diff --git a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/CMakeLists.txt b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
index cc38e72031..4a8ac23822 100644
--- a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -4,9 +4,9 @@ project(profileGUIw LANGUAGES CXX)
 
 set(CMAKE_INCLUDE_CURRENT_DIR ON)
 
-set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
+#set(CMAKE_AUTOUIC ON)
 set(CMAKE_AUTOMOC ON)
-set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
+#set(CMAKE_AUTORCC ON)
 
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD 17)
 set(CMAKE_CXX_STANDARD_REQUIRED ON)
@@ -39,5 +39,10 @@ set(SOURCE_FILES
 )
 
 add_library(profileGUIw STATIC ${HEADER_FILES} ${SOURCE_FILES})
+target_include_directories(profileGUIw PRIVATE ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/include)
+target_include_directories(profileGUIw PRIVATE ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/ext/ghoul/include)
+target_include_directories(profileGUIw PRIVATE ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/ext/ghoul/ext/glm)
+target_include_directories(profileGUIw PRIVATE ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/ext/ghoul/ext/cppformat/include)
+target_include_directories(profileGUIw PRIVATE ${OPENSPACE_BASE_DIR}/ext/ghoul/ext/lua/src)
 target_link_libraries(profileGUIw PUBLIC Qt5::Widgets)
 
diff --git a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/editorwindow.cpp b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/editorwindow.cpp
index 503ec9256f..941b7e06fc 100644
--- a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/editorwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/editorwindow.cpp
@@ -29,6 +29,10 @@
 #include <sstream>
 #include "launcherwindow.h"
 #include "filesystemaccess.h"
+#include <openspace/scene/profile.h>
+#include <filesystem>
+#include <fstream>
+
 
 std::string testContents =
 "0Dir_1\n"
@@ -52,7 +56,7 @@ std::string testContents =
 "0 Dir B1\n"
 "0  File C1\n";
 
-editorwindow::editorwindow(QString assetPath, QWidget *parent)
+editorwindow::editorwindow(const QString assetPath, const std::string& profilePath, QWidget *parent)
     : QDialog(parent)
     , ui(new Ui::editorwindow)
     , _assetTreeModel(tr("Asset"), tr("Enabled"))
@@ -83,6 +87,26 @@ editorwindow::editorwindow(QString assetPath, QWidget *parent)
 
     connect(ui->buttonBox, SIGNAL(accepted()), this, SLOT(parseSelections()));
     connect(ui->buttonBox, SIGNAL(rejected()), this, SLOT(cancel()));
+
+    if (profilePath.length() != 0) {
+        loadProfile(profilePath);
+    }
+}
+
+void editorwindow::loadProfile(const std::string& filepath) {
+    if (!std::filesystem::exists(filepath)) {
+        throw std::runtime_error("Could not find file)");
+    }
+
+    std::ifstream f(filepath);
+
+    std::vector<std::string> lines;
+    std::string line;
+    while (std::getline(f, line)) {
+        lines.push_back(std::move(line));
+    }
+
+    openspace::Profile p(lines);
 }
 
 editorwindow::~editorwindow() {
diff --git a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/editorwindow.h b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/editorwindow.h
index 8c7a301731..d64dc2f1ed 100644
--- a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/editorwindow.h
+++ b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/editorwindow.h
@@ -45,7 +45,8 @@ public slots:
    void cancel();
 
 public:
-    explicit editorwindow(QString assetPath, QWidget* parent = nullptr);
+    explicit editorwindow(QString assetPath, const std::string& profileName,
+        QWidget* parent = nullptr);
     ~editorwindow();
     std::vector<std::string> parseSelections();
     void setProfileName(QString name);
@@ -56,6 +57,7 @@ public:
 
 private:
     bool traverseToExpandSelectedItems(int nRows, QModelIndex parent);
+    void loadProfile(const std::string& profilePath);
     Ui::editorwindow *ui;
     QString _helperTextProfileName = "Enter profile name";
     QString _helperTextStartTime = "YYYY-MM-DDThh:mm:ss (leave blank for default time)";
diff --git a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/launcherwindow.cpp b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/launcherwindow.cpp
index 7c8190572e..62f23f5591 100644
--- a/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/launcherwindow.cpp
+++ b/apps/OpenSpace/ext/launcher/launcherwindow.cpp
@@ -72,14 +72,17 @@ void LauncherWindow::populateWindowConfigsList() {
 }
 
 void LauncherWindow::openWindow_new() {
-    myEditorWindow = new editorwindow(_basePath + "/data/assets");
+    myEditorWindow = new editorwindow(_basePath + "/data/assets", "");
     myEditorWindow->exec();
     std::vector<std::string> results = myEditorWindow->parseSelections();
     receiveAssets(results);
 }
 
 void LauncherWindow::openWindow_edit() {
-    myEditorWindow = new editorwindow(_basePath + "/data/assets");
+    std::string editProfilePath = _basePath.toUtf8().constData();
+    editProfilePath += "/profiles/";
+    editProfilePath += ui->comboBoxProfiles->currentText().toUtf8().constData();
+    myEditorWindow = new editorwindow(_basePath + "/data/assets", editProfilePath);
 
     int selectedProfileIdx = ui->comboBoxProfiles->currentIndex();
     QString profileToSet = ui->comboBoxProfiles->itemText(selectedProfileIdx);