diff --git a/source/gui/CButton.cpp b/source/gui/CButton.cpp
index c4db8746c7..51d36e73ad 100755
--- a/source/gui/CButton.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/CButton.cpp
@@ -140,8 +140,8 @@ void CButton::Draw()
 	//////////
 
 	glPushMatrix();
-///		glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, GetBaseSettings().m_Z);
-		glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
+		glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, GetBaseSettings().m_Z);
+///		glTranslatef(0.0f, 0.0f, 0.0f);
 
 		// Do this
 		glBegin(GL_QUADS);
@@ -151,12 +151,12 @@ void CButton::Draw()
 			glVertex2i(GetBaseSettings().m_Size.right, GetBaseSettings().m_Size.top);
 		glEnd();
 
-		glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
+		//glDisable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
 
-		glColor3f(0,0,0);
-///		font.print(GetBaseSettings().m_Size.left + 3, GetBaseSettings().m_Size.top - 15, LEFT, "Object: %s", GetName().c_str());
+		//glColor3f(0,0,0);
+		//font.print(GetBaseSettings().m_Size.left + 3, GetBaseSettings().m_Size.top - 15, LEFT, "Object: %s", GetName().c_str());
 
-		glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
+		//glEnable(GL_DEPTH_TEST);
 
 	glPopMatrix();
 }
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diff --git a/source/gui/CGUI.cpp b/source/gui/CGUI.cpp
index aa9a690a1d..8e908dc7e9 100755
--- a/source/gui/CGUI.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/CGUI.cpp
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ bool CGUI::HandleEvent(const SDL_Event& ev)
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------
 CGUI::CGUI()
 {
-	m_BaseObject = new CButton; // Big todo!
+	m_BaseObject = new CGUIDummyObject;
 	m_BaseObject->SetGUI(this);
 
 	// This will make this invisible, not add
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ void CGUI::LoadXMLFile(const CStr &Filename)
 		parser->setDoSchema(false);
 
 		// Set cosutomized error handler
-		XercesErrorHandler *errorHandler = new XercesErrorHandler();
+		CXercesErrorHandler *errorHandler = new CXercesErrorHandler();
 		parser->setErrorHandler(errorHandler);
 		
 		parser->setCreateEntityReferenceNodes(false);
diff --git a/source/gui/CGUIObject.cpp b/source/gui/CGUIObject.cpp
index ed907e9a58..c3e2745151 100755
--- a/source/gui/CGUIObject.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/CGUIObject.cpp
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ map_Settings CGUIObject::m_SettingsInfo;
 //  m_SettingsInfo, GeeTODO, I'm not sure if this is
 //  the appropriate file, but it crashes if it's not
 //  in this file.
-CGUI g_GUI;
+//CGUI g_GUI;
 
 //-------------------------------------------------------------------
 //  Implementation Macros
diff --git a/source/gui/CGUIObject.h b/source/gui/CGUIObject.h
index 78318097da..4fc0e99a72 100755
--- a/source/gui/CGUIObject.h
+++ b/source/gui/CGUIObject.h
@@ -8,6 +8,9 @@ gee@pyro.nu
 	All objects are derived from this class, it's an ADT
 	so it can't be used per se
 
+	Also contains a Dummy object which is used for
+	 completely blank objects.
+
 --Usage--
 
 	Write about how to use it here
@@ -35,7 +38,7 @@ gee@pyro.nu
 struct SGUISetting;
 class CGUI;
 
-extern CGUI g_GUI;
+//extern CGUI g_GUI;
 
 //--------------------------------------------------------
 //  Macros
@@ -234,8 +237,8 @@ protected:
 //	void UpdateObjects();
 
 	// Get cached mouse x/y from CGUI
-	u16 GetMouseX() const; //{ return ((GetGUI())?(GetGUI()->m_MouseX):0); }
-	u16 GetMouseY() const; //{ return ((GetGUI())?(GetGUI()->m_MouseY):0); }
+	u16 GetMouseX() const;
+	u16 GetMouseY() const;
 
 
 private:
@@ -282,4 +285,15 @@ private:
 	CGUI									*m_pGUI;
 };
 
+
+//--------------------------------------------------------
+//  Dummy object used primarily for the root object
+//	 which isn't a *real* object in the GUI.
+//--------------------------------------------------------
+class CGUIDummyObject : public CGUIObject
+{
+	virtual void HandleMessage(const EGUIMessage &Message) {}
+	virtual void Draw() {}
+};
+
 #endif
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diff --git a/source/gui/GUIbase.h b/source/gui/GUIbase.h
index eeaf59d40f..7f683249dd 100755
--- a/source/gui/GUIbase.h
+++ b/source/gui/GUIbase.h
@@ -38,6 +38,10 @@ class CGUIObject;
 //--------------------------------------------------------
 //  Macros
 //--------------------------------------------------------
+
+// Global CGUI
+#define g_GUI CGUI::GetSingleton()
+
 // Temp
 #define CInput		nemInput
 #define CStr		std::string
diff --git a/source/gui/GUIutil.cpp b/source/gui/GUIutil.cpp
index d97b37c68e..7dac640a7e 100755
--- a/source/gui/GUIutil.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/GUIutil.cpp
@@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ gee@pyro.nu
 
 using namespace std;
 
+//--------------------------------------------------------
+//  Utilities implementation
+//--------------------------------------------------------
 CGUIObject * CInternalCGUIAccessorBase::GetObjectPointer(CGUI &GUIinstance, const CStr &Object)
 {
 //	if (!GUIinstance.ObjectExists(Object))
diff --git a/source/gui/XercesErrorHandler.cpp b/source/gui/XercesErrorHandler.cpp
index a62db7f01c..a678608e52 100755
--- a/source/gui/XercesErrorHandler.cpp
+++ b/source/gui/XercesErrorHandler.cpp
@@ -17,14 +17,14 @@ gee@pyro.nu
 XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE_USE
 
 
-void XercesErrorHandler::warning(const SAXParseException&)
+void CXercesErrorHandler::warning(const SAXParseException&)
 {
 	//
 	// Ignore all warnings.
 	//
 }
 
-void XercesErrorHandler::error(const SAXParseException& toCatch)
+void CXercesErrorHandler::error(const SAXParseException& toCatch)
 {
 	char * buf = XMLString::transcode(toCatch.getMessage());
 	fSawErrors = true;
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ void XercesErrorHandler::error(const SAXParseException& toCatch)
 ///	g_nemLog(" Error: %s", XMLString::transcode(toCatch.getMessage()));
 }
 
-void XercesErrorHandler::fatalError(const SAXParseException& toCatch)
+void CXercesErrorHandler::fatalError(const SAXParseException& toCatch)
 {
 	char * buf = XMLString::transcode(toCatch.getMessage());
 	fSawErrors = true;
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ void XercesErrorHandler::fatalError(const SAXParseException& toCatch)
 ///	g_nemLog(" Error: %s", XMLString::transcode(toCatch.getMessage()));
 }
 
-void XercesErrorHandler::resetErrors()
+void CXercesErrorHandler::resetErrors()
 {
 	fSawErrors = false;
 }
diff --git a/source/gui/XercesErrorHandler.h b/source/gui/XercesErrorHandler.h
index cda37824b0..636c95b1da 100755
--- a/source/gui/XercesErrorHandler.h
+++ b/source/gui/XercesErrorHandler.h
@@ -25,18 +25,18 @@ gee@pyro.nu
 #include <iostream>
 
 
-class XercesErrorHandler : public XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE::ErrorHandler
+class CXercesErrorHandler : public XERCES_CPP_NAMESPACE::ErrorHandler
 {
 public:
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
     //  Constructors and Destructor
     // -----------------------------------------------------------------------
-    XercesErrorHandler() :
+    CXercesErrorHandler() :
        fSawErrors(false)
     {
     }
 
-    ~XercesErrorHandler()
+    ~CXercesErrorHandler()
     {
     }
 
@@ -66,7 +66,7 @@ private:
     bool fSawErrors;
 };
 
-inline bool XercesErrorHandler::getSawErrors() const
+inline bool CXercesErrorHandler::getSawErrors() const
 {
     return fSawErrors;
 }
diff --git a/source/main.cpp b/source/main.cpp
index ae01d865bf..046ee855d7 100755
--- a/source/main.cpp
+++ b/source/main.cpp
@@ -164,7 +164,9 @@ glColor3f(1.0f, 1.0f, 1.0f);
 	glMatrixMode(GL_PROJECTION);
 	glPushMatrix();
 	glLoadIdentity();
-	glOrtho(0., xres, 0., yres, -1., 1.);
+	////// janwas: I changed to some more for the GUI, we can talk about how to set this up
+	glOrtho(0., xres, 0., yres, -1000., 1.);
+	//////
 	glMatrixMode(GL_MODELVIEW);
 	glPushMatrix();
 
@@ -229,8 +231,8 @@ int main(int argc, char* argv[])
 	detect();
 
 	///// janwas: place this wherever
+	new CGUI; // we should have a place for all singleton news
 	g_GUI.Initialize();
-
 	g_GUI.LoadXMLFile("hello.xml");
 	//g_GUI.LoadXMLFile("sprite1.xml");
 	/////
@@ -305,6 +307,7 @@ in_add_handler(terr_handler);
 
 	///// Janwas place this wherever
 	g_GUI.Destroy();
+	delete CGUI::GetSingletonPtr(); // again, we should have all singleton deletes somewhere
 	/////
 
 	return 0;