diff --git a/hammond-gtk/src/views/empty.rs b/hammond-gtk/src/views/empty.rs
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+++ b/hammond-gtk/src/views/empty.rs
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+use gtk;
+
+#[derive(Debug, Clone)]
+pub struct EmptyView {
+    container: gtk::Box,
+}
+
+impl EmptyView {
+    pub fn new() -> EmptyView {
+        let builder = gtk::Builder::new_from_resource("/org/gnome/hammond/gtk/empty_view.ui");
+        let view: gtk::Box = builder.get_object("empty_view").unwrap();
+
+        EmptyView { container: view }
+    }
+}