diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 41c4b8d..43849e4 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -53,6 +53,21 @@ version = "0.2.18"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "5c6cb57a04249c6480766f7f7cef5467412af1490f8d1e243141daddada3264f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "android-tzdata"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e999941b234f3131b00bc13c22d06e8c5ff726d1b6318ac7eb276997bbb4fef0"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "android_system_properties"
+version = "0.1.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "819e7219dbd41043ac279b19830f2efc897156490d7fd6ea916720117ee66311"
+dependencies = [
+ "libc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "anstream"
 version = "0.6.15"
@@ -208,7 +223,9 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
  "axum-macros",
+ "chrono",
  "chrono-tz",
+ "http",
  "maud",
  "rand",
  "serde",
@@ -263,6 +280,12 @@ dependencies = [
  "generic-array",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "bumpalo"
+version = "3.16.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "79296716171880943b8470b5f8d03aa55eb2e645a4874bdbb28adb49162e012c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "byteorder"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -311,7 +334,13 @@ version = "0.4.38"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "a21f936df1771bf62b77f047b726c4625ff2e8aa607c01ec06e5a05bd8463401"
 dependencies = [
+ "android-tzdata",
+ "iana-time-zone",
+ "js-sys",
  "num-traits",
+ "serde",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -410,6 +439,12 @@ version = "0.9.6"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "c2459377285ad874054d797f3ccebf984978aa39129f6eafde5cdc8315b612f8"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "core-foundation-sys"
+version = "0.8.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "773648b94d0e5d620f64f280777445740e61fe701025087ec8b57f45c791888b"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "cpufeatures"
 version = "0.2.14"
@@ -842,6 +877,29 @@ dependencies = [
  "tower-service",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone"
+version = "0.1.61"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "235e081f3925a06703c2d0117ea8b91f042756fd6e7a6e5d901e8ca1a996b220"
+dependencies = [
+ "android_system_properties",
+ "core-foundation-sys",
+ "iana-time-zone-haiku",
+ "js-sys",
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+ "windows-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "iana-time-zone-haiku"
+version = "0.1.2"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f31827a206f56af32e590ba56d5d2d085f558508192593743f16b2306495269f"
+dependencies = [
+ "cc",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "idna"
 version = "0.5.0"
@@ -893,6 +951,15 @@ version = "1.0.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "49f1f14873335454500d59611f1cf4a4b0f786f9ac11f4312a78e4cf2566695b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "js-sys"
+version = "0.3.70"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "1868808506b929d7b0cfa8f75951347aa71bb21144b7791bae35d9bccfcfe37a"
+dependencies = [
+ "wasm-bindgen",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "lazy_static"
 version = "1.5.0"
@@ -1701,6 +1768,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "atoi",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
+ "chrono",
  "crc",
  "crossbeam-queue",
  "either",
@@ -1785,6 +1853,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
  "byteorder",
  "bytes",
+ "chrono",
  "crc",
  "digest",
  "dotenvy",
@@ -1827,6 +1896,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "base64",
  "bitflags",
  "byteorder",
+ "chrono",
  "crc",
  "dotenvy",
  "etcetera",
@@ -1863,6 +1933,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "d5b2cf34a45953bfd3daaf3db0f7a7878ab9b7a6b91b422d24a7a9e4c857b680"
 dependencies = [
  "atoi",
+ "chrono",
  "flume",
  "futures-channel",
  "futures-core",
@@ -2256,6 +2327,61 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b8dad83b4f25e74f184f64c43b150b91efe7647395b42289f38e50566d82855b"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen"
+version = "0.2.93"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a82edfc16a6c469f5f44dc7b571814045d60404b55a0ee849f9bcfa2e63dd9b5"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+ "wasm-bindgen-macro",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-backend"
+version = "0.2.93"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "9de396da306523044d3302746f1208fa71d7532227f15e347e2d93e4145dd77b"
+dependencies = [
+ "bumpalo",
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "wasm-bindgen-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-macro"
+version = "0.2.93"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "585c4c91a46b072c92e908d99cb1dcdf95c5218eeb6f3bf1efa991ee7a68cccf"
+dependencies = [
+ "quote",
+ "wasm-bindgen-macro-support",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-macro-support"
+version = "0.2.93"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "afc340c74d9005395cf9dd098506f7f44e38f2b4a21c6aaacf9a105ea5e1e836"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+ "wasm-bindgen-backend",
+ "wasm-bindgen-shared",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "wasm-bindgen-shared"
+version = "0.2.93"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "c62a0a307cb4a311d3a07867860911ca130c3494e8c2719593806c08bc5d0484"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "webpki-roots"
 version = "0.26.6"
@@ -2297,6 +2423,15 @@ version = "0.4.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "windows-core"
+version = "0.52.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "33ab640c8d7e35bf8ba19b884ba838ceb4fba93a4e8c65a9059d08afcfc683d9"
+dependencies = [
+ "windows-targets 0.52.6",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-sys"
 version = "0.48.0"
diff --git a/crates/backend/Cargo.toml b/crates/backend/Cargo.toml
index 0277485..ea51139 100644
--- a/crates/backend/Cargo.toml
+++ b/crates/backend/Cargo.toml
@@ -4,14 +4,16 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 edition = "2021"
 
 [dependencies]
+http = "1"
 axum = { version = "0.7.5", features = [ "json", "macros" ] }
 axum-macros = "0.4.1"
+chrono = { version = "0.4", features = [ "serde" ] }
 chrono-tz = "0.10.0"
 maud = "0.26.0"
-sqlx = { version = "0.8.2", features = ["postgres", "runtime-tokio", "tls-rustls-ring", "uuid" ] }
-tokio = { version = "1.40.0", features = ["full"] }
+sqlx = { version = "0.8.2", features = [ "postgres", "runtime-tokio", "tls-rustls-ring", "uuid", "chrono" ] }
+tokio = { version = "1.40.0", features = [ "full" ] }
 tokio-tungstenite = "0.24.0"
-serde = { version = "1", features = ["derive"] }
+serde = { version = "1", features = [ "derive" ] }
 anyhow = "1"
-uuid = { version = "1.10.0", features = ["serde"] }
+uuid = { version = "1.10.0", features = [ "serde" ] }
 rand = "0.8.5"
diff --git a/crates/backend/migrations/20240921175315_init.sql b/crates/backend/migrations/20240921175315_init.sql
index ed771c0..0afa59a 100644
--- a/crates/backend/migrations/20240921175315_init.sql
+++ b/crates/backend/migrations/20240921175315_init.sql
@@ -10,8 +10,10 @@ create table chats (
 
 create table messages (
     id uuid default (gen_random_uuid()) primary key,
-    timestamp timestamptz default (now()),
+    timestamp timestamptz not null default (now()),
     chat_id uuid not null references chats(id),
     content varchar(2000) not null,
     from_admin boolean not null
-)
+);
+
+insert into chats (url_path) values ('tstcht');
diff --git a/crates/backend/src/chat.rs b/crates/backend/src/chat.rs
index 4dd8755..825a8c6 100644
--- a/crates/backend/src/chat.rs
+++ b/crates/backend/src/chat.rs
@@ -1,18 +1,28 @@
 use axum::{
-    extract::{Path, State},
-    response::Html,
-    Json,
+    extract::{FromRef, Path, State},
+    http::{
+        header::{ACCEPT, CONTENT_TYPE},
+        HeaderMap, HeaderValue, StatusCode,
+    },
+    response::{Html, IntoResponse, Redirect},
+    Form, Json,
 };
 use maud::{html, Render};
+use serde::{Deserialize, Serialize};
 use sqlx::{Pool, Postgres};
 use uuid::Uuid;
 
-use crate::model::{Chat, Message};
+use crate::{
+    model::{Chat, Message},
+    ADMIN_TOK,
+};
 
 pub async fn get(
     Path(url_path): Path<String>,
+    headers: HeaderMap,
     State(pool): State<Pool<Postgres>>,
-) -> Json<Vec<Message>> {
+) -> impl IntoResponse {
+    println!("headers: {headers:#?}");
     let chat = sqlx::query_as!(Chat, r#"select * from chats where url_path = $1"#, url_path)
         .fetch_one(&pool)
         .await
@@ -25,5 +35,74 @@ pub async fn get(
     .fetch_all(&pool)
     .await
     .unwrap();
-    Json(messages)
+
+    if Some(&HeaderValue::from_static("application/json")) == headers.get(ACCEPT) {
+        Json(messages).into_response()
+    } else {
+        Html(
+            html! {
+                main {
+                    div #history {
+                        @for msg in &messages {
+                            div.message.(if msg.from_admin { "from_admin" } else { "from_user" }) {
+                                p { (msg.content) "(" (msg.timestamp) ")" }
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                    form #send method="post"{
+                        textarea #msgcontent name="msgcontent" rows="1" cols="80" {}
+                        button type="submit" { "Send!" }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+            .into_string(),
+        )
+        .into_response()
+    }
+}
+
+// TODO:
+// - validation of msg length
+// - fix terrible returns lmao
+pub async fn post(
+    Path(url_path): Path<String>,
+    headers: HeaderMap,
+    State(pool): State<Pool<Postgres>>,
+    Form(FormMessageBody { msgcontent: body }): Form<FormMessageBody>,
+) -> impl IntoResponse {
+    let chat = sqlx::query_as!(Chat, r#"select * from chats where url_path = $1"#, url_path)
+        .fetch_one(&pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+
+    if body.len() > 2000 {
+        return StatusCode::BAD_REQUEST.into_response();
+    }
+
+    if headers.get("x-admin-tok") == Some(&HeaderValue::from_static(ADMIN_TOK)) {
+        sqlx::query!(
+            r#"insert into messages (chat_id, content, from_admin) values ($1, $2, true);"#,
+            chat.id,
+            body
+        )
+        .execute(&pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+        StatusCode::OK.into_response()
+    } else {
+        sqlx::query!(
+            r#"insert into messages (chat_id, content, from_admin) values ($1, $2, false);"#,
+            chat.id,
+            body
+        )
+        .execute(&pool)
+        .await
+        .unwrap();
+        Redirect::to(&format!("/{url_path}")).into_response()
+    }
+}
+
+#[derive(Debug, Serialize, Deserialize)]
+pub struct FormMessageBody {
+    msgcontent: String,
 }
diff --git a/crates/backend/src/main.rs b/crates/backend/src/main.rs
index 4b94ad7..7c6cacf 100644
--- a/crates/backend/src/main.rs
+++ b/crates/backend/src/main.rs
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ async fn main() -> anyhow::Result<()> {
 
     let app = Router::new()
         .route("/", get(|| async { "<h1>gay</h1>" }))
-        .route("/:path", get(chat::get))
+        .route("/:path", get(chat::get).post(chat::post))
         .with_state(pool.clone())
         .nest("/stat", stat::router(pool.clone()))
         .nest("/admin", admin::router(pool.clone()));
diff --git a/crates/backend/src/model.rs b/crates/backend/src/model.rs
index 58e58f5..d9e6043 100644
--- a/crates/backend/src/model.rs
+++ b/crates/backend/src/model.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+use chrono::{DateTime, FixedOffset, Local, Utc};
 use serde::Serialize;
 use sqlx::{prelude::FromRow, Decode, Encode};
 use uuid::Uuid;
@@ -15,6 +16,7 @@ pub struct Message {
     // Uuid but sqlx doesnt impl serde traits for them
     pub id: Uuid,
     pub chat_id: Uuid,
+    pub timestamp: DateTime<Utc>,
 
     pub content: String,
     pub from_admin: bool,
diff --git a/justfile b/justfile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..99f3175
--- /dev/null
+++ b/justfile
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+[no-cd]
+reset-db:
+    #!/usr/bin/env nu
+    cd crates/backend
+    sqlx database reset