diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index c39ddcf..1c33440 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -145,3 +145,6 @@
 [submodule "python-zconfig"]
 	path = python-zconfig
 	url = aur@aur.archlinux.org:python-zconfig
+[submodule "python-menu3"]
+	path = python-menu3
+	url = aur@aur.archlinux.org:python-menu3
diff --git a/_bin/new.package.py b/_bin/new.package.py
old mode 100644
new mode 100755
index 89aa751..6a2de7e
--- a/_bin/new.package.py
+++ b/_bin/new.package.py
@@ -1,10 +1,59 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 
+import curses
+import os
+import subprocess
+import pygit2
+
 ## SETTINGS ##
 gpgkey = '748231EBCBD808A14F5E85D28C004C2F93481F6B'  # https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/PKGBUILD#validpgpkeys
 maintname = 'brent s. <bts[at]square-r00t[dot]net>'  # your name and email address, feel free to obfuscate though
 pkgbuild_dir = '/opt/dev/arch'  # what dir do the pkgbuilds/AUR checkouts live?
 aur_pkgs_dir = pkgbuild_dir  # should be the dir where the aur_pkgs repo checkout lives. it's recommended you keep this the same as pkgbuild_dir
 
+## BUILD THE GUI ##
+def gui_init():
+    # props to https://gist.github.com/abishur/2482046
+    screen = curses.initscr()
+    curses.noecho()
+    curses.cbreak()
+    curses.start_color()
+    screen.keypad(True)
+    curses.init_pair(1, curses.COLOR_BLACK, curses.COLOR_WHITE)  # might change this. black text, white BG
+    h = curses.color_pair(1)
+    n = curses.A_NORMAL
+    MENU = "menu"
+    COMMAND = "command"
+    EXITMENU = "exitmenu"
+
+    menu_data = {'title': "AUR_Pkgs Packaging Menu", 'type': MENU, 'subtitle': "How might I assist you today?",
+    'options':[
+        { 'title': "Add a new package to the AUR...", 'type': MENU, 'subtitle': 'Use this submenu to add new packages.',
+        'options': [
+            { '
+        },
+        { 'title': "Sign a package's sources", 'type': COMMAND, 'command': 'sign_pkg' },
+        { 'title': "Update/initialize submodules from the AUR", 'type': COMMAND, 'command': 'fetch_aur' }
+        ]
+    }
+
+gui_init()
+
+
+
+# Get the package type
+def get_pkgtype():
+    pkgtype = True
+    while pkgtype:
+        print("""
+            What type of package is this?
+            1 Release/Versioned
+            2 VCS (Git, SVN, Mercurial, etc.)
+            3 Quit
+            """)
+        pkgtype = input()
+        #if pkgtype == 
+
+# Get the package name
 def get_pkgname():
-    
+    pkgname = input('What is the name of this package?')
diff --git a/python-menu3 b/python-menu3
new file mode 160000
index 0000000..f2dd884
--- /dev/null
+++ b/python-menu3
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+Subproject commit f2dd884c1f3b4cae97d1566163ca4c8ba21eb437