diff --git a/src/termio/Termio.zig b/src/termio/Termio.zig
index f2a501b64..fb6c53823 100644
--- a/src/termio/Termio.zig
+++ b/src/termio/Termio.zig
@@ -236,8 +236,8 @@ pub fn threadEnter(self: *Termio, thread: *termio.Thread, data: *ThreadData) !vo
     errdefer posix.close(pipe[1]);
 
     // Setup our data that is used for callbacks
-    var ev_data_ptr = try alloc.create(EventData);
-    errdefer alloc.destroy(ev_data_ptr);
+    var read_data_ptr = try alloc.create(ReadData);
+    errdefer alloc.destroy(read_data_ptr);
 
     // Setup our stream so that we can write.
     var stream = xev.Stream.initFd(pty_fds.write);
@@ -282,14 +282,10 @@ pub fn threadEnter(self: *Termio, thread: *termio.Thread, data: *ThreadData) !vo
     };
 
     // Setup our event data before we start
-    ev_data_ptr.* = .{
-        .writer_mailbox = thread.mailbox,
-        .writer_wakeup = thread.wakeup,
-        .surface_mailbox = self.surface_mailbox,
+    read_data_ptr.* = .{
         .renderer_state = self.renderer_state,
         .renderer_wakeup = self.renderer_wakeup,
         .renderer_mailbox = self.renderer_mailbox,
-        .process = process,
         .loop = &thread.loop,
         .terminal_stream = .{
             .handler = handler,
@@ -302,41 +298,45 @@ pub fn threadEnter(self: *Termio, thread: *termio.Thread, data: *ThreadData) !vo
             },
         },
     };
-    errdefer ev_data_ptr.deinit(self.alloc);
-
-    // Start our process watcher
-    process.wait(
-        ev_data_ptr.loop,
-        &ev_data_ptr.process_wait_c,
-        ThreadData,
-        data,
-        processExit,
-    );
+    errdefer read_data_ptr.deinit();
 
     // Start our reader thread
     const read_thread = try std.Thread.spawn(
         .{},
         if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) ReadThread.threadMainWindows else ReadThread.threadMainPosix,
-        .{ pty_fds.read, ev_data_ptr, pipe[0] },
+        .{ pty_fds.read, read_data_ptr, pipe[0] },
     );
     read_thread.setName("io-reader") catch {};
 
     // Return our thread data
     data.* = .{
         .alloc = alloc,
-        .ev = ev_data_ptr,
         .loop = &thread.loop,
+        .renderer_state = self.renderer_state,
         .surface_mailbox = self.surface_mailbox,
+        .writer_mailbox = thread.mailbox,
+        .writer_wakeup = thread.wakeup,
         .reader = .{ .exec = .{
             .start = process_start,
             .abnormal_runtime_threshold_ms = self.config.abnormal_runtime_threshold_ms,
             .wait_after_command = self.config.wait_after_command,
             .write_stream = stream,
+            .process = process,
         } },
         .read_thread = read_thread,
         .read_thread_pipe = pipe[1],
         .read_thread_fd = if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) pty_fds.read else {},
+        .read_thread_data = read_data_ptr,
     };
+
+    // Start our process watcher
+    process.wait(
+        &thread.loop,
+        &data.reader.exec.process_wait_c,
+        ThreadData,
+        data,
+        processExit,
+    );
 }
 
 /// This outputs an error message when exec failed and we are the
@@ -405,7 +405,7 @@ pub fn changeConfig(self: *Termio, td: *ThreadData, config: *DerivedConfig) !voi
     // Update our stream handler. The stream handler uses the same
     // renderer mutex so this is safe to do despite being executed
     // from another thread.
-    td.ev.terminal_stream.handler.changeConfig(&self.config);
+    td.read_thread_data.terminal_stream.handler.changeConfig(&self.config);
     td.reader.changeConfig(&self.config);
 
     // Update the configuration that we know about.
@@ -711,7 +711,7 @@ fn queueWriteExec(
 }
 
 fn readInternal(
-    ev: *EventData,
+    ev: *ReadData,
     buf: []const u8,
 ) void {
     // log.info("DATA: {d}", .{n});
@@ -722,7 +722,7 @@ fn readInternal(
     defer ev.renderer_state.mutex.unlock();
 
     // Schedule a render. We can call this first because we have the lock.
-    ev.queueRender() catch unreachable;
+    ev.terminal_stream.handler.queueRender() catch unreachable;
 
     // Whenever a character is typed, we ensure the cursor is in the
     // non-blink state so it is rendered if visible. If we're under
@@ -758,9 +758,10 @@ fn readInternal(
     // thread, then we need to wake it up so that it processes them.
     if (ev.terminal_stream.handler.writer_messaged) {
         ev.terminal_stream.handler.writer_messaged = false;
-        ev.writer_wakeup.notify() catch |err| {
-            log.warn("failed to wake up writer thread err={}", .{err});
-        };
+        // TODO
+        // ev.writer_wakeup.notify() catch |err| {
+        //     log.warn("failed to wake up writer thread err={}", .{err});
+        // };
     }
 }
 
@@ -774,15 +775,17 @@ pub const ThreadData = struct {
     /// Allocator used for the event data
     alloc: Allocator,
 
-    /// The data that is attached to the callbacks.
-    ev: *EventData,
-
     /// The event loop associated with this thread. This is owned by
     /// the Thread but we have a pointer so we can queue new work to it.
     loop: *xev.Loop,
 
+    /// The shared render state
+    renderer_state: *renderer.State,
+
     /// Mailboxes for different threads
     surface_mailbox: apprt.surface.Mailbox,
+    writer_mailbox: *termio.Mailbox,
+    writer_wakeup: xev.Async,
 
     /// Data associated with the reader implementation (i.e. pty/exec state)
     reader: termio.reader.ThreadData,
@@ -791,28 +794,19 @@ pub const ThreadData = struct {
     read_thread: std.Thread,
     read_thread_pipe: posix.fd_t,
     read_thread_fd: if (builtin.os.tag == .windows) posix.fd_t else void,
+    read_thread_data: *ReadData,
 
     pub fn deinit(self: *ThreadData) void {
         posix.close(self.read_thread_pipe);
-        self.ev.deinit(self.alloc);
+        self.read_thread_data.deinit();
         self.reader.deinit(self.alloc);
-        self.alloc.destroy(self.ev);
+        self.alloc.destroy(self.read_thread_data);
         self.* = undefined;
     }
 };
 
-pub const EventData = struct {
-    // The preallocation size for the write request pool. This should be big
-    // enough to satisfy most write requests. It must be a power of 2.
-    const WRITE_REQ_PREALLOC = std.math.pow(usize, 2, 5);
-
-    /// Mailbox for data to the writer thread.
-    writer_mailbox: *termio.Mailbox,
-    writer_wakeup: xev.Async,
-
-    /// Mailbox for the surface.
-    surface_mailbox: apprt.surface.Mailbox,
-
+/// Thread local data for the reader thread.
+pub const ReadData = struct {
     /// The stream parser. This parses the stream of escape codes and so on
     /// from the child process and calls callbacks in the stream handler.
     terminal_stream: terminal.Stream(StreamHandler),
@@ -827,13 +821,6 @@ pub const EventData = struct {
     /// The mailbox for notifying the renderer of things.
     renderer_mailbox: *renderer.Thread.Mailbox,
 
-    /// The process watcher
-    process: xev.Process,
-
-    /// This is used for both waiting for the process to exit and then
-    /// subsequently to wait for the data_stream to close.
-    process_wait_c: xev.Completion = .{},
-
     /// The event loop,
     loop: *xev.Loop,
 
@@ -841,23 +828,11 @@ pub const EventData = struct {
     /// flooding with cursor resets.
     last_cursor_reset: i64 = 0,
 
-    pub fn deinit(self: *EventData, alloc: Allocator) void {
-        _ = alloc;
-
-        // Stop our process watcher
-        self.process.deinit();
-
+    pub fn deinit(self: *ReadData) void {
         // Clear any StreamHandler state
         self.terminal_stream.handler.deinit();
         self.terminal_stream.deinit();
     }
-
-    /// This queues a render operation with the renderer thread. The render
-    /// isn't guaranteed to happen immediately but it will happen as soon as
-    /// practical.
-    pub inline fn queueRender(self: *EventData) !void {
-        try self.renderer_wakeup.notify();
-    }
 };
 
 fn processExit(
@@ -870,7 +845,6 @@ fn processExit(
 
     const td = td_.?;
     assert(td.reader == .exec);
-    const ev = td.ev;
     const execdata = &td.reader.exec;
     execdata.exited = true;
 
@@ -907,13 +881,13 @@ fn processExit(
 
         // Notify our main writer thread which has access to more
         // information so it can show a better error message.
-        _ = ev.writer_mailbox.push(.{
+        _ = td.writer_mailbox.push(.{
             .child_exited_abnormally = .{
                 .exit_code = exit_code,
                 .runtime_ms = runtime,
             },
         }, .{ .forever = {} });
-        ev.writer_wakeup.notify() catch break :runtime;
+        td.writer_wakeup.notify() catch break :runtime;
 
         return .disarm;
     }
@@ -925,9 +899,9 @@ fn processExit(
         // We output a message so that the user knows whats going on and
         // doesn't think their terminal just froze.
         terminal: {
-            ev.renderer_state.mutex.lock();
-            defer ev.renderer_state.mutex.unlock();
-            const t = ev.renderer_state.terminal;
+            td.renderer_state.mutex.lock();
+            defer td.renderer_state.mutex.unlock();
+            const t = td.renderer_state.terminal;
             t.carriageReturn();
             t.linefeed() catch break :terminal;
             t.printString("Process exited. Press any key to close the terminal.") catch
@@ -939,7 +913,7 @@ fn processExit(
     }
 
     // Notify our surface we want to close
-    _ = ev.surface_mailbox.push(.{
+    _ = td.surface_mailbox.push(.{
         .child_exited = {},
     }, .{ .forever = {} });
 
@@ -1614,7 +1588,7 @@ const Subprocess = struct {
 /// fds and this is still much faster and lower overhead than any async
 /// mechanism.
 const ReadThread = struct {
-    fn threadMainPosix(fd: posix.fd_t, ev: *EventData, quit: posix.fd_t) void {
+    fn threadMainPosix(fd: posix.fd_t, ev: *ReadData, quit: posix.fd_t) void {
         // Always close our end of the pipe when we exit.
         defer posix.close(quit);
 
@@ -1695,7 +1669,7 @@ const ReadThread = struct {
         }
     }
 
-    fn threadMainWindows(fd: posix.fd_t, ev: *EventData, quit: posix.fd_t) void {
+    fn threadMainWindows(fd: posix.fd_t, ev: *ReadData, quit: posix.fd_t) void {
         // Always close our end of the pipe when we exit.
         defer posix.close(quit);
 
diff --git a/src/termio/reader.zig b/src/termio/reader.zig
index 10a6e9980..31d51498f 100644
--- a/src/termio/reader.zig
+++ b/src/termio/reader.zig
@@ -57,6 +57,9 @@ pub const ThreadData = union(Kind) {
         /// The data stream is the main IO for the pty.
         write_stream: xev.Stream,
 
+        /// The process watcher
+        process: xev.Process,
+
         /// This is the pool of available (unused) write requests. If you grab
         /// one from the pool, you must put it back when you're done!
         write_req_pool: SegmentedPool(xev.Stream.WriteRequest, WRITE_REQ_PREALLOC) = .{},
@@ -66,6 +69,10 @@ pub const ThreadData = union(Kind) {
 
         /// The write queue for the data stream.
         write_queue: xev.Stream.WriteQueue = .{},
+
+        /// This is used for both waiting for the process to exit and then
+        /// subsequently to wait for the data_stream to close.
+        process_wait_c: xev.Completion = .{},
     };
 
     pub fn deinit(self: *ThreadData, alloc: Allocator) void {
@@ -78,6 +85,9 @@ pub const ThreadData = union(Kind) {
                 exec.write_req_pool.deinit(alloc);
                 exec.write_buf_pool.deinit(alloc);
 
+                // Stop our process watcher
+                exec.process.deinit();
+
                 // Stop our write stream
                 exec.write_stream.deinit();
             },
diff --git a/src/termio/stream_handler.zig b/src/termio/stream_handler.zig
index f88aeca97..b7774250f 100644
--- a/src/termio/stream_handler.zig
+++ b/src/termio/stream_handler.zig
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ pub const StreamHandler = struct {
     /// This queues a render operation with the renderer thread. The render
     /// isn't guaranteed to happen immediately but it will happen as soon as
     /// practical.
-    inline fn queueRender(self: *StreamHandler) !void {
+    pub inline fn queueRender(self: *StreamHandler) !void {
         try self.renderer_wakeup.notify();
     }