diff --git a/CMakeLists.txt b/CMakeLists.txt
index 2bdd4811d..a1d8c1b87 100644
--- a/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -207,7 +207,7 @@ endif()
 include(QtVersionlessBackport)
 if(Launcher_QT_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 5)
     set(QT_VERSION_MAJOR 5)
-    find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Widgets Concurrent Network Test Xml)
+    find_package(Qt5 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core Widgets Concurrent Network QuickWidgets Test Xml)
 
     if(NOT Launcher_FORCE_BUNDLED_LIBS)
         find_package(QuaZip-Qt5 1.3 QUIET)
@@ -221,7 +221,7 @@ if(Launcher_QT_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 5)
     set(CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS "${CMAKE_CXX_FLAGS} -DUNICODE -D_UNICODE")
 elseif(Launcher_QT_VERSION_MAJOR EQUAL 6)
     set(QT_VERSION_MAJOR 6)
-    find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core CoreTools Widgets Concurrent Network Test Xml Core5Compat)
+    find_package(Qt6 REQUIRED COMPONENTS Core CoreTools Widgets Concurrent Network QuickWidgets Test Xml Core5Compat)
     list(APPEND Launcher_QT_LIBS Qt6::Core5Compat)
 
     if(NOT Launcher_FORCE_BUNDLED_LIBS)
diff --git a/launcher/CMakeLists.txt b/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
index cb4adabf4..fa0e2175d 100644
--- a/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/launcher/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -611,6 +611,11 @@ SET(LAUNCHER_SOURCES
     icons/MMCIcon.cpp
     icons/IconList.h
     icons/IconList.cpp
+    icons/IconImageProvider.h
+    icons/IconImageProvider.cpp
+
+    # GUI
+    ui/resources.qrc
 
     # GUI - windows
     ui/GuiUtil.h
@@ -999,6 +1004,7 @@ target_link_libraries(Launcher_logic
     Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Network
     Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Concurrent
     Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Gui
+    Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::QuickWidgets
     Qt${QT_VERSION_MAJOR}::Widgets
     ${Launcher_QT_LIBS}
 )
diff --git a/launcher/InstanceList.cpp b/launcher/InstanceList.cpp
index 86b1610bf..838a5a8c0 100644
--- a/launcher/InstanceList.cpp
+++ b/launcher/InstanceList.cpp
@@ -137,6 +137,17 @@ int InstanceList::columnCount(const QModelIndex& parent) const
     return ColumnCount;
 }
 
+QHash<int, QByteArray> InstanceList::roleNames() const
+{
+    QHash<int, QByteArray> roles;
+    roles[SortRole] = "sort";
+    roles[IconRole] = "icon";
+    roles[NameRole] = "name";
+    roles[CategoryRole] = "category";
+    roles[InstanceIDRole] = "instanceId";
+    return roles;
+}
+
 QVariant InstanceList::headerData(int section, Qt::Orientation orientation, int role) const
 {
     if (role != Qt::DisplayRole) {
@@ -251,11 +262,19 @@ QVariant InstanceList::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const
             break;
         }
 
+        case IconRole: {
+            return inst->iconKey();
+        }
+
+        case NameRole: {
+            return inst->name();
+        }
+
         case InstanceIDRole: {
             return inst->id();
         }
 
-        case GroupRole: {
+        case CategoryRole: {
             return instanceGroup;
         }
     }
@@ -337,7 +356,7 @@ void InstanceList::setInstanceGroup(const InstancePtr inst, const GroupId& name)
     if (changed) {
         m_groupNameCache.insert(name);
         auto idx = getInstIndex(inst.get());
-        emit dataChanged(index(idx, NameColumn), index(idx, NameColumn), { GroupRole });
+        emit dataChanged(index(idx, NameColumn), index(idx, NameColumn), { CategoryRole });
         saveGroupList();
     }
 }
@@ -377,7 +396,7 @@ void InstanceList::deleteGroup(const QString& name)
             removed = true;
             auto idx = getInstIndex(instance.get());
             if (idx > 0) {
-                emit dataChanged(index(idx, NameColumn), index(idx, NameColumn), { GroupRole });
+                emit dataChanged(index(idx, NameColumn), index(idx, NameColumn), { CategoryRole });
             }
         }
     }
diff --git a/launcher/InstanceList.h b/launcher/InstanceList.h
index efee64e41..7a2f6925e 100644
--- a/launcher/InstanceList.h
+++ b/launcher/InstanceList.h
@@ -67,7 +67,9 @@ class InstanceList : public QAbstractTableModel {
         ColumnCount
     };
 
-    enum AdditionalRoles { SortRole = Qt::UserRole + 1, GroupRole, InstanceIDRole };
+    enum AdditionalRoles { SortRole = Qt::UserRole + 1, IconRole, NameRole, CategoryRole, InstanceIDRole };
+
+    QHash<int, QByteArray> roleNames() const override;
 
     InstancePtr at(int i) const { return m_instances.at(i); }
 
diff --git a/launcher/icons/IconImageProvider.cpp b/launcher/icons/IconImageProvider.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..85268d127
--- /dev/null
+++ b/launcher/icons/IconImageProvider.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+#include "IconImageProvider.h"
+
+IconImageProvider::IconImageProvider(std::shared_ptr<IconList> iconList, int iconSize) : QQuickImageProvider(QQuickImageProvider::Pixmap), m_iconList(iconList), m_iconSize(iconSize)
+{
+}
+
+QPixmap IconImageProvider::requestPixmap(const QString &id, QSize *size, const QSize &requestedSize)
+{
+    if (size)
+        *size = QSize(m_iconSize, m_iconSize);
+
+    QIcon i = m_iconList->getIcon(id);
+    return i.pixmap(requestedSize.width() > 0 ? requestedSize.width() : m_iconSize, requestedSize.height() > 0 ? requestedSize.height() : m_iconSize);
+}
diff --git a/launcher/icons/IconImageProvider.h b/launcher/icons/IconImageProvider.h
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..b8393f33b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/launcher/icons/IconImageProvider.h
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+#pragma once
+#include "IconList.h"
+
+#include <QQuickImageProvider>
+
+class IconImageProvider : public QQuickImageProvider
+{
+public:
+    IconImageProvider(std::shared_ptr<IconList> iconList, int iconSize = 48);
+
+    QPixmap requestPixmap(const QString &id, QSize *size, const QSize &requestedSize) override;
+
+private:
+    std::shared_ptr<IconList> m_iconList;
+    int m_iconSize;
+};
diff --git a/launcher/main.cpp b/launcher/main.cpp
index b63f8bfd0..4157036cd 100644
--- a/launcher/main.cpp
+++ b/launcher/main.cpp
@@ -76,6 +76,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[])
         Q_INIT_RESOURCE(backgrounds);
         Q_INIT_RESOURCE(documents);
         Q_INIT_RESOURCE(prismlauncher);
+        Q_INIT_RESOURCE(resources);
 
         Q_INIT_RESOURCE(pe_dark);
         Q_INIT_RESOURCE(pe_light);
diff --git a/launcher/ui/dialogs/IconPickerDialog.cpp b/launcher/ui/dialogs/IconPickerDialog.cpp
index 2e021aaa7..3c5d5c21e 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/dialogs/IconPickerDialog.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/dialogs/IconPickerDialog.cpp
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ IconPickerDialog::IconPickerDialog(QWidget *parent, int iconSize)
     contentsWidget->setVerticalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOn);
     contentsWidget->setFrameStyle(QFrame::NoFrame);
     contentsWidget->setGridSize(QSize(m_iconSize * 2, m_iconSize * 2));
-    contentsWidget->setItemDelegate(new InstanceDelegate(this, m_iconSize, true));
+    contentsWidget->setItemDelegate(new InstanceDelegate(this, m_iconSize));
     contentsWidget->setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
 
     // contentsWidget->setAcceptDrops(true);
diff --git a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceDelegate.cpp b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceDelegate.cpp
index ef81c5334..59a4db1fb 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceDelegate.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceDelegate.cpp
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
 #include "InstanceDelegate.h"
 #include "InstanceList.h"
 
-InstanceDelegate::InstanceDelegate(QObject* parent, int iconSize, bool isGrid)
-    : QStyledItemDelegate(parent), m_iconSize(iconSize), m_isGrid(isGrid)
+InstanceDelegate::InstanceDelegate(QObject* parent, int iconSize)
+    : QStyledItemDelegate(parent), m_iconSize(iconSize)
 {}
 
 void InstanceDelegate::initStyleOption(QStyleOptionViewItem* option, const QModelIndex& index) const
@@ -28,9 +28,5 @@ void InstanceDelegate::initStyleOption(QStyleOptionViewItem* option, const QMode
     QStyledItemDelegate::initStyleOption(option, index);
     if (index.column() == InstanceList::NameColumn) {
         option->decorationSize = QSize(m_iconSize, m_iconSize);
-        if (m_isGrid) {
-            // FIXME: kinda hacky way to add vertical padding. This assumes that the icon is square in the first place
-            option->decorationSize.rheight() += 8;
-        }
     }
 }
diff --git a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceDelegate.h b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceDelegate.h
index 9539dabc0..b745335b4 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceDelegate.h
+++ b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceDelegate.h
@@ -24,11 +24,10 @@ class InstanceDelegate : public QStyledItemDelegate {
     Q_OBJECT
 
    public:
-    InstanceDelegate(QObject* parent = 0, int iconSize = 48, bool isGrid = false);
+    InstanceDelegate(QObject* parent = 0, int iconSize = 48);
 
     void initStyleOption(QStyleOptionViewItem* option, const QModelIndex& index) const override;
 
    private:
     int m_iconSize;
-    bool m_isGrid;
 };
diff --git a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceGridProxyModel.cpp b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceGridProxyModel.cpp
index cb9812e84..63455cbf0 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceGridProxyModel.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceGridProxyModel.cpp
@@ -24,3 +24,21 @@
 
 // Placeholder model, as we might need this in the future
 InstanceGridProxyModel::InstanceGridProxyModel(QObject* parent) : InstanceTableProxyModel(parent) {}
+
+QVariant InstanceGridProxyModel::data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const
+{
+    QVariant data = InstanceTableProxyModel::data(index, role);
+    QVariant displayData = data;
+    if (role != Qt::DisplayRole)
+        displayData = InstanceTableProxyModel::data(index, Qt::DisplayRole);
+
+    switch (role) {
+        case InstanceList::IconRole: {
+            QString iconKey = data.toString();
+            if (iconKey.isEmpty())
+                break;
+            return "image://instance/" + iconKey;
+        }
+    }
+    return data;
+}
diff --git a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceGridProxyModel.h b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceGridProxyModel.h
index 86b89ee1c..c2e0c31e7 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceGridProxyModel.h
+++ b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstanceGridProxyModel.h
@@ -25,4 +25,7 @@ class InstanceGridProxyModel : public InstanceTableProxyModel {
 
    public:
     InstanceGridProxyModel(QObject* parent = 0);
+
+   protected:
+    QVariant data(const QModelIndex& index, int role) const override;
 };
diff --git a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstancesGrid.qml b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstancesGrid.qml
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..af0e409b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstancesGrid.qml
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+import QtQuick 2.0
+
+GridView {
+    id: grid
+    model: instances
+    anchors.fill: parent
+    cellWidth: iconSize*2
+    cellHeight: iconSize*2
+
+    highlight: Rectangle {
+        width: grid.cellWidth; height: grid.cellHeight
+        color: "lightsteelblue"; radius: 5
+        x: grid.currentItem.x
+        y: grid.currentItem.y
+        Behavior on x { SmoothedAnimation { duration: 150 } }
+        Behavior on y { SmoothedAnimation { duration: 150 } }
+    }
+
+    interactive: true
+    focus: true
+
+    delegate: Item {
+        required property int index
+        required property string name
+        required property string icon
+        width: iconSize*2
+        height: iconSize*2
+
+        MouseArea {
+            anchors.fill: parent
+            onClicked: currentIndex = index;
+        }
+
+        Image {
+            id: icon
+            width: iconSize
+            height: iconSize
+            anchors.top: parent.top
+            source: parent.icon
+            anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+        }
+
+        Text {
+            anchors.top: icon.bottom
+            text: parent.name
+            anchors.horizontalCenter: parent.horizontalCenter
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstancesView.cpp b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstancesView.cpp
index 9b8c583cc..774086248 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstancesView.cpp
+++ b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstancesView.cpp
@@ -27,11 +27,14 @@
 
 #include "InstanceDelegate.h"
 #include "InstanceList.h"
+#include "icons/IconImageProvider.h"
 #include "ui/instanceview/InstanceGridProxyModel.h"
 #include "ui/instanceview/InstanceTableProxyModel.h"
 
 #include <QHeaderView>
 #include <QKeyEvent>
+#include <QQmlContext>
+#include <QQmlEngine>
 #include <QSize>
 #include <QSortFilterProxyModel>
 
@@ -59,8 +62,8 @@ void InstancesView::switchDisplayMode(InstancesView::DisplayMode mode)
                                                    QItemSelectionModel::ClearAndSelect | QItemSelectionModel::Rows);
         setCurrentWidget(m_table);
     } else {
-        m_grid->selectionModel()->setCurrentIndex(m_gridProxy->mapFromSource(sourceIndex),
-                                                  QItemSelectionModel::ClearAndSelect | QItemSelectionModel::Rows);
+        //m_grid->selectionModel()->setCurrentIndex(m_gridProxy->mapFromSource(sourceIndex),
+        //                                          QItemSelectionModel::ClearAndSelect | QItemSelectionModel::Rows);
         setCurrentWidget(m_grid);
     }
     m_displayMode = mode;
@@ -92,7 +95,7 @@ void InstancesView::createTable()
     m_table = new QTableView(this);
     m_table->installEventFilter(this);
     m_table->setModel(m_tableProxy);
-    m_table->setItemDelegate(new InstanceDelegate(this, m_iconSize, false));
+    m_table->setItemDelegate(new InstanceDelegate(this, m_iconSize));
 
     m_table->setTabKeyNavigation(false);
     m_table->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection);
@@ -138,27 +141,18 @@ void InstancesView::createTable()
 
 void InstancesView::createGrid()
 {
-    m_grid = new QListView(this);
+    m_grid = new QQuickWidget(this);
+    m_grid->rootContext()->setContextProperty("instances", m_gridProxy);
+    m_grid->rootContext()->setContextProperty("iconSize", m_iconSize);
+    m_grid->engine()->addImageProvider("instance", new IconImageProvider(APPLICATION->icons(), m_iconSize));
+    m_grid->setResizeMode(QQuickWidget::SizeRootObjectToView);
+    m_grid->setSource(QUrl("qrc:/instanceview/InstancesGrid.qml"));
     m_grid->installEventFilter(this);
-    m_grid->setModel(m_gridProxy);
-    m_grid->setModelColumn(InstanceList::NameColumn);
-    m_grid->setItemDelegate(new InstanceDelegate(this, m_iconSize, true));
-
-    m_grid->setSelectionMode(QAbstractItemView::SingleSelection);
-    m_grid->setSelectionBehavior(QAbstractItemView::SelectRows);
-    m_grid->setEditTriggers(QAbstractItemView::EditKeyPressed);
-    m_grid->setCurrentIndex(QModelIndex());
     m_grid->setContextMenuPolicy(Qt::CustomContextMenu);
-    m_grid->setWordWrap(true);
-    m_grid->setHorizontalScrollBarPolicy(Qt::ScrollBarAlwaysOff);
-    m_grid->setViewMode(QListView::IconMode);
-    m_grid->setMovement(QListView::Static);
-    m_grid->setResizeMode(QListView::Adjust);
-    m_grid->setFrameStyle(QFrame::NoFrame);
-    m_grid->setGridSize(QSize(m_iconSize * 2, m_iconSize * 2));
+    m_grid->show();
 
-    connect(m_grid, &QAbstractItemView::doubleClicked, this, &InstancesView::activateInstance);
-    connect(m_grid->selectionModel(), &QItemSelectionModel::currentRowChanged, this, &InstancesView::currentRowChanged);
+    //connect(m_grid, &QAbstractItemView::doubleClicked, this, &InstancesView::activateInstance);
+    //connect(m_grid->selectionModel(), &QItemSelectionModel::currentRowChanged, this, &InstancesView::currentRowChanged);
     connect(m_grid, &QWidget::customContextMenuRequested, this, &InstancesView::contextMenuRequested);
 }
 
diff --git a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstancesView.h b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstancesView.h
index dfcc85945..b08cba886 100644
--- a/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstancesView.h
+++ b/launcher/ui/instanceview/InstancesView.h
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 #include <QListView>
 #include <QStackedWidget>
 #include <QTableView>
+#include <QQuickWidget>
 
 #include "BaseInstance.h"
 #include "InstanceList.h"
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ class InstancesView : public QStackedWidget {
     QAbstractItemView* currentView()
     {
         if (m_displayMode == GridMode)
-            return m_grid;
+            return nullptr; // TODO
         return m_table;
     }
 
@@ -82,7 +83,7 @@ class InstancesView : public QStackedWidget {
     DisplayMode m_displayMode = TableMode;
 
     QTableView* m_table;
-    QListView* m_grid;
+    QQuickWidget* m_grid;
     InstanceTableProxyModel* m_tableProxy;
     InstanceGridProxyModel* m_gridProxy;
     InstanceList* m_instances;
diff --git a/launcher/ui/resources.qrc b/launcher/ui/resources.qrc
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..84f29189d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/launcher/ui/resources.qrc
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<RCC>
+    <qresource prefix="/">
+        <file>instanceview/InstancesGrid.qml</file>
+    </qresource>
+</RCC>