diff --git a/game/gui.rpy b/game/gui.rpy
index 2fe7ff6..ba9d16f 100644
--- a/game/gui.rpy
+++ b/game/gui.rpy
@@ -47,15 +47,19 @@ define gui.insensitive_color = '#8888887f'
 define gui.muted_color = '#3d1466'
 define gui.hover_muted_color = '#5b1e99'
 
-## The colors used for dialogue and menu choice text.
+## The colors used for dialogue and menu choice text
 define gui.text_color = '#ffffff'
 #define gui.text_color_outline = '#00000000'
 
 define gui.interface_text_color = '#ffffff'
 
+## Default font outline color
 define gui.default_outline = '#000'
+
+## Namebox outline color
 define gui.name_outline = '#000000dd'
 
+define gui.main_menu_color = '#FFF'
 
 ## Fonts and Font Sizes ########################################################
 
@@ -92,6 +96,7 @@ define gui.notify_text_size = 24
 define gui.title_text_size = 75
 #define gui.title_text_outlines = [ (2, gui.default_outline, 0, 0) ]
 
+define gui.main_menu_text_size = 60
 
 ## Main and Game Menus #########################################################
 
@@ -99,7 +104,6 @@ define gui.title_text_size = 75
 define gui.main_menu_background = "gui/main_menu.png"
 define gui.game_menu_background = "gui/game_menu.png"
 
-
 ## Dialogue ####################################################################
 ##
 ## These variables control how dialogue is displayed on the screen one line at a
diff --git a/game/gui/button/menubuttons/template_idle.png b/game/gui/button/menubuttons/template_idle.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3d7514e
Binary files /dev/null and b/game/gui/button/menubuttons/template_idle.png differ
diff --git a/game/screens.rpy b/game/screens.rpy
index b4a84d4..f3136f8 100644
--- a/game/screens.rpy
+++ b/game/screens.rpy
@@ -372,6 +372,22 @@ style navigation_button_text:
 ##
 ## https://www.renpy.org/doc/html/screen_special.html#main-menu
 
+#similar to quick_button funcs
+screen main_menu_button(filename, label, function):
+    button:
+        xmaximum 500
+        ymaximum 129
+        action function
+        fixed:
+            add filename xalign 0.5 yalign 0.5 zoom 1
+            text label xalign 0.5 yalign 0.5 xanchor 0.5
+
+# label_functions is [ [ "label", function() ], [ "foobar", foobar() ], .. ]
+# Reuse the same image string and keep things 'neat'.
+screen main_menu_buttons(filename, label_functions):
+    for l_f in label_functions:
+        use main_menu_button(filename, l_f[0], l_f[1])
+
 screen main_menu():
 
     ## This ensures that any other menu screen is replaced.
@@ -389,21 +405,29 @@ screen main_menu():
     ## The use statement includes another screen inside this one. The actual
     ## contents of the main menu are in the navigation screen.
     vbox:
-     xpos 1940
-     yalign 0.03
-     if persistent.splashtype == 1:
-          add "gui/sneedgame.png"
-     else:
-          add "gui/snootgame.png"
+        xpos 1940
+        yalign 0.03
+        if persistent.splashtype == 1:
+            add "gui/sneedgame.png"
+        else:
+            add "gui/snootgame.png"
     vbox:
-     spacing 25
-     xpos 1885
-     yalign 0.9
-     imagebutton auto "gui/button/menubuttons/startbutton_%s.png" action Start()
-     imagebutton auto "gui/button/menubuttons/loadbutton_%s.png" action ShowMenu("load")
-     imagebutton auto "gui/button/menubuttons/optionsbutton_%s.png" action ShowMenu("preferences")
-     imagebutton auto "gui/button/menubuttons/helpbutton_%s.png" action ShowMenu("extras")
-     imagebutton auto "gui/button/menubuttons/quitbutton_%s.png" action Quit(confirm=not main_menu)
+        spacing 25
+        xpos 1885
+        yalign 0.9
+        use main_menu_buttons("gui/button/menubuttons/template_idle.png",
+            [ \
+                [ "Start", Start() ], \
+                [ "Load", ShowMenu("load") ], \
+                [ "Options", ShowMenu("preferences") ], \
+                [ "Help & About", ShowMenu("extras") ], \
+                [ "Quit", Quit(confirm=not main_menu) ] \
+            ] )
+    #imagebutton auto "gui/button/menubuttons/startbutton_%s.png" action Start()
+    #imagebutton auto "gui/button/menubuttons/loadbutton_%s.png" action ShowMenu("load")
+    #imagebutton auto "gui/button/menubuttons/optionsbutton_%s.png" action ShowMenu("preferences")
+    #imagebutton auto "gui/button/menubuttons/helpbutton_%s.png" action ShowMenu("extras")
+    #imagebutton auto "gui/button/menubuttons/quitbutton_%s.png" action Quit(confirm=not main_menu)
 
 
 #    if gui.show_name:
@@ -433,7 +457,10 @@ style main_menu_vbox:
     yoffset -30
 
 style main_menu_text:
-    properties gui.text_properties("main_menu", accent=True)
+    properties gui.text_properties("main_menu") #, accent=True)
+    color gui.main_menu_color
+    hover_color gui.hover_color
+    size gui.main_menu_text_size
 
 style main_menu_title:
     properties gui.text_properties("title")
@@ -851,7 +878,7 @@ screen preferences():
                     style_prefix "check"
                     label _("Naughty Stuff")
                     textbutton _("Enable Lewd Images") action ToggleVariable("persistent.lewd", True, False)
-                
+
                 vbox:
                  style_prefix "check"
                  label _("Requires Restart")