diff --git a/assets/.keep b/assets/.keep
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/crates/ui/Cargo.toml b/crates/ui/Cargo.toml
index 5796762..a71470f 100644
--- a/crates/ui/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/ui/Cargo.toml
@@ -17,3 +17,4 @@ keyring-search.workspace = true
 keyring.workspace = true
 
 client = { version = "0.1.0", path = "../client" }
+rust-embed = "8.5.0"
diff --git a/crates/ui/src/main.rs b/crates/ui/src/main.rs
index 33e98e0..7943f29 100644
--- a/crates/ui/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/ui/src/main.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 use client::NostrClient;
 use components::theme::{Theme, ThemeColor, ThemeMode};
 use gpui::*;
+use http_client::anyhow;
 use state::AppState;
 use views::app::AppView;
 
@@ -8,6 +9,30 @@ pub mod state;
 pub mod utils;
 pub mod views;
 
+#[derive(rust_embed::RustEmbed)]
+#[folder = "../../assets"]
+struct Assets;
+
+impl AssetSource for Assets {
+    fn load(&self, path: &str) -> Result<Option<std::borrow::Cow<'static, [u8]>>> {
+        Self::get(path)
+            .map(|f| Some(f.data))
+            .ok_or_else(|| anyhow!("could not find asset at path \"{}\"", path))
+    }
+
+    fn list(&self, path: &str) -> Result<Vec<SharedString>> {
+        Ok(Self::iter()
+            .filter_map(|p| {
+                if p.starts_with(path) {
+                    Some(p.into())
+                } else {
+                    None
+                }
+            })
+            .collect())
+    }
+}
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
     // Initialize nostr client
@@ -15,7 +40,7 @@ async fn main() {
     // Initializ app state
     let app_state = AppState::new();
 
-    App::new().run(move |cx| {
+    App::new().with_assets(Assets).run(move |cx| {
         // Initialize components
         components::init(cx);