diff --git a/include/openspace/rendering/renderengine.h b/include/openspace/rendering/renderengine.h
index c3d8c9e..8f70641 100644
--- a/include/openspace/rendering/renderengine.h
+++ b/include/openspace/rendering/renderengine.h
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ class SceneGraph;
 class ABuffer;
 class ABufferVisualizer;
 class ScreenLog;
+class GUI;
 
 class RenderEngine {
 public:
@@ -78,6 +79,7 @@ private:
 	SceneGraph* _sceneGraph;
 	ABuffer* _abuffer;
 	ScreenLog* _log;
+	GUI* _gui;
 
 	bool _showInfo;
 	bool _showScreenLog;
diff --git a/scripts/bind_keys.lua b/scripts/bind_keys.lua
index a0f9442..08a3254 100644
--- a/scripts/bind_keys.lua
+++ b/scripts/bind_keys.lua
@@ -17,5 +17,6 @@ openspace.bindKey("f5", "loadKeyBindings()")
 
 openspace.bindKey("U", "openspace.distance(-interaction_speed * openspace.dt(), 13.0)")
 openspace.bindKey("J", "openspace.distance(interaction_speed * openspace.dt(), 13.0)")
+openspace.bindKey("K", "openspace.distance(interaction_speed * openspace.dt(), 20.0)")
 
 openspace.bindKey("PRINT_SCREEN", "openspace.takeScreenshot()")
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 0dc32c8..4be7f7a 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -130,6 +130,11 @@ source_group(Interface FILES ${INTERFACE_SOURCE} ${INTERFACE_HEADER})
 include_directories(${HEADER_ROOT_DIR})
 include_directories(${GHOUL_ROOT_DIR}/ext/boost)
 
+include_directories(${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/imgui)
+set(OPENSPACE_HEADER ${OPENSPACE_HEADER} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/imgui/imgui.h)
+set(OPENSPACE_SOURCE ${OPENSPACE_SOURCE} ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/imgui/imgui.cpp)
+source_group(ext\\imgui FILES ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/imgui/imgui.h ${CMAKE_SOURCE_DIR}/ext/imgui/imgui.cpp)
+
 if (APPLE)
 	add_definitions(-D__APPLE__)
 	set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "-std=c++11 -stdlib=libc++ ${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS}")
diff --git a/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp b/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp
index 9317b0e..93735eb 100644
--- a/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp
+++ b/src/rendering/renderengine.cpp
@@ -30,6 +30,7 @@
 #include <openspace/abuffer/abufferSingleLinked.h>
 #include <openspace/abuffer/abufferfixed.h>
 #include <openspace/abuffer/abufferdynamic.h>
+#include <openspace/engine/gui.h>
 #include <openspace/engine/openspaceengine.h>
 #include <openspace/scenegraph/scenegraph.h>
 #include <openspace/util/camera.h>
@@ -38,7 +39,6 @@
 #include <openspace/util/screenlog.h>
 #include <openspace/util/spicemanager.h>
 #include <openspace/util/syncbuffer.h>
-
 #include <ghoul/filesystem/filesystem.h>
 #include <ghoul/lua/lua_helper.h>
 
@@ -111,6 +111,7 @@ RenderEngine::RenderEngine()
     , _sceneGraph(nullptr)
     , _abuffer(nullptr)
     , _log(nullptr)
+	, _gui(nullptr)
     , _showInfo(true)
     , _showScreenLog(true)
 	, _takeScreenshot(false)
@@ -241,6 +242,11 @@ bool RenderEngine::initializeGL()
 
 	_visualizer = new ABufferVisualizer();
 
+	int x,y;
+	sgct::Engine::instance()->getActiveViewportSize(x, y);
+	_gui = new GUI(glm::vec2(glm::ivec2(x,y)));
+	_gui->initializeGL();
+
     // successful init
     return true;
 }
@@ -330,6 +336,16 @@ void RenderEngine::render()
 	else {
 		_visualizer->render();
 	}
+
+	double posX, posY;
+	sgct::Engine::instance()->getMousePos(0, &posX, &posY);
+
+	int button0 = sgct::Engine::instance()->getMouseButton(0, 0);
+	int button1 = sgct::Engine::instance()->getMouseButton(0, 1);
+	bool buttons[2] = { button0 != 0, button1 != 0 };
+
+	double dt = std::max(sgct::Engine::instance()->getDt(), 1.0/60.0);
+	_gui->render(dt, glm::vec2(posX, posY), buttons);
     
 #if 1