diff --git a/gui_support/app/EDFMSimulatorGuide.m b/gui_support/app/EDFMSimulatorGuide.m
index 7d308ad..088b5ad 100644
--- a/gui_support/app/EDFMSimulatorGuide.m
+++ b/gui_support/app/EDFMSimulatorGuide.m
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ if nargin > 0 && ischar(varargin{1})
 end
 
 startup;
-handles = createEDFMSimulatorGuideLayout();
+handles = loadOrCreateGuideLayout();
 fig = handles.UIFigure;
 app = EDFMGuideApp(handles);
 app.Controller = EDFMAppController(app);
@@ -25,6 +25,17 @@ if nargout > 0
 end
 end
 
+function handles = loadOrCreateGuideLayout()
+figFile = fullfile(fileparts(mfilename('fullpath')), 'EDFMSimulatorGuide.fig');
+if exist(figFile, 'file') == 2
+    fig = openfig(figFile, 'reuse', 'invisible');
+    handles = guihandles(fig);
+    handles.UIFigure = fig;
+else
+    handles = createEDFMSimulatorGuideLayout();
+end
+end
+
 function configureGuideCallbacks(app, fig)
 app.NewConfigButton.ButtonPushedFcn = @(src, event) onNewConfig(fig);
 app.LoadTemplateButton.ButtonPushedFcn = @(src, event) onLoadTemplate(fig);
diff --git a/gui_support/app/build_edfm_guide_fig.m b/gui_support/app/build_edfm_guide_fig.m
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3938529
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui_support/app/build_edfm_guide_fig.m
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+function figPath = build_edfm_guide_fig(figPath)
+%BUILD_EDFM_GUIDE_FIG Generate an editable GUIDE FIG file for MATLAB R2022a.
+%   FIGPATH = BUILD_EDFM_GUIDE_FIG() creates EDFMSimulatorGuide.fig next to
+%   EDFMSimulatorGuide.m. Open the generated FIG with GUIDE to inspect or
+%   adjust the converted drag-and-drop style layout.
+
+if nargin < 1 || strlength(string(figPath)) == 0
+    figPath = fullfile(fileparts(mfilename('fullpath')), 'EDFMSimulatorGuide.fig');
+end
+
+startup;
+handles = createEDFMSimulatorGuideLayout();
+fig = handles.UIFigure;
+set(fig, 'Visible', 'off');
+savefig(fig, figPath);
+close(fig);
+end