diff --git a/app/react/components/devtools.module.css b/app/react/components/devtools.module.css
index 4ee7f58..c136358 100644
--- a/app/react/components/devtools.module.css
+++ b/app/react/components/devtools.module.css
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 .devtools {
   background-color: #444444;
   color: white;
+  font-size: 24px;
   height: 100%;
   overflow: hidden;
   width: 100%;
 }
 
 .devtools form {
+  &, & * {
+    font-size: 100%;
+  }
   label {
     font-weight: bold;
     :first-child {
@@ -29,6 +33,24 @@
   > :global(.react-tabs__tab-panel) {
     overflow-y: auto;
   }
+  :global(.react-tabs__tab) {
+    button {
+      background: transparent;
+      border: none;
+      border-radius: 1em;
+      cursor: pointer;
+      left: 0.25em;
+      padding: 0 0.125em;
+      position: relative;
+      visibility: hidden;
+      &:hover {
+        background-color: #ffffff33;
+      }
+    }
+    &:hover button {
+      visibility: visible;
+    }
+  }
   :global(.react-tabs__tab--selected) {
     background-color: #00000022;
     color: #ffffff;
diff --git a/app/react/components/devtools/entities.jsx b/app/react/components/devtools/entities.jsx
index 8c88248..bbc6da9 100644
--- a/app/react/components/devtools/entities.jsx
+++ b/app/react/components/devtools/entities.jsx
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {Map} from 'immutable';
 import {useCallback, useEffect, useState} from 'react';
+import {Tab, Tabs, TabList, TabPanel} from 'react-tabs';
 
 import {useClient} from '@/react/context/client.js';
 import {useEcs, useEcsTick} from '@/react/context/ecs.js';
@@ -10,15 +11,15 @@ const entityJsonPaths = Object.keys(import.meta.glob('%/**/*.entity.json'));
 
 function entityLabel(entity) {
   let label = `${entity.id}`;
-  const {Player, Position} = entity;
+  const {Label, Player} = entity;
   if (1 === entity.id) {
     label = 'Master';
   }
   if (Player) {
-    label += `: Player (${Player.id})`;
+    label = `Player (${Player.id})`;
   }
-  if (Position) {
-    label += `: [${Position.x.toFixed(2)}, ${Position.y.toFixed(2)}]`
+  if (Label) {
+    label = Label.label;
   }
   return label;
 }
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@ function entityLabel(entity) {
 function Entities({eventsChannel}) {
   const client = useClient();
   const ecsRef = useEcs();
-  const [activeEntity, setActiveEntity] = useState(1);
+  const [activeEntity, setActiveEntity] = useState('1');
   const [creatingEntityPath, setCreatingEntityPath] = useState(entityJsonPaths[0]);
   const [entities, setEntities] = useState(Map());
   const onEcsTick = useCallback((payload, ecs) => {
@@ -53,6 +54,8 @@ function Entities({eventsChannel}) {
     });
   }, []);
   useEcsTick(onEcsTick);
+  const list = Array.from(entities.keys())
+    .toSorted(new Intl.Collator(undefined, {numeric: true, sensitivity: 'base'}).compare);
   useEffect(() => {
     if (!ecsRef.current) {
       return;
@@ -92,7 +95,36 @@ function Entities({eventsChannel}) {
     };
   }, [activeEntity, client, ecsRef, eventsChannel]);
   const options = [];
-  for (const [id, label] of entities.entries()) {
+  const tabLabels = [];
+  const tabPanels = [];
+  for (const id of list) {
+    const label = entities.get(id);
+    tabLabels.push(
+      <Tab key={id}>
+        {label}
+        <button
+          onClick={(event) => {
+            client.send({
+              type: 'AdminAction',
+              payload: {
+                type: 'destroyEntity',
+                value: {
+                  id,
+                },
+              },
+            });
+            event.preventDefault();
+          }}
+        >
+          ×
+        </button>
+      </Tab>
+    );
+    tabPanels.push(
+      <TabPanel key={id}>
+        {id}
+      </TabPanel>
+    );
     options.push(
       <option
         key={id}
@@ -104,40 +136,13 @@ function Entities({eventsChannel}) {
   return (
     <div className={styles.entities}>
       <form>
-        <div
-          className={styles.activeEntity}
-        >
-          <button
-            onClick={(event) => {
-              client.send({
-                type: 'AdminAction',
-                payload: {
-                  type: 'destroyEntity',
-                  value: {
-                    id: activeEntity,
-                  },
-                },
-              });
-              event.preventDefault();
-            }}
-          >
-            -
-          </button>
-          <select
-            onChange={(event) => {
-              setActiveEntity(event.target.value);
-            }}
-            value={activeEntity}
-          >
-            {options}
-          </select>
-        </div>
-        <div
+      <div
           className={styles.createEntity}
         >
           <button
-            onClick={(event) => {
-              client.send({
+            onClick={async (event) => {
+              event.preventDefault();
+              const {payload} = await client.request({
                 type: 'AdminAction',
                 payload: {
                   type: 'createEntity',
@@ -146,7 +151,7 @@ function Entities({eventsChannel}) {
                   },
                 },
               });
-              event.preventDefault();
+              setActiveEntity(`${payload.id}`);
             }}
           >
             +
@@ -162,6 +167,21 @@ function Entities({eventsChannel}) {
             ))}
           </select>
         </div>
+        <div
+          className={styles.activeEntity}
+        >
+          <Tabs
+            onSelect={(index) => {
+              setActiveEntity(list[index]);
+            }}
+            selectedIndex={list.indexOf(activeEntity)}
+          >
+            <TabList>
+              {tabLabels}
+            </TabList>
+            {tabPanels}
+          </Tabs>
+        </div>
       </form>
     </div>
   );
diff --git a/app/silphius/ecs/components/label.js b/app/silphius/ecs/components/label.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38b3d41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/silphius/ecs/components/label.js
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+import Component from '@/silphius/ecs/component.js';
+
+export default class Label extends Component {
+  static properties = {
+    label: {type: 'string'},
+  };
+}
diff --git a/app/silphius/net/client.js b/app/silphius/net/client.js
index facebec..fd76cbc 100644
--- a/app/silphius/net/client.js
+++ b/app/silphius/net/client.js
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 import {CLIENT_LATENCY, CLIENT_INTERPOLATION, CLIENT_PREDICTION} from '@/lib/constants.js';
 import EventEmitter from '@/lib/event-emitter.js';
+import {withResolvers} from '@/lib/promise.js';
 import {decode, encode} from '@/silphius/net/packets/index.js';
 
 import {Flow} from './constants.js';
@@ -97,6 +98,25 @@ export default class Client {
   removePacketListener(type, listener) {
     this.emitter.removeListener(type, listener);
   }
+  async request(packet) {
+    // needs crypto strength
+    const id = Math.random();
+    const request = {
+      type: 'Request',
+      payload: {id, request: packet},
+    }
+    this.send(request);
+    const {promise, resolve} = withResolvers();
+    const listenForId = (payload) => {
+      if (id !== payload.id) {
+        return;
+      }
+      this.emitter.removeListener(listenForId);
+      resolve(payload.response);
+    }
+    this.emitter.addListener('Response', listenForId);
+    return promise;
+  }
   send(packet) {
     const transmitOrPredict = () => {
       if (CLIENT_PREDICTION) {
diff --git a/app/silphius/net/packets/admin-action-response.js b/app/silphius/net/packets/admin-action-response.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..439abda
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/silphius/net/packets/admin-action-response.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import Packet from '@/silphius/net/packet.js';
+
+export default class AdminActionResponse extends Packet {}
diff --git a/app/silphius/net/packets/request.js b/app/silphius/net/packets/request.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50ccdf8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/silphius/net/packets/request.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import Packet from '@/silphius/net/packet.js';
+
+export default class Request extends Packet {}
diff --git a/app/silphius/net/packets/response.js b/app/silphius/net/packets/response.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..94c237e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/silphius/net/packets/response.js
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import Packet from '@/silphius/net/packet.js';
+
+export default class Response extends Packet {}
diff --git a/app/silphius/server/engine.js b/app/silphius/server/engine.js
index 6b107c9..384abec 100644
--- a/app/silphius/server/engine.js
+++ b/app/silphius/server/engine.js
@@ -106,14 +106,21 @@ export default class Engine {
       if (!this.incomingActions.has(connection)) {
         this.incomingActions.set(connection, []);
       }
-      this.incomingActions.get(connection).push(payload);
+      this.incomingActions.get(connection).push({payload});
     });
     this.server.addPacketListener('AdminAction', (connection, payload) => {
       // check...
       if (!this.incomingActions.has(connection)) {
         this.incomingActions.set(connection, []);
       }
-      this.incomingActions.get(connection).push(payload);
+      this.incomingActions.get(connection).push({payload});
+    });
+    this.server.addPacketListener('Request', (connection, payload) => {
+      if (!this.incomingActions.has(connection)) {
+        this.incomingActions.set(connection, []);
+      }
+      const {request} = payload;
+      this.incomingActions.get(connection).push({payload: request.payload, respondTo: payload.id});
     });
     this.server.addPacketListener('Heartbeat', (connection) => {
       const playerData = this.connectedPlayers.get(connection);
@@ -158,7 +165,7 @@ export default class Engine {
         Wielder,
       } = entity;
       const ecs = this.ecses[Ecs.path];
-      for (const payload of payloads) {
+      for (const {payload, respondTo} of payloads) {
         switch (payload.type) {
           case 'chat': {
             if (payload.value.startsWith('/')) {
@@ -197,7 +204,20 @@ export default class Engine {
           }
           case 'createEntity': {
             const {path} = payload.value;
-            ecs.create({$$extends: path});
+            const id = ecs.create({$$extends: path});
+            if (respondTo) {
+              this.server.send(
+                connection,
+                {
+                  type: 'Response',
+                  payload: {
+                    id: respondTo,
+                    response: {type: 'AdminActionResponse', payload: {id}},
+                  },
+                },
+              );
+            }
+
             break;
           }
           case 'destroyEntity': {
diff --git a/resources/ambient/shrub.entity.json b/resources/ambient/shrub.entity.json
index 835350b..d59e4ab 100644
--- a/resources/ambient/shrub.entity.json
+++ b/resources/ambient/shrub.entity.json
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 {
+  "Label": {"label": "Shrub"},
   "Position": {},
   "Sprite": {
     "anchorY": 0.7,