diff --git a/src/lib.rs b/src/lib.rs
index cd6519f..fd7686c 100644
--- a/src/lib.rs
+++ b/src/lib.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 //! Bevy plugin which allows a camera to render to a terminal window.
 
 use std::{
-    fs::OpenOptions, io::{stdout, Write}, path::PathBuf, sync::{Arc, Mutex}
+    fs::OpenOptions, io::{stdout, Write}, path::PathBuf,
 };
 
 use bevy::{
@@ -18,7 +18,6 @@ use bevy_headless_render::HeadlessRenderPlugin;
 use color_eyre::config::HookBuilder;
 pub use crossterm;
 use crossterm::{event::{DisableMouseCapture, PopKeyboardEnhancementFlags}, terminal::{disable_raw_mode, LeaveAlternateScreen}, ExecutableCommand};
-use once_cell::sync::Lazy;
 pub use ratatui;
 
 /// Functions and types related to capture and display of world to terminal
@@ -30,8 +29,6 @@ pub mod input;
 /// Functions and types related to constructing and rendering TUI widgets
 pub mod widgets;
 
-static LOG_PATH: Lazy<Arc<Mutex<PathBuf>>> = Lazy::new(|| Arc::new(Mutex::new(PathBuf::default())));
-
 /// Plugin providing terminal display functionality
 pub struct TerminalDisplayPlugin {
     /// Path to redirect tracing logs to. Defaults to "debug.log"
@@ -48,19 +45,12 @@ impl Default for TerminalDisplayPlugin {
 
 impl Plugin for TerminalDisplayPlugin {
     fn build(&self, app: &mut App) {
-        *LOG_PATH
-            .lock()
-            .expect("Failed to get lock on log path mutex") = self.log_path.clone();
+        let log_path = self.log_path.clone();
         let log_file = OpenOptions::new()
             .write(true)
             .create(true)
             .truncate(true)
-            .open(
-                LOG_PATH
-                    .lock()
-                    .expect("Failed to get lock on log path mutex")
-                    .clone(),
-            )
+            .open(log_path)
             .unwrap();
         let file_layer = tracing_subscriber::fmt::Layer::new()
             .with_writer(log_file)
@@ -100,6 +90,7 @@ impl Plugin for TerminalDisplayPlugin {
         )
         .insert_resource(display::resources::Terminal::default())
         .insert_resource(input::resources::EventQueue::default())
+        .init_resource::<widgets::resources::FocusedWidget>()
         .add_event::<input::events::TerminalInputEvent>();
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/widgets/commands.rs b/src/widgets/commands.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e5ee614
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/widgets/commands.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+
+use super::resources::FocusedWidget;
+
+struct FocusWidgetCommand(Entity);
+
+impl Command for FocusWidgetCommand {
+    fn apply(self, world: &mut World) {
+        **world.resource_mut::<FocusedWidget>() = Some(self.0);
+    }
+}
+
+/// Command interface for manipulating terminal widget resources
+pub trait TerminalWidgetCommands {
+    /// Gives focus to the terminal widget on the provided entity.
+    fn focus_widget(&mut self, widget: Entity);
+}
+
+impl<'w, 's> TerminalWidgetCommands for Commands<'w,'s> {
+    fn focus_widget(&mut self, widget: Entity) {
+        self.queue(FocusWidgetCommand(widget));
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/widgets/mod.rs b/src/widgets/mod.rs
index 7751b2d..4435af8 100644
--- a/src/widgets/mod.rs
+++ b/src/widgets/mod.rs
@@ -7,9 +7,15 @@ use crate::input::events::TerminalInputEvent;
 /// Components for this module
 pub mod components;
 
+/// Resources for this module
+pub mod resources;
+
 /// Systems for this module
 pub(crate) mod systems;
 
+/// Commands for this module
+pub mod commands;
+
 /// Trait which defines an interface for terminal widgets
 pub trait TerminalWidget: DowncastSync {
     /// Called every frame to render the widget
diff --git a/src/widgets/resources.rs b/src/widgets/resources.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afecb7f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/widgets/resources.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+use bevy::prelude::*;
+
+#[derive(Resource, Default, Deref, DerefMut, Debug)]
+pub struct FocusedWidget(pub Option<Entity>);