diff --git a/moderngl_window/__init__.py b/moderngl_window/__init__.py
index dd34240..9e73853 100644
--- a/moderngl_window/__init__.py
+++ b/moderngl_window/__init__.py
@@ -197,6 +197,25 @@ def run_window_config(
         timer: A custom timer instance
         args: Override sys.args
     """
+    config = create_window_config_instance(config_cls, timer=timer, args=args)
+    run_window_config_instance(config)
+
+
+def create_window_config_instance(
+    config_cls: type[WindowConfig], timer: Optional[Timer] = None, args: Any = None
+) -> WindowConfig:
+    """
+    Create and initialize a instance of a WindowConfig class.
+    Quite a bit of boilerplate is required to create a WindowConfig instance
+    and this function aims to simplify that.
+
+    Args:
+        window_config: The WindowConfig class to create an instance of
+    Keyword Args:
+        kwargs: Arguments to pass to the WindowConfig constructor
+    Returns:
+        An instance of the WindowConfig class
+    """
     setup_basic_logging(config_cls.log_level)
     parser = create_parser()
     config_cls.add_arguments(parser)
@@ -237,10 +256,22 @@ def run_window_config(
     window._config = weakref.ref(config)
 
     # Swap buffers once before staring the main loop.
-    # This can trigged additional resize events reporting
+    # This can trigger additional resize events reporting
     # a more accurate buffer size
     window.swap_buffers()
     window.set_default_viewport()
+    return config
+
+
+def run_window_config_instance(config: WindowConfig) -> None:
+    """
+    Run an WindowConfig instance entering a blocking main loop.
+
+    Args:
+        window_config: The WindowConfig instance
+    """
+    window = config.wnd
+    timer = config.timer
 
     timer.start()
 
@@ -254,6 +285,7 @@ def run_window_config(
         window.use()
 
         window.render(current_time, delta)
+
         if not window.is_closing:
             window.swap_buffers()
 
diff --git a/moderngl_window/context/base/window.py b/moderngl_window/context/base/window.py
index 40a9f00..9fed325 100644
--- a/moderngl_window/context/base/window.py
+++ b/moderngl_window/context/base/window.py
@@ -19,12 +19,7 @@
     TextureDescription,
 )
 from moderngl_window.scene import Scene
-from moderngl_window.timers.base import BaseTimer
-
-try:
-    from pygame.event import Event
-except ModuleNotFoundError:
-    Event = Any
+from moderngl_window.timers import BaseTimer, Timer
 
 FuncAny = Callable[[Any], Any]
 
@@ -157,7 +152,7 @@ def __init__(
         self._files_dropped_event_func: Callable[[int, int, list[Union[str, Path]]], None] = (
             dummy_func
         )
-        self._on_generic_event_func: Callable[[Event], None] = dummy_func
+        self._on_generic_event_func: Callable = dummy_func
 
         # Internal states
         self._ctx: moderngl.Context
@@ -897,7 +892,7 @@ def _calc_mouse_delta(self, xpos: int, ypos: int) -> tuple[int, int]:
     @property
     def on_generic_event_func(
         self,
-    ) -> Union[Callable[[int, int, int, int], None], Callable[[Event], None]]:
+    ) -> Union[Callable[[int, int, int, int], None], None]:
         """
         callable: Get or set the on_generic_event callable
         used to funnel all non-processed events
@@ -906,7 +901,7 @@ def on_generic_event_func(
 
     @on_generic_event_func.setter
     @require_callable
-    def on_generic_event_func(self, func: Callable[[Event], None]) -> None:
+    def on_generic_event_func(self, func: Callable) -> None:
         self._on_generic_event_func = func
 
 
@@ -1114,7 +1109,7 @@ def __init__(
 
         self.ctx = ctx
         self.wnd = wnd
-        self.timer = timer
+        self.timer: BaseTimer = timer or Timer()
 
         self.assign_event_callbacks()
 
diff --git a/moderngl_window/timers/__init__.py b/moderngl_window/timers/__init__.py
index e69de29..cf9c6b9 100644
--- a/moderngl_window/timers/__init__.py
+++ b/moderngl_window/timers/__init__.py
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+from .base import BaseTimer as BaseTimer
+from .clock import Timer as Timer
+
+__all__ = ["BaseTimer", "Timer"]