diff --git a/glfont/font.go b/glfont/font.go
index c542d45..d578b35 100644
--- a/glfont/font.go
+++ b/glfont/font.go
@@ -4,8 +4,8 @@ import (
 	"fmt"
 	"image"
 	"image/draw"
+	"io"
 	"math"
-	"os"
 
 	"github.com/go-gl/gl/all-core/gl"
 	"github.com/golang/freetype"
@@ -36,12 +36,7 @@ type color struct {
 }
 
 //LoadFont loads the specified font at the given scale.
-func LoadFont(file string, scale float32, windowWidth int, windowHeight int) (*Font, error) {
-	fd, err := os.Open(file)
-	if err != nil {
-		return nil, err
-	}
-	defer fd.Close()
+func LoadFont(reader io.Reader, scale float32, windowWidth int, windowHeight int) (*Font, error) {
 
 	// Configure the default font vertex and fragment shaders
 	program, err := newProgram(vertexFontShader, fragmentFontShader)
@@ -56,7 +51,7 @@ func LoadFont(file string, scale float32, windowWidth int, windowHeight int) (*F
 	resUniform := gl.GetUniformLocation(program, gl.Str("resolution\x00"))
 	gl.Uniform2f(resUniform, float32(windowWidth), float32(windowHeight))
 
-	return LoadTrueTypeFont(program, fd, scale)
+	return LoadTrueTypeFont(program, reader, scale)
 }
 
 //SetColor allows you to set the text color to be used when you draw the text
diff --git a/gui/gui.go b/gui/gui.go
index ee0767e..aa0cac1 100644
--- a/gui/gui.go
+++ b/gui/gui.go
@@ -1,10 +1,12 @@
 package gui
 
 import (
+	"bytes"
 	"fmt"
 	"runtime"
 	"time"
 
+	"github.com/gobuffalo/packr"
 	"github.com/liamg/raft/glfont"
 
 	"github.com/go-gl/gl/all-core/gl"
@@ -121,7 +123,7 @@ func (gui *GUI) Render() error {
 	gl.BindFragDataLocation(program, 0, gl.Str("outColour\x00"))
 
 	gui.logger.Debugf("Loading font...")
-	if err := gui.loadFont("./fonts/Hack-Regular.ttf"); err != nil {
+	if err := gui.loadDefaultFont(); err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("Failed to load font: %s", err)
 	}
 
@@ -244,8 +246,15 @@ func (gui *GUI) Render() error {
 
 }
 
-func (gui *GUI) loadFont(path string) error {
-	font, err := glfont.LoadFont(path, gui.fontScale, gui.width, gui.height)
+func (gui *GUI) loadDefaultFont() error {
+
+	box := packr.NewBox("./packed-fonts")
+	fontBytes, err := box.MustBytes("Hack-Regular.ttf")
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("Packaged font could not be read: %s", err)
+	}
+
+	font, err := glfont.LoadFont(bytes.NewReader(fontBytes), gui.fontScale, gui.width, gui.height)
 	if err != nil {
 		return fmt.Errorf("LoadFont: %v", err)
 	}
diff --git a/fonts/Hack-Regular.ttf b/gui/packed-fonts/Hack-Regular.ttf
similarity index 100%
rename from fonts/Hack-Regular.ttf
rename to gui/packed-fonts/Hack-Regular.ttf