diff --git a/gui.cpp b/gui.cpp
index 070f05c..ec2a44a 100644
--- a/gui.cpp
+++ b/gui.cpp
@@ -6,73 +6,11 @@
 #include "components.hpp"
 #include <numbers>
 #include "systems.hpp"
+#include "map_view.hpp"
 
 using namespace components;
 
 namespace gui {
-  using ftxui::Color;
-
-  MapViewUI::MapViewUI(GameLevel &level) :
-    Panel(RAY_VIEW_X, 0, 0, 0, true),
-    $level(level)
-  {}
-
-  void MapViewUI::update_level(GameLevel &level) {
-    $level = level;
-  }
-
-  void MapViewUI::draw_map() {
-    const auto& debug = $level.world->get_the<Debug>();
-    const auto& player = $level.world->get_the<Player>();
-    const auto& player_position = $level.world->get<Position>(player.entity);
-    Point start = $level.map->center_camera(player_position.location, width, height);
-    auto &tiles = $level.map->tiles();
-    auto &paths = $level.map->paths();
-    auto &lighting = $level.lights->lighting();
-
-    // WARN: this is exploiting that -1 in size_t becomes largest
-    size_t end_x = std::min(size_t(width), $level.map->width() - start.x);
-    size_t end_y = std::min(size_t(height), $level.map->height() - start.y);
-
-    for(size_t y = 0; y < end_y; ++y) {
-      for(size_t x = 0; x < end_x; ++x)
-      {
-        const Tile& tile = tiles.at(start.x+x, start.y+y);
-        // light value is an integer that's a percent
-        float light_value = debug.LIGHT ? 80 * PERCENT : lighting[start.y+y][start.x+x] * PERCENT;
-        int dnum = debug.PATHS ? paths[start.y+y][start.x+x] : WALL_PATH_LIMIT;
-
-        if(debug.PATHS && dnum != WALL_PATH_LIMIT) {
-          string num = dnum > 15 ? "*" : fmt::format("{:x}", dnum);
-
-          $canvas.DrawText(x * 2, y * 4, num, [dnum, tile, light_value](auto &pixel) {
-              pixel.foreground_color = Color::HSV(dnum * 20, 150, 200);
-              pixel.background_color = Color::HSV(30, 20, tile.foreground[2] * 50 * PERCENT);
-              });
-        } else {
-          $canvas.DrawText(x * 2, y * 4, tile.display, [tile, light_value](auto &pixel) {
-              pixel.foreground_color = Color::HSV(tile.foreground[0], tile.foreground[1], tile.foreground[2] * light_value);
-              pixel.background_color = Color::HSV(tile.background[0], tile.background[1], tile.background[2] * light_value);
-              });
-        }
-      }
-    }
-
-    System::draw_entities(*$level.world, *$level.map, lighting, $canvas, start, width, height);
-  }
-
-  void MapViewUI::create_render() {
-    set_renderer(Renderer([&] {
-      draw_map();
-      return canvas($canvas);
-    }));
-  }
-
-  void MapViewUI::resize_canvas() {
-    // set canvas to best size
-    $canvas = Canvas(width * 2, height * 4);
-  }
-
   FSM::FSM() :
     $window(sf::VideoMode({SCREEN_WIDTH, SCREEN_HEIGHT}), "Zed's Raycaster Thing"),
     $renderer($window),
@@ -111,8 +49,8 @@ namespace gui {
 
     $renderer.init_terminal();
     $map_view.create_render();
-    $renderer.resize_grid(MAX_FONT_SIZE, $map_view);
     $map_view.resize_canvas();
+    $renderer.resize_grid(MAX_FONT_SIZE, $map_view);
     state(State::IDLE);
   }
 
diff --git a/gui.hpp b/gui.hpp
index f1cba24..d034c7c 100644
--- a/gui.hpp
+++ b/gui.hpp
@@ -6,25 +6,9 @@
 #include "camera.hpp"
 #include "fsm.hpp"
 #include "render.hpp"
-#include "panel.hpp"
-#include <ftxui/dom/canvas.hpp>
-
-using ftxui::Canvas;
+#include "map_view.hpp"
 
 namespace gui {
-  class MapViewUI : public Panel {
-    public:
-      Canvas $canvas;
-      GameLevel $level;
-
-      MapViewUI(GameLevel &level);
-      void create_render();
-      void resize_canvas();
-      void draw_map();
-      void update_level(GameLevel &level);
-  };
-
-
   enum class State {
     START,
     MOVING,
diff --git a/map_view.cpp b/map_view.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6c65823
--- /dev/null
+++ b/map_view.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+#include "map_view.hpp"
+#include <functional>
+#include <string>
+#include "systems.hpp"
+
+namespace gui {
+  using namespace components;
+  using ftxui::Color;
+
+  MapViewUI::MapViewUI(GameLevel &level) :
+    Panel(RAY_VIEW_X, 0, 0, 0, true),
+    $level(level)
+  {}
+
+  void MapViewUI::update_level(GameLevel &level) {
+    $level = level;
+  }
+
+  void MapViewUI::draw_map() {
+    const auto& debug = $level.world->get_the<Debug>();
+    const auto& player = $level.world->get_the<Player>();
+    const auto& player_position = $level.world->get<Position>(player.entity);
+    Point start = $level.map->center_camera(player_position.location, width, height);
+    auto &tiles = $level.map->tiles();
+    auto &paths = $level.map->paths();
+    auto &lighting = $level.lights->lighting();
+
+    // WARN: this is exploiting that -1 in size_t becomes largest
+    size_t end_x = std::min(size_t(width), $level.map->width() - start.x);
+    size_t end_y = std::min(size_t(height), $level.map->height() - start.y);
+
+    for(size_t y = 0; y < end_y; ++y) {
+      for(size_t x = 0; x < end_x; ++x)
+      {
+        const Tile& tile = tiles.at(start.x+x, start.y+y);
+        // light value is an integer that's a percent
+        float light_value = debug.LIGHT ? 80 * PERCENT : lighting[start.y+y][start.x+x] * PERCENT;
+        int dnum = debug.PATHS ? paths[start.y+y][start.x+x] : WALL_PATH_LIMIT;
+
+        if(debug.PATHS && dnum != WALL_PATH_LIMIT) {
+          string num = dnum > 15 ? "*" : fmt::format("{:x}", dnum);
+
+          $canvas.DrawText(x * 2, y * 4, num, [dnum, tile, light_value](auto &pixel) {
+              pixel.foreground_color = Color::HSV(dnum * 20, 150, 200);
+              pixel.background_color = Color::HSV(30, 20, tile.foreground[2] * 50 * PERCENT);
+              });
+        } else {
+          $canvas.DrawText(x * 2, y * 4, tile.display, [tile, light_value](auto &pixel) {
+              pixel.foreground_color = Color::HSV(tile.foreground[0], tile.foreground[1], tile.foreground[2] * light_value);
+              pixel.background_color = Color::HSV(tile.background[0], tile.background[1], tile.background[2] * light_value);
+              });
+        }
+      }
+    }
+
+    System::draw_entities(*$level.world, *$level.map, lighting, $canvas, start, width, height);
+  }
+
+  void MapViewUI::create_render() {
+    set_renderer(Renderer([&] {
+          draw_map();
+          return canvas($canvas);
+          }));
+  }
+
+  void MapViewUI::resize_canvas() {
+    // set canvas to best size
+    $canvas = Canvas(width * 2, height * 4);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/map_view.hpp b/map_view.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d144784
--- /dev/null
+++ b/map_view.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "panel.hpp"
+#include <ftxui/dom/canvas.hpp>
+#include "levelmanager.hpp"
+
+using ftxui::Canvas;
+
+namespace gui {
+  class MapViewUI : public Panel {
+    public:
+      Canvas $canvas;
+      GameLevel $level;
+
+      MapViewUI(GameLevel &level);
+      void create_render();
+      void resize_canvas();
+      void draw_map();
+      void update_level(GameLevel &level);
+  };
+}
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 0e7f443..5d8ca52 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -56,6 +56,7 @@ sources = [
   'levelmanager.cpp',
   'lights.cpp',
   'map.cpp',
+  'map_view.cpp',
   'matrix.cpp',
   'matrix.cpp',
   'panel.cpp',