diff --git a/include/guecs/ui.hpp b/include/guecs/ui.hpp
index c6c1fa0..5d6ad73 100644
--- a/include/guecs/ui.hpp
+++ b/include/guecs/ui.hpp
@@ -68,6 +68,7 @@ namespace guecs {
       sf::Vector2f get_size();
       void layout(const string& grid);
       Entity init_entity(const string& name);
+      bool contains(const string& name);
       Entity entity(const string& name);
       Entity entity(const string& name, int id);
       const std::string& name_for(Entity gui_id);
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 9e3b5bc..4f0c701 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 # HEY BUG: when you have a . spec in a LEL it doesn't work on text
 
 project('lel-guecs', 'cpp',
-  version: '0.7.1',
+  version: '0.7.2',
   default_options: [
     'cpp_std=c++23',
     'cpp_args=-D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG=1 -D_GLIBCXX_DEBUG_PEDANTIC=1',
diff --git a/src/guecs/ui.cpp b/src/guecs/ui.cpp
index 75ff28a..49810a9 100644
--- a/src/guecs/ui.cpp
+++ b/src/guecs/ui.cpp
@@ -51,6 +51,10 @@ namespace guecs {
     return $ents_name.at(gui_id);
   }
 
+  bool UI::contains(const string& name) {
+    return $name_ents.contains(name);
+  }
+
   Entity UI::entity(const string& name) {
     assert($name_ents.contains(name) &&
         "GUECS entity does not exist. Mispelled cell name?");