diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 80f4dd4..cc7d96c 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -25,6 +25,8 @@ find_package(SDL2 CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(spdlog CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(cxxopts CONFIG REQUIRED)
 find_package(ZLIB REQUIRED)
+find_package(nlohmann_json CONFIG REQUIRED)
+find_package(RapidJSON REQUIRED)
 find_package(FFMPEG COMPONENTS AVCODEC AVFORMAT AVUTIL SWSCALE SWRESAMPLE REQUIRED)
 CPMAddPackage(NAME imgui VERSION 1.90 DOWNLOAD_ONLY YES
         URL https://github.com/ocornut/imgui/archive/refs/tags/v1.90.zip
diff --git a/src/Abyss/CMakeLists.txt b/src/Abyss/CMakeLists.txt
index d44abc0..f4c9a4f 100644
--- a/src/Abyss/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/Abyss/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ add_library(Abyss
         Common/Animation.h
         Common/CommandLineOpts.cpp Common/CommandLineOpts.h
         Common/Configuration.cpp Common/Configuration.h
+        Common/JSON.cpp Common/JSON.h
         Common/Logging.h
         Common/MouseProvider.h
         Common/MouseState.cpp Common/MouseState.h
@@ -81,9 +82,12 @@ target_link_libraries(Abyss
         stormlib::stormlib
         absl::flat_hash_map
         absl::btree
+        nlohmann_json::nlohmann_json
         ${FFMPEG_LIBRARIES}
         ${OSX_VIDEOTOOLBOX}
         ${OSX_COREMEDIA}
         ${OSX_SECURITY}
+        PRIVATE
+        rapidjson
 )
 
diff --git a/src/Abyss/Common/JSON.cpp b/src/Abyss/Common/JSON.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c29faed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Abyss/Common/JSON.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+#include "JSON.h"
+#include <format>
+#include <rapidjson/document.h>
+#include <rapidjson/error/en.h>
+#include <rapidjson/istreamwrapper.h>
+#include <rapidjson/stringbuffer.h>
+#include <rapidjson/writer.h>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+namespace Abyss::Common {
+
+nlohmann::json parseJson(std::string_view json) {
+    rapidjson::Document d;
+    d.Parse<rapidjson::kParseCommentsFlag | rapidjson::kParseTrailingCommasFlag>(json.data(), json.length());
+    if (d.HasParseError()) {
+        throw std::runtime_error(
+            std::format("JSON parse error ({}) at offset {}", rapidjson::GetParseError_En(d.GetParseError()), d.GetErrorOffset()));
+    }
+    rapidjson::StringBuffer sb;
+    rapidjson::Writer writer(sb);
+    d.Accept(writer);
+    return nlohmann::json::parse(sb.GetString());
+}
+
+} // namespace Abyss::Common
diff --git a/src/Abyss/Common/JSON.h b/src/Abyss/Common/JSON.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e039477
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Abyss/Common/JSON.h
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <string_view>
+
+namespace Abyss::Common {
+
+// Like normal nlohmann, but supports comments and trailing commas
+nlohmann::json parseJson(std::string_view json);
+
+} // namespace Abyss::Common
diff --git a/src/OD2/CMakeLists.txt b/src/OD2/CMakeLists.txt
index b76409b..3fe7b0d 100644
--- a/src/OD2/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/OD2/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ target_sources(OpenDiablo2
         # Scenes
         # - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
 
+        Layouts/Layout.cpp Layouts/Layout.h
+        Layouts/Profile.cpp Layouts/Profile.h
+
         # Main Menu
         Scenes/MainMenu/MainMenu.cpp Scenes/MainMenu/MainMenu.h
         Scenes/MainMenu/Logo.cpp Scenes/MainMenu/Logo.h
diff --git a/src/OD2/Layouts/Layout.cpp b/src/OD2/Layouts/Layout.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..494808e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/OD2/Layouts/Layout.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+#include "Layout.h"
+#include "Abyss/Common/JSON.h"
+#include "Abyss/Singletons.h"
+#include <absl/container/flat_hash_map.h>
+#include <absl/strings/str_cat.h>
+
+namespace OD2::Layouts {
+
+namespace {
+
+void mergeFromParent(nlohmann::json &object, nlohmann::json &parent) {
+    if (parent.contains("fields")) {
+        nlohmann::json fields = std::move(parent["fields"]);
+        if (object.contains("fields")) {
+            fields.merge_patch(object["fields"]);
+        }
+        object["fields"] = std::move(fields);
+    }
+    if (object.contains("children") && parent.contains("children")) {
+        absl::flat_hash_map<std::string, nlohmann::json *> brothers;
+        for (auto &c : parent["children"]) {
+            if (c.contains("name")) {
+                brothers[c["name"].get<std::string_view>()] = &c;
+            }
+        }
+        for (auto &c : object["children"]) {
+            if (c.contains("name")) {
+                auto it = brothers.find(c["name"].get<std::string_view>());
+                if (it != brothers.end()) {
+                    nlohmann::json &brother = *it->second;
+                    mergeFromParent(c, brother);
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+}
+
+nlohmann::json readMergedLayout(std::string_view name) {
+    nlohmann::json me = Abyss::Common::parseJson(Abyss::Singletons::getFileProvider().loadString(absl::StrCat("/data/global/ui/layouts/", name)));
+    if (me.contains("basedOn")) {
+        nlohmann::json parent = readMergedLayout(me["basedOn"].get<std::string_view>());
+        mergeFromParent(me, parent);
+    }
+    return me;
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+Layout::Layout(std::string_view name, const Profile &profile) {
+    _data = readMergedLayout(name);
+    profile.resolveReferences(_data);
+}
+
+} // namespace OD2::Layouts
diff --git a/src/OD2/Layouts/Layout.h b/src/OD2/Layouts/Layout.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1233fb8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/OD2/Layouts/Layout.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "Profile.h"
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <string_view>
+
+namespace OD2::Layouts {
+
+class Layout {
+    nlohmann::json _data;
+
+  public:
+    // Reads from /data/global/ui/layouts/{name} (name should include .json extension)
+    explicit Layout(std::string_view name, const Profile &profile);
+};
+
+} // namespace OD2::Layouts
diff --git a/src/OD2/Layouts/Profile.cpp b/src/OD2/Layouts/Profile.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5e49c89
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/OD2/Layouts/Profile.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+#include "Profile.h"
+#include "Abyss/Common/JSON.h"
+#include "Abyss/Singletons.h"
+#include <format>
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <stdexcept>
+
+namespace OD2::Layouts {
+
+namespace {
+
+nlohmann::json readMergedProfile(std::string_view name) {
+    nlohmann::json me =
+        Abyss::Common::parseJson(Abyss::Singletons::getFileProvider().loadString(std::format("/data/global/ui/layouts/_profile{}.json", name)));
+    if (me.contains("basedOn")) {
+        nlohmann::json base = readMergedProfile(me["basedOn"].get<std::string_view>());
+        base.merge_patch(me);
+        return base;
+    }
+    return me;
+}
+
+bool resolveDataReferences(nlohmann::json &object, const nlohmann::json &profile) {
+    bool again = false;
+    for (auto &[k, v] : object.items()) {
+        if (v.is_structured()) {
+            again = resolveDataReferences(v, profile) || again;
+        } else if (v.is_string() && v.get<std::string_view>().starts_with('$')) {
+            v = profile.at(v.get<std::string_view>().substr(1));
+            again = true;
+        }
+    }
+    return again;
+}
+
+} // namespace
+
+Profile::Profile(std::string_view name) {
+    _data = readMergedProfile(name);
+    while (resolveDataReferences(_data, _data)) {
+    }
+}
+
+void Profile::resolveReferences(nlohmann::json &object) const { resolveDataReferences(object, _data); }
+
+} // namespace OD2::Layouts
diff --git a/src/OD2/Layouts/Profile.h b/src/OD2/Layouts/Profile.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..47271ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/OD2/Layouts/Profile.h
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <nlohmann/json.hpp>
+#include <string_view>
+
+namespace OD2::Layouts {
+
+class Profile {
+    nlohmann::json _data;
+
+  public:
+    // Reads from /data/global/ui/layouts/_profile{name}.json
+    explicit Profile(std::string_view name);
+    void resolveReferences(nlohmann::json &object) const;
+};
+
+} // namespace OD2::Layouts
diff --git a/vcpkg.json b/vcpkg.json
index 92936d8..c18cbc4 100644
--- a/vcpkg.json
+++ b/vcpkg.json
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
   "version": "0.0.1",
   "dependencies": [
     "cxxopts",
-        {
+    {
       "name": "sdl2",
       "features": [
         "alsa"
@@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
         "name": "sdl2",
         "platform": "!linux"
     },
+    "nlohmann-json",
+    "rapidjson",
     "spdlog",
     "zlib",
     {