diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 3a90000..4959c4e 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -12,13 +12,20 @@ repository = "https://git.cscherr.de/PlexSheep/beatbear"
 keywords = ["media", "sound", "music", "player", "jellyfin", "downloads"]
 
 [features]
+default = ["backend-fs", "backend-jellyfin"]
 backend-fs = []
 backend-jellyfin = []
-gui = []
-tui = []
 
 [dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.86"
+clap = { version = "4.5.16", features = ["derive"] }
+eframe = { version = "0.28.1", optional = false }
+egui = { version = "0.28.1", optional = false }
+human-panic = "2.0.1"
+image = "0.25.2"
 libpt = { version = "0.6.0", features = ["cli", "full"] }
+thiserror = "1.0.63"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.18", features = ["env-filter"] }
 
 [lib]
 name = "beatbaer"
diff --git a/assets/img/icon-256.jpg b/assets/img/icon-256.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cee54d4
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diff --git a/assets/img/icon-512.jpg b/assets/img/icon-512.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..886bb74
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diff --git a/src/backend/mod.rs b/src/backend/mod.rs
index e69de29..5f30493 100644
--- a/src/backend/mod.rs
+++ b/src/backend/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+pub trait Backend {}
diff --git a/src/error/mod.rs b/src/error/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cf846af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/error/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+use thiserror::Error;
+
+#[derive(Error, Debug)]
+pub enum Error {
+    #[error("Error in the player UI")]
+    UiError(#[from] eframe::Error),
+    #[error(transparent)]
+    Other(#[from] anyhow::Error),
+}
diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index 7b5f1f9..17a269d 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,4 @@
 pub mod backend;
+pub mod error;
 pub mod music;
+pub mod player;
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index e7a11a9..8eddfca 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,31 @@
-fn main() {
-    println!("Hello, world!");
+use beatbaer::error::Error;
+use beatbaer::player::Player;
+use human_panic::{setup_panic, Metadata};
+use libpt::log::info;
+
+fn main() -> Result<(), Error> {
+    setup_panic!(
+        Metadata::new(env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"), env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION"))
+            .authors(env!("CARGO_PKG_AUTHORS"))
+            .homepage(env!("CARGO_PKG_HOMEPAGE"))
+            .support(format!(
+                "Public issue tracker at: {}\nor alternatively email: {}",
+                env!("CARGO_PKG_REPOSITORY"),
+                "software@cscherr.de"
+            ))
+    );
+    let mut player = Player::build()?;
+    info!("starting ui");
+
+    eframe::run_native(
+        beatbaer::player::TITLE,
+        player.gui_options.clone(),
+        Box::new(|cc| {
+            player.init(cc);
+            Ok(Box::new(player))
+        }),
+    )?;
+
+    info!("leaving ui");
+    Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/player/mod.rs b/src/player/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6f9e43c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/player/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+use clap::Parser;
+use eframe::CreationContext;
+use libpt::cli::args::VerbosityLevel;
+use libpt::log::{debug, info, trace};
+
+use crate::error::Error;
+
+pub mod ui;
+
+pub const TITLE: &str = "Beatbär";
+
+#[derive(Parser)]
+pub struct Player {
+    #[command(flatten)]
+    verbosity: VerbosityLevel,
+
+    #[clap(skip)]
+    pub gui_options: eframe::NativeOptions,
+
+    #[clap(skip)]
+    show_info_window: bool,
+}
+
+impl Player {
+    pub fn build() -> Result<Self, Error> {
+        let mut app = Player::parse();
+
+        let filter = tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::builder()
+            .with_default_directive(app.verbosity.level().into())
+            .from_env()
+            .expect("could not init logger")
+            .add_directive(
+                format!("{}={}", env!("CARGO_PKG_NAME"), app.verbosity.level())
+                    .parse()
+                    .expect("could not init logger"),
+            );
+
+        tracing_subscriber::fmt::Subscriber::builder()
+            .with_env_filter(filter)
+            .with_max_level(app.verbosity.level())
+            .init();
+        debug!("logging initialized!");
+        debug!("level: {}", app.verbosity.level());
+
+        app.gui_options = eframe::NativeOptions {
+            viewport: egui::ViewportBuilder::default()
+                .with_inner_size([400.0, 300.0])
+                .with_min_inner_size([300.0, 220.0])
+                .with_icon(Player::load_icon()),
+            ..Default::default()
+        };
+
+        info!("Player ready to start UI");
+        Ok(app)
+    }
+    pub fn init(&mut self, _cc: &CreationContext) {
+        // we can use the creation context to do some customizing, but idc right now
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/player/ui.rs b/src/player/ui.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad92e2b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/player/ui.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,157 @@
+use egui::IconData;
+use libpt::log::trace;
+
+use super::*;
+
+const ICON_RAW: &[u8; 36525] = include_bytes!("../../assets/img/icon-512.jpg");
+
+impl Player {
+    fn top_panel(&mut self, ui: &mut egui::Ui, ctx: &egui::Context) {
+        egui::menu::bar(ui, |ui| {
+            // NOTE: no File->Quit on web pages!
+            let is_web = cfg!(target_arch = "wasm32");
+            if !is_web {
+                ui.menu_button("File", |ui| {
+                    if ui.button("Info").clicked() {
+                        self.show_info_window = true;
+                    }
+                    ui.separator();
+                    if ui.button("Quit").clicked() {
+                        ctx.send_viewport_cmd(egui::ViewportCommand::Close);
+                    }
+                });
+                ui.add_space(16.0);
+            }
+            if self.show_info_window {
+                self.info_diag(ctx);
+            }
+
+            egui::widgets::global_dark_light_mode_buttons(ui);
+        });
+    }
+
+    fn info_diag(&mut self, ctx: &egui::Context) {
+        trace!("rendering info dialogue");
+        ctx.show_viewport_immediate(
+            egui::ViewportId::from_hash_of(format!("{TITLE}: Information")),
+            egui::ViewportBuilder::default()
+                .with_title(format!("{TITLE}: Information"))
+                .with_inner_size([500.0, 200.0]),
+            |ctx, class| {
+                assert!(
+                    class == egui::ViewportClass::Immediate,
+                    "This egui backend doesn't support multiple viewports"
+                );
+
+                egui::CentralPanel::default().show(ctx, |ui| {
+                    ui.label(format!("{TITLE} v{}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")));
+                    ui.hyperlink_to("Source Code\n", env!("CARGO_PKG_REPOSITORY"));
+                    ui.label(format!("Author: {}", env!("CARGO_PKG_AUTHORS")));
+                    ui.label(format!("License: {}", env!("CARGO_PKG_LICENSE")));
+                    ui.label(format!(
+                        "\n{TITLE} is free software. If you paid for this you were scammed.\n"
+                    ));
+
+                    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+
+                    ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+                        ui.spacing_mut().item_spacing.x = 0.0;
+                        ui.label("Powered by ");
+                        ui.hyperlink_to("egui", "https://github.com/emilk/egui");
+                        ui.label(" and ");
+                        ui.hyperlink_to(
+                            "eframe",
+                            "https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/crates/eframe",
+                        );
+                        ui.label(".");
+                    });
+
+                    ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
+                });
+                if ctx.input(|i| i.viewport().close_requested()) {
+                    // Tell parent viewport that we should not show next frame:
+                    self.show_info_window = false;
+                }
+            },
+        );
+    }
+
+    fn bottom_label(ui: &mut egui::Ui) {
+        ui.with_layout(egui::Layout::bottom_up(egui::Align::LEFT), |ui| {
+            ui.horizontal(|ui| {
+                ui.spacing_mut().item_spacing.x = 0.0;
+                ui.label(format!("{TITLE} v{}", env!("CARGO_PKG_VERSION")));
+                ui.label(" | Powered by ");
+                ui.hyperlink_to("egui", "https://github.com/emilk/egui");
+                ui.label(" and ");
+                ui.hyperlink_to(
+                    "eframe",
+                    "https://github.com/emilk/egui/tree/master/crates/eframe",
+                );
+                ui.label(".");
+            });
+            egui::warn_if_debug_build(ui);
+        });
+    }
+
+    fn main_panel(&mut self, ui: &mut egui::Ui, ctx: &egui::Context) {
+        ui.vertical_centered(|ui| {
+            for i in 0..100 {
+                ui.horizontal_wrapped(|ui| {
+                    for j in 0..10 {
+                        ui.label(format!("foo-{i}-{j}"));
+                    }
+                });
+            }
+        });
+    }
+
+    fn meta_panel(&mut self, ui: &mut egui::Ui, ctx: &egui::Context) {
+        egui::menu::bar(ui, |ui| {
+            // NOTE: no File->Quit on web pages!
+            ui.menu_button("File", |ui| {
+                if ui.button("Info").clicked() {
+                    self.show_info_window = true;
+                }
+                ui.separator();
+                if ui.button("Quit").clicked() {
+                    ctx.send_viewport_cmd(egui::ViewportCommand::Close);
+                }
+            });
+            ui.add_space(16.0);
+        });
+    }
+
+    pub(crate) fn load_icon() -> IconData {
+        let (icon_rgba, icon_width, icon_height) = {
+            let image = image::load_from_memory(ICON_RAW)
+                .expect("Failed to open icon path")
+                .into_rgba8();
+            let (width, height) = image.dimensions();
+            let rgba = image.into_raw();
+            (rgba, width, height)
+        };
+
+        IconData {
+            rgba: icon_rgba,
+            width: icon_width,
+            height: icon_height,
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+impl eframe::App for Player {
+    /// Called each time the UI needs repainting, which may be many times per second.
+    fn update(&mut self, ctx: &egui::Context, _frame: &mut eframe::Frame) {
+        egui::TopBottomPanel::top("top_panel").show(ctx, |ui| {
+            self.top_panel(ui, ctx);
+        });
+        egui::TopBottomPanel::top("top_panel2").show(ctx, |ui| {
+            self.meta_panel(ui, ctx);
+        });
+        egui::CentralPanel::default().show(ctx, |ui| {
+            self.main_panel(ui, ctx);
+        });
+        egui::TopBottomPanel::bottom("bot_panel").show(ctx, Self::bottom_label);
+    }
+}