diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 62c8935..8ad47b1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
-.idea/
\ No newline at end of file
+.idea/
+db.sqlite3
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/keeppolling/settings.py b/keeppolling/settings.py
index 62ba8d5..5bfa467 100644
--- a/keeppolling/settings.py
+++ b/keeppolling/settings.py
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/topics/settings/
 For the full list of settings and their values, see
 https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/
 """
-
+import os
 from pathlib import Path
 
 # Build paths inside the project like this: BASE_DIR / 'subdir'.
@@ -56,7 +56,9 @@ ROOT_URLCONF = 'keeppolling.urls'
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [],
+        'DIRS': [
+            os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'),
+        ],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [
@@ -131,3 +133,7 @@ STATIC_ROOT = BASE_DIR / "staticfiles"
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/ref/settings/#default-auto-field
 
 DEFAULT_AUTO_FIELD = 'django.db.models.BigAutoField'
+
+# Where to redirect after Login
+LOGIN_REDIRECT_URL = "landing"
+LOGOUT_REDIRECT_URL = "login"
diff --git a/keeppolling/urls.py b/keeppolling/urls.py
index dd6f80c..d07df15 100644
--- a/keeppolling/urls.py
+++ b/keeppolling/urls.py
@@ -15,8 +15,17 @@ Including another URLconf
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.urls import path
+from django.urls import path, include
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path(
+        'admin/',
+        admin.site.urls,
+    ),
+    path(
+        "accounts/",
+        include(
+            "django.contrib.auth.urls",
+        ),
+    ),
 ]
diff --git a/static/css/style.css b/static/css/style.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/templates/base_template.html b/templates/base_template.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8788036
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/base_template.html
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+<head>
+    {% block title %}
+    <title>Keep pollin', pollin', pollin', pollin'</title>
+    {% endblock %}
+
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+
+    <!-- Add additional CSS in static file -->
+    {% load static %}
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="{% static 'css/style.css' %}"/>
+
+    <script
+            src="https://unpkg.com/htmx.org@1.9.8"
+            integrity="sha384-rgjA7mptc2ETQqXoYC3/zJvkU7K/aP44Y+z7xQuJiVnB/422P/Ak+F/AqFR7E4Wr"
+            crossorigin="anonymous"
+    ></script>
+    <script src="https://unpkg.com/hyperscript.org@0.9.12"></script>
+
+    {% block extra-head %}{% endblock %}
+</head>
+<body>
+<script>
+    document.body.addEventListener('htmx:configRequest', (event) => {
+        event.detail.headers['X-CSRFToken'] = '{{ csrf_token }}';
+    })
+</script>
+<div class="content">
+    {% block content %}{% endblock %}
+</div>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/templates/registration/login.html b/templates/registration/login.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ee0508a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/registration/login.html
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+{% extends "base_template.html" %}
+
+{% block content %}
+
+<div>Login</div>
+
+{% if form.errors %}
+<p>Your username and password didn't match. Please try again.</p>
+{% endif %}
+
+{% if next %}
+    {% if user.is_authenticated %}
+    <p>Your account doesn't have access to this page. To proceed,
+    please login with an account that has access.</p>
+    {% else %}
+    <p>Please login to see this page.</p>
+    {% endif %}
+{% endif %}
+
+<form class="login-form"
+      id="login-form"
+      method="post"
+      action="{% url 'login' %}"
+>
+{% csrf_token %}
+<div>
+    <div>{{ form.username.label_tag }}</div>
+    <div>{{ form.username }}</div>
+</div>
+<div>
+    <div>{{ form.password.label_tag }}</div>
+    <div>{{ form.password }}</div>
+</div>
+<div class="login-button"
+     onclick="document.forms['login-form'].submit();"
+>
+    Login
+</div>
+<input type="submit" value="login" hidden="hidden">
+<input type="hidden" name="next" value="{{ next }}">
+</form>
+
+{% endblock %}
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