diff --git a/main.cpp b/main.cpp
index 1d64f92..520f6ac 100644
--- a/main.cpp
+++ b/main.cpp
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 
 #include "src/MicroCore.h"
 
+#include "src/page.h"
+
 #include "ext/crow/crow.h"
 #include "mstch/mstch.hpp"
 #include "ext/format.h"
@@ -43,9 +45,11 @@ int main() {
           "Top block height      : {:d}\n", height);
 
 
-    std::string view = xmreg::read("./templates/index.html");
+    xmreg::page xmrblocks;
 
-     mstch::map context {
+    std::string view = xmrblocks.index();
+
+    mstch::map context {
                     {"height",  fmt::format("{:d}", height)},
                     {"blocks",  mstch::array()}
     };
diff --git a/src/CMakeLists.txt b/src/CMakeLists.txt
index 68f37db..4d576f3 100644
--- a/src/CMakeLists.txt
+++ b/src/CMakeLists.txt
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ set(SOURCE_FILES
 		MicroCore.cpp
 		tools.cpp
 		CmdLineOptions.cpp
-		tx_details.cpp)
+		tx_details.cpp page.cpp page.h)
 
 # make static library called libmyxrm
 # that we are going to link to
diff --git a/src/page.cpp b/src/page.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..56698ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/page.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+//
+// Created by mwo on 8/04/16.
+//
+
+#include "page.h"
diff --git a/src/page.h b/src/page.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86f6c29
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/page.h
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+//
+// Created by mwo on 8/04/16.
+//
+
+#ifndef CROWXMR_PAGE_H
+#define CROWXMR_PAGE_H
+
+
+
+#include "../ext/minicsv.h"
+
+#include "monero_headers.h"
+#include "tools.h"
+
+
+#define TMPL_DIR   "./templates"
+#define TMPL_INDEX TMPL_DIR  "/index.html"
+
+#define READ_TMPL(tmpl_path) xmreg::read(tmpl_path)
+
+namespace xmreg {
+
+
+    class page {
+
+    public:
+
+        string
+        index()
+        {
+            std::string view = READ_TMPL(TMPL_INDEX);
+
+            return view;
+        }
+
+
+    private:
+
+    };
+}
+
+
+#endif //CROWXMR_PAGE_H