diff --git a/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/NinePatch/NinePatchImporter.cs b/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/NinePatch/NinePatchImporter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cb6392f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/NinePatch/NinePatchImporter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline.NinePatch
+{
+    [ContentImporter(".9p", DisplayName = "Nine Patch Importer")]
+    internal class NinePatchImporter : ContentImporter<NinePatchData>
+    {
+        public override NinePatchData Import(string filename, ContentImporterContext context)
+        {
+            NinePatchData data;
+            using (StreamReader stream = new StreamReader(filename))
+            {
+                data = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<NinePatchData>(stream.ReadToEnd());
+            }
+            context.AddDependency(data.textureName);
+            return data;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/NinePatch/NinePatchProcessor.cs b/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/NinePatch/NinePatchProcessor.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b7688c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/NinePatch/NinePatchProcessor.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
+using System.IO.Compression;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline.NinePatch
+{
+    [ContentImporter(DisplayName = "Nine Patch Importer")]
+    class NinePatchProcessor : ContentProcessor<NinePatchData, byte[]>
+    {
+        public override byte[] Process(NinePatchData input, ContentProcessorContext context)
+        {
+            string serialized = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(input);
+            return Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(serialized);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/NinePatch/NinePatchWriter.cs b/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/NinePatch/NinePatchWriter.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e6fc05d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/NinePatch/NinePatchWriter.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline;
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline.Serialization.Compiler;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline.NinePatch
+{
+    [ContentTypeWriter]
+    class NinePatchWriter : ContentTypeWriter<byte[]>
+    {
+        public override string GetRuntimeReader(TargetPlatform targetPlatform)
+        {
+            return "RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline, NinePatchDataReader";
+        }
+
+        protected override void Write(ContentWriter output, byte[] value)
+        {
+            output.Write(value.Length);
+            output.Write(value);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline.csproj b/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline.csproj
index b81b0bc..2691450 100644
--- a/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline.csproj
+++ b/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline.csproj
@@ -50,7 +50,10 @@
     <Reference Include="System.Xml" />
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Include="NinePatch\NinePatchImporter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="NinePatch\NinePatchData.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="NinePatch\NinePatchProcessor.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="NinePatch\NinePatchWriter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TextureAtlas\TextureAtlasWriter.cs" />
     <Compile Include="TextureAtlas\TextureAtlasImporter.cs" />
diff --git a/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/TextureAtlas/TextureAtlasImporter.cs b/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/TextureAtlas/TextureAtlasImporter.cs
index 05f1577..17f0d13 100644
--- a/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/TextureAtlas/TextureAtlasImporter.cs
+++ b/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/TextureAtlas/TextureAtlasImporter.cs
@@ -1,13 +1,6 @@
 using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content.Pipeline;
-using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Graphics;
 using Newtonsoft.Json;
-using System;
-using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.IO;
-using System.Linq;
-using System.Text;
-using System.Threading.Tasks;
-using System.Xml.Serialization;
 
 namespace RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline.TextureAtlas
 {
diff --git a/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/TextureAtlas/TextureAtlasProcessor.cs b/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/TextureAtlas/TextureAtlasProcessor.cs
index 2f03dd6..94b0f2d 100644
--- a/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/TextureAtlas/TextureAtlasProcessor.cs
+++ b/RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline/TextureAtlas/TextureAtlasProcessor.cs
@@ -18,17 +18,7 @@ namespace RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline.TextureAtlas
         public override byte[] Process(TextureAtlasData input, ContentProcessorContext context)
         {
             string serialized = JsonConvert.SerializeObject(input);
-            byte[] bytes = Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(serialized);
-
-            using (MemoryStream outStream = new MemoryStream())
-            {
-                using (GZipStream gZipStream = new GZipStream(outStream, CompressionLevel.Optimal))
-                {
-                    gZipStream.Write(bytes, 0, bytes.Length);
-                    byte[] compressed = outStream.ToArray();
-                    return compressed;
-                }
-            }
+            return Encoding.UTF8.GetBytes(serialized);
         }
     }
 }
diff --git a/RecrownedAthenaeum/Pipeline/NinePatchDataReader.cs b/RecrownedAthenaeum/Pipeline/NinePatchDataReader.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..506de21
--- /dev/null
+++ b/RecrownedAthenaeum/Pipeline/NinePatchDataReader.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+using Microsoft.Xna.Framework.Content;
+using Newtonsoft.Json;
+using RecrownedAthenaeum.DataTypes;
+using System;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.Linq;
+using System.Text;
+using System.Threading.Tasks;
+
+namespace RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline
+{
+    class NinePatchDataReader : ContentTypeReader<DataTypes.NinePatch>
+    {
+        protected override DataTypes.NinePatch Read(ContentReader input, DataTypes.NinePatch existingInstance)
+        {
+            int length = input.ReadInt32();
+            byte[] bytes = input.ReadBytes(length);
+
+            return JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<DataTypes.NinePatch>(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes));
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/RecrownedAthenaeum/Pipeline/TextureAtlasDataReader.cs b/RecrownedAthenaeum/Pipeline/TextureAtlasDataReader.cs
index 1d05c1a..7ef1b5f 100644
--- a/RecrownedAthenaeum/Pipeline/TextureAtlasDataReader.cs
+++ b/RecrownedAthenaeum/Pipeline/TextureAtlasDataReader.cs
@@ -19,20 +19,8 @@ namespace RecrownedAthenaeum.Pipeline
         protected override DataTypes.TextureAtlas Read(ContentReader input, DataTypes.TextureAtlas existingInstance)
         {
             int length = input.ReadInt32();
-            byte[] compressedBytes = input.ReadBytes(length);
-            byte[] decompressedBytes;
-            using (MemoryStream inStream = new MemoryStream(compressedBytes))
-            {
-                using (GZipStream gZStream = new GZipStream(inStream, CompressionLevel.Optimal))
-                {
-                    using (MemoryStream outStream = new MemoryStream())
-                    {
-                        gZStream.CopyTo(outStream);
-                        decompressedBytes = outStream.ToArray();
-                    }
-                }
-            }
-            TextureAtlasData atlasData = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<TextureAtlasData>(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(decompressedBytes));
+            byte[] bytes = input.ReadBytes(length);
+            TextureAtlasData atlasData = JsonConvert.DeserializeObject<TextureAtlasData>(Encoding.UTF8.GetString(bytes));
 
             DataTypes.TextureAtlas atlas;
             Texture2D atlasTexture = input.ContentManager.Load<Texture2D>(atlasData.textureName);
diff --git a/RecrownedAthenaeum/RecrownedAthenaeum.csproj b/RecrownedAthenaeum/RecrownedAthenaeum.csproj
index 4e2707d..0f2e93b 100644
--- a/RecrownedAthenaeum/RecrownedAthenaeum.csproj
+++ b/RecrownedAthenaeum/RecrownedAthenaeum.csproj
@@ -63,6 +63,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Input\InputUtilities.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ParticleSystem\Particle.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Persistence\PreferencesManager.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Pipeline\NinePatchDataReader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Pipeline\TextureAtlasDataReader.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Properties\AssemblyInfo.cs" />
     <Compile Include="ScreenSystem\ITransition.cs" />