diff --git a/src/public/mod.rs b/src/public/mod.rs
index 3ddcc23..dbf6573 100644
--- a/src/public/mod.rs
+++ b/src/public/mod.rs
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 mod routes;
 mod templates;
 
+use std::sync::Mutex;
+
 use actix_web::{web, App, HttpServer};
 use actix_files as actix_fs;
 
@@ -13,7 +15,7 @@ pub(crate) async fn start_actix(config: &Config, database: Database) -> anyhow::
     log::info!("Serving an http server at http://{bindip}");
     HttpServer::new(move || {
         App::new()
-            .app_data(actix_web::web::Data::new(database.clone()))
+            .app_data(actix_web::web::Data::new(Mutex::new(database.clone())))
             .route("/", web::get().to(routes::index)) // index.html
             .service(actix_fs::Files::new("/static", "./static").index_file("index.html")) // static directory
             .service(web::redirect("/favicon.ico", "/static/favicon.ico")) //? special redirect for favicon
diff --git a/static/assets/placeholder.txt b/static/assets/placeholder.txt
deleted file mode 100644
index 8b13789..0000000
--- a/static/assets/placeholder.txt
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-
diff --git a/static/assets/uwu.jpg b/static/assets/uwu.jpg
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08bc09d
Binary files /dev/null and b/static/assets/uwu.jpg differ
diff --git a/static/css/global.css b/static/css/global.css
index f4238b6..c7d9129 100644
--- a/static/css/global.css
+++ b/static/css/global.css
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 body {
-    
+
     background: url(/static/assets/bg.gif);
     color: white;
     font-family: monospace;
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ body {
     text-align: center;
     width: 100%;
     margin-top: 10px;
-    
+
 }
 
 .titlebar {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ a:link {
 }
 
 #content {
-    width: 60%;
+    width: 50%;
 }
 
 #main-pane {
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ a:link {
         width: 100%;
 
     }
-    
+
     #content-pane, #sidenav {
         height: 100%;
         width: 100%;
@@ -88,5 +88,5 @@ a:link {
         margin-left: 10px;
 
     }
-    
+
 }
diff --git a/static/css/index.css b/static/css/index.css
index b28b04f..543a92f 100644
--- a/static/css/index.css
+++ b/static/css/index.css
@@ -1,3 +1,16 @@
 
 
 
+.post {
+    border: 2px solid purple;
+    height: 10%;
+    /* position: relative;
+    object-fit: contain; */
+}
+
+.post-img {
+    /* width: fit-content;
+    height: fit-content;
+    position: relative;
+    width: fit-content; */
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
index 7095dc5..074aaed 100644
--- a/templates/index.html
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
         <title>placeholder</title>
         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/global.css">
+        <link rel="stylesheet" href="/static/css/index.css">
 
     </head>
 
@@ -34,8 +35,14 @@
 
                 <div class="box" id="content-pane">
 
+
                     <p>{{placeholder}}</p>
 
+                    <div class="post">
+                        <img class="post-img" src="/static/assets/uwu.jpg" alt="post img">
+                        <h3 class="post-title">Title text</h3>
+                        <h5 class="post-desc">Description text</h5>
+                    </div>
                 </div>
 
             </div>