diff --git a/web/TiledHome.ts b/web/TiledHome.ts
--- a/web/TiledHome.ts
+++ b/web/TiledHome.ts
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import { createRoot } from "react-dom/cl
 import { getTopGraph } from "./RdfdbSyncedGraph";
 import { SyncedGraph } from "./SyncedGraph";
 import { Patch } from "./patch";
+import { SimpleLayout, fullLayout, persistedLayout, simpleLayout } from "./tiledLayoutPersistence";
 import { NamedNode } from "n3";
 export { RdfdbSyncedGraph } from "./RdfdbSyncedGraph";
 export { Light9CollectorUi } from "./collector/Light9CollectorUi";
@@ -21,22 +22,7 @@ const config: FlexLayout.IJsonModel = {
     tabEnableRename: false,
   },
   borders: [],
-  layout: {
-    type: "row",
-    weight: 100,
-    children: [
-      {
-        type: "tabset",
-        weight: 50,
-        children: [{ type: "tab", name: "devsettings", component: "light9-device-settings" }],
-      },
-      {
-        type: "tabset",
-        weight: 50,
-        children: [{ type: "tab", name: "collector", component: "light9-collector-ui" }],
-      },
-    ],
-  },
+  layout: fullLayout(persistedLayout) as FlexLayout.IJsonRowNode,
 };
 
 // see https://github.com/lit/lit/tree/main/packages/labs/react
@@ -73,8 +59,40 @@ export class Light9HomeStatus extends Li
     super();
     getTopGraph().then((g) => {
       this.graph = g;
+      runHandlerAfterGraphLoads(this.graph, this.homeLayout.bind(this), "homeLayout");
     });
   }
+  homeLayout(patch?: Patch) {
+    const U = this.graph.U();
+    const s = U(":homeLayout");
+    const p = U(":config");
+    let cfg;
+
+    try {
+      cfg = this.graph.stringValue(s, p);
+    } catch (e) {
+      const ctx = new NamedNode(showRoot + "/homeLayout");
+      log(`no config in graph- adding one to `, ctx);
+      cfg = JSON.stringify(persistedLayout);
+      this.graph.patchObject(s, p, this.graph.Literal(cfg), ctx);
+    }
+    const fl = fullLayout(JSON.parse(cfg) as SimpleLayout);
+    log("got config", fl);
+  }
+}
+
+function runHandlerAfterGraphLoads(graph: SyncedGraph, handler: HandlerFunc, label: string) {
+  let patchesSeen = 0;
+  const wrapHandler = (patch?: Patch) => {
+    patchesSeen += 1;
+    if (patchesSeen == 2) {
+      handler(patch);
+    } else {
+      graph.objects(null, null);
+    }
+  };
+
+  graph.runHandler(wrapHandler, label);
 }
 
 const root = createRoot(document.getElementById("container")!);