diff --git a/app/app/view/main_map/interactive_plot.R b/app/app/view/main_map/interactive_plot.R
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f0c48ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/app/view/main_map/interactive_plot.R
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+box::use(
+  bslib,
+  shiny,
+  ggplot2,
+)
+
+
+#' @export
+interactive_plot_ui <- function(id) {
+  ns <- shiny$NS(id)
+  shiny$absolutePanel(
+    id = "plot_panel",
+    class = "panel panel-default",
+    fixed = TRUE,
+    draggable = FALSE,
+    top = 170,
+    left = 50,
+    right = "auto",
+    bottom = "auto",
+    width = 120,
+    height = 50,
+    shiny$checkboxInput(
+      ns("show_plot_checkbox"),
+      shiny$HTML("<b>Show plot</b>"),
+      value = TRUE
+    ),
+    shiny$uiOutput(ns("plot_ui"))
+  )
+}
+
+#' @export
+interactive_plot_server <- function(id, d_poly) {
+  shiny$moduleServer(id, function(input, output, session) {
+    ns <- session$ns
+    output$plot_ui <- shiny$renderUI({
+      if (!input$show_plot_checkbox) {
+        return()
+      }
+
+
+      shiny$plotOutput(
+        ns("interactive_plot"),
+        width = 500, height = 400
+        # click = "plot_click",
+        # brush = shiny$brushOpts("plot_brush")
+      )
+    })
+
+    output$interactive_plot <- shiny$renderPlot({
+      shiny$req(d_poly())
+      cat(names(d_poly()$data))
+
+
+      rehab_var <- ifelse(d_poly()$outcome == "rehab", "selected_col", "value_rehab")
+      acute_var <- ifelse(d_poly()$outcome == "acute", "selected_col", "value_acute")
+
+      d_poly()$data |>
+        ggplot2$ggplot(ggplot2$aes(x = get(rehab_var), y = get(acute_var))) +
+        ggplot2$geom_point()
+    })
+  })
+}
diff --git a/app/app/view/main_map/page.R b/app/app/view/main_map/page.R
index 8f95de7..b9ec78c 100644
--- a/app/app/view/main_map/page.R
+++ b/app/app/view/main_map/page.R
@@ -1,18 +1,20 @@
 # main_map page
 box::use(
-  shiny,
   bslib,
-  leaflet,
-  sf,
-  leafgl,
   dplyr,
+  ggplot2,
+  leafgl,
+  leaflet,
+  shiny,
   shinyWidgets,
+  sf,
 )
 
 box::use(
   # mapping module - might change this to rdeck if it's possible - they will need to have
   # all the same functions in both modules so making generic names like "create map" and "update map" with generic inputs etc
   mm = app / mapping,
+  app / view / main_map / interactive_plot,
   app / view / main_map / make_top_cards,
   app / logic / load_shapes,
   app / logic / wrangle_data,
@@ -26,7 +28,8 @@ ui <- function(id) {
       bslib$card(
         height = "calc(100vh - 100px)",
         mm$mapOutput(ns("map")),
-        make_top_cards$make_controls_ui(ns = ns)
+        make_top_cards$make_controls_ui(ns = ns),
+        interactive_plot$interactive_plot_ui(id = ns("plot"))
       )
     )
   )
@@ -48,6 +51,7 @@ server <- function(id) {
     )
 
     d_poly <- shiny$reactive({
+      # these inputs are from the controls
       wrangle_data$get_poly_selection(
         layer_selection = input$layer_selection,
         seifa = input$seifa,
@@ -56,6 +60,7 @@ server <- function(id) {
       )
     })
 
+    interactive_plot$interactive_plot_server(id = "plot", d_poly = d_poly)
 
     shiny$observeEvent(list(proxymap(), d_poly(), input$layer_selection), {
       mm$update_map_shapes(
@@ -68,8 +73,6 @@ server <- function(id) {
 
 
     shiny$observe({
-      # TODO: reactively update the proxy_map() markers
-      # - probably worth making some function to clean the name as I have
       mm$update_map_markers(
         proxy_map = proxymap(),
         markers = input$base_layers
@@ -77,5 +80,7 @@ server <- function(id) {
     })
   })
 
+
+
   make_top_cards$make_controls_server(id)
 }