diff --git a/litecord/blueprints/static.py b/litecord/blueprints/static.py
index 8c5ae01..8b901c5 100644
--- a/litecord/blueprints/static.py
+++ b/litecord/blueprints/static.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-from quart import Blueprint, current_app as app
+from quart import Blueprint, current_app as app, render_template_string
 from pathlib import Path
 
 bp = Blueprint('static', __name__)
@@ -6,8 +6,16 @@ bp = Blueprint('static', __name__)
 
 @bp.route('/<path:path>')
 async def static_pages(path):
+    """Map requests from / to /static."""
     if '..' in path:
         return 'no', 404
 
     static_path = Path.cwd() / Path('static') / path
     return await app.send_static_file(str(static_path))
+
+
+@bp.route('/')
+async def index_handler():
+    """Handler for the index page."""
+    index_path = Path.cwd() / Path('static') / 'index.html'
+    return await render_template_string(index_path.read_text())
diff --git a/run.py b/run.py
index 0fdd6f1..d5b7888 100644
--- a/run.py
+++ b/run.py
@@ -335,9 +335,3 @@ async def handle_500(err):
         'message': repr(err),
         'internal_server_error': True,
     }), 500
-
-
-@app.route('/')
-async def index():
-    """sample index page."""
-    return 'hewwo'
diff --git a/static/index.html b/static/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f86e5cd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/static/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,25 @@
+{% block body %}
+<center>
+    <h1>
+        welcome to a Litecord instance
+    </h1>
+
+    <p>
+    Litecord is server software that implements
+    the Discord API.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+    It supports nodeinfo, despise not being part
+    in any federated network.
+    </p>
+
+    <p>
+        <a href="https://gitlab.com/luna/litecord">Litecord source code</a>
+    </p>
+    <p>
+        <a href="{{request.protocol}}/nodeinfo/2.0.json">This instance's nodeinfo</a>
+    </p>
+
+</center>
+{% endblock%}