diff --git a/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/ConceptCanvasEngine.ts b/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/ConceptCanvasEngine.ts
index b507134..4d39e52 100644
--- a/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/ConceptCanvasEngine.ts
+++ b/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/ConceptCanvasEngine.ts
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ import { ImageLayerFactory } from './image-layer/ImageLayerFactory';
 import { DefaultCanvasState } from './DefaultCanvasState';
 import { CanvasEngineListener } from '@projectstorm/react-canvas-core';
 import { ConceptCanvasModel } from './ConceptCanvasModel';
+import { ControlsLayerFactory } from './controls-layer/ControlsLayerFactory';
 
 export class ConceptCanvasEngine extends CanvasEngine<CanvasEngineListener, ConceptCanvasModel> {
   elementBank: FactoryBank<ImageElementFactory>;
@@ -26,6 +27,8 @@ export class ConceptCanvasEngine extends CanvasEngine<CanvasEngineListener, Conc
 
     this.getLayerFactories().registerFactory(new SelectionBoxLayerFactory());
     this.getLayerFactories().registerFactory(new ImageLayerFactory());
+    this.getLayerFactories().registerFactory(new ControlsLayerFactory());
+
     this.getStateMachine().pushState(new DefaultCanvasState());
 
     // @ts-ignore
diff --git a/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/ConceptCanvasModel.ts b/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/ConceptCanvasModel.ts
index d0ce126..af9510c 100644
--- a/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/ConceptCanvasModel.ts
+++ b/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/ConceptCanvasModel.ts
@@ -5,13 +5,14 @@ import * as _ from 'lodash';
 import { ImageElement } from './image-element/ImageElementFactory';
 import { action } from 'mobx';
 import { FileData } from '@projectstorm/tornado-common';
+import { ControlsLayerModel } from './controls-layer/ControlsLayerFactory';
 
 export class ConceptCanvasModel extends CanvasModel {
   constructor(public model: ConceptBoardModel) {
     super();
 
-    const layer = new ImageLayerModel();
-    this.addLayer(layer);
+    this.addLayer(new ImageLayerModel());
+    this.addLayer(new ControlsLayerModel());
   }
 
   load(engine: CanvasEngine) {
diff --git a/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/controls-layer/ControlsElementWidget.tsx b/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/controls-layer/ControlsElementWidget.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..eec4ebf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/controls-layer/ControlsElementWidget.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,48 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { ImageElement } from '../image-element/ImageElementFactory';
+import { styled } from '../../../../../theme/theme';
+import { useForceUpdate } from '../../../../../hooks/useForceUpdate';
+import { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { ImageLayerModel } from '../image-layer/ImageLayerFactory';
+
+export interface ControlsElementWidgetProps {
+  model: ImageElement;
+}
+
+export const ControlsElementWidget: React.FC<ControlsElementWidgetProps> = (props) => {
+  const forceUpdate = useForceUpdate();
+  useEffect(() => {
+    const l = props.model.registerListener({
+      selectionChanged: () => {
+        forceUpdate();
+      }
+    });
+    return l.deregister;
+  }, []);
+  if (!props.model.isSelected()) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  const canvas = (props.model.getParent() as ImageLayerModel).getParent();
+  const zoom = canvas.getZoomLevel() / 100;
+
+  return (
+    <S.Container
+      style={{
+        left: props.model.getX() * zoom + canvas.getOffsetX(),
+        top: props.model.getY() * zoom + canvas.getOffsetY(),
+        width: props.model.width * zoom,
+        height: props.model.height * zoom
+      }}
+    />
+  );
+};
+namespace S {
+  export const Container = styled.div`
+    position: absolute;
+    border: solid 2px ${(p) => p.theme.editor.selected};
+    box-shadow: 0 0 20px ${(p) => p.theme.editor.selectedShadow};
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+    pointer-events: none;
+  `;
+}
diff --git a/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/controls-layer/ControlsLayerFactory.tsx b/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/controls-layer/ControlsLayerFactory.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..dcc4e20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/controls-layer/ControlsLayerFactory.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,54 @@
+import * as React from 'react';
+import {
+  AbstractReactFactory,
+  FactoryBank,
+  GenerateModelEvent,
+  GenerateWidgetEvent,
+  LayerModel,
+  LayerModelGenerics
+} from '@projectstorm/react-canvas-core';
+import { ImageElement, ImageElementFactory } from '../image-element/ImageElementFactory';
+import * as _ from 'lodash';
+import { ConceptCanvasEngine } from '../ConceptCanvasEngine';
+import { ConceptCanvasModel } from '../ConceptCanvasModel';
+import { ControlsElementWidget } from './ControlsElementWidget';
+
+export class ControlsLayerFactory extends AbstractReactFactory<ControlsLayerModel, ConceptCanvasEngine> {
+  static TYPE = 'concept/controls/layer';
+
+  constructor() {
+    super(ControlsLayerFactory.TYPE);
+  }
+
+  generateModel(event: GenerateModelEvent): ControlsLayerModel {
+    return new ControlsLayerModel();
+  }
+
+  generateReactWidget(event: GenerateWidgetEvent<ControlsLayerModel>): JSX.Element {
+    return (
+      <>
+        {_.map(event.model.getParent().getLayers()[0].getModels(), (m: ImageElement) => {
+          return <ControlsElementWidget model={m} key={m.getID()} />;
+        })}
+      </>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export type ControlsLayerGenerics = LayerModelGenerics & {
+  ENGINE: ConceptCanvasEngine;
+  PARENT: ConceptCanvasModel;
+};
+
+export class ControlsLayerModel extends LayerModel<ControlsLayerGenerics> {
+  constructor() {
+    super({
+      type: ControlsLayerFactory.TYPE,
+      transformed: false
+    });
+  }
+
+  getChildModelFactoryBank(engine: ControlsLayerGenerics['ENGINE']): FactoryBank<ImageElementFactory> {
+    return engine.elementBank;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/image-element/ImageElementWidget.tsx b/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/image-element/ImageElementWidget.tsx
index b967e3f..d52998d 100644
--- a/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/image-element/ImageElementWidget.tsx
+++ b/tornado-frontend/src/routes/content/widgets/react-canvas/image-element/ImageElementWidget.tsx
@@ -10,20 +10,9 @@ export interface ImageElementWidgetProps {
 }
 
 export const ImageElementWidget: React.FC<ImageElementWidgetProps> = (props) => {
-  const forceUpdate = useForceUpdate();
-  useEffect(() => {
-    const l = props.model.registerListener({
-      selectionChanged: () => {
-        forceUpdate();
-      }
-    });
-    return l.deregister;
-  }, []);
-
   return (
     <S.Container
       data-imageid={props.model.getID()}
-      selected={props.model.isSelected()}
       style={{
         left: props.model.getX(),
         top: props.model.getY(),
@@ -36,10 +25,8 @@ export const ImageElementWidget: React.FC<ImageElementWidgetProps> = (props) =>
   );
 };
 namespace S {
-  export const Container = styled.div<{ selected: boolean }>`
+  export const Container = styled.div`
     position: absolute;
-    border: solid 2px ${(p) => (p.selected ? p.theme.editor.selected : 'transparent')};
-    ${(p) => (p.selected ? `box-shadow: 0 0 20px ${p.theme.editor.selectedShadow}` : '')};
     box-sizing: border-box;
     pointer-events: all;
   `;