diff --git a/include/tvision/internal/conctl.h b/include/tvision/internal/conctl.h
index a8e42dea..678f7283 100644
--- a/include/tvision/internal/conctl.h
+++ b/include/tvision/internal/conctl.h
@@ -36,9 +36,7 @@ class ConsoleCtl
 
     // On Windows, the ConsoleCtl instance is created every time the alternate
     // screen buffer is enabled and it is destroyed when restoring the console.
-    // On Unix, the ConsoleCtl instance is created just once at the beginning
-    // of the program execution (in static initialization) and destroyed when
-    // exiting the program.
+    // On Unix, the ConsoleCtl instance is created just once.
 
     // Creates a global instance if none exists, and returns it.
     static ConsoleCtl &getInstance() noexcept;
diff --git a/include/tvision/internal/platform.h b/include/tvision/internal/platform.h
index dfcc2a29..4af18e23 100644
--- a/include/tvision/internal/platform.h
+++ b/include/tvision/internal/platform.h
@@ -100,9 +100,10 @@ class Platform
 
     static int (*charWidth)(uint32_t) noexcept;
 
-    // Platform is a singleton. It gets created and destroyed by THardwareInfo.
+    // Platform is a singleton. It gets created by THardwareInfo, but it is
+    // never destroyed in order to support invocations to 'interruptEventWait'
+    // from secondary threads.
     Platform() noexcept;
-    ~Platform();
 
     // Note: explicit 'this' required by GCC 5.
     void setUpConsole() noexcept
@@ -138,6 +139,8 @@ class Platform
         { console.lock([&] (auto *c) { displayBuf.flushScreen(c->display); }); }
     TScreenCell *reloadScreenInfo() noexcept
         { return console.lock([&] (auto *c) { return displayBuf.reloadScreenInfo(c->display); }); }
+    void freeScreenBuffer() noexcept
+        { displayBuf.~DisplayBuffer(); new (&displayBuf) DisplayBuffer; }
 
     bool setClipboardText(TStringView text) noexcept
         { return console.lock([&] (auto *c) { return c->setClipboardText(text); }); }
diff --git a/source/platform/hardware.cpp b/source/platform/hardware.cpp
index 36d42ec7..7ba8cbf9 100644
--- a/source/platform/hardware.cpp
+++ b/source/platform/hardware.cpp
@@ -21,15 +21,15 @@ static tvision::Platform *platf;
 THardwareInfo::THardwareInfo() noexcept
 {
     using namespace tvision;
+    static int initPlatform =
+        (platf = new Platform(), (void) initPlatform, 0);
+
     pendingEvent = 0;
     alwaysFlush = getEnv<int>("TVISION_MAX_FPS", 0) < 0;
-    platf = new Platform();
 }
 
 THardwareInfo::~THardwareInfo()
 {
-    delete platf;
-    platf = nullptr;
 }
 
 void THardwareInfo::setCaretSize( ushort size ) noexcept { platf->setCaretSize(size); }
@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ void THardwareInfo::screenWrite( ushort x, ushort y, TScreenCell *buf, DWORD len
         flushScreen();
 }
 TScreenCell *THardwareInfo::allocateScreenBuffer() noexcept { return platf->reloadScreenInfo(); }
-void THardwareInfo::freeScreenBuffer( TScreenCell * ) noexcept {}
+void THardwareInfo::freeScreenBuffer(TScreenCell *) noexcept { platf->freeScreenBuffer(); }
 DWORD THardwareInfo::getButtonCount() noexcept { return platf->getButtonCount(); }
 void THardwareInfo::cursorOn() noexcept { platf->cursorOn(); }
 void THardwareInfo::cursorOff() noexcept { platf->cursorOff(); }
diff --git a/source/platform/platform.cpp b/source/platform/platform.cpp
index d50bb9ed..b9e7fc37 100644
--- a/source/platform/platform.cpp
+++ b/source/platform/platform.cpp
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Platform *Platform::instance;
 
 // This is used by TText. It is a global function pointer (instead of an
 // instance method) so that it can be used regardless of whether the global
-// Platform instance has been created/destroyed or not.
+// Platform instance has been created or not.
 int (*Platform::charWidth)(uint32_t) noexcept = &Platform::initAndGetCharWidth;
 
 int Platform::initAndGetCharWidth(uint32_t wc) noexcept
@@ -55,15 +55,6 @@ Platform::Platform() noexcept
     initEncodingStuff();
 }
 
-Platform::~Platform()
-{
-    restoreConsole();
-#ifndef _WIN32
-    ConsoleCtl::destroyInstance();
-#endif
-    instance = nullptr;
-}
-
 void Platform::restoreConsole(ConsoleStrategy *&c) noexcept
 {
     if (c != &dummyConsole)
@@ -75,6 +66,9 @@ void Platform::restoreConsole(ConsoleStrategy *&c) noexcept
         SignalHandler::disable();
         delete c;
         c = &dummyConsole;
+#ifdef _WIN32
+        ConsoleCtl::destroyInstance();
+#endif
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/source/platform/win32con.cpp b/source/platform/win32con.cpp
index 1bcc0fd1..b8149a4b 100644
--- a/source/platform/win32con.cpp
+++ b/source/platform/win32con.cpp
@@ -110,7 +110,6 @@ Win32ConsoleStrategy::~Win32ConsoleStrategy()
     delete &input;
     SetConsoleCP(cpInput);
     SetConsoleOutputCP(cpOutput);
-    ConsoleCtl::destroyInstance();
 }
 
 bool Win32ConsoleStrategy::isAlive() noexcept