diff --git a/app/css/app.css b/app/css/app.css
index 6ecc8a0..3ba287d 100644
--- a/app/css/app.css
+++ b/app/css/app.css
@@ -176,10 +176,13 @@ input[type='submit'] {
 
 .p0, .p1 { float: left; }
 
+.settings_assets .buttons,
 .settings_replay .buttons {
   padding-top: 16px;
   text-align: right;
 }
+.settings_assets .buttons .reveal,
+.settings_assets .buttons .change,
 .settings_replay .buttons .reveal,
 .settings_replay .buttons .change{
   margin-right: 8px;
diff --git a/src/common/external_assets.ts b/src/common/external_assets.ts
index 3b36601..246b404 100644
--- a/src/common/external_assets.ts
+++ b/src/common/external_assets.ts
@@ -16,35 +16,23 @@ export default class ExternalAssets {
 
       // dir is reset to code defined path
       case 'reset':
-        dir = path.join(app.getPath('appData'), 'swap-n-pop', 'external-assets')
+        dir = null
         break;
 
       // dir is set to last known if exists, otherwhise it resets
       case '': 
-        dir = store.has('asset-dir') ? store.get('asset-dir') : path.join(app.getPath('appData'), 'swap-n-pop', 'external-assets')
+        dir = store.has('asset-dir') ? store.get('asset-dir') : null
         break;
     }
 
+    console.log('reset',dir)
     // set dir to newest defined
-    store.set('asset-dir', dir) 
+    store.set('asset-dir', dir)
 
     // create actual folder through dir if it doesnt exist
-    if (!fs.existsSync(dir))
-      fx.mkdirSync(dir); 
+    if (dir !== null && !fs.existsSync(dir))
+      fx.mkdirSync(dir) 
 
     return dir;
   }
-
-  public static list(callback) {
-    let dir = path.join(store.get('asset-dir'), '*.png')
-    
-    glob(dir, {}, (err, files) => {
-      let filenames = []
-
-      for (let file of files)
-        filenames.push(path.basename(file, '.png'))
-      
-      callback(err,filenames)
-    })
-  }
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/src/main/index.ts b/src/main/index.ts
index d538f76..a12ca6b 100644
--- a/src/main/index.ts
+++ b/src/main/index.ts
@@ -226,12 +226,6 @@ ipc.on('asset-dir-change', e => {
   })
 })
 
-ipc.on('asset-list', e => {
-  ExternalAssets.list((err, files) => {
-    win.webContents.send('asset-list', files)
-  })
-})
-
 ipc.on('play-single', (event,data) => {
   const seed = Replay.random_seed(16,undefined)
   win.webContents.send('play-single',{
diff --git a/src/renderer/states/load.ts b/src/renderer/states/load.ts
index 419afc4..0d7ef0c 100644
--- a/src/renderer/states/load.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/states/load.ts
@@ -8,10 +8,6 @@ import Store    from 'common/store'
 
 const store = new Store()
 
-// load any external assets and store them in an scoped array
-let external_assets = []
-ipc.on('asset-list', (e, files) => external_assets = files)
-
 /** Loads all sprites, spritesheets, sound effects, etc to the phaser game
  *  Uses signals to detect once everything has been loaded correctly
  */
diff --git a/src/renderer/ui/external_assets.ts b/src/renderer/ui/external_assets.ts
index c097a4d..cb97572 100644
--- a/src/renderer/ui/external_assets.ts
+++ b/src/renderer/ui/external_assets.ts
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ export default function render() {
       m('label', 'Asset Folder Location:'),
       m('.input', asset_dir),
       m('.buttons', [
-        m('.button.reveal', {onclick: () => ipc.send('asset-dir-reveal')}, 'Reveal'),
+        //m('.button.reveal', {onclick: () => ipc.send('asset-dir-reveal')}, 'Reveal'),
         m('.button.change', {onclick: () => ipc.send('asset-dir-change')}, 'Change'),
         m('.button.reset' , {onclick: () => ipc.send('asset-dir-reset')},  'Reset'),
       ]),