diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 804b94f..e8e1793 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,4 @@
-*.o
 texit
-text_editor
-.cache
-build/*
+.cache/
+build/
 compile_commands.json
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/.gresource.xml b/.gresource.xml
index ccac096..340706f 100644
--- a/.gresource.xml
+++ b/.gresource.xml
@@ -4,5 +4,6 @@
     <file>main-window.ui</file>
     <file>share-dialog.ui</file>
     <file>style.css</file>
+    <file>settings.ui</file>
   </gresource>
-</gresources>
\ No newline at end of file
+</gresources>
diff --git a/include/settings.h b/include/settings.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51d63a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/settings.h
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#ifndef __SETTINGS_H_
+#define __SETTINGS_H_
+
+#include <gtk/gtk.h>
+#include <adwaita.h>
+
+void settings_click(GtkButton* setting_btn, GtkWindow* window);
+
+#endif // __SETTINGS_H_
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/res/main-window.blp b/res/main-window.blp
index fc217df..a30c82c 100644
--- a/res/main-window.blp
+++ b/res/main-window.blp
@@ -28,7 +28,14 @@ Adw.ApplicationWindow main-window {
             }
             [end]
             // label set in program
-            ToggleButton share-toggle { label: "❌ Share";}
+            ToggleButton share-toggle {
+                label: "❌ Share";
+            }
+            [end]
+            Button settings-btn {
+                Image { icon-name: "emblem-system-symbolic"; }
+                tooltip-text: "Settings";
+            }
         }
 
         Gtk.Label label{
diff --git a/res/settings.blp b/res/settings.blp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2d58de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/settings.blp
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+using Gtk 4.0;
+using Gio 2.0;
+using Adw 1;
+
+
+Adw.PreferencesWindow setting-dialog {
+    default-width: 200;
+    default-height: 400;
+
+    Adw.PreferencesPage font-page {
+        title: "Font";
+        Adw.PreferencesGroup {
+            title: "Font Customization";
+            description: "These are all the font customizability options that TeXiT currently supports.";
+            Adw.ActionRow {
+                title: "Font Family and Size";
+                Gtk.FontDialogButton font-dialog {}
+            }
+            Separator { styles ["spacer"] }
+            Adw.ComboRow font-style-row {
+                title: "Font Style";
+                subtitle: "Choose whether to display the text editor in bold, italic, bold italic, or none.";
+                model: Gtk.StringList {
+                    strings [ 
+                        "None",
+                        "Bold",
+                        "Italic",
+                        "Bold Italic"
+                    ]
+                };
+            }
+            Separator { styles ["spacer"] }
+            Adw.ActionRow {
+                title: "Ligature";
+                subtitle: "Merge symbols (e.g. <=, >=)";
+                use-markup: false;
+                Gtk.Switch ligatures-switch {
+                    vexpand: false;
+                    valign: center;
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    }
+    Adw.PreferencesPage page-2 {
+        Adw.PreferencesGroup {
+            
+        }
+    }
+    Adw.PreferencesPage page-3 {
+        Adw.PreferencesGroup {
+
+        }
+    }
+    Adw.PreferencesPage page-4 {
+        Adw.PreferencesGroup {
+
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/gui.c b/src/gui.c
index 811338f..5bfa7cb 100644
--- a/src/gui.c
+++ b/src/gui.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "tab-page.h"
 #include "server.h"
 #include "client.h"
+#include "settings.h"
 #include <stdio.h>
 #include <string.h>
 
@@ -209,6 +210,9 @@ void main_window(AdwApplication *app) {
     gtk_button_set_label(GTK_BUTTON(share_toggle), TOGGLE_LABEL_OFF);
     g_signal_connect(share_toggle, "clicked", G_CALLBACK(share_toggle_click), share_click_params);
 
+    GtkButton* settings_btn = GTK_BUTTON(gtk_builder_get_object(builder, "settings-btn"));
+    g_signal_connect(settings_btn, "clicked", G_CALLBACK(settings_click), window);
+
     gtk_window_present(GTK_WINDOW(window));
 }
 
diff --git a/src/settings.c b/src/settings.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..03e3b10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/settings.c
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#include "settings.h"
+
+void settings_click(GtkButton* settings_btn, GtkWindow* window){
+    GtkBuilder* settings_builder = gtk_builder_new_from_resource("/me/Asder8215/TeXiT/settings.ui");
+    AdwPreferencesWindow* prefs_window = ADW_PREFERENCES_WINDOW(gtk_builder_get_object(settings_builder, "setting-dialog"));
+    gtk_window_set_transient_for(GTK_WINDOW(prefs_window), window);
+    gtk_window_present(GTK_WINDOW(prefs_window));
+}
+