diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5514081..1f2f5ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -85,3 +85,4 @@
 Assets/Scripts/Primitives/Bezier.cs.meta
 Assets/Scripts/Car/Route.cs.meta
 Assets/Scripts/Buttons/SaveStructs.cs.meta
+Assets/Scripts/Buttons/LoadButton.cs.meta

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5514081..1f2f5ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -85,3 +85,4 @@
 Assets/Scripts/Primitives/Bezier.cs.meta
 Assets/Scripts/Car/Route.cs.meta
 Assets/Scripts/Buttons/SaveStructs.cs.meta
+Assets/Scripts/Buttons/LoadButton.cs.meta
diff --git a/Assets/Scenes/SampleScene.unity b/Assets/Scenes/SampleScene.unity
index 222795d..dfa40a3 100644
--- a/Assets/Scenes/SampleScene.unity
+++ b/Assets/Scenes/SampleScene.unity
@@ -1822,12 +1822,10 @@
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   m_EditorHideFlags: 0
-  m_Script: {fileID: 11500000, guid: 93424ce963983d1449cd639ba857d364, type: 3}
+  m_Script: {fileID: 11500000, guid: cd94c0a758450494face61652a276f18, type: 3}
   m_Name: 
   m_EditorClassIdentifier: 
   config: {fileID: 128843415}
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diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 5514081..1f2f5ec 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -85,3 +85,4 @@
 Assets/Scripts/Primitives/Bezier.cs.meta
 Assets/Scripts/Car/Route.cs.meta
 Assets/Scripts/Buttons/SaveStructs.cs.meta
+Assets/Scripts/Buttons/LoadButton.cs.meta
diff --git a/Assets/Scenes/SampleScene.unity b/Assets/Scenes/SampleScene.unity
index 222795d..dfa40a3 100644
--- a/Assets/Scenes/SampleScene.unity
+++ b/Assets/Scenes/SampleScene.unity
@@ -1822,12 +1822,10 @@
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-  m_Script: {fileID: 11500000, guid: 93424ce963983d1449cd639ba857d364, type: 3}
+  m_Script: {fileID: 11500000, guid: cd94c0a758450494face61652a276f18, type: 3}
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diff --git a/Assets/Scripts/Buttons/LoadButton.cs b/Assets/Scripts/Buttons/LoadButton.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2724452
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Assets/Scripts/Buttons/LoadButton.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using UnityEngine;
+using UnityEngine.EventSystems;
+using System;
+using UnityEditor;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Text;
+
+
+public class LoadButton : MonoBehaviour, IPointerDownHandler {
+    public Config config;
+
+    public void OnPointerDown(PointerEventData eventData) {
+        config.onClick();
+        string filePath = EditorUtility.OpenFilePanel("Open a road network", "", "json");
+        if (filePath.Length == 0) {
+            return;
+        }
+        // todo: clear scene of all currently build nodes and roads and ensure Config.roadNetwork is empty
+        string fileContent = File.ReadAllText(filePath);
+        SaveStruct saveData = JsonUtility.FromJson<SaveStruct>(fileContent);
+        // todo: put the saved nodes and nodes into the world
+        print(saveData.nodes.Count);
+    }
+}