diff --git a/custom-variables.el b/custom-variables.el
index eb5a4cd..7ecd9bb 100644
--- a/custom-variables.el
+++ b/custom-variables.el
@@ -18,11 +18,13 @@
  '(display-time-interval 10)
  '(display-time-load-average-threshold 1.0)
  '(display-time-mode t)
+ '(ecb-create-layout-file "~/.emacs.d/ecb-user-layouts.el")
  '(ecb-layout-name "left13")
  '(ecb-options-version "2.40")
  '(ecb-primary-secondary-mouse-buttons (quote mouse-1--mouse-2))
  '(ecb-source-path (quote (("~/Projects" "Projects") ("~/.emacs.d" ".emacs.d") ("~/.dotfiles" ".dotfiles") ("~/src" "src") ("~/Projects/globaldev" "globaldev") ("~/Sites" "Sites") ("/Users/jimeh" "jimeh") ("/" "/"))))
  '(ecb-tip-of-the-day nil)
+ '(ecb-toggle-layout-sequence (quote ("left13" "user-left1")))
  '(ecb-windows-width 0.18)
  '(egg-enable-tooltip t)
  '(egg-git-command "git")
diff --git a/ecb-user-layouts.el b/ecb-user-layouts.el
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0aa4030
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ecb-user-layouts.el
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+;;; .ecb-user-layouts.el --- user defined ECB-layouts
+
+;; Copyright (C) 2001 - 2005 Jesper Nordenberg
+;; Copyright (C) 2001 - 2005 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
+;; Copyright (C) 2001 - 2005 Klaus Berndl <klaus.berndl@sdm.de>
+
+;; Author: Klaus Berndl <klaus.berndl@sdm.de>
+;; Maintainer: Klaus Berndl <klaus.berndl@sdm.de>
+;; Keywords: java, class, browser
+
+;; This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it
+;; under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free
+;; Software Foundation; either version 2, or (at your option) any later
+;; version.
+
+;; This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
+;; ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
+;; FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for
+;; more details.
+
+;; You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along
+;; with GNU Emacs; see the file COPYING. If not, write to the Free Software
+;; Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA.
+
+;;; Commentary:
+
+;; This file contains all user-defined ECB-layouts created by the command
+;; `ecb-create-new-layout'.
+
+;; !!! DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE MANUALLY - IT IS GENERATED BY ECB !!!
+
+(ecb-layout-define "user-left1" left nil
+  (if (fboundp (quote ecb-set-directories-buffer)) (ecb-set-directories-buffer) (ecb-set-default-ecb-buffer))
+  (dotimes (i 2) (other-window 1) (if (equal (selected-window) ecb-compile-window) (other-window 1)))
+  (ecb-split-ver 0.75 t)
+  (if (fboundp (quote ecb-set-directories-buffer)) (ecb-set-directories-buffer) (ecb-set-default-ecb-buffer))
+  (dotimes (i 1) (other-window 1) (if (equal (selected-window) ecb-compile-window) (other-window 1)))
+  (if (fboundp (quote ecb-set-methods-buffer)) (ecb-set-methods-buffer) (ecb-set-default-ecb-buffer))
+  (dotimes (i 2) (other-window 1) (if (equal (selected-window) ecb-compile-window) (other-window 1)))
+  (dotimes (i 2) (other-window 1) (if (equal (selected-window) ecb-compile-window) (other-window 1)))
+  )