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diff --git a/src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.module.css b/src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.module.css
index f2f90c7..5983702 100644
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.module.css
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/VisProg.module.css
@@ -40,6 +40,14 @@
     align-items: center;
 }
 
+.save-load-panel {
+    outline: 2.5pt solid black;
+    border-radius: 0 0 5pt 5pt;
+    border-color: dimgrey;
+    background-color: canvas;
+    align-items: center;
+}
+
 .dnd-node-container {
     background-color: canvas;
     justify-content: center;
diff --git a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.tsx b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.tsx
index 383f72c..af359a6 100644
--- a/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.tsx
+++ b/src/pages/VisProgPage/visualProgrammingUI/components/DragDropSidebar.tsx
@@ -131,18 +131,38 @@ export function DndToolbar() {
   );
 
   return (
-    <div className={`flex-col gap-lg padding-md ${styles.innerDndPanel}`}>
-      <div className="description">
-        You can drag these nodes to the pane to create new nodes.
+    
+    
+    <div>
+      <div className={`flex-col gap-lg padding-md ${styles.saveLoadPanel }`}>
+        <div className="description">
+          You can save and load your graph here.
+        </div>
+        <div className={`flex-row gap-lg ${styles.dndNodeContainer}`}>
+          <DraggableNode className={styles.draggableNodePhase} nodeType="phase" onDrop={handleNodeDrop}>
+            Save Graph
+          </DraggableNode>
+          <DraggableNode className={styles.draggableNodeNorm} nodeType="norm" onDrop={handleNodeDrop}>
+            Load Graph
+          </DraggableNode>
+        </div>
       </div>
-      <div className={`flex-row gap-lg ${styles.dndNodeContainer}`}>
-        <DraggableNode className={styles.draggableNodePhase} nodeType="phase" onDrop={handleNodeDrop}>
-          phase Node
-        </DraggableNode>
-        <DraggableNode className={styles.draggableNodeNorm} nodeType="norm" onDrop={handleNodeDrop}>
-          norm Node
-        </DraggableNode>
+
+      <div className={`flex-col gap-lg padding-md ${styles.innerDndPanel}`}>
+        <div className="description">
+          You can drag these nodes to the pane to create new nodes.
+        </div>
+        <div className={`flex-row gap-lg ${styles.dndNodeContainer}`}>
+          <DraggableNode className={styles.draggableNodePhase} nodeType="phase" onDrop={handleNodeDrop}>
+            phase Node
+          </DraggableNode>
+          <DraggableNode className={styles.draggableNodeNorm} nodeType="norm" onDrop={handleNodeDrop}>
+            norm Node
+          </DraggableNode>
+        </div>
       </div>
+
+      
     </div>
   );
 }
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