diff --git a/include/Cubed/tools/name_space.hpp b/include/Cubed/tools/name_space.hpp
deleted file mode 100644
index 10c9d50..0000000
--- a/include/Cubed/tools/name_space.hpp
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,19 +0,0 @@
-#pragma once
-
-#include <string_view>
-#include <vector>
-namespace Cubed {
-inline std::vector<std::string_view> parse_namespace(std::string_view str) {
-    std::vector<std::string_view> space;
-    space.reserve(4);
-    std::size_t p = str.find(':');
-    std::size_t start = 0;
-    while (p != std::string_view::npos) {
-        space.emplace_back(str.substr(start, p));
-        start = p + 1;
-        p = str.find(':', p + 1);
-    }
-    space.emplace_back(str.substr(start));
-    return space;
-}
-} // namespace Cubed
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diff --git a/include/Cubed/tools/resource_location.hpp b/include/Cubed/tools/resource_location.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bec44c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/Cubed/tools/resource_location.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include <cstddef>
+#include <functional>
+#include <optional>
+#include <regex>
+#include <string>
+#include <string_view>
+namespace Cubed {
+struct ResourceLocation {
+    static constexpr std::string_view DEFAULT_NAMESPACE = "cubed";
+    std::string ns = std::string(DEFAULT_NAMESPACE);
+    std::string path;
+    std::string to_string() const { return ns + ":" + path; }
+
+    // Parses "ns:path"; ns defaults to "cubed" when no colon present.
+    static std::optional<ResourceLocation> parse(std::string_view str) {
+        std::regex pattern(R"([a-zA-Z0-9._:/-]+)");
+        if (!std::regex_match(str.begin(), str.end(), pattern)) {
+            return std::nullopt;
+        }
+        auto it = str.find(":");
+        if (it == std::string_view::npos) {
+            return ResourceLocation{std::string(DEFAULT_NAMESPACE),
+                                    std::string(str)};
+        }
+        return ResourceLocation{std::string(str.substr(0, it)),
+                                std::string(str.substr(it + 1))};
+    }
+
+    bool operator==(const ResourceLocation& o) const {
+        return (ns == o.ns) && (path == o.path);
+    }
+    std::size_t hash() const { return std::hash<std::string>()(to_string()); }
+};
+} // namespace Cubed
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diff --git a/src/gameplay/hitbox_manager.cpp b/src/gameplay/hitbox_manager.cpp
index cb65161..ad52061 100644
--- a/src/gameplay/hitbox_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/gameplay/hitbox_manager.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "Cubed/tools/cubed_assert.hpp"
 #include "Cubed/tools/log.hpp"
-#include "Cubed/tools/name_space.hpp"
+#include "Cubed/tools/resource_location.hpp"
 
 #include <rapidjson/document.h>
 #include <rapidjson/istreamwrapper.h>
@@ -57,15 +57,18 @@ HitboxManager::Handle HitboxManager::get_hitbox(const std::string& name) {
 }
 HitboxManager::Handle HitboxManager::load(std::string_view name) {
 
-    auto space = parse_namespace(name);
-    ASSERT(space.size() >= 2);
+    auto space = ResourceLocation::parse(name);
+    if (!space) {
+        Logger::error("Can't load hitbox {}", name);
+        ASSERT(false);
+    }
     fs::path p;
-    if (space[0] == "cubed") {
+    if (space->ns == "cubed") {
         p = std::format("{}model/creature/{}/collision.json", ASSETS_PATH,
-                        space[1]);
+                        space->path);
     } else {
-        p = std::format("{}/model/creature/{}/collision.json", space[0],
-                        space[1]);
+        p = std::format("{}/model/creature/{}/collision.json", space->ns,
+                        space->path);
     }
 
     try {
diff --git a/src/render/model_manager.cpp b/src/render/model_manager.cpp
index 9a81b26..84a2ed2 100644
--- a/src/render/model_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/render/model_manager.cpp
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 #include "Cubed/tools/cubed_assert.hpp"
 #include "Cubed/tools/log.hpp"
-#include "Cubed/tools/name_space.hpp"
+#include "Cubed/tools/resource_location.hpp"
 
 #include <filesystem>
 #include <rapidjson/document.h>
@@ -67,23 +67,19 @@ const std::string& ModelManager::get_model_name(ModelID id) {
 }
 
 ModelManager::Handle ModelManager::load_model(std::string_view model_name) {
-    auto p = model_name.find(':');
-    if (p == std::string::npos) {
-        Logger::error("Can't Parse Model name {}", model_name);
-        ASSERT(false);
-    }
-    auto space = parse_namespace(model_name);
-    if (space.size() < 2) {
+
+    auto space = ResourceLocation::parse(model_name);
+    if (!space) {
         Logger::error("Can't Parse Model name {}", model_name);
         ASSERT(false);
     }
     std::string path;
-    if (space[0] == "cubed") {
-        path = std::format("{}model/creature/{}/{}.glb", ASSETS_PATH, space[1],
-                           space[1]);
+    if (space->ns == "cubed") {
+        path = std::format("{}model/creature/{}/{}.glb", ASSETS_PATH,
+                           space->path, space->path);
     } else {
-        path = std::format("./{}/model/creature/{}/{}.glb", space[0], space[1],
-                           space[1]);
+        path = std::format("./{}/model/creature/{}/{}.glb", space->ns,
+                           space->path, space->path);
     }
     auto model = m_loader.load(path);
     fs::path anim_path = path;