diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f8c9ff8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+target
+/subprojects/blueprint-compiler
diff --git a/src/meson.build b/src/meson.build
index 5cd93cd..71ba490 100644
--- a/src/meson.build
+++ b/src/meson.build
@@ -1,11 +1,20 @@
 pkgdatadir = get_option('prefix') / get_option('datadir') / meson.project_name()
 gnome = import('gnome')
 
+blueprints = custom_target('blueprints',
+  input: files(
+    'window.blp'
+  ),
+  output: '.',
+  command: [find_program('blueprint-compiler'), 'batch-compile', '@OUTPUT@', '@CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR@', '@INPUT@'],
+)
+
 gnome.compile_resources('boostcontroller',
   'boostcontroller.gresource.xml',
   gresource_bundle: true,
   install: true,
   install_dir: pkgdatadir,
+  dependencies: blueprints,
 )
 
 conf = configuration_data()
diff --git a/src/window.blp b/src/window.blp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ad2cb5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/window.blp
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+using Gtk 4.0;
+using Adw 1;
+
+template BoostcontrollerWindow : Adw.ApplicationWindow {
+  default-width: 600;
+  default-height: 300;
+  title: _("Boost Controller");
+
+  Adw.ToolbarView {
+    [top]
+    Adw.HeaderBar {
+      [end]
+      MenuButton button_menu {
+        menu-model: menu_app;
+        icon-name: "open-menu-symbolic";
+        primary: true;
+      }
+    }
+
+    content: Label label {
+      label: "Yay, blueprint is setup!";
+    };
+  }
+}
+
+menu menu_app {
+  section {
+    item {
+      label: _("About My App");
+      action: "app.about";
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/window.ui b/src/window.ui
deleted file mode 100644
index c63d2ab..0000000
--- a/src/window.ui
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,46 +0,0 @@
-<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
-<interface>
-  <requires lib="gtk" version="4.0"/>
-  <requires lib="Adw" version="1.0"/>
-  <template class="BoostcontrollerWindow" parent="AdwApplicationWindow">
-    <property name="title" translatable="yes">Boost Controller</property>
-    <property name="default-width">800</property>
-    <property name="default-height">600</property>
-    <property name="content">
-      <object class="AdwToolbarView">
-        <child type="top">
-          <object class="AdwHeaderBar">
-            <child type="end">
-              <object class="GtkMenuButton">
-                <property name="primary">True</property>
-                <property name="icon-name">open-menu-symbolic</property>
-                <property name="tooltip-text" translatable="yes">Main Menu</property>
-                <property name="menu-model">primary_menu</property>
-              </object>
-            </child>
-          </object>
-        </child>
-        <property name="content">
-          <object class="GtkLabel" id="label">
-            <property name="label" translatable="yes">Hello, World!</property>
-            <style>
-              <class name="title-1"/>
-            </style>
-          </object>
-        </property>
-      </object>
-    </property>
-  </template>
-  <menu id="primary_menu">
-    <section>
-      <item>
-        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">_Keyboard Shortcuts</attribute>
-        <attribute name="action">win.show-help-overlay</attribute>
-      </item>
-      <item>
-        <attribute name="label" translatable="yes">_About Boostcontroller</attribute>
-        <attribute name="action">app.about</attribute>
-      </item>
-    </section>
-  </menu>
-</interface>
diff --git a/subprojects/blueprint-compiler.wrap b/subprojects/blueprint-compiler.wrap
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5c978d6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/subprojects/blueprint-compiler.wrap
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+[wrap-git]
+directory = blueprint-compiler
+url = https://gitlab.gnome.org/jwestman/blueprint-compiler.git
+revision = main
+depth = 1
+
+[provide]
+program_names = blueprint-compiler