diff --git a/gui/map_view.cpp b/gui/map_view.cpp
index 7a6b34b..b0267ff 100644
--- a/gui/map_view.cpp
+++ b/gui/map_view.cpp
@@ -11,6 +11,11 @@
 #include <iostream>
 #include <fmt/xchar.h>
 #include <fstream>
+#include "palette.hpp"
+
+constexpr const int map_width=13;
+constexpr const int map_height=13;
+
 
 namespace gui {
   using namespace components;
@@ -20,8 +25,7 @@ namespace gui {
     $level(level),
     $map_render(std::make_shared<sf::RenderTexture>()),
     $map_sprite($map_render->getTexture()),
-    $map_tiles(matrix::make(12,10)),
-    $paper(textures::get("full_screen_paper"))
+    $map_tiles(matrix::make(map_width, map_height))
   {
   }
 
@@ -31,16 +35,14 @@ namespace gui {
 
   void MapViewUI::init() {
     $gui.position(0, 0, SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT);
-    $gui.layout(
-        "[log_view| *%(200)map_grid | _ ]"
-        );
+    $gui.layout("[log_view| *%(200)map_grid | _ ]");
+    $gui.set<Background>($gui.MAIN, {$gui.$parser, palette::get("tiles/fg:wall_plain")});
 
     $log_to = $gui.entity("log_view");
-    $gui.set<Textual>($log_to, {L"Welcome to the Game!", 25, {37, 36, 33}, 25});
+    $gui.set<Rectangle>($log_to, {10, THEME.DARK_MID, THEME.BORDER_COLOR, 10});
+    $gui.set<Textual>($log_to, {L"Welcome to the Game!", 25, THEME.TEXT_COLOR, 10});
 
-    $paper.sprite->setPosition({0, 0});
-
-    auto map_cell = $gui.cell_for("map_grid");
+    auto map_cell = lel::center(MAP_TILE_DIM * map_width, MAP_TILE_DIM * map_height, $gui.cell_for("map_grid"));
     $map_sprite.setPosition({(float)map_cell.x, (float)map_cell.y + 30});
 
     $gui.init();
@@ -56,16 +58,12 @@ namespace gui {
 
 
   void MapViewUI::render(sf::RenderWindow &window, int compass_dir) {
-    window.draw(*$paper.sprite);
+    $gui.render(window);
 
     System::draw_map($level, $map_tiles, $entity_map, compass_dir);
-
     System::render_map($map_tiles, $entity_map, *$map_render);
-
     $map_sprite.setTexture($map_render->getTexture(), true);
     window.draw($map_sprite);
-
-    $gui.render(window);
     // $gui.debug_layout(window);
   }
 
diff --git a/gui/map_view.hpp b/gui/map_view.hpp
index 0f3ac8e..5262c43 100644
--- a/gui/map_view.hpp
+++ b/gui/map_view.hpp
@@ -16,7 +16,6 @@ namespace gui {
       std::shared_ptr<sf::RenderTexture> $map_render;
       sf::Sprite $map_sprite;
       matrix::Matrix $map_tiles;
-      textures::SpriteTexture $paper;
 
       MapViewUI(GameLevel &level);
       void init();