diff --git a/examples/example1/winmain.d b/examples/example1/winmain.d
index a83e2575..69a85ede 100644
--- a/examples/example1/winmain.d
+++ b/examples/example1/winmain.d
@@ -55,6 +55,10 @@ extern (C) int UIAppMain(string[] args) {
 	Log.d("Some debug message");
 	Log.e("Sample error #", 22);
 
+    string[] imageDirs = [
+        resourceDir
+    ];
+    drawableCache.resourcePaths = imageDirs;
     Window window = Platform.instance().createWindow("My Window", null);
     Widget myWidget = (new TextWidget()).textColor(0x40FF4000);
     myWidget.text = "Some strange text string. 1234567890";
diff --git a/src/dlangui/core/types.d b/src/dlangui/core/types.d
index 272ab323..411e98d4 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/core/types.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/core/types.d
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 module dlangui.core.types;
 
+import std.algorithm;
+
 struct Point {
     int x;
     int y;
@@ -136,3 +138,14 @@ wstring fromWStringz(const(wchar[]) s) {
 	return cast(wstring)(s[0..i].dup);
 }
 
+bool startsWith(string str, string prefix) {
+    if (str.length >= prefix.length)
+        return equal(str[0..prefix.length], prefix);
+    return false;
+}
+
+bool endsWith(string str, string suffix) {
+    if (str.length >= suffix.length)
+        return equal(str[$-suffix.length .. $], suffix);
+    return false;
+}
diff --git a/src/dlangui/graphics/drawbuf.d b/src/dlangui/graphics/drawbuf.d
index 0368aaaa..a571ac78 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/graphics/drawbuf.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/graphics/drawbuf.d
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 module dlangui.graphics.drawbuf;
 
 public import dlangui.core.types;
+import dlangui.core.logger;
 
 /// blend two RGB pixels using alpha
 uint blendARGB(uint dst, uint src, uint alpha) {
@@ -244,7 +245,7 @@ class ColorDrawBufBase : DrawBuf {
         int sd = src1 - src0;
         int[] res = new int[dd];
         for (int i = 0; i < dd; i++)
-            res[i] = src0 + i * dd / sd;
+            res[i] = src0 + i * sd / dd;
         return res;
     }
     /// draw source buffer rectangle contents to destination buffer rectangle applying rescaling
@@ -403,7 +404,7 @@ class ColorDrawBuf : ColorDrawBufBase {
     }
 }
 
-class Drawable {
+class Drawable : RefCountedObject {
     abstract void drawTo(DrawBuf buf, Rect rc, int tilex0 = 0, int tiley0 = 0);
     @property abstract int width();
     @property abstract int height();
@@ -465,3 +466,5 @@ class ImageDrawable : Drawable {
         }
     }
 }
+
+alias DrawableRef = Ref!Drawable;
diff --git a/src/dlangui/graphics/images.d b/src/dlangui/graphics/images.d
index 96d446a0..490ecab4 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/graphics/images.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/graphics/images.d
@@ -1,8 +1,10 @@
 module dlangui.graphics.images;
 
 import dlangui.core.logger;
+import dlangui.core.types;
 import dlangui.graphics.drawbuf;
 import std.stream;
+import std.file;
 import libpng.png;
 
 /// decoded image cache
@@ -72,6 +74,130 @@ class ImageCache {
     }
 }
 
+__gshared ImageCache _imageCache;
+/// image cache singleton
+@property ImageCache imageCache() { return _imageCache; }
+
+__gshared DrawableCache _drawableCache;
+/// drawable cache singleton
+@property DrawableCache drawableCache() { return _drawableCache; }
+
+static this() {
+    _imageCache = new ImageCache();
+    _drawableCache = new DrawableCache();
+}
+
+class DrawableCache {
+    static class DrawableCacheItem {
+        string _id;
+        string _filename;
+        bool _tiled;
+        bool _error;
+        bool _used;
+        DrawableRef _drawable;
+        this(string id, string filename, bool tiled) {
+            _id = id;
+            _filename = filename;
+            _tiled = tiled;
+            _error = filename is null;
+        }
+        /// remove from memory, will cause reload on next access
+        void compact() {
+            if (!_drawable.isNull)
+                _drawable.clear();
+        }
+        /// mark as not used
+        void checkpoint() {
+            _used = false;
+        }
+        /// cleanup if unused since last checkpoint
+        void cleanup() {
+            if (!_used)
+                compact();
+        }
+        @property ref DrawableRef drawable() {
+            _used = true;
+            if (!_drawable.isNull || _error)
+                return _drawable;
+            if (_filename !is null) {
+                // reload from file
+                DrawBufRef image = imageCache.get(_filename);
+                if (!image.isNull)
+                    _drawable = new ImageDrawable(image, _tiled);
+                else
+                    _error = true;
+            }
+            return _drawable;
+        }
+    }
+    void clear() {
+        _idToFileMap.clear();
+        foreach(DrawableCacheItem item; _idToDrawableMap)
+            item.drawable.clear();
+        _idToDrawableMap.clear();
+    }
+	// clear usage flags for all entries
+	void checkpoint() {
+        foreach (item; _idToDrawableMap)
+            item.checkpoint();
+    }
+	// removes entries not used after last call of checkpoint() or cleanup()
+	void cleanup() {
+        foreach (item; _idToDrawableMap)
+            item.cleanup();
+    }
+    string[] _resourcePaths;
+    string[string] _idToFileMap;
+    DrawableCacheItem[string] _idToDrawableMap;
+    ref DrawableRef get(string id) {
+        if (id in _idToDrawableMap)
+            return _idToDrawableMap[id].drawable;
+        string resourceId = id;
+        bool tiled = false;
+        if (id.endsWith(".tiled")) {
+            resourceId = id[0..$-6]; // remove .tiled
+            tiled = true;
+        }
+        string filename = findResource(resourceId);
+        DrawableCacheItem item = new DrawableCacheItem(id, filename, tiled);
+        _idToDrawableMap[id] = item;
+        return item.drawable;
+    }
+    @property string[] resourcePaths() {
+        return _resourcePaths;
+    }
+    @property void resourcePaths(string[] paths) {
+        _resourcePaths = paths;
+        clear();
+    }
+    string findResource(string id) {
+        if (id in _idToFileMap)
+            return _idToFileMap[id];
+        foreach(string path; _resourcePaths) {
+            char[] name = path.dup;
+            name ~= id;
+            name ~= ".png";
+            if (!exists(name)) {
+                name = path.dup;
+                name ~= id;
+                name ~= ".9.png";
+            }
+            if (exists(name) && isFile(name)) {
+                string filename = name.dup;
+                _idToFileMap[id] = filename;
+                return filename;
+            }
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+    this() {
+        Log.i("Creating DrawableCache");
+    }
+    ~this() {
+        Log.i("Destroying DrawableCache");
+    }
+}
+
 /// load and decode image from file to ColorDrawBuf, returns null if loading or decoding is failed
 ColorDrawBuf loadImage(string filename) {
     Log.d("Loading image from file " ~ filename);
diff --git a/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d b/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
index ad6f85a1..e5721139 100644
--- a/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
+++ b/src/dlangui/widgets/widget.d
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ module dlangui.widgets.widget;
 public import dlangui.core.types;
 public import dlangui.widgets.styles;
 public import dlangui.graphics.drawbuf;
+public import dlangui.graphics.images;
 public import dlangui.graphics.fonts;
 import dlangui.platforms.common.platform;
 
@@ -151,6 +152,9 @@ class Widget {
         applyPadding(rc);
         buf.fillRect(Rect(rc.left + rc.width / 2, rc.top, rc.left + rc.width / 2 + 2, rc.bottom), 0xFF8000);
         buf.fillRect(Rect(rc.left, rc.top + rc.height / 2, rc.right, rc.top + rc.height / 2 + 2), 0xFF80FF);
+        DrawableRef img = drawableCache.get("exit");
+        if (!img.isNull)
+            img.drawTo(buf, Rect(50, 50, 50+64, 50+64));
         _needDraw = false;
     }
     /// Applies alignment for content of size sz - set rectangle rc to aligned value of content inside of initial value of rc.