diff --git a/gui/settings.c b/gui/settings.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b916b040
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/settings.c
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 (c) Anna Schumaker.
+ */
+#include <gui/settings.h>
+
+static GHashTable *gui_settings = NULL;
+
+
+void gui_settings_init()
+{
+	gui_settings = g_hash_table_new_full(g_str_hash, g_str_equal,
+					     g_free, NULL);
+}
+
+void gui_settings_deinit()
+{
+	g_hash_table_destroy(gui_settings);
+	gui_settings = NULL;
+}
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TESTING
+GHashTable *test_get_gui_settings()
+{
+	return gui_settings;
+}
+#endif /* CONFIG_TESTING */
diff --git a/include/gui/settings.h b/include/gui/settings.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..02bc6a10
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/gui/settings.h
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 (c) Anna Schumaker.
+ */
+#ifndef OCARINA_GUI_SETTINGS_H
+#define OCARINA_GUI_SETTINGS_H
+#include <glib.h>
+
+
+/* Called to initialize GUI settings. */
+void gui_settings_init();
+
+/* Called to deinitialize GUI settings. */
+void gui_settings_deinit();
+
+
+#ifdef CONFIG_TESTING
+GHashTable *test_get_gui_settings();
+#endif /* CONFIG_TESTING */
+#endif /* OCARINA_GUI_SETTINGS_H */
diff --git a/tests/Sconscript b/tests/Sconscript
index ca2a1dce..d3cce3ea 100644
--- a/tests/Sconscript
+++ b/tests/Sconscript
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@ SConscript("Music/Sconscript")
 
 res  = UnitTest("sanity", [ "sanity.c" ])
 res += SConscript("core/Sconscript")
+res += SConscript("gui/Sconscript")
 if check_sanity == True:
 	for t in res[1:]:
 		Depends(t, res[0])
diff --git a/tests/gui/.gitignore b/tests/gui/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..a01c11a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gui/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+settings
diff --git a/tests/gui/Sconscript b/tests/gui/Sconscript
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..7e249e1a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gui/Sconscript
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+#!/usr/bin/python
+import os
+Import("env", "UnitTest", "testing_group")
+
+res = []
+gui_objs = []
+ignore = open(".gitignore", "w")
+
+def GuiTest(name):
+	global gui_objs
+
+	ignore.write("%s\n" % name)
+	source = "%s.c" % name
+	test = os.path.abspath(source)
+	gui  = os.path.sep.join([x for x in test.split("/") if x != "tests"])
+	if os.path.exists(gui):
+		gui_objs += [ env.Object(gui) ]
+
+	run = UnitTest("gui/%s" % name, [ test ] + gui_objs)
+	Alias("tests/gui", run)
+	if len(res) > 0 and testing_group(["tests/gui"]):
+		Depends(run, res[-1])
+	return run
+
+
+res += [ GuiTest("settings") ]
+
+ignore.close()
+Return("res")
diff --git a/tests/gui/settings.c b/tests/gui/settings.c
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..4a3d099d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/gui/settings.c
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright 2015 (c) Anna Schumaker.
+ */
+#include <gui/settings.h>
+#include <tests/test.h>
+
+static void test_settings()
+{
+	test_equal((void *)test_get_gui_settings(), NULL);
+
+	gui_settings_init();
+	test_not_equal((void *)test_get_gui_settings(), NULL);
+
+	gui_settings_deinit();
+	test_equal((void *)test_get_gui_settings(), NULL);
+}
+
+DECLARE_UNIT_TESTS(
+	UNIT_TEST("Settings", test_settings),
+);