diff --git a/assets/layouts/overworld.zeml b/assets/layouts/overworld.zeml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4946cb5f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/assets/layouts/overworld.zeml
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+BeginTabBar title="##OwEditorTabBar" {
+  BeginTabItem title="Map Editor" {
+    Function id="owToolset",
+
+    Table id="##owEditTable" count="2" flags="Resizable|Reorderable|Hideable|BordersOuter|BordersV" {
+      TableSetupColumn title="Canvas" flags="WidthStretch",
+      TableSetupColumn title="Tile Selector" flags="WidthFixed" width="256",
+      TableHeadersRow
+      TableNextRow,
+      TableNextColumn,
+      Function id="OverworldCanvas",
+      TableNextColumn,
+      Function id="OverworldTileSelector",
+    }
+  }
+  BeginTabItem title="Usage Statistics" {
+    Function id="OwUsageStats"
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/app/editor/overworld_editor.cc b/src/app/editor/overworld_editor.cc
index dc88caa3..6a595638 100644
--- a/src/app/editor/overworld_editor.cc
+++ b/src/app/editor/overworld_editor.cc
@@ -43,6 +43,25 @@ using ImGui::TableNextRow;
 using ImGui::TableSetupColumn;
 using ImGui::Text;
 
+void OverworldEditor::InitializeZeml() {
+  // Load zeml string from layouts/overworld.zeml
+  std::string layout = gui::zeml::LoadFile("overworld.zeml");
+  // Parse the zeml string into a Node object
+  layout_node_ = gui::zeml::Parse(layout);
+
+  gui::zeml::Bind(&*layout_node_.GetNode("OverworldCanvas"),
+                  [this]() { DrawOverworldCanvas(); });
+  gui::zeml::Bind(&*layout_node_.GetNode("OverworldTileSelector"),
+                  [this]() { status_ = DrawTileSelector(); });
+  gui::zeml::Bind(&*layout_node_.GetNode("OwUsageStats"), [this]() {
+    if (rom()->is_loaded()) {
+      status_ = UpdateUsageStats();
+    }
+  });
+  gui::zeml::Bind(&*layout_node_.GetNode("owToolset"),
+                  [this]() { status_ = DrawToolset(); });
+}
+
 absl::Status OverworldEditor::Update() {
   if (rom()->is_loaded() && !all_gfx_loaded_) {
     tile16_editor_.InitBlockset(tile16_blockset_bmp_, current_gfx_bmp_,
@@ -57,38 +76,12 @@ absl::Status OverworldEditor::Update() {
 
   RETURN_IF_ERROR(UpdateFullscreenCanvas());
 
-  TAB_BAR("##OWEditorTabBar")
-  TAB_ITEM("Map Editor")
-  status_ = UpdateOverworldEdit();
-  END_TAB_ITEM()
-  TAB_ITEM("Usage Statistics")
-  if (rom()->is_loaded()) {
-    status_ = UpdateUsageStats();
-  }
-  END_TAB_ITEM()
-  END_TAB_BAR()
+  gui::zeml::Render(layout_node_);
 
   CLEAR_AND_RETURN_STATUS(status_);
   return absl::OkStatus();
 }
 
-absl::Status OverworldEditor::UpdateOverworldEdit() {
-  RETURN_IF_ERROR(DrawToolset())
-  if (BeginTable(kOWEditTable.data(), 2, kOWEditFlags, ImVec2(0, 0))) {
-    TableSetupColumn("Canvas", ImGuiTableColumnFlags_WidthStretch,
-                     ImGui::GetContentRegionAvail().x);
-    TableSetupColumn("Tile Selector", ImGuiTableColumnFlags_WidthFixed, 256);
-    TableHeadersRow();
-    TableNextRow();
-    TableNextColumn();
-    DrawOverworldCanvas();
-    TableNextColumn();
-    RETURN_IF_ERROR(DrawTileSelector());
-    ImGui::EndTable();
-  }
-  return absl::OkStatus();
-}
-
 absl::Status OverworldEditor::UpdateFullscreenCanvas() {
   if (overworld_canvas_fullscreen_) {
     static bool use_work_area = true;
diff --git a/src/app/editor/overworld_editor.h b/src/app/editor/overworld_editor.h
index 9008486f..d2772982 100644
--- a/src/app/editor/overworld_editor.h
+++ b/src/app/editor/overworld_editor.h
@@ -24,6 +24,7 @@
 #include "app/gui/canvas.h"
 #include "app/gui/icons.h"
 #include "app/gui/pipeline.h"
+#include "app/gui/zeml.h"
 #include "app/rom.h"
 #include "app/zelda3/overworld/overworld.h"
 
@@ -84,6 +85,8 @@ class OverworldEditor : public Editor,
                         public context::EntranceContext,
                         public core::ExperimentFlags {
  public:
+  void InitializeZeml();
+
   absl::Status Update() final;
   absl::Status Undo() { return absl::UnimplementedError("Undo"); }
   absl::Status Redo() { return absl::UnimplementedError("Redo"); }
@@ -128,7 +131,6 @@ class OverworldEditor : public Editor,
   absl::Status LoadGraphics();
 
  private:
-  absl::Status UpdateOverworldEdit();
   absl::Status UpdateFullscreenCanvas();
 
   absl::Status DrawToolset();
@@ -283,6 +285,7 @@ class OverworldEditor : public Editor,
 
   gfx::BitmapTable animated_maps_;
 
+  gui::zeml::Node layout_node_;
   absl::Status status_;
 };
 }  // namespace editor