diff --git a/src/core/Core/Application.cpp b/src/core/Core/Application.cpp
index 23764d9..21d83b1 100644
--- a/src/core/Core/Application.cpp
+++ b/src/core/Core/Application.cpp
@@ -138,6 +138,42 @@ ExitStatus App::Application::run() {
         const auto canvas_p1 = ImVec2(canvas_p0.x + canvas_sz.x, canvas_p0.y + canvas_sz.y);
         const ImVec2 origin(canvas_p0.x + canvas_sz.x * 0.5f, canvas_p0.y + canvas_sz.y * 0.5f);
         float lineThickness = 6.0f;
+        
+        // --- Thin integer gridlines with adaptive spacing ---
+        const ImU32 gridColor = IM_COL32(200, 200, 200, 255); // light gray
+        const float gridThickness = 1.0f;                     // thin lines
+        const float minPixelSpacing = 20.0f;                  // minimum spacing in pixels
+        
+        // Dynamic step based on zoom
+        float step = 1.0f;
+        while (step * zoom < minPixelSpacing)
+        step *= 2.0f;
+        
+        
+        // Vertical gridlines
+        for (float x = 0; origin.x + x * zoom < canvas_p1.x; x += step) {
+          if (x != 0) {
+            draw_list->AddLine(ImVec2(origin.x + x * zoom, canvas_p0.y),
+            ImVec2(origin.x + x * zoom, canvas_p1.y),
+            gridColor, gridThickness);
+            draw_list->AddLine(ImVec2(origin.x - x * zoom, canvas_p0.y),
+            ImVec2(origin.x - x * zoom, canvas_p1.y),
+            gridColor, gridThickness);
+          }
+        }
+        
+        // Horizontal gridlines
+        for (float y = 0; origin.y + y * zoom < canvas_p1.y; y += step) {
+          if (y != 0) {
+            draw_list->AddLine(ImVec2(canvas_p0.x, origin.y + y * zoom),
+            ImVec2(canvas_p1.x, origin.y + y * zoom),
+            gridColor, gridThickness);
+            draw_list->AddLine(ImVec2(canvas_p0.x, origin.y - y * zoom),
+            ImVec2(canvas_p1.x, origin.y - y * zoom),
+            gridColor, gridThickness);
+          }
+        }
+        
         draw_list->AddLine(ImVec2(canvas_p0.x, origin.y), ImVec2(canvas_p1.x, origin.y), IM_COL32(0, 0, 0, 255), lineThickness);
         draw_list->AddLine(ImVec2(origin.x, canvas_p0.y), ImVec2(origin.x, canvas_p1.y), IM_COL32(0, 0, 0, 255), lineThickness);
         std::vector<ImVec2> points;