diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index fe3d61d..fd43ed1 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -110,6 +110,48 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "askama"
+version = "0.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f75363874b771be265f4ffe307ca705ef6f3baa19011c149da8674a87f1b75c4"
+dependencies = [
+ "askama_derive",
+ "itoa",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "askama_derive"
+version = "0.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "129397200fe83088e8a68407a8e2b1f826cf0086b21ccdb866a722c8bcd3a94f"
+dependencies = [
+ "askama_parser",
+ "basic-toml",
+ "memchr",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "rustc-hash",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "syn 2.0.100",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "askama_parser"
+version = "0.14.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "d6ab5630b3d5eaf232620167977f95eb51f3432fc76852328774afbd242d4358"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_derive",
+ "winnow",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "async-stream"
 version = "0.3.6"
@@ -206,6 +248,15 @@ version = "1.7.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "89e25b6adfb930f02d1981565a6e5d9c547ac15a96606256d3b59040e5cd4ca3"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "basic-toml"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba62675e8242a4c4e806d12f11d136e626e6c8361d6b829310732241652a178a"
+dependencies = [
+ "serde",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "binascii"
 version = "0.1.4"
@@ -2156,6 +2207,7 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "server"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "askama",
  "chrono",
  "main",
  "rand 0.8.5",
diff --git a/ferri-server/Cargo.toml b/ferri-server/Cargo.toml
index a378685..11d5807 100644
--- a/ferri-server/Cargo.toml
+++ b/ferri-server/Cargo.toml
@@ -18,4 +18,5 @@ tracing = { workspace = true }
 tracing-subscriber = { workspace = true }
 thiserror = { workspace = true }
 serde_json = { workspace = true }
-serde = { workspace = true }
\ No newline at end of file
+serde = { workspace = true }
+askama = "0.14.0"
diff --git a/ferri-server/src/endpoints/admin/mod.rs b/ferri-server/src/endpoints/admin/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..51e6ec7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ferri-server/src/endpoints/admin/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use rocket::{get, post, response::content::RawHtml};
+use askama::Template; 
+
+#[derive(Template)]
+#[template(path = "index.html")]
+struct IndexTemplate {
+    val: String
+}
+
+#[post("/clicked")]
+pub async fn button_clicked() -> RawHtml<String> {
+    let tmpl = IndexTemplate { val: "clicked".to_string() };
+    RawHtml(tmpl.render().unwrap())
+}
+
+#[get("/")]
+pub async fn index() -> RawHtml<String> {
+    let tmpl = IndexTemplate { val: "test".to_string() };
+    RawHtml(tmpl.render().unwrap())
+}
diff --git a/ferri-server/src/endpoints/mod.rs b/ferri-server/src/endpoints/mod.rs
index 50f374c..74f42d3 100644
--- a/ferri-server/src/endpoints/mod.rs
+++ b/ferri-server/src/endpoints/mod.rs
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ pub mod oauth;
 pub mod user;
 
 pub mod api;
+pub mod admin;
+
 pub mod custom;
 pub mod inbox;
 pub mod well_known;
diff --git a/ferri-server/src/lib.rs b/ferri-server/src/lib.rs
index d373a7e..c8cfb9a 100644
--- a/ferri-server/src/lib.rs
+++ b/ferri-server/src/lib.rs
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 use endpoints::{
     api::{self, timeline},
-    custom, inbox, oauth, user, well_known,
+    admin, custom, inbox, oauth, user, well_known,
 };
 
 use tracing_subscriber::fmt;
@@ -122,6 +122,13 @@ pub fn launch(cfg: Config) -> Rocket<Build> {
         .attach(Db::init())
         .attach(cors::CORS)
         .mount("/assets", rocket::fs::FileServer::from("./assets"))
+        .mount(
+            "/admin",
+            routes![
+                admin::index,
+                admin::button_clicked
+            ]   
+        )
         .mount(
             "/",
             routes![
diff --git a/ferri-server/templates/index.html b/ferri-server/templates/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f912bcf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ferri-server/templates/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <base href="https://ferri.amy.mov/admin/">
+    
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+    <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="ie=edge">
+    <title>Ferri Test</title>
+    
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/tailwindlabs/tailwindcss/dbc8023a08964f513c20796e170cb91ce891df3f/packages/tailwindcss/preflight.css">
+    <script src="https://unpkg.com/htmx.org@2.0.4"></script>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <button hx-post="clicked" hx-swap="outerHTML">
+      Click Me {{ val }}
+    </button>
+  </body>
+</html>