diff --git a/filadelfia_web/.npmrc b/filadelfia_web/.npmrc
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9cf9495
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filadelfia_web/.npmrc
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+package-lock=false
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/filadelfia_web/app/api.js b/filadelfia_web/app/api.js
index b5cb4af..703a6d6 100644
--- a/filadelfia_web/app/api.js
+++ b/filadelfia_web/app/api.js
@@ -1,53 +1,73 @@
 const Authentication = require('./authentication')
 
-exports.sendRequest = function(options, isPagination) {
-  let token = Authentication.getToken()
-  let pagination = isPagination
-
-  if (token) {
-    options.headers = options.headers || {}
-    options.headers['Authorization'] = 'Bearer ' + token
-  }
-
-  options.extract = function(xhr) {
-    if (xhr.responseText && xhr.responseText.slice(0, 9) === '<!doctype') {
-      throw new Error('Expected JSON but got HTML (' + xhr.status + ': ' + this.url.split('?')[0] + ')')
+const api = {
+  loading: false,
+  sendRequest: function(options, isPagination) {
+    api.loading = true
+    let token = Authentication.getToken()
+    let pagination = isPagination
+  
+    if (token) {
+      options.headers = options.headers || {}
+      options.headers['Authorization'] = 'Bearer ' + token
     }
-    let out = null
-    if (pagination && xhr.status < 300) {
-      let headers = {}
-
-      xhr.getAllResponseHeaders().split('\r\n').forEach(function(item) {
-        var splitted = item.split(': ')
-        headers[splitted[0]] = splitted[1]
-      })
-
-      out = {
-        headers: headers || {},
-        data: JSON.parse(xhr.responseText),
+  
+    options.extract = function(xhr) {
+      if (xhr.responseText && xhr.responseText.slice(0, 9) === '<!doctype') {
+        if (xhr.status === 500) {
+          throw new Error('Server is temporarily down, try again later.')
+        }
+        throw new Error('Expected JSON but got HTML (' + xhr.status + ': ' + this.url.split('?')[0] + ')')
       }
-    } else {
-      if (xhr.responseText) {
-        out = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText)
+      let out = null
+      if (pagination && xhr.status < 300) {
+        let headers = {}
+  
+        xhr.getAllResponseHeaders().split('\r\n').forEach(function(item) {
+          var splitted = item.split(': ')
+          headers[splitted[0]] = splitted[1]
+        })
+  
+        out = {
+          headers: headers || {},
+          data: JSON.parse(xhr.responseText),
+        }
       } else {
-        out = {}
+        if (xhr.responseText) {
+          out = JSON.parse(xhr.responseText)
+        } else {
+          out = {}
+        }
       }
+      if (xhr.status >= 300) {
+        if (out.message) {
+          throw out
+        }
+        console.error('Got error ' + xhr.status + ' but no error message:', out)
+        throw new Error('Unknown or empty response from server.')
+      }
+      return out
     }
-    if (xhr.status >= 300) {
-      throw out
-    }
-    return out
+  
+    return m.request(options)
+      .then(function(res) {
+        api.loading = false
+        window.requestAnimationFrame(m.redraw.bind(m))
+        return res
+      })
+      .catch(function (error) {
+        api.loading = false
+        window.requestAnimationFrame(m.redraw.bind(m))
+        if (error.status === 403) {
+          Authentication.clearToken()
+          m.route.set('/', { redirect: m.route.get() })
+        }
+        if (error.response && error.response.status) {
+          return Promise.reject(error.response)
+        }
+        return Promise.reject(error)
+      })
   }
-
-  return m.request(options)
-    .catch(function (error) {
-      if (error.status === 403) {
-        Authentication.clearToken()
-        m.route.set('/', { redirect: m.route.get() })
-      }
-      if (error.response && error.response.status) {
-        return Promise.reject(error.response)
-      }
-      return Promise.reject(error)
-    })
 }
+
+module.exports = api
diff --git a/filadelfia_web/app/authentication.js b/filadelfia_web/app/authentication.js
index fe501ab..8759dd3 100644
--- a/filadelfia_web/app/authentication.js
+++ b/filadelfia_web/app/authentication.js
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+const m = require('mithril')
 const storageName = 'nfp_sites_filadelfia_web_logintoken'
 
 const Authentication = {
@@ -33,6 +34,16 @@ const Authentication = {
   getToken: function() {
     return localStorage.getItem(storageName)
   },
+
+  requiresLogin: function() {
+    if (Authentication.currentUser) return
+    m.route.set('/')
+  },
+
+  requiresNotLogin: function() {
+    if (!Authentication.currentUser) return
+    m.route.set('/browse')
+  },
 }
 
 Authentication.updateToken(localStorage.getItem(storageName))
diff --git a/filadelfia_web/app/header.js b/filadelfia_web/app/header.js
index 088b795..24032a8 100644
--- a/filadelfia_web/app/header.js
+++ b/filadelfia_web/app/header.js
@@ -23,7 +23,6 @@ const Menu = {
   },
 
   view: function() {
-    console.log(Authentication.currentUser)
     return Authentication.currentUser
       ? [
           m('nav', [
diff --git a/filadelfia_web/app/index.js b/filadelfia_web/app/index.js
index 7c82a86..09fc813 100644
--- a/filadelfia_web/app/index.js
+++ b/filadelfia_web/app/index.js
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ const Authentication = require('./authentication')
 const Header = require('./header')
 const Login = require('./page_login')
 const Browse = require('./page_browse')
+const Upload = require('./page_upload')
 window.m = m
 
 var fileref = document.createElement("link");
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ m.route.prefix = ''
 const allRoutes = {
   '/': Login,
   '/browse': Browse,
+  '/upload': Upload,
 }
 
 // Wait until we finish checking avif support, some views render immediately and will ask for this immediately before the callback gets called.
diff --git a/filadelfia_web/app/input.js b/filadelfia_web/app/input.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..de1c01b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/filadelfia_web/app/input.js
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+const m = require('mithril')
+
+const Input = {
+  oninit: function(vnode) {
+  },
+
+  view: function(vnode) {
+    return [
+      m('label', vnode.attrs.label),
+      m('input', {
+        type: vnode.attrs.type || 'text',
+        value: vnode.attrs.form[vnode.attrs.formKey],
+        oninput: (e) => { vnode.attrs.form[vnode.attrs.formKey] = e.currentTarget.value },
+      }),
+    ]
+  },
+}
+
+module.exports = Input
diff --git a/filadelfia_web/app/page_browse.js b/filadelfia_web/app/page_browse.js
index 86cbf84..d676d4f 100644
--- a/filadelfia_web/app/page_browse.js
+++ b/filadelfia_web/app/page_browse.js
@@ -4,15 +4,12 @@ const videos = require('./videos')
 
 const Browse = {
   oninit: function(vnode) {
+    Authentication.requiresLogin()
     if (!videos.Tree.length) {
       this.refreshTree()
     }
   },
 
-  oncreate: function() {
-    if (Authentication.currentUser) return
-  },
-
   refreshTree: function(vnode) {
     videos.refreshTree()
   },
diff --git a/filadelfia_web/app/page_login.js b/filadelfia_web/app/page_login.js
index 67de9e6..62d226f 100644
--- a/filadelfia_web/app/page_login.js
+++ b/filadelfia_web/app/page_login.js
@@ -1,55 +1,42 @@
 const m = require('mithril')
 const Authentication = require('./authentication')
 const api = require('./api')
+const Input = require('./input')
 
 const Login = {
   oninit: function(vnode) {
     this.redirect = vnode.attrs.redirect || ''
-    if (Authentication.currentUser) return m.route.set('/browse')
+    Authentication.requiresNotLogin()
 
     this.error = ''
-    this.loading = false
-    this.username = ''
-    this.password = ''
-  },
-
-  oncreate: function() {
-    if (Authentication.currentUser) return
+    this.form = {
+      email: '',
+      password: '',
+    }
   },
 
   loginuser: function(vnode, e) {
     e.preventDefault()
     this.error = ''
 
-    if (!this.password) this.error = 'Password is missing'
-    if (!this.username) this.error = 'Email is missing'
+    if (!this.form.password) this.error = 'Password is missing'
+    if (!this.form.email) this.error = 'Email is missing'
 
     if (this.error) return false
 
-    this.loading = true
-
     api.sendRequest({
       method: 'POST',
       url: '/api/authentication/login',
-      body: {
-        email: this.username,
-        password: this.password,
-      },
+      body: this.form,
     })
     .then((result) => {
-      if (!result.token) {
-        return Promise.reject(new Error('Server authentication down.'))
-      }
+      if (!result.token) return Promise.reject(new Error('Server authentication down.'))
       Authentication.updateToken(result.token)
       m.route.set(this.redirect || '/browse')
     })
     .catch((error) => {
-      this.error = 'Error while logging in! ' + error.message
-      vnode.state.password = ''
-    })
-    .then(() => {
-      this.loading = false
-      m.redraw()
+      this.error = 'Error while logging in: ' + error.message
+      this.form.password = ''
     })
 
     return false
@@ -57,32 +44,39 @@ const Login = {
 
   view: function(vnode) {
     return [
-      m('div.modal', [
-        m('form', {
-          onsubmit: this.loginuser.bind(this, vnode),
-        }, [
-          m('h3', 'Filadelfia archival center'),
-          this.error ? m('p.error', this.error) : null,
-          m('label', 'Email or name'),
-          m('input', {
-            type: 'text',
-            value: this.username,
-            oninput: (e) => { this.username = e.currentTarget.value },
-          }),
-          m('label', 'Password'),
-          m('input', {
-            type: 'password',
-            value: this.password,
-            oninput: (e) => { this.password = e.currentTarget.value },
-          }),
-          m('input.spinner', {
-            hidden: this.loading,
-            type: 'submit',
-            value: 'Log in',
-          }),
-          this.loading ? m('div.loading-spinner') : null,
+      m('div.page.page-login', [
+        m('div.modal', [
+          m('form', {
+            onsubmit: this.loginuser.bind(this, vnode),
+          }, [
+            m('h3', 'Filadelfia archival center'),
+            this.error ? m('p.error', this.error) : null,
+            m(Input, {
+              label: 'Email or name',
+              form: this.form,
+              formKey: 'email',
+            }),
+            m(Input, {
+              label: 'Password',
+              type: 'password',
+              form: this.form,
+              formKey: 'password',
+            }),
+            m('input.spinner', {
+              hidden: api.loading,
+              type: 'submit',
+              value: 'Log in',
+            }),
+            api.loading ? m('div.loading-spinner') : null,
+          ]),
+          m('div.login--asuna.spritesheet'),
+        ]),
+        m('footer', [
+            'Photo by ',
+            m('a', { href: 'https://unsplash.com/@franhotchin?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash', target: '_blank' }, 'Francesca Hotchin'),
+            ' on ',
+            m('a', { href: 'https://unsplash.com/photos/landscape-photo-of-mountain-covered-with-snow-FN-cedy6NHA?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash', target: '_blank' }, 'Unsplash'),
         ]),
-        m('div.login--asuna.spritesheet'),
       ]),
     ]
   },
diff --git a/filadelfia_web/app/page_upload.js b/filadelfia_web/app/page_upload.js
index c697cfe..1eba146 100644
--- a/filadelfia_web/app/page_upload.js
+++ b/filadelfia_web/app/page_upload.js
@@ -1,91 +1,54 @@
 const m = require('mithril')
 const Authentication = require('./authentication')
 const api = require('./api')
+const Input = require('./input')
 
-const Login = {
+const Upload = {
   oninit: function(vnode) {
-    this.redirect = vnode.attrs.redirect || ''
-    if (!Authentication.currentUser) return m.route.set('/')
-
+    Authentication.requiresLogin()
     this.error = ''
-    this.loading = false
-    this.body = {
-      year: new Date().getFullYear(),
-      month: new Date().getMonth() + 1,
+    this.form = {
       title: '',
+      date: new Date(),
       file: null,
     }
   },
-
-  uploadfile: function(vnode, e) {
-    e.preventDefault()
-    this.error = ''
-
-    if (!this.password) this.error = 'Password is missing'
-    if (!this.username) this.error = 'Email is missing'
-
-    if (this.error) return false
-
-    this.loading = true
-
-    api.sendRequest({
-      method: 'POST',
-      url: '/api/authentication/login',
-      body: {
-        email: this.username,
-        password: this.password,
-      },
-    })
-    .then((result) => {
-      if (!result.token) {
-        return Promise.reject(new Error('Server authentication down.'))
-      }
-      Authentication.updateToken(result.token)
-      m.route.set(this.redirect || '/browse')
-    })
-    .catch((error) => {
-      this.error = 'Error while logging in! ' + error.message
-      vnode.state.password = ''
-    })
-    .then(() => {
-      this.loading = false
-      m.redraw()
-    })
-
-    return false
+  
+  uploadvideo: function(vnode, e) {
   },
 
   view: function(vnode) {
     return [
-      m('div.modal', [
-        m('form', {
-          onsubmit: this.uploadfile.bind(this, vnode),
-        }, [
-          m('h3', 'Filadelfia archival center'),
-          this.error ? m('p.error', this.error) : null,
-          m('label', 'Email or name'),
-          m('input', {
-            type: 'text',
-            value: this.username,
-            oninput: (e) => { this.username = e.currentTarget.value },
-          }),
-          m('label', 'Password'),
-          m('input', {
-            type: 'password',
-            value: this.password,
-            oninput: (e) => { this.password = e.currentTarget.value },
-          }),
-          m('input.spinner', {
-            hidden: this.loading,
-            type: 'submit',
-            value: 'Log in',
-          }),
-          this.loading ? m('div.loading-spinner') : null,
+      m('div.page.page-upload', [
+        m('div.modal', [
+          m('form', {
+            onsubmit: this.uploadvideo.bind(this, vnode),
+          }, [
+            m('h3', 'Upload new video'),
+            this.error ? m('p.error', this.error) : null,
+            m(Input, {
+              label: 'Title',
+              form: this.form,
+              formKey: 'title',
+            }),
+            m(Input, {
+              label: 'Date',
+              type: 'datetime',
+              form: this.form,
+              formKey: 'date',
+            }),
+            m('input.spinner', {
+              hidden: api.loading,
+              type: 'submit',
+              value: 'Log in',
+            }),
+            api.loading ? m('div.loading-spinner') : null,
+          ]),
+          m('div.login--asuna.spritesheet'),
         ]),
-        m('div.login--asuna.spritesheet'),
       ]),
     ]
   },
 }
 
-module.exports = Login
+module.exports = Upload
diff --git a/filadelfia_web/package.json b/filadelfia_web/package.json
index 64158b2..9e1c476 100644
--- a/filadelfia_web/package.json
+++ b/filadelfia_web/package.json
@@ -14,6 +14,8 @@
     "build": "asbundle app/index.js public/assets/app.js",
     "dev:build": "eltro --watch build --npm build",
     "dev:server": "eltro --watch server --npm server",
+    "dev:build:old": "npm-watch build",
+    "dev:server:old": "npm-watch server",
     "server": "node dev.mjs | bunyan"
   },
   "watch": {
@@ -52,6 +54,8 @@
     "nconf-lite": "^2.0.0"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
+    "@eonasdan/tempus-dominus": "^6.7.19",
+    "@popperjs/core": "^2.11.8",
     "asbundle": "^2.6.1",
     "eltro": "^1.4.4",
     "flaska": "^1.3.2",
diff --git a/filadelfia_web/public/assets/bg.avif b/filadelfia_web/public/assets/bg.avif
index ad40c10..7b20812 100644
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diff --git a/filadelfia_web/public/assets/bg.jpg b/filadelfia_web/public/assets/bg.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c102c87
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diff --git a/filadelfia_web/public/index.html b/filadelfia_web/public/index.html
index d7cdeac..ab923f5 100644
--- a/filadelfia_web/public/index.html
+++ b/filadelfia_web/public/index.html
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 :root {
   --bg: #fff;
   --bg-component: #f3f7ff;
+  --bg-component-half: #f3f7ff77;
   --bg-component-alt: #ffd99c;
   --color: #031131;
   --main: #1066ff;
@@ -121,6 +122,12 @@ h1 {
   flex-direction: column;
 }
 
+.page {
+  flex: 2 1 auto;
+  display: flex;
+  flex-direction: column;
+}
+
 .modal {
   flex: 2 1 auto;
   display: flex;
@@ -236,6 +243,37 @@ form p, label {
   align-items: center;
 }
 
+footer {
+  text-align: center;
+  padding: 1rem;
+}
+
+footer a {
+  font-size: 0.8rem;
+}
+
+/* login */
+
+.page-login {
+  background-repeat: no-repeat;
+  background-position: center;
+  background-size: cover;
+}
+
+.page-login .modal form {
+  backdrop-filter: blur(10px);
+  background: var(--bg-component-half);
+}
+
+.avifsupport .page-login {
+  background-image: url('./assets/bg.avif');
+}
+
+.jpegonly .page-login {
+  background-image: url('./assets/bg.jpg');
+}
+
+
   </style>
 </head>
 <body>
diff --git a/filadelfia_web/rawassets/bg.png b/filadelfia_web/rawassets/bg.png
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ced7e4b
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