diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 4b67bd8..e950053 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -26,6 +26,56 @@ dependencies = [
  "memchr",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "anyhow"
+version = "1.0.77"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c9d19de80eff169429ac1e9f48fffb163916b448a44e8e046186232046d9e1f9"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "askama"
+version = "0.12.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b79091df18a97caea757e28cd2d5fda49c6cd4bd01ddffd7ff01ace0c0ad2c28"
+dependencies = [
+ "askama_derive",
+ "askama_escape",
+ "humansize",
+ "num-traits",
+ "percent-encoding",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "askama_derive"
+version = "0.12.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2ccf09143e56923c12e027b83a9553210a3c58322ed8419a53461b14a4dccd85"
+dependencies = [
+ "askama_parser",
+ "basic-toml",
+ "mime",
+ "mime_guess",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "serde",
+ "syn",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "askama_escape"
+version = "0.10.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "619743e34b5ba4e9703bba34deac3427c72507c7159f5fd030aea8cac0cfe341"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "askama_parser"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "262eb9cf7be51269c5f2951eeda9ccd14d6934e437457f47b4f066bf55a6770d"
+dependencies = [
+ "nom",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-trait"
 version = "0.1.75"
@@ -111,12 +161,27 @@ dependencies = [
  "rustc-demangle",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "basic-toml"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2f2139706359229bfa8f19142ac1155b4b80beafb7a60471ac5dd109d4a19778"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bitflags"
 version = "1.3.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "bef38d45163c2f1dde094a7dfd33ccf595c92905c8f8f4fdc18d06fb1037718a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bitflags"
+version = "2.4.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "327762f6e5a765692301e5bb513e0d9fef63be86bbc14528052b1cd3e6f03e07"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "bytes"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -269,6 +334,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "pin-project-lite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "http-range-header"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3ce4ef31cda248bbdb6e6820603b82dfcd9e833db65a43e997a0ccec777d11fe"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
 version = "1.8.0"
@@ -281,6 +352,15 @@ version = "1.0.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "df3b46402a9d5adb4c86a0cf463f42e19994e3ee891101b1841f30a545cb49a9"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "humansize"
+version = "2.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6cb51c9a029ddc91b07a787f1d86b53ccfa49b0e86688c946ebe8d3555685dd7"
+dependencies = [
+ "libm",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "hyper"
 version = "1.1.0"
@@ -346,14 +426,24 @@ version = "0.2.151"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "302d7ab3130588088d277783b1e2d2e10c9e9e4a16dd9050e6ec93fb3e7048f4"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "libm"
+version = "0.2.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4ec2a862134d2a7d32d7983ddcdd1c4923530833c9f2ea1a44fc5fa473989058"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "linkshrtnr-rust-api"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "anyhow",
+ "askama",
  "axum",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "tokio",
+ "tower",
+ "tower-http",
  "tracing",
  "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
@@ -401,6 +491,22 @@ version = "0.3.17"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "6877bb514081ee2a7ff5ef9de3281f14a4dd4bceac4c09388074a6b5df8a139a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "mime_guess"
+version = "2.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "4192263c238a5f0d0c6bfd21f336a313a4ce1c450542449ca191bb657b4642ef"
+dependencies = [
+ "mime",
+ "unicase",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "minimal-lexical"
+version = "0.2.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "68354c5c6bd36d73ff3feceb05efa59b6acb7626617f4962be322a825e61f79a"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "miniz_oxide"
 version = "0.7.1"
@@ -421,6 +527,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nom"
+version = "7.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d273983c5a657a70a3e8f2a01329822f3b8c8172b73826411a55751e404a0a4a"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "minimal-lexical",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "nu-ansi-term"
 version = "0.46.0"
@@ -431,6 +547,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "winapi",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "num-traits"
+version = "0.2.17"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "39e3200413f237f41ab11ad6d161bc7239c84dcb631773ccd7de3dfe4b5c267c"
+dependencies = [
+ "autocfg",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num_cpus"
 version = "1.16.0"
@@ -547,7 +672,7 @@ version = "0.4.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "4722d768eff46b75989dd134e5c353f0d6296e5aaa3132e776cbdb56be7731aa"
 dependencies = [
- "bitflags",
+ "bitflags 1.3.2",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -801,6 +926,31 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "tower-http"
+version = "0.5.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "09e12e6351354851911bdf8c2b8f2ab15050c567d70a8b9a37ae7b8301a4080d"
+dependencies = [
+ "bitflags 2.4.1",
+ "bytes",
+ "futures-util",
+ "http",
+ "http-body",
+ "http-body-util",
+ "http-range-header",
+ "httpdate",
+ "mime",
+ "mime_guess",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "pin-project-lite",
+ "tokio",
+ "tokio-util",
+ "tower-layer",
+ "tower-service",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tower-layer"
 version = "0.3.2"
@@ -875,6 +1025,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "tracing-log",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicase"
+version = "2.7.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f7d2d4dafb69621809a81864c9c1b864479e1235c0dd4e199924b9742439ed89"
+dependencies = [
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-ident"
 version = "1.0.12"
@@ -887,6 +1046,12 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "830b7e5d4d90034032940e4ace0d9a9a057e7a45cd94e6c007832e39edb82f6d"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "version_check"
+version = "0.9.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 79285c9..24ce3a4 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -6,9 +6,13 @@ edition = "2021"
 # See more keys and their definitions at https://doc.rust-lang.org/cargo/reference/manifest.html
 
 [dependencies]
+anyhow = "1.0.77"
+askama = "0.12.1"
 axum = "0.7.2"
 serde = { version = "1.0.193", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.108"
 tokio = { version = "1.35.1", features = ["full"] }
+tower = "0.4.13"
+tower-http = { version = "0.5.0", features = ["fs"] }
 tracing = "0.1.40"
 tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 7ab6825..524d6e3 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,29 @@
 mod routes;
-
+use anyhow::Context;
 use axum::Router;
+use tracing::info;
+use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
 #[tokio::main]
-async fn main() {
-    // initialize tracing
-    tracing_subscriber::fmt::init();
+async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
+    // Debug
+    std::env::set_var("RUST_LOG", "info");
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(
+            tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env()
+                .unwrap_or_else(|_| "with_axum_htmx_askama=debug".into()),
+        )
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
+        .init();
+    info!("Initialized router!");
+    let port = 3000_u16;
+    let addr = std::net::SocketAddr::from(([0, 0, 0, 0], port));
 
     // build our application with a route
     let app = Router::new()
+        .nest("/", routes::web_routes::get_routes())
         .nest("/api", routes::user_routes::get_routes());
-    // run our app with hyper, listening globally on port 3000
-    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind("0.0.0.0:3000").await.unwrap();
+    let listener = tokio::net::TcpListener::bind(&addr).await.unwrap();
+    info!("router initialized, now listening on port {}", port);
     axum::serve(listener, app).await.unwrap();
+    Ok(())
 }
diff --git a/src/routes.rs b/src/routes.rs
index 68b591f..f3b3e08 100644
--- a/src/routes.rs
+++ b/src/routes.rs
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
 pub mod user_routes;
+pub mod web_routes;
diff --git a/src/routes/web_routes.rs b/src/routes/web_routes.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9522474
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/web_routes.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+use askama::Template;
+use axum::{
+    http::StatusCode,
+    response::{Html, IntoResponse},
+    routing::get,
+    Response, Router,
+};
+
+pub fn get_routes() -> Router {
+    Router::new().route("/", get(get_index))
+}
+async fn get_index() -> impl IntoResponse {
+    let template = HelloTemplate {};
+    HtmlTemplate(template)
+}
+#[derive(Template)]
+#[template(path = "index.html")]
+struct HelloTemplate;
+struct HtmlTemplate<T>(T);
+impl<T> IntoResponse for HtmlTemplate<T>
+where
+    T: Template,
+{
+    fn into_response(self) -> Response {
+        match self.0.render() {
+            Ok(html) => Html(html).into_response(),
+            Err(e) => (
+                StatusCode::INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR,
+                format!("Template error: {}", e),
+            )
+                .into_response(),
+        }
+    }
+}