diff --git a/visions/ui/src/App.tsx b/visions/ui/src/App.tsx
index 9b98110..b6dcf0e 100644
--- a/visions/ui/src/App.tsx
+++ b/visions/ui/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,64 +1,64 @@
-import React, { PropsWithChildren, useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import './App.css';
-import { Client } from './client';
-import { createBrowserRouter, RouterProvider } from 'react-router-dom';
-import { DesignPage } from './views/Design/Design';
-import { GmView } from './views/GmView/GmView';
-import { WebsocketProvider } from './components/WebsocketProvider';
-import { PlayerView } from './views/PlayerView/PlayerView';
-import { Admin } from './views/Admin/Admin';
-import Candela from './plugins/Candela';
-import { Authentication } from './views/Authentication/Authentication';
-import { StateContext, StateProvider } from './providers/StateProvider/StateProvider';
+import React, { PropsWithChildren, useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react'
+import './App.css'
+import { Client } from './client'
+import { createBrowserRouter, RouterProvider } from 'react-router-dom'
+import { DesignPage } from './views/Design/Design'
+import { Admin } from './views/Admin/Admin'
+import Candela from './plugins/Candela'
+import { Authentication } from './views/Authentication/Authentication'
+import { StateContext, StateProvider } from './providers/StateProvider/StateProvider'
+import { MainView } from './views'
 
-const TEST_CHARSHEET_UUID = "12df9c09-1f2f-4147-8eda-a97bd2a7a803";
+const TEST_CHARSHEET_UUID = "12df9c09-1f2f-4147-8eda-a97bd2a7a803"
 
 interface AppProps {
-    client: Client;
+    client: Client
 }
 
 const CandelaCharsheet = ({ client }: { client: Client }) => {
-    let [sheet, setSheet] = useState(undefined);
+    let [sheet, setSheet] = useState(undefined)
     useEffect(
-        () => { client.charsheet(TEST_CHARSHEET_UUID).then((c) => setSheet(c)); },
+        () => { client.charsheet(TEST_CHARSHEET_UUID).then((c) => setSheet(c)) },
         [client, setSheet]
-    );
+    )
 
     return sheet ? <Candela.CharsheetElement sheet={sheet} /> : <div> </div>
 }
 
 interface AuthedViewProps {
-    client: Client;
+    client: Client
 }
 
 const AuthedView = ({ client, children }: PropsWithChildren<AuthedViewProps>) => {
-    const [state, manager] = useContext(StateContext);
+    const [state, manager] = useContext(StateContext)
     return (
         <Authentication onAdminPassword={(password) => {
-            manager.setAdminPassword(password);
+            manager.setAdminPassword(password)
         }} onAuth={(username, password) => manager.auth(username, password)}>
             {children}
         </Authentication>
-    );
+    )
 }
 
 const App = ({ client }: AppProps) => {
-    console.log("rendering app");
-    const [websocketUrl, setWebsocketUrl] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined);
+    console.log("rendering app")
+    const [websocketUrl, setWebsocketUrl] = useState<string | undefined>(undefined)
 
     // useEffect(() => {
     //     client.registerWebsocket().then((url) => setWebsocketUrl(url))
-    // }, [client]);
+    // }, [client])
 
     let router =
         createBrowserRouter([
             {
                 path: "/",
-                element: <StateProvider client={client}><AuthedView client={client}> <PlayerView client={client} /> </AuthedView> </StateProvider>
-            },
-            {
-                path: "/gm",
-                element: websocketUrl ? <WebsocketProvider websocketUrl={websocketUrl}> <GmView client={client} /> </WebsocketProvider> : <div> </div>
+                element: (
+                    <StateProvider client={client}>
+                        <AuthedView client={client}>
+                            <MainView client={client} />
+                        </AuthedView>
+                    </StateProvider>
+                )
             },
             {
                 path: "/admin",
@@ -72,12 +72,12 @@ const App = ({ client }: AppProps) => {
                 path: "/design",
                 element: <DesignPage />
             }
-        ]);
+        ])
     return (
         <div className="App">
             <RouterProvider router={router} />
         </div>
-    );
+    )
 }
 
-export default App;
+export default App
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/client.ts b/visions/ui/src/client.ts
index 37c3e9a..5521429 100644
--- a/visions/ui/src/client.ts
+++ b/visions/ui/src/client.ts
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ export type PlayingField = {
 
 export class Client {
     private base: URL;
+    private sessionId: string | undefined;
 
     constructor() {
         this.base = new URL("http://localhost:8001");
@@ -69,7 +70,9 @@ export class Client {
     async auth(username: string, password: string): Promise<SessionId | undefined> {
         const url = new URL(this.base);
         url.pathname = `/api/v1/auth`
-        return fetch(url, { method: 'POST', headers: [['Content-Type', 'application/json']], body: JSON.stringify({ 'username': username, 'password': password }) });
+        const response = await fetch(url, { method: 'POST', headers: [['Content-Type', 'application/json']], body: JSON.stringify({ 'username': username, 'password': password }) });
+        const session_id: SessionId = await response.json();
+        return session_id;
     }
 
     async health() {
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/components/Profile/Profile.css b/visions/ui/src/components/Profile/Profile.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/components/Profile/Profile.tsx b/visions/ui/src/components/Profile/Profile.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9c38a15
--- /dev/null
+++ b/visions/ui/src/components/Profile/Profile.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import { Client } from '../../client';
+
+interface ProfileProps {
+    client: Client
+}
+
+export const ProfileElement = ({ client }: ProfileProps) => {
+    return <div></div>
+}
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/providers/StateProvider/StateProvider.tsx b/visions/ui/src/providers/StateProvider/StateProvider.tsx
index 64a9dc8..6f928fa 100644
--- a/visions/ui/src/providers/StateProvider/StateProvider.tsx
+++ b/visions/ui/src/providers/StateProvider/StateProvider.tsx
@@ -1,51 +1,60 @@
 import React, { createContext, PropsWithChildren, useCallback, useEffect, useReducer, useRef } from "react";
-import { Status, Tabletop } from "visions-types";
+import { SessionId, Status, Tabletop } from "visions-types";
 import { Client } from "../../client";
 import { assertNever } from "../../utils";
 
-type AuthState = { type: "NoAdmin" } | { type: "Unauthed" } | { type: "Authed", userid: string };
+type AuthState = { type: "NoAdmin" } | { type: "Unauthed" } | { type: "Authed", sessionId: string };
 
-type LoadingState = { type: "Loading" }
+export enum LoadingState {
+    Loading,
+    Ready,
+}
 
-type ReadyState = {
-    type: "Ready",
+type AppState = {
+    state: LoadingState,
     auth: AuthState,
     tabletop: Tabletop,
 }
 
-type AppState = LoadingState | ReadyState
-
 type Action = { type: "SetAuthState", content: AuthState };
 
-/*
-const initialState = (): AppState => (
-    {
+const initialState = (): AppState => {
+    let state: AppState = {
+        state: LoadingState.Ready,
         auth: { type: "NoAdmin" },
-        tabletop: { backgroundColor: { red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0 }, backgroundImage: undefined }
+        tabletop: { backgroundColor: { red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0 }, backgroundImage: undefined },
     }
-);
-*/
-const initialState = (): AppState => ({ type: "Loading" })
 
-const loadingReducer = (state: LoadingState, action: Action): AppState => {
-    return { type: "Ready", auth: action.content, tabletop: { backgroundColor: { red: 0, green: 0, blue: 0 }, backgroundImage: undefined } }
-}
-
-const readyReducer = (state: ReadyState, action: Action): AppState => {
-    return { ...state, auth: action.content }
+    const sessionId = window.localStorage.getItem("sessionId")
+    if (sessionId) {
+        return { ...state, auth: { type: "Authed", sessionId } }
+    } else {
+        return state
+    }
 }
 
 const stateReducer = (state: AppState, action: Action): AppState => {
-    switch (state.type) {
-        case "Loading": {
-            return loadingReducer(state, action);
-        }
-        case "Ready": {
-            return readyReducer(state, action);
+    switch (action.type) {
+        case "SetAuthState": {
+            return { ...state, auth: action.content }
         }
+        /*
         default: {
-            assertNever(state);
-            return { type: "Loading" };
+            assertNever(action)
+            return state
+        }
+        */
+    }
+}
+
+export const getSessionId = (state: AppState): SessionId | undefined => {
+    switch (state.auth.type) {
+        case "NoAdmin": return undefined
+        case "Unauthed": return undefined
+        case "Authed": return state.auth.sessionId
+        default: {
+            assertNever(state.auth)
+            return undefined
         }
     }
 }
@@ -65,8 +74,6 @@ class StateManager {
         const { admin_enabled } = await this.client.health();
         if (!admin_enabled) {
             this.dispatch({ type: "SetAuthState", content: { type: "NoAdmin" } });
-        } else {
-            this.dispatch({ type: "SetAuthState", content: { type: "Unauthed" } });
         }
     }
 
@@ -80,10 +87,11 @@ class StateManager {
     async auth(username: string, password: string) {
         if (!this.client || !this.dispatch) return;
 
-        let resp = await this.client.auth(username, password);
-        let sessionid = await resp.json();
-        console.log("sessionid retrieved", sessionid);
-        this.dispatch({ type: "SetAuthState", content: { type: "Authed", sessionid } });
+        let sessionId = await this.client.auth(username, password);
+        if (sessionId) {
+            window.localStorage.setItem("sessionId", sessionId);
+            this.dispatch({ type: "SetAuthState", content: { type: "Authed", sessionId } });
+        }
     }
 }
 
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/views/Authentication/Authentication.tsx b/visions/ui/src/views/Authentication/Authentication.tsx
index 95f4be2..baf7d27 100644
--- a/visions/ui/src/views/Authentication/Authentication.tsx
+++ b/visions/ui/src/views/Authentication/Authentication.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 import { PropsWithChildren, useContext, useState } from 'react';
-import { StateContext } from '../../providers/StateProvider/StateProvider';
+import { LoadingState, StateContext } from '../../providers/StateProvider/StateProvider';
 import { assertNever } from '../../utils';
 import './Authentication.css';
 
@@ -17,11 +17,11 @@ export const Authentication = ({ onAdminPassword, onAuth, children }: PropsWithC
     let [pwField, setPwField] = useState<string>("");
     let [state, _] = useContext(StateContext);
 
-    switch (state.type) {
-        case "Loading": {
+    switch (state.state) {
+        case LoadingState.Loading: {
             return <div>Loading</div>
         }
-        case "Ready": {
+        case LoadingState.Ready: {
             switch (state.auth.type) {
                 case "NoAdmin": {
                     return <div className="auth">
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@ export const Authentication = ({ onAdminPassword, onAuth, children }: PropsWithC
                     return <div></div>;
                 }
             }
-
-        }
-        default: {
-            assertNever(state);
-            return <div></div>
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/views/GmView/GmView.css b/visions/ui/src/views/GmView/GmView.css
deleted file mode 100644
index f3b6a10..0000000
--- a/visions/ui/src/views/GmView/GmView.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,4 +0,0 @@
-.gm-view {
-    display: flex;
-    width: 100%;
-}
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/views/GmView/GmView.tsx b/visions/ui/src/views/GmView/GmView.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 8874f85..0000000
--- a/visions/ui/src/views/GmView/GmView.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,39 +0,0 @@
-import { useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import { Client } from '../../client';
-import { StateContext } from '../../providers/StateProvider/StateProvider';
-import { TabletopElement } from '../../components/Tabletop/Tabletop';
-import { ThumbnailElement } from '../../components/Thumbnail/Thumbnail';
-import { WebsocketContext } from '../../components/WebsocketProvider';
-import './GmView.css';
-import { assertNever } from '../../utils';
-
-interface GmViewProps {
-    client: Client
-}
-
-export const GmView = ({ client }: GmViewProps) => {
-    const [state, dispatch] = useContext(StateContext);
-
-    const [images, setImages] = useState<string[]>([]);
-    useEffect(() => {
-        client.availableImages().then((images) => setImages(images));
-    }, [client]);
-
-    switch (state.type) {
-        case "Loading": return <div></div>;
-        case "Ready": {
-            const backgroundUrl = state.tabletop.backgroundImage ? client.imageUrl(state.tabletop.backgroundImage) : undefined;
-            return (<div className="gm-view">
-                <div>
-                    {images.map((imageName) => <ThumbnailElement id={imageName} url={client.imageUrl(imageName)} onclick={() => { client.setBackgroundImage(imageName); }} />)}
-                </div>
-                <TabletopElement backgroundColor={state.tabletop.backgroundColor} backgroundUrl={backgroundUrl} />
-            </div>)
-        }
-        default: {
-            assertNever(state);
-            return <div></div>;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/views/Main/Main.css b/visions/ui/src/views/Main/Main.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/views/Main/Main.tsx b/visions/ui/src/views/Main/Main.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..27ded81
--- /dev/null
+++ b/visions/ui/src/views/Main/Main.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+import React, { useContext } from 'react';
+import { Client } from '../../client';
+import { getSessionId, StateContext, StateProvider } from '../../providers/StateProvider/StateProvider';
+
+interface MainProps {
+    client: Client
+}
+
+export const MainView = ({ client }: MainProps) => {
+    const [state, manager] = useContext(StateContext)
+
+    const sessionId = getSessionId(state);
+
+    return <div>Profile: {sessionId}</div>
+}
+
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/views/PlayerView/PlayerView.css b/visions/ui/src/views/PlayerView/PlayerView.css
deleted file mode 100644
index daf3bec..0000000
--- a/visions/ui/src/views/PlayerView/PlayerView.css
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,15 +0,0 @@
-.player-view {
-    display: flex;
-    width: 100%;
-}
-
-.player-view__left-panel {
-    min-width: 100px;
-    max-width: 20%;
-}
-
-.player-view__right-panel {
-    width: 25%;
-}
-
-
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/views/PlayerView/PlayerView.tsx b/visions/ui/src/views/PlayerView/PlayerView.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index 017c2c0..0000000
--- a/visions/ui/src/views/PlayerView/PlayerView.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,49 +0,0 @@
-import React, { useContext, useEffect, useState } from 'react';
-import './PlayerView.css';
-import { WebsocketContext } from '../../components/WebsocketProvider';
-import { Client } from '../../client';
-import { TabletopElement } from '../../components/Tabletop/Tabletop';
-import Candela from '../../plugins/Candela';
-import { StateContext } from '../../providers/StateProvider/StateProvider';
-import { assertNever } from '../../utils';
-
-const TEST_CHARSHEET_UUID = "12df9c09-1f2f-4147-8eda-a97bd2a7a803";
-
-interface PlayerViewProps {
-    client: Client;
-}
-
-export const PlayerView = ({ client }: PlayerViewProps) => {
-    const [state, dispatch] = useContext(StateContext);
-
-    const [charsheet, setCharsheet] = useState(undefined);
-
-    useEffect(
-        () => {
-            client.charsheet(TEST_CHARSHEET_UUID).then((c) => {
-                setCharsheet(c)
-            });
-        },
-        [client, setCharsheet]
-    );
-
-    switch (state.type) {
-        case "Loading": return <div></div>;
-        case "Ready": {
-            const backgroundColor = state.tabletop.backgroundColor;
-            const tabletopColorStyle = `rgb(${backgroundColor.red}, ${backgroundColor.green}, ${backgroundColor.blue})`;
-            const backgroundUrl = state.tabletop.backgroundImage ? client.imageUrl(state.tabletop.backgroundImage) : undefined;
-
-            return (<div className="player-view" style={{ backgroundColor: tabletopColorStyle }}>
-                <div className="player-view__middle-panel"> <TabletopElement backgroundColor={backgroundColor} backgroundUrl={backgroundUrl} /> </div>
-                <div className="player-view__right-panel">
-                    {charsheet ? <Candela.CharsheetPanelElement sheet={charsheet} /> : <div> </div>}</div>
-            </div>)
-        }
-        default: {
-            assertNever(state);
-            return <div></div>;
-        }
-    }
-}
-
diff --git a/visions/ui/src/views/index.ts b/visions/ui/src/views/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0719403
--- /dev/null
+++ b/visions/ui/src/views/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+import { MainView } from './Main/Main'
+
+export { MainView }