diff --git a/cyberarm_engine.gemspec b/cyberarm_engine.gemspec
index 5a4b1a9..1ff25fc 100644
--- a/cyberarm_engine.gemspec
+++ b/cyberarm_engine.gemspec
@@ -27,7 +27,6 @@ Gem::Specification.new do |spec|
   spec.executables   = spec.files.grep(%r{^exe/}) { |f| File.basename(f) }
   spec.require_paths = %w[lib assets]
 
-  spec.add_dependency "clipboard", "~> 1.3"
   spec.add_dependency "excon", "~> 0.88"
   spec.add_dependency "gosu", "~> 1.1"
   spec.add_dependency "gosu_more_drawables", "~> 0.3"
diff --git a/lib/cyberarm_engine.rb b/lib/cyberarm_engine.rb
index f56f080..e24ff41 100644
--- a/lib/cyberarm_engine.rb
+++ b/lib/cyberarm_engine.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@ end
 require "json"
 require "excon"
 require "gosu_more_drawables"
-require "clipboard"
 
 require_relative "cyberarm_engine/version"
 require_relative "cyberarm_engine/stats"
diff --git a/lib/cyberarm_engine/text.rb b/lib/cyberarm_engine/text.rb
index 1853090..e632088 100644
--- a/lib/cyberarm_engine/text.rb
+++ b/lib/cyberarm_engine/text.rb
@@ -22,19 +22,21 @@ module CyberarmEngine
       else
         @color = Gosu::Color::WHITE
       end
-      @mode     = options[:mode]      || :default
+      @mode      = options[:mode]      || :default
       @alignment = options[:alignment] || nil
 
       @border   = options[:border]
       @border   = true if options[:border].nil?
       @border_size = options[:border_size] || 1
       @border_alpha = options[:border_alpha] || 30
-      @border_color = options[:border_color]
+      @border_color = options[:border_color] || Gosu::Color::BLACK
 
       @shadow = options[:shadow]
       @shadow_size = options[:shadow_size] || 2
       @shadow_alpha = options[:shadow_alpha] || 30
-      @shadow_color = options[:shadow_color]
+      @shadow_color = options[:shadow_color] || Gosu::Color::BLACK
+
+      @static = options[:static] || (options[:static].nil? || options[:static] == false ? false : true)
 
       @textobject = check_cache(@size, @font)
 
@@ -84,46 +86,49 @@ module CyberarmEngine
     end
 
     def text=(string)
-      @rendered_border = nil
+      invalidate_cache! if @text != string
       @text = string
     end
 
     def factor_x=(n)
-      @rendered_border = nil
+      invalidate_cache! if @factor_x != n
       @factor_x = n
     end
 
     def factor_y=(n)
-      @rendered_border = nil
+      invalidate_cache! if @factor_y != n
       @factor_y = n
     end
 
     def color=(color)
-      @rendered_border = nil
+      old_color = @color
+
       if color
         @color = color.is_a?(Gosu::Color) ? color : Gosu::Color.new(color)
       else
         raise "color cannot be nil"
       end
+
+      invalidate_cache! if old_color != color
     end
 
     def border=(boolean)
-      @rendered_border = nil
+      invalidate_cache! if @border != boolean
       @border = boolean
     end
 
     def border_size=(n)
-      @rendered_border = nil
+      invalidate_cache! if @border_size != n
       @border_size = n
     end
 
     def border_alpha=(n)
-      @rendered_border = nil
+      invalidate_cache! if @border_alpha != n
       @border_alpha = n
     end
 
     def border_color=(n)
-      @rendered_border = nil
+      invalidate_cache! if @border_color != n
       @border_color = n
     end
 
@@ -132,11 +137,27 @@ module CyberarmEngine
     end
 
     def text_width(text = @text)
-      textobject.text_width(text) + @border_size + @shadow_size
+      spacing = 0
+      spacing += @border_size if @border
+      spacing += @shadow_size if @shadow
+
+      if text == @text && @static && @gosu_cached_text_image
+        @gosu_cached_text_image&.width + spacing
+      else
+        textobject.text_width(text) + spacing
+      end
     end
 
     def markup_width(text = @text)
-      textobject.markup_width(text) + @border_size + @shadow_size
+      spacing = 0
+      spacing += @border_size if @border
+      spacing += @shadow_size if @shadow
+
+      if text == @text && @static && @gosu_cached_text_image
+        @gosu_cached_text_image&.width + spacing
+      else
+        textobject.markup_width(text) + spacing
+      end
     end
 
     def height(text = @text)
@@ -148,39 +169,72 @@ module CyberarmEngine
     end
 
     def draw(method = :draw_markup)
-      if @border && !ARGV.join.include?("--no-border")
-        border_alpha = @color.alpha <= 30 ? @color.alpha : @border_alpha
-        border_color = @border_color || Gosu::Color.rgba(@color.red, @color.green, @color.blue,
-                                                         border_alpha)
-        white = Gosu::Color::WHITE
+      if @static
+        if @border && !@cached_text_border_image
+          _x = @border_size
+          _y = @border_size
+          _width = method == :draw_markup ? text_width : markup_width
+          img = Gosu::Image.send(:"from_#{method.to_s.split("_").last}", @text, @size, font: @font)
 
-        _x = @border_size
-        _y = @border_size
-        _width = method == :draw_markup ? text_width : markup_width
+          @cached_text_border_image = Gosu.render((_width + (@border_size * 2)).ceil, (height + (@border_size * 2)).ceil) do
+            img.draw(-_x, 0, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, @border_color, @mode)
+            img.draw(-_x, -_y, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, @border_color, @mode)
 
-        @rendered_border ||= Gosu.render((_width + (border_size * 2)).ceil, (height + (@border_size * 2)).ceil) do
-          @textobject.send(method, @text, _x - @border_size, _y, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
-          @textobject.send(method, @text, _x - @border_size, _y - @border_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
+            img.draw(0, -_y, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, @border_color, @mode)
+            img.draw(_x, -_y, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, @border_color, @mode)
 
-          @textobject.send(method, @text, _x, _y - @border_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
-          @textobject.send(method, @text, _x + @border_size, _y - @border_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
+            img.draw(_x, 0, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, @border_color, @mode)
+            img.draw(_x, _y, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, @border_color, @mode)
 
-          @textobject.send(method, @text, _x, _y + @border_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
-          @textobject.send(method, @text, _x - @border_size, _y + @border_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
-
-          @textobject.send(method, @text, _x + @border_size, _y, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
-          @textobject.send(method, @text, _x + @border_size, _y + @border_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
+            img.draw(0, _y, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, @border_color, @mode)
+            img.draw(-_x, _y, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, @border_color, @mode)
+          end
         end
 
-        @rendered_border.draw(@x - @border_size, @y - @border_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, border_color)
-      end
+        @cached_text_shadow_image ||= Gosu::Image.send(:"from_#{method.to_s.split("_").last}", @text, @size, font: @font) if @shadow
 
-      if @shadow
-        shadow_color = @shadow_color || Gosu::Color.rgba(@color.red, @color.green, @color.blue, @shadow_alpha)
-        @textobject.send(method, @text, @x + @shadow_size, @y + @shadow_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, shadow_color, @mode)
-      end
+        @gosu_cached_text_image ||= Gosu::Image.send(:"from_#{method.to_s.split("_").last}", @text, @size, font: @font)
 
-      @textobject.send(method, @text, @x, @y, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, @color, @mode)
+        @cached_text_border_image.draw(@x, @y, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, @border_color, @mode) if @border
+
+        @cached_text_shadow_image.draw(@x + @shadow_size, @y + @shadow_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, @shadow_color, @mode) if @shadow
+
+        @gosu_cached_text_image.draw(@x, @y, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, @color, @mode)
+      else
+        if @border && !ARGV.join.include?("--no-border")
+          border_alpha = @color.alpha <= 30 ? @color.alpha : @border_alpha
+          border_color = @border_color || Gosu::Color.rgba(@color.red, @color.green, @color.blue,
+                                                          border_alpha)
+          white = Gosu::Color::WHITE
+
+          _x = @border_size
+          _y = @border_size
+          _width = method == :draw_markup ? text_width : markup_width
+
+          @cached_text_border_image ||= Gosu.render((_width + (border_size * 2)).ceil, (height + (@border_size * 2)).ceil) do
+            @textobject.send(method, @text, _x - @border_size, _y, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
+            @textobject.send(method, @text, _x - @border_size, _y - @border_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
+
+            @textobject.send(method, @text, _x, _y - @border_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
+            @textobject.send(method, @text, _x + @border_size, _y - @border_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
+
+            @textobject.send(method, @text, _x, _y + @border_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
+            @textobject.send(method, @text, _x - @border_size, _y + @border_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
+
+            @textobject.send(method, @text, _x + @border_size, _y, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
+            @textobject.send(method, @text, _x + @border_size, _y + @border_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, white, @mode)
+          end
+
+          @cached_text_border_image.draw(@x - @border_size, @y - @border_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, border_color)
+        end
+
+        if @shadow
+          shadow_color = @shadow_color || Gosu::Color.rgba(@color.red, @color.green, @color.blue, @shadow_alpha)
+          @textobject.send(method, @text, @x + @shadow_size, @y + @shadow_size, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, shadow_color, @mode)
+        end
+
+        @textobject.send(method, @text, @x, @y, @z, @factor_x, @factor_y, @color, @mode)
+      end
     end
 
     def alpha=(n)
@@ -193,5 +247,11 @@ module CyberarmEngine
 
     def update
     end
+
+    def invalidate_cache!
+      @cached_text_border_image = nil
+      @cached_text_shadow_image = nil
+      @gosu_cached_text_image = nil
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/lib/cyberarm_engine/ui/elements/edit_line.rb b/lib/cyberarm_engine/ui/elements/edit_line.rb
index 665998d..3abab84 100644
--- a/lib/cyberarm_engine/ui/elements/edit_line.rb
+++ b/lib/cyberarm_engine/ui/elements/edit_line.rb
@@ -1,6 +1,20 @@
 module CyberarmEngine
   class Element
     class EditLine < Button
+      class TextInput < Gosu::TextInput
+        def filter=(filter)
+          @filter = filter
+        end
+
+        def filter(text_in)
+          if @filter
+            @filter.call(text_in)
+          else
+            text_in
+          end
+        end
+      end
+
       def initialize(text, options = {}, block = nil)
         @filter = options.delete(:filter)
         super(text, options, block)
@@ -14,18 +28,11 @@ module CyberarmEngine
         @caret_last_interval = Gosu.milliseconds
         @show_caret = true
 
-        @text_input = Gosu::TextInput.new
+        @text_input = TextInput.new
+        @text_input.filter = @filter
         @text_input.text = text
         @last_text_value = text
 
-        if @filter && @filter.respond_to?(:call)
-          @text_input.instance_variable_set(:@filter, @filter)
-
-          def @text_input.filter(text_in)
-            @filter.call(text_in)
-          end
-        end
-
         @offset_x = 0
         @offset_y = 0
 
@@ -98,20 +105,20 @@ module CyberarmEngine
             @text_input.caret_pos = @text_input.text.length
 
           when Gosu::KB_C
-            if @text_input.selection_start < @text_input.caret_pos
-              Clipboard.copy(@text_input.text[@text_input.selection_start...@text_input.caret_pos])
-            else
-              Clipboard.copy(@text_input.text[@text_input.caret_pos...@text_input.selection_start])
-            end
+            Gosu.clipboard = if @text_input.selection_start < @text_input.caret_pos
+                               @text_input.text[@text_input.selection_start...@text_input.caret_pos]
+                             else
+                               @text_input.text[@text_input.caret_pos...@text_input.selection_start]
+                             end
 
           when Gosu::KB_X
             chars = @text_input.text.chars
 
             if @text_input.selection_start < @text_input.caret_pos
-              Clipboard.copy(@text_input.text[@text_input.selection_start...@text_input.caret_pos])
+              Gosu.clipboard = @text_input.text[@text_input.selection_start...@text_input.caret_pos]
               chars.slice!(@text_input.selection_start, @text_input.caret_pos)
             else
-              Clipboard.copy(@text_input.text[@text_input.caret_pos...@text_input.selection_start])
+              Gosu.clipboard = @text_input.text[@text_input.caret_pos...@text_input.selection_start]
               chars.slice!(@text_input.caret_pos, @text_input.selection_start)
             end
 
@@ -119,10 +126,9 @@ module CyberarmEngine
 
           when Gosu::KB_V
             if instance_of?(EditLine) # EditLine assumes a single line of text
-              @text_input.text = @text_input.text.insert(@text_input.caret_pos,
-                                                         Clipboard.paste.encode("UTF-8").gsub("\n", ""))
+              @text_input.insert_text(Gosu.clipboard.encode("UTF-8").gsub("\n", ""))
             else
-              @text_input.text = @text_input.text.insert(@text_input.caret_pos, Clipboard.paste.encode("UTF-8"))
+              @text_input.insert_text(Gosu.clipboard.encode("UTF-8"))
             end
           end
         end
@@ -180,7 +186,7 @@ module CyberarmEngine
         if @type == :password
           @text.x + @text.width(default(:password_character) * @text_input.text[0...@text_input.send(method)].length)
         else
-          @text.x + @text.width(@text_input.text[0...@text_input.send(method)])
+          @text.x + @text.width(@text_input.text[0...@text_input.send(method)]) - @style.border_thickness_left
         end
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/cyberarm_engine/ui/elements/text_block.rb b/lib/cyberarm_engine/ui/elements/text_block.rb
index aae0b4b..d24c03d 100644
--- a/lib/cyberarm_engine/ui/elements/text_block.rb
+++ b/lib/cyberarm_engine/ui/elements/text_block.rb
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ module CyberarmEngine
         @text = Text.new(
           text, font: @options[:font], z: @z, color: @options[:color],
                 size: @options[:text_size], shadow: @options[:text_shadow],
+                static: @options[:text_static],
                 shadow_size: @options[:text_shadow_size],
                 shadow_color: @options[:text_shadow_color],
                 border: @options[:text_border],
@@ -64,6 +65,10 @@ module CyberarmEngine
           end
         end
 
+        if is_a?(Button)
+          @text.y = @y + height / 2 - @text.height / 2
+        end
+
         update_background
       end
 
diff --git a/lib/cyberarm_engine/ui/theme.rb b/lib/cyberarm_engine/ui/theme.rb
index 2b420ad..b5fc300 100644
--- a/lib/cyberarm_engine/ui/theme.rb
+++ b/lib/cyberarm_engine/ui/theme.rb
@@ -102,7 +102,8 @@ module CyberarmEngine
         caret_color: Gosu::Color::WHITE,
         caret_interval: 500,
         selection_color: Gosu::Color.rgba(255, 128, 50, 200),
-        text_align: :left
+        text_align: :left,
+        text_static: false # static text causes issues correctly displaying caret position
       },
 
       Image: { # < Element