diff --git a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_api/lib/alchemist_markdown.ex b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_api/lib/alchemist_markdown.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d982c04
--- /dev/null
+++ b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_api/lib/alchemist_markdown.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
+defmodule AlchemistMarkdown do
+  def to_html(markdown \\ "", opts \\ [])
+
+  def to_html(markdown, _opts) do
+    markdown
+    |> hrs
+    |> divs
+    |> Earmark.as_html!(earmark_options())
+    |> HtmlSanitizeEx.html5()
+    |> smalls
+    |> bigs
+  end
+
+  # for now, we'll just replace H1 and H2 tags with H3s, but as the site grows and it becomes necessary, we'll add more restrictions to commenters.
+  def to_commenter_html(markdown) do
+    to_html(markdown)
+    |> h3_is_max
+  end
+
+  # Earmark doesn't support adding CSS classes to divs yet
+  def divs(text) do
+    matcher = ~r{(^|\n)::div((\.[\w-]*)*) ?(.*?)(\n):/div ?}s
+    matches = Regex.run(matcher, text)
+
+    case matches do
+      nil ->
+        text
+
+      [matched_part, _, classes, _, inner_md | _tail] ->
+        classname = classes |> String.split(".", trim: true) |> Enum.join(" ")
+        html = "<div class=#{classname}>#{to_html(inner_md)}</div>"
+        String.replace(text, matched_part, html)
+    end
+  end
+
+  def bigs(text) do
+    replace_unless_pre(text, ~r/\+\+(.+)\+\+/, "<big>\\1</big>")
+  end
+
+  def hrs(text) do
+    Regex.replace(~r{(^|\n)([-*])( *\2 *)+\2}s, text, "\\1<hr />")
+  end
+
+  def h3_is_max(text) do
+    text = Regex.replace(~r{<h1([^<]*>(.*)<\/)h1>}s, text, "<h3\\1h3>")
+    Regex.replace(~r{<h2([^<]*>(.*)<\/)h2>}s, text, "<h3\\1h3>")
+  end
+
+  # Replace the input text based on the regex and replacement text provided
+  # ... except leave everything inside <pre> blocks as is
+  def replace_unless_pre(text, rexp, replacement) do
+    Regex.split(~r|<pre[^<]*>.*<\/pre>|s, text, include_captures: true)
+    |> Enum.map(fn str ->
+      case String.starts_with?(str, "<pre") do
+        true -> str
+        _ -> Regex.replace(rexp, str, replacement)
+      end
+    end)
+    |> Enum.join("")
+  end
+
+  def smalls(text) do
+    replace_unless_pre(text, ~r/--(.+)--/, "<small>\\1</small>")
+  end
+
+  defp earmark_options() do
+    %Earmark.Options{
+      code_class_prefix: "lang-",
+      smartypants: false
+    }
+  end
+end
diff --git a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_api/lib/logsrv_api.ex b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_api/lib/logsrv_api.ex
index 3cfc81c..6c303eb 100644
--- a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_api/lib/logsrv_api.ex
+++ b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_api/lib/logsrv_api.ex
@@ -34,8 +34,8 @@ defmodule LogsrvApi do
     end
   end
 
-  def read(page) do
-    @repo.read(page)
+  def read(entry) do
+    @repo.read(entry)
   end
 
 
diff --git a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_api/lib/logsrv_api/filesystem.ex b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_api/lib/logsrv_api/filesystem.ex
index a4bb346..3f1471e 100644
--- a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_api/lib/logsrv_api/filesystem.ex
+++ b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_api/lib/logsrv_api/filesystem.ex
@@ -1,12 +1,16 @@
 defmodule LogsrvApi.Filesystem do
   alias LogsrvApi.{Journal, Page}
 
-  def to_date(str) do
+  def to_date(str) when is_bitstring(str) do
     str
     |> String.replace(~r/\..*/,"")
     |> String.replace("_","-")
     |> Date.from_iso8601()
   end
+  def to_date(date) do
+    {:ok, date}
+  end
+
   def dir do
     Application.get_env(:logsrv_api, :dir) <> "/"
   end
@@ -41,8 +45,14 @@ defmodule LogsrvApi.Filesystem do
   def get!(Journal, date) do
     Enum.find(all(Journal), fn(entry) -> entry.date === date end)
   end
-  def get!(Page, title) do
-    Enum.find(all(Page), fn(entry) -> entry.title === title end)
+  def get!(Page, filename) do
+    Enum.find(all(Page), fn(entry) -> entry.filename === filename end)
+  end
+
+  def read(entry) do
+    entry.type
+    |> locate(entry.filename)
+    |> File.read!
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_api/lib/logsrv_api/page.ex b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_api/lib/logsrv_api/page.ex
index d556493..fe4097e 100644
--- a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_api/lib/logsrv_api/page.ex
+++ b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_api/lib/logsrv_api/page.ex
@@ -7,13 +7,15 @@ defmodule LogsrvApi.Page do
     |> String.replace(~r/\.md$/,"")
     |> String.replace("%2F","/")
 
-    date_modified = Page |> Filesystem.locate(fd)
+    %{mtime: mtime} = (Page |> Filesystem.locate(fd) |> File.stat!)
+    date_modified = mtime |> NaiveDateTime.from_erl!() |> DateTime.from_naive!("Etc/UTC")
     tags = [:fun]
 
     %{
+      type: Page,
       title: title |> String.capitalize(),
       filename: fd,
-      date_modified: date_modified,
+      date: date_modified,
       tags: tags
     }
   end
diff --git a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/controllers/post_controller.ex b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/controllers/post_controller.ex
index 5eeffca..44ec272 100644
--- a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/controllers/post_controller.ex
+++ b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/controllers/post_controller.ex
@@ -1,17 +1,20 @@
 defmodule LogsrvWeb.PostController do
   use LogsrvWeb, :controller
+  import LogsrvApi
 
   def index(conn, _params) do
-    pages = LogsrvApi.pages()
-    journals = LogsrvApi.journals()
-    render(conn, "index.html", pages: pages, journals: journals)
+    render(conn, "index.html", pages: pages(), journals: journals())
   end
 
   def show(conn, %{"id" => id}) do
-    pages = LogsrvApi.pages()
-    journals = LogsrvApi.journals()
-    post = LogsrvApi.get_by_id(id)
-    content = post |> LogsrvApi.read
-    render(conn, "post.html", post: post, pages: pages, journals: journals, content: content)
+    post = id |> get_by_id
+    content = post |> read
+    render(conn, "post.html", post: post, pages: pages(), journals: journals(), content: content)
+  end
+
+  def home(conn, _params) do
+    homepage = get_by_id("contents.md")
+    content = homepage |> read
+    render(conn, "post.html", post: homepage, pages: pages(), journals: journals(), content: content)
   end
 end
diff --git a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/router.ex b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/router.ex
index 2d914a0..4428e05 100644
--- a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/router.ex
+++ b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/router.ex
@@ -17,7 +17,9 @@ defmodule LogsrvWeb.Router do
   scope "/", LogsrvWeb do
     pipe_through :browser
 
-    get "/", PostController, :index
+    get "/", PostController, :home
+    get "/index", PostController, :index
+    get "/post/:id", PostController, :show
   end
 
   # Other scopes may use custom stacks.
diff --git a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/templates/layout/root.html.heex b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/templates/layout/root.html.heex
index 129b973..ae16d78 100644
--- a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/templates/layout/root.html.heex
+++ b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/templates/layout/root.html.heex
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
+<html lang="en" data-theme="dark">
   <head>
     <meta charset="utf-8"/>
     <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge"/>
@@ -7,19 +7,22 @@
     <meta name="csrf-token" content={csrf_token_value()}>
     <%= live_title_tag assigns[:page_title] || "LogsrvWeb", suffix: " · Phoenix Framework" %>
     <link phx-track-static rel="stylesheet" href={Routes.static_path(@conn, "/assets/app.css")}/>
+    <link phx-track-static rel="stylesheet" href={Routes.static_path(@conn, "/assets/bear.css")}/>
     <script defer phx-track-static type="text/javascript" src={Routes.static_path(@conn, "/assets/app.js")}></script>
   </head>
-  <body>
+  <body><div id="root"><div class="theme-inner"><div id="app-container">
     <header>
       <section class="container" style="flex-direction:row-reverse;">          
-          <img style="padding:1em;border-radius:1em;" src={Routes.static_path(@conn, "/images/logseq-logo.png")} alt="Logo"/>          
+        <div><a href="/"><img style="padding:1em;border-radius:1em;" src={Routes.static_path(@conn, "/images/logseq-logo.png")} alt="Logo"/></a></div>
+        <div>
         <ul>
         <li>  <b>Directory:</b> <%= LogsrvApi.Filesystem.dir %> </li>
         <li>  <b>Journals:</b> <%= @pages |> length %> </li>
         <li>  <b>Pages:</b> <%= @journals |> length %> </li>        
-        </ul>
-      </section>    
+        </ul></div>
+      <div> <a href="/pages"><h3>Pages</h3></a> </div><div> <a href="/journals"><h3>Journals</h3></a> </div>        
+        </section>    
     </header>
     <%= @inner_content %>
-  </body>
+</div></div></div>  </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/templates/post/home.html.heex b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/templates/post/home.html.heex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/templates/post/post.html.heex b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/templates/post/post.html.heex
index 4ceb364..0be02ba 100644
--- a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/templates/post/post.html.heex
+++ b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/templates/post/post.html.heex
@@ -4,5 +4,5 @@
   </article>  
 </section>
 <section class="row">
-    <%= content(@post.filename) %>
+    <%= raw @content |> AlchemistMarkdown.to_html |> cleanup %>
 </section>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/views/post_view.ex b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/views/post_view.ex
index 6b30570..54c8dda 100644
--- a/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/views/post_view.ex
+++ b/logsrv/apps/logsrv_web/lib/logsrv_web/views/post_view.ex
@@ -6,9 +6,8 @@ defmodule LogsrvWeb.PostView do
     "/post/#{post.filename}"
   end
 
-  def content(post) do
-    IO.puts(post.filename)
-    post.filename |> Journal.locate |> LogsrvApi.read
+  def cleanup(str) do
+    str
   end
 
 end
diff --git a/logsrv/mix.exs b/logsrv/mix.exs
index 839f40b..cbde0bd 100644
--- a/logsrv/mix.exs
+++ b/logsrv/mix.exs
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@ defmodule Logsrv.MixProject do
       apps_path: "apps",
       version: "0.1.0",
       start_permanent: Mix.env() == :prod,
-      deps: deps()
+      deps: deps(),
+      apps: [:logsrv_api, :logsrv_web]
     ]
   end
 
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ defmodule Logsrv.MixProject do
   #
   # Run "mix help deps" for examples and options.
   defp deps do
-    []
+    [
+      {:earmark, "~> 1.4"},
+      {:html_sanitize_ex, "~> 1.3"}
+    ]
   end
 end
diff --git a/logsrv/mix.lock b/logsrv/mix.lock
index 3e27a8d..4bc64fd 100644
--- a/logsrv/mix.lock
+++ b/logsrv/mix.lock
@@ -3,13 +3,17 @@
   "cowboy": {:hex, :cowboy, "2.9.0", "865dd8b6607e14cf03282e10e934023a1bd8be6f6bacf921a7e2a96d800cd452", [:make, :rebar3], [{:cowlib, "2.11.0", [hex: :cowlib, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:ranch, "1.8.0", [hex: :ranch, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "2c729f934b4e1aa149aff882f57c6372c15399a20d54f65c8d67bef583021bde"},
   "cowboy_telemetry": {:hex, :cowboy_telemetry, "0.4.0", "f239f68b588efa7707abce16a84d0d2acf3a0f50571f8bb7f56a15865aae820c", [:rebar3], [{:cowboy, "~> 2.7", [hex: :cowboy, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:telemetry, "~> 1.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "7d98bac1ee4565d31b62d59f8823dfd8356a169e7fcbb83831b8a5397404c9de"},
   "cowlib": {:hex, :cowlib, "2.11.0", "0b9ff9c346629256c42ebe1eeb769a83c6cb771a6ee5960bd110ab0b9b872063", [:make, :rebar3], [], "hexpm", "2b3e9da0b21c4565751a6d4901c20d1b4cc25cbb7fd50d91d2ab6dd287bc86a9"},
+  "earmark": {:hex, :earmark, "1.4.27", "b413b0379043df51475a9b22ce344e8a58a117516c735b8871e6cdd5ed0f0153", [:mix], [{:earmark_parser, "~> 1.4.26", [hex: :earmark_parser, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "579ebe2eaf4c7e040815a73a268036bcd96e6aab8ad2b1fcd979aaeb1ea47e15"},
+  "earmark_parser": {:hex, :earmark_parser, "1.4.26", "f4291134583f373c7d8755566122908eb9662df4c4b63caa66a0eabe06569b0a", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "48d460899f8a0c52c5470676611c01f64f3337bad0b26ddab43648428d94aabc"},
   "esbuild": {:hex, :esbuild, "0.5.0", "d5bb08ff049d7880ee3609ed5c4b864bd2f46445ea40b16b4acead724fb4c4a3", [:mix], [{:castore, ">= 0.0.0", [hex: :castore, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "f183a0b332d963c4cfaf585477695ea59eef9a6f2204fdd0efa00e099694ffe5"},
   "file_system": {:hex, :file_system, "0.2.10", "fb082005a9cd1711c05b5248710f8826b02d7d1784e7c3451f9c1231d4fc162d", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "41195edbfb562a593726eda3b3e8b103a309b733ad25f3d642ba49696bf715dc"},
   "floki": {:hex, :floki, "0.33.1", "f20f1eb471e726342b45ccb68edb9486729e7df94da403936ea94a794f072781", [:mix], [{:html_entities, "~> 0.5.0", [hex: :html_entities, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "461035fd125f13fdf30f243c85a0b1e50afbec876cbf1ceefe6fddd2e6d712c6"},
   "gettext": {:hex, :gettext, "0.20.0", "75ad71de05f2ef56991dbae224d35c68b098dd0e26918def5bb45591d5c8d429", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "1c03b177435e93a47441d7f681a7040bd2a816ece9e2666d1c9001035121eb3d"},
   "html_entities": {:hex, :html_entities, "0.5.2", "9e47e70598da7de2a9ff6af8758399251db6dbb7eebe2b013f2bbd2515895c3c", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "c53ba390403485615623b9531e97696f076ed415e8d8058b1dbaa28181f4fdcc"},
+  "html_sanitize_ex": {:hex, :html_sanitize_ex, "1.4.2", "c479398b6de798c03eb5d04a0a9a9159d73508f83f6590a00b8eacba3619cf4c", [:mix], [{:mochiweb, "~> 2.15", [hex: :mochiweb, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "aef6c28585d06a9109ad591507e508854c5559561f950bbaea773900dd369b0e"},
   "jason": {:hex, :jason, "1.3.0", "fa6b82a934feb176263ad2df0dbd91bf633d4a46ebfdffea0c8ae82953714946", [:mix], [{:decimal, "~> 1.0 or ~> 2.0", [hex: :decimal, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm", "53fc1f51255390e0ec7e50f9cb41e751c260d065dcba2bf0d08dc51a4002c2ac"},
   "mime": {:hex, :mime, "2.0.3", "3676436d3d1f7b81b5a2d2bd8405f412c677558c81b1c92be58c00562bb59095", [:mix], [], "hexpm", "27a30bf0db44d25eecba73755acf4068cbfe26a4372f9eb3e4ea3a45956bff6b"},
+  "mochiweb": {:hex, :mochiweb, "2.22.0", "f104d6747c01a330c38613561977e565b788b9170055c5241ac9dd6e4617cba5", [:rebar3], [], "hexpm", "cbbd1fd315d283c576d1c8a13e0738f6dafb63dc840611249608697502a07655"},
   "phoenix": {:hex, :phoenix, "1.6.11", "29f3c0fd12fa1fc4d4b05e341578e55bc78d96ea83a022587a7e276884d397e4", [:mix], [{:jason, "~> 1.0", [hex: :jason, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:phoenix_pubsub, "~> 2.0", [hex: :phoenix_pubsub, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:phoenix_view, "~> 1.0", [hex: :phoenix_view, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:plug, "~> 1.10", [hex: :plug, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:plug_cowboy, "~> 2.2", [hex: :plug_cowboy, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:plug_crypto, "~> 1.2", [hex: :plug_crypto, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:telemetry, "~> 0.4 or ~> 1.0", [hex: :telemetry, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "1664e34f80c25ea4918fbadd957f491225ef601c0e00b4e644b1a772864bfbc2"},
   "phoenix_html": {:hex, :phoenix_html, "3.2.0", "1c1219d4b6cb22ac72f12f73dc5fad6c7563104d083f711c3fcd8551a1f4ae11", [:mix], [{:plug, "~> 1.5", [hex: :plug, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}], "hexpm", "36ec97ba56d25c0136ef1992c37957e4246b649d620958a1f9fa86165f8bc54f"},
   "phoenix_live_dashboard": {:hex, :phoenix_live_dashboard, "0.6.5", "1495bb014be12c9a9252eca04b9af54246f6b5c1e4cd1f30210cd00ec540cf8e", [:mix], [{:ecto, "~> 3.6.2 or ~> 3.7", [hex: :ecto, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:ecto_mysql_extras, "~> 0.3", [hex: :ecto_mysql_extras, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:ecto_psql_extras, "~> 0.7", [hex: :ecto_psql_extras, repo: "hexpm", optional: true]}, {:mime, "~> 1.6 or ~> 2.0", [hex: :mime, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:phoenix_live_view, "~> 0.17.7", [hex: :phoenix_live_view, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}, {:telemetry_metrics, "~> 0.6.0", [hex: :telemetry_metrics, repo: "hexpm", optional: false]}], "hexpm", "ef4fa50dd78364409039c99cf6f98ab5209b4c5f8796c17f4db118324f0db852"},