +71,10 @@ namespace vkcv
 				result = m_Device.allocateDescriptorSets(&allocInfo, &set.vulkanHandle);
 			}
 			if (result != vk::Result::eSuccess) {
-				std::cout << "FAILED TO ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR SET" << std::endl;
-				std::cout << vk::to_string(result) << std::endl;
+				vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Failed to create descriptor set (%s)",
+						 vk::to_string(result).c_str());
+				
 				m_Device.destroy(set.layout);
-
 				return DescriptorSetHandle();
 			}
         };
@@ -238,7 +240,7 @@ namespace vkcv
 			case DescriptorType::IMAGE_STORAGE:
 				return vk::DescriptorType::eStorageImage;
             default:
-				std::cerr << "Error: DescriptorManager::convertDescriptorTypeFlag, unknown DescriptorType" << std::endl;
+				vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Unknown DescriptorType");
                 return vk::DescriptorType::eUniformBuffer;
         }
     }
@@ -265,7 +267,7 @@ namespace vkcv
     
     void DescriptorManager::destroyDescriptorSetById(uint64_t id) {
 		if (id >= m_DescriptorSets.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: DescriptorManager::destroyResourceDescriptionById invalid id" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Invalid id");
 			return;
 		}
 		
@@ -281,7 +283,7 @@ namespace vkcv
 		vk::DescriptorPool pool;
 		if (m_Device.createDescriptorPool(&m_PoolInfo, nullptr, &pool) != vk::Result::eSuccess)
 		{
-			std::cout << "FAILED TO ALLOCATE DESCRIPTOR POOL." << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::WARNING, "Failed to allocate descriptor pool");
 			pool = nullptr;
 		};
 		m_Pools.push_back(pool);
diff --git a/src/vkcv/ImageManager.cpp b/src/vkcv/ImageManager.cpp
index ca2901ab89ee876d0f74d8971267f19a46306c1e..2f713bbd07688fa63d80f3d9e11b614f1d15da39 100644
--- a/src/vkcv/ImageManager.cpp
+++ b/src/vkcv/ImageManager.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "ImageManager.hpp"
 #include "vkcv/Core.hpp"
 #include "ImageLayoutTransitions.hpp"
+#include "vkcv/Logger.hpp"
 
 #include <algorithm>
 
@@ -212,7 +213,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 		const uint64_t id = handle.getId();
 		
 		if (id >= m_images.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: ImageManager::getVulkanImage invalid handle" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Invalid handle");
 			return nullptr;
 		}
 		
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 		const uint64_t id = handle.getId();
 		
 		if (id >= m_images.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: ImageManager::getVulkanDeviceMemory invalid handle" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Invalid handle");
 			return nullptr;
 		}
 		
@@ -238,7 +239,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 		const uint64_t id = handle.getId();
 		
 		if (id >= m_images.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: ImageManager::getVulkanImageView invalid handle" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Invalid handle");
 			return nullptr;
 		}
 		
@@ -251,7 +252,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 		const uint64_t id = handle.getId();
 		
 		if (id >= m_images.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: ImageManager::switchImageLayout invalid handle" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Invalid handle");
 			return;
 		}
 		
@@ -286,7 +287,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 		const uint64_t id = handle.getId();
 
 		if (id >= m_images.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: ImageManager::switchImageLayout invalid handle" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Invalid handle");
 			return;
 		}
 
@@ -329,7 +330,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 		const uint64_t id = handle.getId();
 		
 		if (id >= m_images.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: ImageManager::fillImage invalid handle" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Invalid handle");
 			return;
 		}
 		
@@ -403,7 +404,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 		const uint64_t id = handle.getId();
 		
 		if (id >= m_images.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: ImageManager::getImageWidth invalid handle" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Invalid handle");
 			return 0;
 		}
 		
@@ -416,7 +417,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 		const uint64_t id = handle.getId();
 		
 		if (id >= m_images.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: ImageManager::getImageHeight invalid handle" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Invalid handle");
 			return 0;
 		}
 		
@@ -429,7 +430,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 		const uint64_t id = handle.getId();
 		
 		if (id >= m_images.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: ImageManager::getImageDepth invalid handle" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Invalid handle");
 			return 0;
 		}
 		
@@ -441,7 +442,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 	void ImageManager::destroyImageById(uint64_t id)
 	{
 		if (id >= m_images.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: ImageManager::destroyImageById invalid handle" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Invalid handle");
 			return;
 		}
 		
@@ -470,7 +471,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 		const uint64_t id = handle.getId();
 
 		if (id >= m_images.size()) {
-			std::cerr << "Error: ImageManager::destroyImageById invalid handle" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Invalid handle");
 			return vk::Format::eUndefined;
 		}
 
diff --git a/src/vkcv/PipelineManager.cpp b/src/vkcv/PipelineManager.cpp
index 1971222aa424de084e30f5c574db77992b932ced..8de64c4261d5ff61f9a1175bb868c03e941a61a7 100644
--- a/src/vkcv/PipelineManager.cpp
+++ b/src/vkcv/PipelineManager.cpp
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 #include "PipelineManager.hpp"
 #include "vkcv/Image.hpp"
+#include "vkcv/Logger.hpp"
 
 namespace vkcv
 {
@@ -20,15 +21,25 @@ namespace vkcv
 	// currently assuming default 32 bit formats, no lower precision or normalized variants supported
 	vk::Format vertexFormatToVulkanFormat(const VertexFormat format) {
 		switch (format) {
-		case VertexFormat::FLOAT: return vk::Format::eR32Sfloat;
-		case VertexFormat::FLOAT2: return vk::Format::eR32G32Sfloat;
-		case VertexFormat::FLOAT3: return vk::Format::eR32G32B32Sfloat;
-		case VertexFormat::FLOAT4: return vk::Format::eR32G32B32A32Sfloat;
-		case VertexFormat::INT: return vk::Format::eR32Sint;
-		case VertexFormat::INT2: return vk::Format::eR32G32Sint;
-		case VertexFormat::INT3: return vk::Format::eR32G32B32Sint;
-		case VertexFormat::INT4: return vk::Format::eR32G32B32A32Sint;
-		default: std::cerr << "Warning: Unknown vertex format" << std::endl; return vk::Format::eUndefined;
+		case VertexFormat::FLOAT:
+			return vk::Format::eR32Sfloat;
+		case VertexFormat::FLOAT2:
+			return vk::Format::eR32G32Sfloat;
+		case VertexFormat::FLOAT3:
+			return vk::Format::eR32G32B32Sfloat;
+		case VertexFormat::FLOAT4:
+			return vk::Format::eR32G32B32A32Sfloat;
+		case VertexFormat::INT:
+			return vk::Format::eR32Sint;
+		case VertexFormat::INT2:
+			return vk::Format::eR32G32Sint;
+		case VertexFormat::INT3:
+			return vk::Format::eR32G32B32Sint;
+		case VertexFormat::INT4:
+			return vk::Format::eR32G32B32A32Sint;
+		default:
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::WARNING, "Unknown vertex format");
+			return vk::Format::eUndefined;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -49,7 +60,7 @@ namespace vkcv
         const bool existsFragmentShader = config.m_ShaderProgram.existsShader(ShaderStage::FRAGMENT);
         if (!(existsVertexShader && existsFragmentShader))
         {
-            std::cout << "Core::createGraphicsPipeline requires vertex and fragment shader code" << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "Requires vertex and fragment shader code");
             return PipelineHandle();
         }
 
@@ -199,6 +210,7 @@ namespace vkcv
 			{},
 			(config.m_DescriptorLayouts),
 			(pushConstantRange));
+
         vk::PipelineLayout vkPipelineLayout{};
         if (m_Device.createPipelineLayout(&pipelineLayoutCreateInfo, nullptr, &vkPipelineLayout) != vk::Result::eSuccess)
         {
@@ -352,4 +364,65 @@ namespace vkcv
         return m_Configs.at(id);
     }
 
+    PipelineHandle PipelineManager::createComputePipeline(
+        const ShaderProgram &shaderProgram, 
+        const std::vector<vk::DescriptorSetLayout> &descriptorSetLayouts) {
+
+        // Temporally handing over the Shader Program instead of a pipeline config
+        vk::ShaderModule computeModule{};
+        if (createShaderModule(computeModule, shaderProgram, ShaderStage::COMPUTE) != vk::Result::eSuccess)
+            return PipelineHandle();
+
+        vk::PipelineShaderStageCreateInfo pipelineComputeShaderStageInfo(
+                {},
+                vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eCompute,
+                computeModule,
+                "main",
+                nullptr
+        );
+
+        vk::PipelineLayoutCreateInfo pipelineLayoutCreateInfo({}, descriptorSetLayouts);
+
+        const size_t pushConstantSize = shaderProgram.getPushConstantSize();
+        vk::PushConstantRange pushConstantRange(vk::ShaderStageFlagBits::eCompute, 0, pushConstantSize);
+        if (pushConstantSize > 0) {
+            pipelineLayoutCreateInfo.setPushConstantRangeCount(1);
+            pipelineLayoutCreateInfo.setPPushConstantRanges(&pushConstantRange);
+        }
+
+        vk::PipelineLayout vkPipelineLayout{};
+        if (m_Device.createPipelineLayout(&pipelineLayoutCreateInfo, nullptr, &vkPipelineLayout) != vk::Result::eSuccess)
+        {
+            m_Device.destroy(computeModule);
+            return PipelineHandle();
+        }
+
+        vk::ComputePipelineCreateInfo computePipelineCreateInfo{};
+        computePipelineCreateInfo.stage = pipelineComputeShaderStageInfo;
+        computePipelineCreateInfo.layout = vkPipelineLayout;
+
+        vk::Pipeline vkPipeline;
+        if (m_Device.createComputePipelines(nullptr, 1, &computePipelineCreateInfo, nullptr, &vkPipeline)!= vk::Result::eSuccess)
+        {
+            m_Device.destroy(computeModule);
+            return PipelineHandle();
+        }
+
+        m_Device.destroy(computeModule);
+
+        const uint64_t id = m_Pipelines.size();
+        m_Pipelines.push_back({ vkPipeline, vkPipelineLayout });
+
+        return PipelineHandle(id, [&](uint64_t id) { destroyPipelineById(id); });
+    }
+
+    // There is an issue for refactoring the Pipeline Manager.
+    // While including Compute Pipeline Creation, some private helper functions where introduced:
+
+    vk::Result PipelineManager::createShaderModule(vk::ShaderModule &module, const ShaderProgram &shaderProgram, const ShaderStage stage)
+    {
+        std::vector<char> code = shaderProgram.getShader(stage).shaderCode;
+        vk::ShaderModuleCreateInfo moduleInfo({}, code.size(), reinterpret_cast<uint32_t*>(code.data()));
+        return m_Device.createShaderModule(&moduleInfo, nullptr, &module);
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/vkcv/PipelineManager.hpp b/src/vkcv/PipelineManager.hpp
index e243151f7248c07fa0287bb2eaf698e5080f7f61..634f5f4e6464532306e35fd10d9a1623df6ace16 100644
--- a/src/vkcv/PipelineManager.hpp
+++ b/src/vkcv/PipelineManager.hpp
@@ -21,7 +21,9 @@ namespace vkcv
         std::vector<PipelineConfig> m_Configs;
         
         void destroyPipelineById(uint64_t id);
-        
+
+        vk::Result createShaderModule(vk::ShaderModule &module, const ShaderProgram &shaderProgram, ShaderStage stage);
+
     public:
         PipelineManager() = delete; // no default ctor
         explicit PipelineManager(vk::Device device) noexcept; // ctor
@@ -35,6 +37,10 @@ namespace vkcv
 
         PipelineHandle createPipeline(const PipelineConfig &config, PassManager& passManager);
 
+        PipelineHandle createComputePipeline(
+            const ShaderProgram& shaderProgram,
+            const std::vector<vk::DescriptorSetLayout>& descriptorSetLayouts);
+
         [[nodiscard]]
         vk::Pipeline getVkPipeline(const PipelineHandle &handle) const;
 
diff --git a/src/vkcv/QueueManager.cpp b/src/vkcv/QueueManager.cpp
index e4d1a2d3a3302fc435c4c278322c08f51f19be6b..df6c74cccf6c4652adc6a4c78802f282ea6ae293 100644
--- a/src/vkcv/QueueManager.cpp
+++ b/src/vkcv/QueueManager.cpp
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 
 #include "vkcv/QueueManager.hpp"
-
+#include "vkcv/Logger.hpp"
 
 namespace vkcv {
 
@@ -95,7 +95,8 @@ namespace vkcv {
                                 found = true;
                             }
                         }
-                        std::cerr << "Warning: not enough \"" << vk::to_string(qFlag) << "\"-Queues." << std::endl;
+	
+						vkcv_log(LogLevel::WARNING, "Not enough %s queues", vk::to_string(qFlag).c_str());
                     }
                     break;
                 case vk::QueueFlagBits::eCompute:
@@ -116,7 +117,8 @@ namespace vkcv {
                                 found = true;
                             }
                         }
-                        std::cerr << "Warning: not enough \"" << vk::to_string(qFlag) << "\"-Queues." << std::endl;
+                        
+						vkcv_log(LogLevel::WARNING, "Not enough %s queues", vk::to_string(qFlag).c_str());
                     }
                     break;
                 case vk::QueueFlagBits::eTransfer:
@@ -137,7 +139,8 @@ namespace vkcv {
                                 found = true;
                             }
                         }
-                        std::cerr << "Warning: not enough \"" << vk::to_string(qFlag) << "\"-Queues." << std::endl;
+	
+						vkcv_log(LogLevel::WARNING, "Not enough %s queues", vk::to_string(qFlag).c_str());
                     }
                     break;
                 default:
diff --git a/src/vkcv/ShaderProgram.cpp b/src/vkcv/ShaderProgram.cpp
index d22573d28d9a56908a373d6e3bbe0be9e87000ed..7c54c301d1301127273303128b0c10a9c2c53942 100644
--- a/src/vkcv/ShaderProgram.cpp
+++ b/src/vkcv/ShaderProgram.cpp
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
  */
 
 #include "vkcv/ShaderProgram.hpp"
+#include "vkcv/Logger.hpp"
 
 namespace vkcv {
     /**
@@ -17,7 +18,7 @@ namespace vkcv {
 	{
 		std::ifstream file(shaderPath.string(), std::ios::ate | std::ios::binary);
 		if (!file.is_open()) {
-		    std::cout << "The file could not be opened." << std::endl;
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::ERROR, "The file could not be opened");
 			return std::vector<char>{};
 		}
 		size_t fileSize = (size_t)file.tellg();
@@ -60,7 +61,8 @@ namespace vkcv {
             default:
                 break;
         }
-        std::cout << "Shader Program Reflection: unknown Vertex Format" << std::endl;
+		
+		vkcv_log(LogLevel::WARNING, "Unknown vertex format");
         return VertexFormat::FLOAT;
 	}
 
@@ -72,14 +74,15 @@ namespace vkcv {
 
 	bool ShaderProgram::addShader(ShaderStage shaderStage, const std::filesystem::path &shaderPath)
 	{
-	    if(m_Shaders.find(shaderStage) != m_Shaders.end())
-	        std::cout << "Found existing shader stage. Overwriting."  << std::endl;
+	    if(m_Shaders.find(shaderStage) != m_Shaders.end()) {
+			vkcv_log(LogLevel::WARNING, "Overwriting existing shader stage");
+		}
 
 	    const std::vector<char> shaderCode = readShaderCode(shaderPath);
-	    if (shaderCode.empty())
-	        return false;
-	    else
-        {
+	    
+	    if (shaderCode.empty()) {
+			return false;
+		} else {
             Shader shader{shaderCode, shaderStage};
             m_Shaders.insert(std::make_pair(shaderStage, shader));
             return true;
diff --git a/src/vkcv/VertexLayout.cpp b/src/vkcv/VertexLayout.cpp
index 3a524d97865a06db3e8dbe22a390cafaee3a0226..3c39ad0d39c4b458526ceed54422d320ee6d0e0d 100644
--- a/src/vkcv/VertexLayout.cpp
+++ b/src/vkcv/VertexLayout.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 //
 
 #include "vkcv/VertexLayout.hpp"
+#include "vkcv/Logger.hpp"
 
 namespace vkcv {
     uint32_t getFormatSize(VertexFormat format) {
@@ -24,10 +25,9 @@ namespace vkcv {
             case VertexFormat::INT4:
                 return 16;
             default:
-                break;
+				vkcv_log(LogLevel::WARNING, "No format given");
+                return 0;
         }
-        std::cout << "VertexLayout: No format given" << std::endl;
-        return 0;
     }
 
     VertexInputAttachment::VertexInputAttachment(uint32_t location, uint32_t binding, std::string name, VertexFormat format, uint32_t offset) noexcept: