diff --git a/src/assets/AssetsLoader.cpp b/src/assets/AssetsLoader.cpp
index a4aef1c4..c03ebf4b 100644
--- a/src/assets/AssetsLoader.cpp
+++ b/src/assets/AssetsLoader.cpp
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@ bool AssetsLoader::loadNext() {
 		return false;
 	}
 	aloader_func loader = found->second;
-	bool status = loader(assets, paths, entry.filename, entry.alias, entry.config);
+	bool status = loader(*this, assets, paths, entry.filename, entry.alias, entry.config);
 	entries.pop();
 	return status;
 }
diff --git a/src/assets/AssetsLoader.h b/src/assets/AssetsLoader.h
index 7e0e63a5..de401846 100644
--- a/src/assets/AssetsLoader.h
+++ b/src/assets/AssetsLoader.h
@@ -15,9 +15,10 @@ const short ASSET_LAYOUT = 5;
 
 class ResPaths;
 class Assets;
+class AssetsLoader;
 class Content;
 
-using aloader_func = std::function<bool(Assets*, const ResPaths*, const std::string&, const std::string&, std::shared_ptr<void>)>;
+using aloader_func = std::function<bool(AssetsLoader&, Assets*, const ResPaths*, const std::string&, const std::string&, std::shared_ptr<void>)>;
 
 struct aloader_entry {
 	int tag;
@@ -40,6 +41,7 @@ public:
         const std::string alias, 
         std::shared_ptr<void> settings=nullptr
     );
+	
 
 	bool hasNext() const;
 	bool loadNext();
diff --git a/src/assets/assetload_funcs.cpp b/src/assets/assetload_funcs.cpp
index 2348c915..eeff84e0 100644
--- a/src/assets/assetload_funcs.cpp
+++ b/src/assets/assetload_funcs.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <filesystem>
 #include "Assets.h"
+#include "AssetsLoader.h"
 #include "../files/files.h"
 #include "../files/engine_paths.h"
 #include "../coders/png.h"
@@ -18,11 +19,13 @@
 
 namespace fs = std::filesystem;
 
-bool assetload::texture(Assets* assets,
-                        const ResPaths* paths,
-                        const std::string filename, 
-                        const std::string name,
-                        std::shared_ptr<void>
+bool assetload::texture(
+    AssetsLoader&,
+    Assets* assets,
+    const ResPaths* paths,
+    const std::string filename, 
+    const std::string name,
+    std::shared_ptr<void>
 ) {
     std::unique_ptr<Texture> texture(
         png::load_texture(paths->find(filename).u8string())
@@ -35,11 +38,13 @@ bool assetload::texture(Assets* assets,
     return true;
 }
 
-bool assetload::shader(Assets* assets,
-                       const ResPaths* paths,
-                       const std::string filename, 
-                       const std::string name,
-                       std::shared_ptr<void>
+bool assetload::shader(
+    AssetsLoader&,
+    Assets* assets,
+    const ResPaths* paths,
+    const std::string filename, 
+    const std::string name,
+    std::shared_ptr<void>
 ) {
     fs::path vertexFile = paths->find(filename+".glslv");
     fs::path fragmentFile = paths->find(filename+".glslf");
@@ -80,11 +85,13 @@ static bool appendAtlas(AtlasBuilder& atlas, const fs::path& file) {
     return true;
 }
 
-bool assetload::atlas(Assets* assets, 
-                      const ResPaths* paths,
-                      const std::string directory, 
-                      const std::string name,
-                      std::shared_ptr<void>
+bool assetload::atlas(
+    AssetsLoader&,
+    Assets* assets, 
+    const ResPaths* paths,
+    const std::string directory, 
+    const std::string name,
+    std::shared_ptr<void>
 ) {
     AtlasBuilder builder;
     for (const auto& file : paths->listdir(directory)) {
@@ -98,11 +105,13 @@ bool assetload::atlas(Assets* assets,
     return true;
 }
 
-bool assetload::font(Assets* assets, 
-                     const ResPaths* paths,
-                     const std::string filename, 
-                     const std::string name,
-                     std::shared_ptr<void>
+bool assetload::font(
+    AssetsLoader&,
+    Assets* assets, 
+    const ResPaths* paths,
+    const std::string filename, 
+    const std::string name,
+    std::shared_ptr<void>
 ) {
     std::vector<std::unique_ptr<Texture>> pages;
     for (size_t i = 0; i <= 4; i++) {
@@ -123,6 +132,7 @@ bool assetload::font(Assets* assets,
 }
 
 bool assetload::layout(
+    AssetsLoader& loader,
     Assets* assets,
     const ResPaths* paths,
     const std::string file,
@@ -131,7 +141,7 @@ bool assetload::layout(
 ) {
     try {
         LayoutCfg* cfg = reinterpret_cast<LayoutCfg*>(config.get());
-        auto document = UiDocument::read(cfg->env, name, file);
+        auto document = UiDocument::read(loader, cfg->env, name, file);
         assets->store(document.release(), name);
         return true;
     } catch (const parsing_error& err) {
@@ -141,7 +151,6 @@ bool assetload::layout(
     }
 }
 
-
 bool assetload::animation(Assets* assets, 
                         const ResPaths* paths, 
                         const std::string directory, 
diff --git a/src/assets/assetload_funcs.h b/src/assets/assetload_funcs.h
index 745cadc5..a9ef5d26 100644
--- a/src/assets/assetload_funcs.h
+++ b/src/assets/assetload_funcs.h
@@ -6,39 +6,45 @@
 
 class ResPaths;
 class Assets;
+class AssetsLoader;
 class Atlas;
 
 namespace assetload {
     bool texture(
-        Assets* assets, 
+        AssetsLoader&,
+        Assets*, 
         const ResPaths* paths,
         const std::string filename, 
         const std::string name,
         std::shared_ptr<void> settings
     );
     bool shader(
-        Assets* assets,
+        AssetsLoader&,
+        Assets*,
         const ResPaths* paths,
         const std::string filename, 
         const std::string name,
         std::shared_ptr<void> settings
     );
     bool atlas(
-        Assets* assets,
+        AssetsLoader&,
+        Assets*,
         const ResPaths* paths, 
         const std::string directory, 
         const std::string name,
         std::shared_ptr<void> settings
     );
     bool font(
-        Assets* assets, 
+        AssetsLoader&,
+        Assets*, 
         const ResPaths* paths,
         const std::string filename, 
         const std::string name,
         std::shared_ptr<void> settings
     );
     bool layout(
-        Assets* assets,
+        AssetsLoader&,
+        Assets*,
         const ResPaths* paths,
         const std::string file,
         const std::string name,
@@ -46,7 +52,7 @@ namespace assetload {
     );
 
     bool animation(
-        Assets* assets,
+        Assets*,
         const ResPaths* paths,
         const std::string directory,
         const std::string name,
diff --git a/src/frontend/InventoryView.cpp b/src/frontend/InventoryView.cpp
index c25bce9a..cc8902a7 100644
--- a/src/frontend/InventoryView.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/InventoryView.cpp
@@ -424,28 +424,11 @@ static void readSlotsGrid(InventoryView* view, gui::UiXmlReader& reader, xml::xm
     }
 }
 
-std::shared_ptr<InventoryView> InventoryView::readXML(
-    const std::string& src,
-    const std::string& file,
-    const scripting::Environment& env
-) {
-    auto view = std::make_shared<InventoryView>();
-
-    gui::UiXmlReader reader(env);
-    createReaders(reader);
-
-    auto document = xml::parse(file, src);
-    auto root = document->getRoot();
-    if (root->getTag() != "inventory") {
-        throw std::runtime_error("'inventory' element expected");
-    }
-    return std::dynamic_pointer_cast<InventoryView>(reader.readXML(file, root));
-}
-
 void InventoryView::createReaders(gui::UiXmlReader& reader) {
     reader.add("inventory", [=](gui::UiXmlReader& reader, xml::xmlelement element) {
         auto view = std::make_shared<InventoryView>();
-        reader.readUINode(reader, element, *view, true);
+        reader.addIgnore("slots-grid");
+        reader.readUINode(reader, element, *view);
 
         for (auto& sub : element->getElements()) {
             if (sub->getTag() == "slot") {
diff --git a/src/frontend/InventoryView.h b/src/frontend/InventoryView.h
index 1267942c..7a8238ae 100644
--- a/src/frontend/InventoryView.h
+++ b/src/frontend/InventoryView.h
@@ -117,12 +117,6 @@ public:
 
     std::shared_ptr<Inventory> getInventory() const;
 
-    static std::shared_ptr<InventoryView> readXML(
-        const std::string& src,
-        const std::string& file,
-        const scripting::Environment& env
-    );
-
     static void createReaders(gui::UiXmlReader& reader);
 
     static const int SLOT_INTERVAL = 4;
diff --git a/src/frontend/UiDocument.cpp b/src/frontend/UiDocument.cpp
index 78cda915..b47d8363 100644
--- a/src/frontend/UiDocument.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/UiDocument.cpp
@@ -51,12 +51,12 @@ void UiDocument::collect(uinodes_map& map, std::shared_ptr<gui::UINode> node) {
     }
 }
 
-std::unique_ptr<UiDocument> UiDocument::read(int penv, std::string namesp, fs::path file) {
+std::unique_ptr<UiDocument> UiDocument::read(AssetsLoader& loader, int penv, std::string namesp, fs::path file) {
     const std::string text = files::read_string(file);
     auto xmldoc = xml::parse(file.u8string(), text);
 
     auto env = scripting::create_environment(penv);
-    gui::UiXmlReader reader(*env);
+    gui::UiXmlReader reader(*env, loader);
     InventoryView::createReaders(reader);
     auto view = reader.readXML(
         file.u8string(), xmldoc->getRoot()
diff --git a/src/frontend/UiDocument.h b/src/frontend/UiDocument.h
index 588cc73d..7668a414 100644
--- a/src/frontend/UiDocument.h
+++ b/src/frontend/UiDocument.h
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ struct uidocscript {
 
 using uinodes_map = std::unordered_map<std::string, std::shared_ptr<gui::UINode>>;
 
+class AssetsLoader;
+
 class UiDocument {
     std::string id;
     uidocscript script;
@@ -46,7 +48,7 @@ public:
     /* Collect map of all uinodes having identifiers */
     static void collect(uinodes_map& map, std::shared_ptr<gui::UINode> node);
 
-    static std::unique_ptr<UiDocument> read(int env, std::string namesp, fs::path file);
+    static std::unique_ptr<UiDocument> read(AssetsLoader& loader, int env, std::string namesp, fs::path file);
 };
 
 #endif // FRONTEND_UI_DOCUMENT_H_
diff --git a/src/frontend/gui/controls.h b/src/frontend/gui/controls.h
index 93969e17..df6208fc 100644
--- a/src/frontend/gui/controls.h
+++ b/src/frontend/gui/controls.h
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ namespace gui {
     protected:
         std::string texture;
     public:
-        Image(std::string texture, glm::vec2 size);
+        Image(std::string texture, glm::vec2 size=glm::vec2(32,32));
 
         virtual void draw(const GfxContext* pctx, Assets* assets) override;
     };
diff --git a/src/frontend/gui/gui_xml.cpp b/src/frontend/gui/gui_xml.cpp
index 6400e82c..ee2753e8 100644
--- a/src/frontend/gui/gui_xml.cpp
+++ b/src/frontend/gui/gui_xml.cpp
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 #include "panels.h"
 #include "controls.h"
 
+#include "../../assets/AssetsLoader.h"
 #include "../locale/langs.h"
 #include "../../logic/scripting/scripting.h"
 #include "../../util/stringutil.h"
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ static void _readUINode(xml::xmlelement element, UINode& node) {
 }
 
 
-static void _readContainer(UiXmlReader& reader, xml::xmlelement element, Container& container, bool ignoreUnknown) {
+static void _readContainer(UiXmlReader& reader, xml::xmlelement element, Container& container) {
     _readUINode(element, container);
 
     if (element->has("scrollable")) {
@@ -50,15 +51,15 @@ static void _readContainer(UiXmlReader& reader, xml::xmlelement element, Contain
     for (auto& sub : element->getElements()) {
         if (sub->isText())
             continue;
-        if (ignoreUnknown && !reader.hasReader(sub->getTag())) {
-            continue;
+        auto subnode = reader.readUINode(sub);
+        if (subnode) {
+            container.add(subnode);
         }
-        container.add(reader.readUINode(sub));
     }
 }
 
-void UiXmlReader::readUINode(UiXmlReader& reader, xml::xmlelement element, Container& container, bool ignoreUnknown) {
-    _readContainer(reader, element, container, ignoreUnknown);
+void UiXmlReader::readUINode(UiXmlReader& reader, xml::xmlelement element, Container& container) {
+    _readContainer(reader, element, container);
 }
 
 void UiXmlReader::readUINode(UiXmlReader& reader, xml::xmlelement element, UINode& node) {
@@ -86,7 +87,10 @@ static void _readPanel(UiXmlReader& reader, xml::xmlelement element, Panel& pane
     for (auto& sub : element->getElements()) {
         if (sub->isText())
             continue;
-        panel.add(reader.readUINode(sub));
+        auto subnode = reader.readUINode(sub);
+        if (subnode) {
+            panel.add(subnode);
+        }
     }
 }
 
@@ -113,7 +117,7 @@ static std::shared_ptr<UINode> readLabel(UiXmlReader& reader, xml::xmlelement el
 
 static std::shared_ptr<UINode> readContainer(UiXmlReader& reader, xml::xmlelement element) {
     auto container = std::make_shared<Container>(glm::vec2(), glm::vec2());
-    _readContainer(reader, element, *container, false);
+    _readContainer(reader, element, *container);
     return container;
 }
 
@@ -156,7 +160,18 @@ static std::shared_ptr<UINode> readTextBox(UiXmlReader& reader, xml::xmlelement
     return textbox;
 }
 
-UiXmlReader::UiXmlReader(const scripting::Environment& env) : env(env) {
+static std::shared_ptr<UINode> readImage(UiXmlReader& reader, xml::xmlelement element) {
+    std::string src = element->attr("src", "").getText();
+    auto image = std::make_shared<Image>(src);
+    _readUINode(element, *image);
+    reader.getAssetsLoader().add(ASSET_TEXTURE, "textures/"+src+".png", src, nullptr);
+    return image;
+}
+
+UiXmlReader::UiXmlReader(const scripting::Environment& env, AssetsLoader& assetsLoader) 
+: env(env), assetsLoader(assetsLoader)
+{
+    add("image", readImage);
     add("label", readLabel);
     add("button", readButton);
     add("textbox", readTextBox);
@@ -171,11 +186,18 @@ bool UiXmlReader::hasReader(const std::string& tag) const {
     return readers.find(tag) != readers.end();
 }
 
+void UiXmlReader::addIgnore(const std::string& tag) {
+    ignored.insert(tag);
+}
+
 std::shared_ptr<UINode> UiXmlReader::readUINode(xml::xmlelement element) {
     const std::string& tag = element->getTag();
 
     auto found = readers.find(tag);
     if (found == readers.end()) {
+        if (ignored.find(tag) != ignored.end()) {
+            return nullptr;
+        }
         throw std::runtime_error("unsupported element '"+tag+"'");
     }
     return found->second(*this, element);
@@ -206,3 +228,7 @@ const std::string& UiXmlReader::getFilename() const {
 const scripting::Environment& UiXmlReader::getEnvironment() const {
     return env;
 }
+
+AssetsLoader& UiXmlReader::getAssetsLoader() {
+    return assetsLoader;
+}
diff --git a/src/frontend/gui/gui_xml.h b/src/frontend/gui/gui_xml.h
index 47a0ca3d..1bbf6153 100644
--- a/src/frontend/gui/gui_xml.h
+++ b/src/frontend/gui/gui_xml.h
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 #define FRONTEND_GUI_GUI_XML_H_
 
 #include <memory>
+#include <unordered_set>
 #include <unordered_map>
 
 #include "GUI.h"
@@ -11,6 +12,8 @@ namespace scripting {
     class Environment;
 }
 
+class AssetsLoader;
+
 namespace gui {
     class UiXmlReader;
 
@@ -18,13 +21,17 @@ namespace gui {
 
     class UiXmlReader {
         std::unordered_map<std::string, uinode_reader> readers;
+        std::unordered_set<std::string> ignored;
         std::string filename;
         const scripting::Environment& env;
+        AssetsLoader& assetsLoader;
+        
     public:
-        UiXmlReader(const scripting::Environment& env);
+        UiXmlReader(const scripting::Environment& env, AssetsLoader& assetsLoader);
 
         void add(const std::string& tag, uinode_reader reader);
         bool hasReader(const std::string& tag) const;
+        void addIgnore(const std::string& tag);
         
         std::shared_ptr<UINode> readUINode(xml::xmlelement element);
         
@@ -37,8 +44,7 @@ namespace gui {
         void readUINode(
             UiXmlReader& reader, 
             xml::xmlelement element, 
-            Container& container,
-            bool ignoreUnknown=false
+            Container& container
         );
 
         std::shared_ptr<UINode> readXML(
@@ -53,6 +59,8 @@ namespace gui {
 
         const scripting::Environment& getEnvironment() const;
         const std::string& getFilename() const;
+
+        AssetsLoader& getAssetsLoader();
     };
 }