diff --git a/actor.go b/actor.go
index a313082..730fd98 100644
--- a/actor.go
+++ b/actor.go
@@ -134,3 +134,15 @@ type RunShutdownable interface {
 type Cleanupable interface {
 	Cleanup(ctx context.Context) error
 }
+
+// MainRunnable is any object with a function that must be bound to the main
+// thread. Only one actor may implement this at a time, and it must have been
+// added at the start of the environment as an argument to the run function.
+type MainRunnable interface {
+	// RunMain is run in the main thread and must stop once ShutdownMain
+	// is called.
+	RunMain() error
+	// ShutdownMain is like [RunShutdownable.Shutdown], but unblocks RunMain
+	// instead of Run.
+	ShutdownMain(ctx context.Context) error
+}
diff --git a/environment.go b/environment.go
index 909f140..4d62485 100644
--- a/environment.go
+++ b/environment.go
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ type environment struct {
 	name        string
 	description string
 	actors      usync.RWMonitor[*actorSets]
+	main        MainRunnable
 	ctx         context.Context
 	done        context.CancelCauseFunc
 	group       sync.WaitGroup
diff --git a/phases.go b/phases.go
index 4ad3aba..e4ffbe0 100644
--- a/phases.go
+++ b/phases.go
@@ -228,6 +228,41 @@ func (this *environment) phase60Initialization() bool {
 }
 
 func (this *environment) phase70Running() bool {
+	for actor := range this.All() {
+		if actor, ok := actor.(MainRunnable); ok {
+			this.main = actor
+		}
+	}
+	
+	result := make(chan bool)
+	go func() {
+		result <- this.phase70RunningBody()
+		if this.main != nil {
+			shutdownCtx, done := context.WithTimeout(
+				context.Background(),
+					defaul(this.timing.shutdownTimeout.Load(),
+					defaultShutdownTimeout))
+			defer done()
+			this.main.ShutdownMain(shutdownCtx)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	if this.main != nil {
+		mainActor := this.main.(Actor)
+		if this.Verb() { log.Printf("(i) (70) binding %s to main thread", mainActor.Type()) }
+		runtime.LockOSThread()
+		defer runtime.UnlockOSThread()
+		err := this.main.RunMain()
+		if err != nil {
+			log.Printf("XXX [%s] main thread failed: %v", mainActor.Type(), err)
+		}
+		if this.Verb() { log.Printf("(i) (70) main thread exited") }
+	}
+	
+	return <- result
+}
+
+func (this *environment) phase70RunningBody() bool {
 	defer this.Done(nil)
 	if this.Verb() { log.Println("... (70) starting up") }
 	this.running.Store(true)
diff --git a/run.go b/run.go
index 05adf30..08a8bd9 100644
--- a/run.go
+++ b/run.go
@@ -57,7 +57,9 @@ var env environment
 //       goroutine. If an actor does not run for a meaningful amount of time
 //       after resetting/initialization before failing, it is considered erratic
 //       and further attempts to restart it will be spaced by a limited,
-//       constantly increasing time interval. The timing is configurable, but by
+//       constantly increasing time interval.
+//       
+//       The timing is configurable, but by
 //       default the threshold for a meaningful amount of runtime is 16 seconds,
 //       the initial delay interval is 8 seconds, the interval increase per
 //       attempt is 8 seconds, and the maximum interval is one hour.
@@ -66,6 +68,12 @@ var env environment
 //       configurable, but by default it is once every minute. When an actor
 //       which implements [Resettable] is reset, it is given a configurable
 //       timeout, which is 8 minutes by default.
+//       
+//       If one of the actors directly passed to Run implements MainRunnable,
+//       it will be bound to the main thread and the CAMFISH environment will
+//       be run in a different thread. If more than one actor implementing
+//       MainRunnable is passed to the Run function, only the first one is
+//       considered.
 //   
 //   80. Shutdown: This can be triggered by all actors being removed from the
 //       environment, a catastrophic error, [Done] being called, or the program