diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index 9644ff7..23f118a 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -12,17 +12,44 @@
     <nav class="navbar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation">
         <div class="navbar-menu">
             <div class="navbar-start">
-                <a class="navbar-item" href="https://bulma.io">
+                <a class="navbar-item" href="#" hx-post="/api/v1/logout">
                     <img src="images/js_logo.svg" alt="js logo" style="height: 100%">
                     <h2 class="title is-3 ml-1">Reading Exercices</h2>
                 </a>
             </div>
         </div>
     </nav>
-    <div hx-get="/api/v1/random-questions/dsdsddsf/4"
+    <div hx-get="/api/v1/random-questions/:seed/:defaultIndex"
          hx-trigger="load"
          id="question-body">
     </div>
 
+    <script>
+        function getDefaultIndex(){
+            if(document.location.hash.length > 1){
+                return document.location.hash.substr(1)
+            }
+            return localStorage.getItem("defaultIndex") || '0'; 
+        }
+        document.body.addEventListener('htmx:configRequest', function(evt) {
+            evt.detail.headers.session = localStorage.getItem("seed"); 
+            evt.detail.path = evt.detail.path.replace(":seed", localStorage.getItem("seed"));
+            
+            evt.detail.path = evt.detail.path.replace(":defaultIndex", getDefaultIndex());
+        });
+        document.body.addEventListener('logout', function (evt) {
+          window.localStorage.clear();
+          document.location.href = "/login.html";     
+        });
+
+        document.body.addEventListener('set-question-id', function (evt) {
+            if(isNaN(evt.detail.value)){
+                return;
+            }
+            document.location.hash = evt.detail.value
+            localStorage.setItem("defaultIndex", evt.detail.value);
+        });
+
+    </script>
   </body>
 </html>
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diff --git a/public/login.html b/public/login.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6df5d74
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/login.html
@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <head>
+    <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>JS Reading App</title>
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bulma@0.9.4/css/bulma.min.css">
+    <script src="https://unpkg.com/htmx.org@1.9.9"></script>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <nav class="navbar" role="navigation" aria-label="main navigation">
+        <div class="navbar-menu">
+            <div class="navbar-start">
+                <a class="navbar-item" href="#">
+                    <img src="images/js_logo.svg" alt="js logo" style="height: 100%">
+                    <h2 class="title is-3 ml-1">Reading Exercices</h2>
+                </a>
+            </div>
+        </div>
+    </nav>
+    <div class="columns is-centered">
+      <div class="column is-half">
+        <form hx-post="/api/v1/login" hx-swap="none">
+        
+          <div class="field has-addons">
+            <div class="control">
+              <input class="input" id="username" type="text" placeholder="bob.l.eponge@ocean.com" name="username" required>
+            </div>
+            <div class="control">
+              <input type="submit" class="button" value="Login">
+              </a>
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </form>
+      </div>      
+    </div>
+
+    <script>
+      document.body.addEventListener('set-seed', function (evt) {
+          const seed = document.getElementById("username").value;
+          window.localStorage.setItem("seed", seed);
+          document.location.href = "/";     
+      });
+
+    </script>
+
+  </body>
+</html>
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diff --git a/src/server.tsx b/src/server.tsx
index fff5fab..531ed4b 100644
--- a/src/server.tsx
+++ b/src/server.tsx
@@ -8,10 +8,16 @@ import {QuestionSource, QuestionMeta} from './shared.ts';
 
 type Question = [QuestionSource, QuestionMeta];
 
+type QuestionURLS = {
+    nextQuestionUrl: string, 
+    validationUrl: string, 
+    answerQuestionUrl: string
+};
 
 const questions: Question = Object.values(rawQuestions).flatMap(s => s.questions.map( q => [s, q]));
 
-const router = new Router();
+const apiRouter = new Router();
+const loginRouter = new Router();
 const app = new Application();
 
 function hashString(str: string): number {
@@ -45,7 +51,7 @@ function  getRandomQuestion<T>(seed: string, index: number, questions: Question[
 
 }
 
-function getQuestionPage(question: Question, nextQuestionUrl: string, validationUrl: string, answerQuestionUrl: string){
+function getQuestionPage(question: Question, urls: QuestionURLS){
     return (<div>
         <pre> { question[0].toString() }</pre>
         <div class="content mt-2 mb-2">
@@ -64,15 +70,15 @@ function getQuestionPage(question: Question, nextQuestionUrl: string, validation
                     <button class="button is-info"
                             hx-trigger="click"
                             hx-target="#message"
-                            hx-post={validationUrl} >
+                            hx-post={urls.validationUrl} >
                     Verify Answer
                     </button>
                 </div>
                 <div class="control">
                     <a class="button is-info" 
                     href="#" 
-                    hx-trigger="next-question from:body delay:1500ms, click"
-                    hx-get={nextQuestionUrl} 
+                    hx-trigger="next-question from:body delay:500ms, click"
+                    hx-get={urls.nextQuestionUrl} 
                     hx-params="none"
                     hx-target="#question-body" >
                     Next Question
@@ -83,7 +89,7 @@ function getQuestionPage(question: Question, nextQuestionUrl: string, validation
                     <a class="button is-info" 
                     href="#" 
                     hx-trigger="click"
-                    hx-get={answerQuestionUrl} 
+                    hx-get={urls.answerQuestionUrl} 
                     hx-params="none"
                     hx-target="#message" >
                     Show Answer
@@ -120,43 +126,72 @@ function processValidAnswer(ctx, answer: string): void {
 }
 
 
-router.all("/api/v1/random-questions/:seed/:idx/validate", async (ctx)=> {
+function getQuestion(ctx): Question{
+    const seed = ctx.params.seed;
+    const index = Number.parseInt(ctx.params.idx??"0");
+    return getRandomQuestion(seed, index, questions);
+}
+
+function getUrls(ctx): QuestionURLS{
     const seed = ctx.params.seed;
     const index = Number.parseInt(ctx.params.idx??"0");
-    const answer = (await ctx.request.body().value).get("answer");
     const nextQuestionUrl = `/api/v1/random-questions/${seed}/${index + 1}`;
-    const q = getRandomQuestion(seed, index, questions);
+    const validationUrl = `/api/v1/random-questions/${seed}/${index}/validate`;
+    const answerQuestionUrl = `/api/v1/random-questions/${seed}/${index}/answer`
+    return {nextQuestionUrl, validationUrl, answerQuestionUrl};
+}
+
+apiRouter.post("/api/v1/random-questions/:seed/:idx/validate", async (ctx)=> {
+    const answer = (await ctx.request.body().value).get("answer");
+    const q = getQuestion(ctx);
     if(isValidAnswer(q, answer)){
-        processValidAnswer(ctx, nextQuestionUrl)
+        processValidAnswer(ctx, getUrls(ctx).nextQuestionUrl)
     }else{
-        processInvalidAnswer(ctx, nextQuestionUrl)
+        processInvalidAnswer(ctx, getUrls(ctx).nextQuestionUrl)
     }
 })
 
-router.get("/api/v1/random-questions/:seed/:idx/answer", (ctx)=> {
-    const seed = ctx.params.seed;
-    const index = Number.parseInt(ctx.params.idx??"0");
-    const q = getRandomQuestion(seed, index, questions);
+apiRouter.get("/api/v1/random-questions/:seed/:idx/answer", (ctx)=> {
+    const q = getQuestion(ctx);
     ctx.response.body = renderToString(
     <div class="notification is-warning">
         The answer is {q[1].answer}
     </div>);
 })
 
-router.get("/api/v1/random-questions/:seed/:idx", (ctx)=> {
-    const seed = ctx.params.seed;
-    const index = Number.parseInt(ctx.params.idx??"0");
-    const q = getRandomQuestion(seed, index, questions);
-    const nextQuestionUrl = `/api/v1/random-questions/${seed}/${index + 1}`;
-    const validationUrl = `/api/v1/random-questions/${seed}/${index}/validate`;
-    const answerQuestionUrl = `/api/v1/random-questions/${seed}/${index}/answer`
+apiRouter.get("/api/v1/random-questions/:seed/:idx", (ctx)=> {
+    const q = getQuestion(ctx);
+    const urls = getUrls(ctx);
     
-    ctx.response.body = renderToString(getQuestionPage(q, nextQuestionUrl, validationUrl, answerQuestionUrl));
+    ctx.response.body = renderToString(getQuestionPage(q, urls));
+    ctx.response.headers.append("HX-Trigger", JSON.stringify({'set-question-id': ctx.params.idx}));
 });
 
 
-app.use(router.routes());
+loginRouter.post("/api/v1/login", async (ctx)=> {
+    const username = (await ctx.request.body().value).get("username");
+    ctx.response.headers.append("HX-Trigger", JSON.stringify({'set-seed': username}));
+    ctx.response.body = username;
+});
+
+loginRouter.post("/api/v1/logout", (ctx)=> {
+    ctx.response.headers.append("HX-Trigger", "logout");
+    ctx.response.body = "";
+});
+
+
+app.use(loginRouter.routes());
 app.use(staticFiles("public", {brotli: true, fetch: true}));
+app.use(async (ctx, next) => {
+    if(!ctx.request.headers.get('session')){
+        console.log("user not logged in.")
+        ctx.response.headers.append("HX-Redirect", "/login.html");
+        return
+    }
+    await next();
+})
+app.use(apiRouter.routes());
+
 
 
 await app.listen({ port: 8000 });