diff --git a/res/layouts/inventory.xml b/res/layouts/inventory.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b5ea903c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/layouts/inventory.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+<inventory color="#00000080">
+    <slots-grid cols="4" count="40"/>
+</inventory>
diff --git a/src/assets/Assets.cpp b/src/assets/Assets.cpp
index 3d10e1e1..7d34d6a0 100644
--- a/src/assets/Assets.cpp
+++ b/src/assets/Assets.cpp
@@ -87,6 +87,9 @@ void Assets::extend(const Assets& assets) {
     for (auto entry : assets.atlases) {
         atlases[entry.first] = entry.second;
     }
+	for (auto entry : assets.layouts) {
+		layouts[entry.first] = entry.second;
+	}
     animations.clear();
 	for (auto entry : assets.animations) {
 		animations.emplace_back(entry);
diff --git a/src/assets/AssetsLoader.cpp b/src/assets/AssetsLoader.cpp
index 91b9861a..177f2e9e 100644
--- a/src/assets/AssetsLoader.cpp
+++ b/src/assets/AssetsLoader.cpp
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@
 #include "../constants.h"
 #include "../files/engine_paths.h"
 
-using std::filesystem::path;
-using std::unique_ptr;
-
 AssetsLoader::AssetsLoader(Assets* assets, const ResPaths* paths) 
 	: assets(assets), paths(paths) {
 }
diff --git a/src/assets/AssetsLoader.h b/src/assets/AssetsLoader.h
index c4a1874d..bce21bdf 100644
--- a/src/assets/AssetsLoader.h
+++ b/src/assets/AssetsLoader.h
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ const short ASSET_LAYOUT = 5;
 class ResPaths;
 class Assets;
 
-typedef std::function<bool(Assets*, const ResPaths*, const std::string&, const std::string&)> aloader_func;
+using aloader_func = std::function<bool(Assets*, const ResPaths*, const std::string&, const std::string&)>;
 
 struct aloader_entry {
 	int tag;
diff --git a/src/frontend/InventoryView.cpp b/src/frontend/InventoryView.cpp
index fffa0a7a..1380245b 100644
--- a/src/frontend/InventoryView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/InventoryView.cpp
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ void SlotView::bind(
     bound = &stack;
     content = frontend->getLevel()->content;
     this->frontend = frontend;
+    this->interaction = interaction;
 }
 
 const SlotLayout& SlotView::getLayout() const {
diff --git a/src/frontend/UiDocument.cpp b/src/frontend/UiDocument.cpp
index 7cb5b343..88702084 100644
--- a/src/frontend/UiDocument.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/UiDocument.cpp
@@ -11,10 +11,23 @@ UiDocument::UiDocument(
     std::string namesp, 
     uidocscript script, 
     std::shared_ptr<gui::UINode> root
-) {
+) : namesp(namesp), script(script), root(root) {
     collect(map, root);
 }
 
+
+const uinodes_map& UiDocument::getMap() const {
+    return map;
+}
+
+const std::string& UiDocument::getNamespace() const {
+    return namesp;
+}
+
+const std::shared_ptr<gui::UINode> UiDocument::getRoot() const {
+    return root;
+}
+
 void UiDocument::collect(uinodes_map& map, std::shared_ptr<gui::UINode> node) {
     const std::string& id = node->getId();
     if (!id.empty()) {
diff --git a/src/frontend/UiDocument.h b/src/frontend/UiDocument.h
index e724faff..a987ecf3 100644
--- a/src/frontend/UiDocument.h
+++ b/src/frontend/UiDocument.h
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@ public:
 
     const uinodes_map& getMap() const;
     const std::string& getNamespace() const;
+    const std::shared_ptr<gui::UINode> getRoot() const;
 
     /* Collect map of all uinodes having identifiers */
     static void collect(uinodes_map& map, std::shared_ptr<gui::UINode> node);
diff --git a/src/frontend/hud.cpp b/src/frontend/hud.cpp
index 0857c277..ef847332 100644
--- a/src/frontend/hud.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/hud.cpp
@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@
 #include "../objects/Player.h"
 #include "../physics/Hitbox.h"
 #include "../maths/voxmaths.h"
-#include "../files/files.h"
 #include "gui/controls.h"
 #include "gui/panels.h"
 #include "gui/UINode.h"
@@ -42,6 +41,7 @@
 #include "BlocksPreview.h"
 #include "InventoryView.h"
 #include "LevelFrontend.h"
+#include "UiDocument.h"
 #include "../engine.h"
 #include "../core_defs.h"
 #include "../items/ItemDef.h"
@@ -217,15 +217,24 @@ std::shared_ptr<InventoryView> HudRenderer::createInventory() {
     auto player = level->player;
     auto inventory = player->getInventory();
 
-    SlotLayout slotLayout(-1, glm::vec2(), true, false, [=](ItemStack& stack) {
-        stack.clear();
-    }, nullptr);
+    auto layout = assets->getLayout("core:inventory");
+    if (layout) {
+        std::cout << "custom layout used" << std::endl;
+        auto view = std::dynamic_pointer_cast<InventoryView>(layout->getRoot());
+        view->bind(inventory, frontend, interaction.get());
+        return view;
+    } else {
+        std::cout << "generated layout used" << std::endl;
+        SlotLayout slotLayout(-1, glm::vec2(), true, false, [=](ItemStack& stack) {
+            stack.clear();
+        }, nullptr);
 
-    InventoryBuilder builder;
-    builder.addGrid(10, inventory->size(), glm::vec2(), 4, true, slotLayout);
-    auto view = builder.build();
-    view->bind(inventory, frontend, interaction.get());
-    return view;
+        InventoryBuilder builder;
+        builder.addGrid(10, inventory->size(), glm::vec2(), 4, true, slotLayout);
+        auto view = builder.build();
+        view->bind(inventory, frontend, interaction.get());
+        return view;
+    }
 }
 
 HudRenderer::HudRenderer(Engine* engine, LevelFrontend* frontend)