diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9383111..b11ce11 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -118,7 +118,7 @@ dependencies += [
   vma,
   vkbootstrap,
   glm,
-  imgui,
+  # imgui,
   sdl2,
   fastgltf,
   simdjson,
diff --git a/vk_engine.cpp b/vk_engine.cpp
index c60fef7..8924d40 100644
--- a/vk_engine.cpp
+++ b/vk_engine.cpp
@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ void VulkanEngine::init()
   init_sync_structures();
   init_descriptors();
   init_pipelines();
-  _gui.init_imgui(VulkanEngine::Get());
   init_default_data();
 
   //everything went fine
@@ -169,9 +168,6 @@ void VulkanEngine::draw()
   // ZED: ?
   vkutil::transition_image(t.cmd, _swapchainImages[t.swapchainImageIndex], VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_TRANSFER_DST_OPTIMAL, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL);
 
-  // ZED: end drawing the things
-  _gui.draw_imgui(_swapchainExtent, t.cmd,  _swapchainImageViews[t.swapchainImageIndex]);
-
   // ZED: finalize image and commit command buffer
   vkutil::transition_image(t.cmd, _swapchainImages[t.swapchainImageIndex], VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_PRESENT_SRC_KHR);
 
@@ -260,7 +256,6 @@ void VulkanEngine::run()
       continue;
     }
 
-    _gui.render_imgui(backgroundEffects, &currentBackgroundEffect);
     draw();
   }
 }
diff --git a/vk_gui.cpp b/vk_gui.cpp
index 86e4bd3..08cd0bb 100644
--- a/vk_gui.cpp
+++ b/vk_gui.cpp
@@ -2,9 +2,6 @@
 #include "vk_initializers.h"
 #include <SDL.h>
 #include <SDL_vulkan.h>
-#include <imgui.h>
-#include <imgui_impl_sdl2.h>
-#include <imgui_impl_vulkan.h>
 #include "vk_engine.h"
 
 struct SDL_Window* VkGUI::init_window(VkExtent2D windowExtent)
@@ -22,104 +19,6 @@ struct SDL_Window* VkGUI::init_window(VkExtent2D windowExtent)
       window_flags);
 }
 
-void VkGUI::init_imgui(VulkanEngine& engine)
-{
-  // 1. create descriptor pool for IMGUI
-  //  the size of the pool is very oversize, but it's copied from imgui demo
-  //  itself.
-  VkDescriptorPoolSize pool_sizes[] = {
-    { VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLER, 1000 },
-    { VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_COMBINED_IMAGE_SAMPLER, 1000 },
-    { VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_SAMPLED_IMAGE, 1000 },
-    { VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_IMAGE, 1000 },
-    { VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_TEXEL_BUFFER, 1000 },
-    { VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_TEXEL_BUFFER, 1000 },
-    { VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER, 1000 },
-    { VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER, 1000 },
-    { VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_UNIFORM_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, 1000 },
-    { VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_STORAGE_BUFFER_DYNAMIC, 1000 },
-    { VK_DESCRIPTOR_TYPE_INPUT_ATTACHMENT, 1000 }
-  };
-
-  VkDescriptorPoolCreateInfo pool_info{
-    .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_INFO,
-      .flags = VK_DESCRIPTOR_POOL_CREATE_FREE_DESCRIPTOR_SET_BIT,
-      .maxSets = 1000,
-      .poolSizeCount = (uint32_t)std::size(pool_sizes),
-      .pPoolSizes = pool_sizes,
-  };
-
-  VkDescriptorPool imguiPool;
-  VK_CHECK(vkCreateDescriptorPool(engine._device, &pool_info, nullptr, &imguiPool));
-
-  // 2: initialize the imgui library
-  ImGui::CreateContext();
-
-  ImGui_ImplSDL2_InitForVulkan(engine._window);
-
-  ImGui_ImplVulkan_InitInfo init_info{
-    .Instance = engine._instance,
-      .PhysicalDevice = engine._chosenGPU,
-      .Device = engine._device,
-      .Queue = engine._graphicsQueue,
-      .DescriptorPool = imguiPool,
-      .MinImageCount = 3,
-      .ImageCount = 3,
-      .MSAASamples = VK_SAMPLE_COUNT_1_BIT,
-      .UseDynamicRendering = true,
-      .PipelineRenderingCreateInfo = {
-        .sType = VK_STRUCTURE_TYPE_PIPELINE_RENDERING_CREATE_INFO,
-        .colorAttachmentCount = 1,
-        .pColorAttachmentFormats = &engine._swapchainImageFormat,
-      },
-  };
-
-  ImGui_ImplVulkan_Init(&init_info);
-  ImGui_ImplVulkan_CreateFontsTexture();
-
-  engine._mainDeletionQueue.push_function([=,this]() {
-      ImGui_ImplVulkan_Shutdown();
-      vkDestroyDescriptorPool(engine._device, imguiPool, nullptr);
-      });
-}
-
-void VkGUI::draw_imgui(VkExtent2D& swapchainExtent, VkCommandBuffer cmd, VkImageView targetImageView)
-{
-  VkRenderingAttachmentInfo colorAttachment = vkinit::attachment_info(targetImageView, nullptr, VK_IMAGE_LAYOUT_COLOR_ATTACHMENT_OPTIMAL);
-
-  VkRenderingInfo renderInfo = vkinit::rendering_info(swapchainExtent, &colorAttachment, nullptr);
-
-  vkCmdBeginRendering(cmd, &renderInfo);
-
-  ImGui_ImplVulkan_RenderDrawData(ImGui::GetDrawData(), cmd);
-
-  vkCmdEndRendering(cmd);
-}
-
-void VkGUI::render_imgui(std::vector<ComputeEffect>& backgroundEffects, int* currentBackgroundEffect)
-{
-  ImGui_ImplVulkan_NewFrame();
-  ImGui_ImplSDL2_NewFrame();
-
-  ImGui::NewFrame();
-
-  if (ImGui::Begin("background")) {
-
-    ComputeEffect& selected = backgroundEffects[*currentBackgroundEffect];
-
-    ImGui::Text("Selected effect: %s", selected.name);
-
-    ImGui::SliderInt("Effect Index", currentBackgroundEffect,0, backgroundEffects.size() - 1);
-
-    ImGui::InputFloat4("data1",(float*)& selected.data.data1);
-    ImGui::InputFloat4("data2",(float*)& selected.data.data2);
-    ImGui::InputFloat4("data3",(float*)& selected.data.data3);
-    ImGui::InputFloat4("data4",(float*)& selected.data.data4);
-  }
-  ImGui::End();
-
-  ImGui::Render();
-}
 
 void VkGUI::destroy(struct SDL_Window* _window)
 {
@@ -145,7 +44,5 @@ void VkGUI::poll_event() {
         stop_rendering = false;
       }
     }
-
-    ImGui_ImplSDL2_ProcessEvent(&event);
   }
 }
diff --git a/vk_gui.h b/vk_gui.h
index 8890504..aa25f6c 100644
--- a/vk_gui.h
+++ b/vk_gui.h
@@ -9,9 +9,6 @@ class VkGUI {
   bool stop_rendering = false;
 
   struct SDL_Window* init_window(VkExtent2D windowExtent);
-  void init_imgui(VulkanEngine& engine);
-  void draw_imgui(VkExtent2D& swapchainExtent, VkCommandBuffer cmd, VkImageView targetImageView);
-  void render_imgui(std::vector<ComputeEffect>& backgroundEffects, int* currentBackgroundEffect);
   void destroy(struct SDL_Window* _window);
 
   void poll_event();