diff --git a/theseus_gui/src/App.vue b/theseus_gui/src/App.vue
index 868808e98..0263dd1da 100644
--- a/theseus_gui/src/App.vue
+++ b/theseus_gui/src/App.vue
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ import {
   Card,
   TextLogo,
   PlusIcon,
+  HamburgerIcon,
 } from 'omorphia'
 
 import { useLoading, useTheming } from '@/store/state'
+import { useInstances } from '@/store/instances'
 // import AccountsCard from './components/ui/AccountsCard.vue'
 import AccountDropdown from '@/components/ui/platform/AccountDropdown.vue'
 import InstanceCreationModal from '@/components/ui/InstanceCreationModal.vue'
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ import { useDisableClicks } from '@/composables/click.js'
 import { openExternal } from '@/helpers/external.js'
 import { await_sync, check_safe_loading_bars_complete } from '@/helpers/state.js'
 import { install_from_file } from '@/helpers/pack.js'
+import { iconPathAsUrl } from '@/helpers/icon'
 
 import URLConfirmModal from '@/components/ui/URLConfirmModal.vue'
 import StickyTitleBar from '@/components/ui/tutorial/StickyTitleBar.vue'
@@ -50,6 +53,7 @@ import { TauriEvent } from '@tauri-apps/api/event'
 import { confirm } from '@tauri-apps/api/dialog'
 import { type } from '@tauri-apps/api/os'
 import { appWindow } from '@tauri-apps/api/window'
+import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia'
 
 const themeStore = useTheming()
 const urlModal = ref(null)
@@ -68,6 +72,9 @@ const onboardingVideo = ref()
 const failureText = ref(null)
 const os = ref('')
 
+const instances = useInstances()
+const { instancesByPlayed } = storeToRefs(instances)
+
 defineExpose({
   initialize: async () => {
     isLoading.value = false
@@ -275,15 +282,8 @@ const toggleSidebar = () => {
     >
       <div class="pages-list">
         <div class="square-collapsed-space">
-          <Button
-            v-tooltip="'Toggle sidebar'"
-            transparent
-            icon-only
-            class="collapsed-button"
-            @click="toggleSidebar"
-          >
-            <PlusIcon />
-            <span class="collapsed-button__label">Collapse</span>
+          <Button transparent icon-only class="collapsed-button" @click="toggleSidebar">
+            <HamburgerIcon />
           </Button>
         </div>
       </div>
@@ -316,9 +316,23 @@ const toggleSidebar = () => {
           </suspense>
         </div>
       </div>
+      <div class="divider">
+        <hr />
+      </div>
       <div class="instances pages-list">
-        <RouterLink v-tooltip="'Meow'" to="/undefined" class="btn icon-only collapsed-button">
-          Meow
+        <RouterLink
+          v-for="instance in instancesByPlayed"
+          :key="instance.id"
+          v-tooltip="instance.metadata.name"
+          :to="`/instance/${encodeURIComponent(instance.path)}`"
+          class="btn icon-only collapsed-button"
+        >
+          <img
+            class="collapsed-button__icon"
+            :src="iconPathAsUrl(instance.metadata?.icon)"
+            :alt="instance.metadata.name"
+          />
+          <span class="collapsed-button__label">{{ instance.metadata.name }}</span>
         </RouterLink>
       </div>
       <div class="settings pages-list">
@@ -358,7 +372,6 @@ const toggleSidebar = () => {
               <TextLogo class="logo" :animate="false" />
             </router-link>
             <Breadcrumbs after-logo data-tauri-drag-region />
-            <!-- <pre><code>{{ JSON.stringify(breadcrumbs.path) }}</code></pre> -->
           </section>
           <section class="mod-stats">
             <Suspense>
@@ -467,6 +480,8 @@ const toggleSidebar = () => {
 .container {
   --appbar-height: 4.5rem;
 
+  --sidebar-gap: 0.35rem;
+
   --sidebar-width: 4.5rem;
   --sidebar-open-width: 15rem;
   --sidebar-padding: 0.75rem;
@@ -602,9 +617,34 @@ const toggleSidebar = () => {
   }
 }
 
+.divider {
+  height: auto;
+  width: 100%;
+
+  hr {
+    background-color: var(--color-button-bg);
+    border: none;
+    color: var(--color-button-bg);
+
+    height: 1px;
+    width: 100%;
+
+    margin: 0;
+  }
+
+  margin-top: var(--sidebar-gap);
+  // div should always have + 1 --sidebar-gap margin to the bottom to be equal
+  margin-bottom: calc(var(--sidebar-gap) * 2);
+
+  padding-left: var(--sidebar-padding);
+  padding-right: var(--sidebar-padding);
+}
+
 .instances {
-  height: 100%;
-  flex-grow: 1;
+  flex: 1;
+
+  flex-flow: column wrap; // This hides any elements that aren't fully visible
+  overflow: hidden;
 }
 
 .pages-list {
@@ -615,7 +655,7 @@ const toggleSidebar = () => {
 
   width: 100%;
 
-  gap: 0.35rem;
+  gap: var(--sidebar-gap);
 
   .page-item,
   a {
@@ -655,6 +695,8 @@ const toggleSidebar = () => {
   height: var(--sidebar-button-size);
   width: 100%;
 
+  flex-shrink: 0;
+
   padding: var(--sidebar-padding) !important;
   border-radius: 99999px;
   box-shadow: none;
@@ -670,6 +712,8 @@ const toggleSidebar = () => {
     height: var(--sidebar-icon-size);
 
     flex-shrink: 0;
+
+    border-radius: var(--radius-xs);
   }
 
   .collapsed-button__label {
diff --git a/theseus_gui/src/helpers/icon.js b/theseus_gui/src/helpers/icon.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..734ddc363
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theseus_gui/src/helpers/icon.js
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+import { convertFileSrc } from '@tauri-apps/api/tauri'
+
+export const iconPathAsUrl = (iconPath) => {
+  if (!iconPath) {
+    return ''
+  }
+  const startsWithHttp = iconPath.startsWith('http')
+  if (startsWithHttp) {
+    return iconPath
+  }
+  return convertFileSrc(iconPath)
+}
diff --git a/theseus_gui/src/pages/Index.vue b/theseus_gui/src/pages/Index.vue
index 0f0c008c1..3d66713b1 100644
--- a/theseus_gui/src/pages/Index.vue
+++ b/theseus_gui/src/pages/Index.vue
@@ -1,14 +1,13 @@
 <script setup>
-import { ref, onUnmounted, shallowRef, computed } from 'vue'
+import { ref, onUnmounted, computed } from 'vue'
 import { useRoute } from 'vue-router'
 import RowDisplay from '@/components/RowDisplay.vue'
-import { list } from '@/helpers/profile.js'
 import { offline_listener, profile_listener } from '@/helpers/events'
 import { useBreadcrumbs } from '@/store/breadcrumbs'
 import { useFetch } from '@/helpers/fetch.js'
-import { handleError } from '@/store/notifications.js'
-import dayjs from 'dayjs'
 import { isOffline } from '@/helpers/utils'
+import { useInstances } from '@/store/instances'
+import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia'
 
 const featuredModpacks = ref({})
 const featuredMods = ref({})
@@ -19,18 +18,17 @@ const breadcrumbs = useBreadcrumbs()
 
 breadcrumbs.setRootContext({ name: 'Home', link: route.path })
 
-const recentInstances = shallowRef([])
-
 const offline = ref(await isOffline())
 
-const getInstances = async () => {
-  const profiles = await list(true).catch(handleError)
-  recentInstances.value = Object.values(profiles).sort((a, b) => {
-    return dayjs(b.metadata.last_played ?? 0).diff(dayjs(a.metadata.last_played ?? 0))
-  })
+const instancesStore = useInstances()
+const { instancesByPlayed } = storeToRefs(instancesStore)
 
+const getInstances = async () => {
+  await instancesStore.refreshInstances()
+
+  // filter? TODO: Change this to be reactive along with fetching the rest.
   let filters = []
-  for (const instance of recentInstances.value) {
+  for (const instance of instancesByPlayed.value) {
     if (instance.metadata.linked_data && instance.metadata.linked_data.project_id) {
       filters.push(`NOT"project_id"="${instance.metadata.linked_data.project_id}"`)
     }
@@ -84,7 +82,7 @@ const unlistenOffline = await offline_listener(async (b) => {
 // computed sums of recentInstances, featuredModpacks, featuredMods, treating them as arrays if they are not
 const total = computed(() => {
   return (
-    (recentInstances.value?.length ?? 0) +
+    (instancesByPlayed.value?.length ?? 0) +
     (featuredModpacks.value?.length ?? 0) +
     (featuredMods.value?.length ?? 0)
   )
@@ -104,7 +102,7 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
         {
           label: 'Jump back in',
           route: '/library',
-          instances: recentInstances,
+          instances: instancesByPlayed,
           downloaded: true,
         },
         {
diff --git a/theseus_gui/src/pages/Library.vue b/theseus_gui/src/pages/Library.vue
index d3b883978..ffcee9f64 100644
--- a/theseus_gui/src/pages/Library.vue
+++ b/theseus_gui/src/pages/Library.vue
@@ -1,23 +1,23 @@
 <script setup>
-import { onUnmounted, ref, shallowRef } from 'vue'
+import { onUnmounted, ref } from 'vue'
 import GridDisplay from '@/components/GridDisplay.vue'
-import { list } from '@/helpers/profile.js'
 import { useRoute } from 'vue-router'
 import { useBreadcrumbs } from '@/store/breadcrumbs'
 import { offline_listener, profile_listener } from '@/helpers/events.js'
-import { handleError } from '@/store/notifications.js'
 import { Button, PlusIcon } from 'omorphia'
 import InstanceCreationModal from '@/components/ui/InstanceCreationModal.vue'
 import { NewInstanceImage } from '@/assets/icons'
 import { isOffline } from '@/helpers/utils'
+import { useInstances } from '@/store/instances'
+import { storeToRefs } from 'pinia'
 
 const route = useRoute()
 const breadcrumbs = useBreadcrumbs()
 
 breadcrumbs.setRootContext({ name: 'Library', link: route.path })
 
-const profiles = await list(true).catch(handleError)
-const instances = shallowRef(Object.values(profiles))
+const instancesStore = useInstances()
+const { instanceList } = storeToRefs(instancesStore)
 
 const offline = ref(await isOffline())
 const unlistenOffline = await offline_listener((b) => {
@@ -25,9 +25,9 @@ const unlistenOffline = await offline_listener((b) => {
 })
 
 const unlistenProfile = await profile_listener(async () => {
-  const profiles = await list(true).catch(handleError)
-  instances.value = Object.values(profiles)
+  await instancesStore.refreshInstances()
 })
+
 onUnmounted(() => {
   unlistenProfile()
   unlistenOffline()
@@ -35,7 +35,7 @@ onUnmounted(() => {
 </script>
 
 <template>
-  <GridDisplay v-if="instances.length > 0" label="Instances" :instances="instances" />
+  <GridDisplay v-if="instanceList.length > 0" label="Instances" :instances="instanceList" />
   <div v-else class="no-instance">
     <div class="icon">
       <NewInstanceImage />
diff --git a/theseus_gui/src/pages/instance/Index.vue b/theseus_gui/src/pages/instance/Index.vue
index f84856087..09eb3fb15 100644
--- a/theseus_gui/src/pages/instance/Index.vue
+++ b/theseus_gui/src/pages/instance/Index.vue
@@ -146,7 +146,7 @@ import {
 } from '@/helpers/process'
 import { offline_listener, process_listener, profile_listener } from '@/helpers/events'
 import { useRoute, useRouter } from 'vue-router'
-import { ref, onUnmounted } from 'vue'
+import { ref, onUnmounted, defineProps, watch } from 'vue'
 import { handleError, useBreadcrumbs, useLoading } from '@/store/state'
 import { isOffline, showProfileInFolder } from '@/helpers/utils.js'
 import ContextMenu from '@/components/ui/ContextMenu.vue'
@@ -154,12 +154,28 @@ import { mixpanel_track } from '@/helpers/mixpanel'
 import { convertFileSrc } from '@tauri-apps/api/tauri'
 import { useFetch } from '@/helpers/fetch'
 
-const route = useRoute()
+const props = defineProps({
+  id: {
+    type: String,
+    required: false,
+    default: null,
+  },
+})
 
 const router = useRouter()
+const route = useRoute()
+
 const breadcrumbs = useBreadcrumbs()
 
-const instance = ref(await get(route.params.id).catch(handleError))
+const instance = ref(await get(route.params.id || props.id).catch(handleError))
+
+watch(
+  () => route.params.id,
+  async (id) => {
+    if (!id) return
+    instance.value = await get(id).catch(handleError)
+  }
+)
 
 breadcrumbs.setName(
   'Instance',
diff --git a/theseus_gui/src/pages/instance/Mods.vue b/theseus_gui/src/pages/instance/Mods.vue
index 6a87e6418..cf38efc8e 100644
--- a/theseus_gui/src/pages/instance/Mods.vue
+++ b/theseus_gui/src/pages/instance/Mods.vue
@@ -440,10 +440,22 @@ const props = defineProps({
       return false
     },
   },
+  playing: {
+    type: Boolean,
+    default() {
+      return false
+    },
+  },
   versions: {
     type: Array,
     required: true,
   },
+  installed: {
+    type: Boolean,
+    default() {
+      return true
+    },
+  },
 })
 
 const projects = ref([])
diff --git a/theseus_gui/src/store/instances.js b/theseus_gui/src/store/instances.js
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9d6954d0c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/theseus_gui/src/store/instances.js
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+import { ref, onMounted, computed } from 'vue'
+import dayjs from 'dayjs'
+
+import { list } from '@/helpers/profile.js'
+import { handleError } from '@/store/notifications'
+import { defineStore } from 'pinia'
+
+export const useInstances = defineStore('instancesStore', () => {
+  const instances = ref({})
+
+  const instanceList = computed(() => {
+    return Object.values(instances.value)
+  })
+  const instancesByPlayed = computed(() => {
+    return instanceList.value.sort((a, b) => {
+      return dayjs(b?.metadata?.last_played ?? 0).diff(dayjs(a?.metadata?.last_played ?? 0))
+    })
+  })
+
+  const setInstances = async () => {
+    try {
+      const p = await list(true)
+      instances.value = p
+    } catch (error) {
+      handleError(error)
+    }
+  }
+
+  onMounted(async () => {
+    await setInstances()
+  })
+
+  const refreshInstances = async () => {
+    await setInstances()
+  }
+
+  return {
+    instanceList,
+    instancesByPlayed,
+
+    refreshInstances,
+  }
+})