diff --git a/scripts/caravan/caravan-enable-gui.lua b/scripts/caravan/caravan-enable-gui.lua
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b33e608d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/caravan/caravan-enable-gui.lua
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+require 'caravan-gui-shared'
+local Table = require('__stdlib__/stdlib/utils/table')
+
+Caravan.events.on_gui_opened_enable = function(event)
+    local player = game.get_player(event.player_index)
+    local entity = event.entity
+    if not entity then
+        return
+    end
+    if entity.name == 'aerial-outpost' or entity.name == 'outpost' then
+        return
+    end
+    -- Caravan.events.on_close_outpost_gui(event)
+    if not Caravan.has_any_caravan(entity) then
+        return
+    end
+    local main_frame = player.gui.center
+    main_frame.add {
+        type = "sprite-button",
+        name = "open-caravan-list",
+        sprite = "utility/close_white",
+        style = "frame_action_button",
+        tags = { entity = entity }
+    }
+end
+
diff --git a/scripts/caravan/caravan-gui-shared.lua b/scripts/caravan/caravan-gui-shared.lua
index d75946ab..9e71aa70 100644
--- a/scripts/caravan/caravan-gui-shared.lua
+++ b/scripts/caravan/caravan-gui-shared.lua
@@ -1,3 +1,25 @@
+local function has_schedule(caravan_data, entity)
+    if not Caravan.validity_check(caravan_data) then
+        return
+    end
+    if not caravan_data.schedule then
+        return
+    end
+    return Table.any(caravan_data.schedule, function(schedule)
+        return schedule.entity == entity
+    end)
+end
+
+-- probably bad if you have 10 k caravans... but is that even remotely relevant?
+function Caravan.has_any_caravan(entity)
+    return Table.any(global.caravans, function(caravan_data)
+        return has_schedule(caravan_data, entity)
+    end)
+end
+
+
+
+
 function Caravan.status_img(caravan_data)
     local entity = caravan_data.entity
     if caravan_data.is_aerial then
diff --git a/scripts/caravan/caravan-outpost-gui.lua b/scripts/caravan/caravan-outpost-gui.lua
index 0a7f42da..48ced9a2 100644
--- a/scripts/caravan/caravan-outpost-gui.lua
+++ b/scripts/caravan/caravan-outpost-gui.lua
@@ -1,24 +1,7 @@
 require 'caravan-gui-shared'
 local Table = require('__stdlib__/stdlib/utils/table')
 
-local function has_schedule(caravan_data, entity)
-    if not Caravan.validity_check(caravan_data) then
-        return
-    end
-    if not caravan_data.schedule then
-        return
-    end
-    return Table.any(caravan_data.schedule, function(schedule)
-        return schedule.entity == entity
-    end)
-end
 
--- probably bad if you have 10 k caravans... but is that even remotely relevant?
-local function has_any_caravan(entity)
-    return Table.any(global.caravans, function(caravan_data)
-        return has_schedule(caravan_data, entity)
-    end)
-end
 
 Caravan.events.on_gui_opened_outpost = function(event)
     local player = game.get_player(event.player_index)