diff --git a/src/plugins/GenerateArchitecture/GenerateArchitecture.js b/src/plugins/GenerateArchitecture/GenerateArchitecture.js
index b472ab59d..8f01bd761 100644
--- a/src/plugins/GenerateArchitecture/GenerateArchitecture.js
+++ b/src/plugins/GenerateArchitecture/GenerateArchitecture.js
@@ -43,22 +43,39 @@ define([
     GenerateArchitecture.prototype.constructor = GenerateArchitecture;
 
     GenerateArchitecture.prototype.main = function () {
+        this.addCustomLayersToMeta();
         this.LayerDict = createLayerDict(this.core, this.META);
         this.uniqueId = 2;
         this._oldTemplateSettings = _.templateSettings;
         return PluginBase.prototype.main.apply(this, arguments);
     };
 
+    GenerateArchitecture.prototype.addCustomLayersToMeta = function () {
+        var metaDict = this.core.getAllMetaNodes(this.rootNode);
+        
+        Object.keys(metaDict).map(id => metaDict[id])
+            // Get all custom layers
+            .filter(node => this.core.isTypeOf(node, this.META.Layer))
+            // Add them to the meta
+            .forEach(node => this.META[this.core.getAttribute(node, 'name')] = node);
+    };
+
     GenerateArchitecture.prototype.createOutputFiles = function (tree) {
         var layers = tree[Constants.CHILDREN],
             //initialLayers,
             result = {},
-            code;
+            code = 'require \'nn\'\n\n';
 
         //initialLayers = layers.filter(layer => layer[Constants.PREV].length === 0);
         // Add an index to each layer
         layers.forEach((l, index) => l[INDEX] = index);
-        code = this.genArchCode(layers);
+
+        // Define custom layers
+        if (this.getCurrentConfig().standalone) {
+            code += this.genLayerDefinitions(layers);
+        }
+
+        code += this.genArchCode(layers);
 
         result[tree.name + '.lua'] = code;
         _.templateSettings = this._oldTemplateSettings;  // FIXME: Fix this in SimpleNodes
@@ -66,10 +83,7 @@ define([
     };
 
     GenerateArchitecture.prototype.genArchCode = function (layers) {
-        // Create a 'null' start layer
-
         return [
-            'require \'nn\'',
             this.createSequential(layers[0], 'net').code,
             '\nreturn net'
         ].join('\n');
@@ -174,5 +188,22 @@ define([
         return !(value === undefined || value === null || value === '');
     };
 
+    GenerateArchitecture.prototype.genLayerDefinitions = function(layers) {
+        var code = '',
+            customLayerId = this.core.getPath(this.META.CustomLayer);
+
+        code += '-------------- Custom Layer Definitions --------------\n\n';
+        code += layers
+            .filter(layer => {  // Get the custom layers
+                var node = this.META[layer.name];
+                return this.core.getMixinPaths(node).indexOf(customLayerId) !== -1;
+            })
+            .map(layer => layer.code)  // add their 'code' attributes
+            .join('\n');
+
+        code += '\n\n-------------- Network --------------\n';
+
+        return code;
+    };
     return GenerateArchitecture;
 });
diff --git a/src/plugins/GenerateArchitecture/metadata.json b/src/plugins/GenerateArchitecture/metadata.json
index bc1403d3d..bd67e2389 100644
--- a/src/plugins/GenerateArchitecture/metadata.json
+++ b/src/plugins/GenerateArchitecture/metadata.json
@@ -9,5 +9,14 @@
   },
   "disableServerSideExecution": false,
   "disableBrowserSideExecution": false,
-  "configStructure": []
+  "configStructure": [
+      {
+            "name": "standalone",
+            "displayName": "Standalone",
+            "description": "Prepend custom layer definitions",
+            "value": false,
+            "valueType": "boolean",
+            "readOnly": false
+      }
+  ]
 }
diff --git a/src/visualizers/panels/ForgeActionButton/ForgeActionButton.js b/src/visualizers/panels/ForgeActionButton/ForgeActionButton.js
index e7fd669d1..9400c643e 100644
--- a/src/visualizers/panels/ForgeActionButton/ForgeActionButton.js
+++ b/src/visualizers/panels/ForgeActionButton/ForgeActionButton.js
@@ -167,7 +167,6 @@ define([
 
         // Set the color
         desc.color = '#9e9e9e';
-        // TODO
         return desc;
     };
 
diff --git a/src/visualizers/panels/LayerEditor/LayerEditorPanel.js b/src/visualizers/panels/LayerEditor/LayerEditorPanel.js
index bcfdbac5d..61811a212 100644
--- a/src/visualizers/panels/LayerEditor/LayerEditorPanel.js
+++ b/src/visualizers/panels/LayerEditor/LayerEditorPanel.js
@@ -1,20 +1,15 @@
 /*globals define, _, WebGMEGlobal*/
 /*jshint browser: true*/
-/**
- * Generated by VisualizerGenerator 1.7.0 from webgme on Thu Jun 16 2016 08:47:07 GMT-0500 (CDT).
- */
 
 define([
     'js/PanelBase/PanelBaseWithHeader',
     'js/PanelManager/IActivePanel',
     'widgets/TextEditor/TextEditorWidget',
-    //'panels/TextEditor/TextEditorControl'
     './LayerEditorControl'
 ], function (
     PanelBaseWithHeader,
     IActivePanel,
-    LayerEditorWidget,
-    //TextEditorControl
+    TextEditorWidget,
     LayerEditorControl
 ) {
     'use strict';
@@ -49,7 +44,7 @@ define([
         //set Widget title
         this.setTitle('');
 
-        this.widget = new LayerEditorWidget(this.logger, this.$el);
+        this.widget = new TextEditorWidget(this.logger, this.$el);
 
         this.widget.setTitle = function (title) {
             self.setTitle(title);
diff --git a/src/visualizers/widgets/LayerEditor/LayerEditorWidget.js b/src/visualizers/widgets/LayerEditor/LayerEditorWidget.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 1ca2cb38e..000000000
--- a/src/visualizers/widgets/LayerEditor/LayerEditorWidget.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,18 +0,0 @@
-/*globals define, WebGMEGlobal*/
-/*jshint browser: true*/
-
-define([
-    'widgets/TextEditor/TextEditorWidget'
-], function (
-    TextEditorWidget
-) {
-    'use strict';
-
-    var LayerEditorWidget;
-
-    LayerEditorWidget = function () {
-        TextEditorWidget.apply(this, arguments);
-    };
-
-    return LayerEditorWidget;
-});
diff --git a/src/visualizers/widgets/LayerEditor/styles/LayerEditorWidget.css b/src/visualizers/widgets/LayerEditor/styles/LayerEditorWidget.css
deleted file mode 100644
index 9a4502e23..000000000
--- a/src/visualizers/widgets/LayerEditor/styles/LayerEditorWidget.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,10 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * This file is for any css that you may want for this visualizer.
- *
- * Ideally, you would use the scss file also provided in this directory 
- * and then generate this file automatically from that. However, you can 
- * simply write css if you prefer
- */
-
-.layer-editor {
-  outline: none; }
diff --git a/src/visualizers/widgets/LayerEditor/styles/LayerEditorWidget.scss b/src/visualizers/widgets/LayerEditor/styles/LayerEditorWidget.scss
deleted file mode 100644
index 4b0e4f299..000000000
--- a/src/visualizers/widgets/LayerEditor/styles/LayerEditorWidget.scss
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-/**
- * This file is for any scss that you may want for this visualizer.
- */
-
-.layer-editor {
-  outline: none;
-}