diff --git a/go.mod b/go.mod
index 1b3669a..209716e 100644
--- a/go.mod
+++ b/go.mod
@@ -2,8 +2,10 @@ module humungus.tedunangst.com/r/honk
 
 require (
 	github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.0.0
+	github.com/gdamore/tcell v1.3.0
 	github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.2
 	github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.4
+	github.com/rivo/tview v0.0.0-20191018125527-685bf6da76c2
 	golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190621222207-cc06ce4a13d4
 	golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859
 	humungus.tedunangst.com/r/go-sqlite3 v1.1.3
diff --git a/go.sum b/go.sum
index e9cb97f..c182c1c 100644
--- a/go.sum
+++ b/go.sum
@@ -1,9 +1,20 @@
+github.com/DATA-DOG/go-sqlmock v1.3.3/go.mod h1:f/Ixk793poVmq4qj/V1dPUg2JEAKC73Q5eFN3EC/SaM=
 github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.0.0 h1:hOCXnnZ5A+3eVDX8pvgl4kofXv2ELss0bKcqRySc45o=
 github.com/andybalholm/cascadia v1.0.0/go.mod h1:GsXiBklL0woXo1j/WYWtSYYC4ouU9PqHO0sqidkEA4Y=
+github.com/gdamore/encoding v1.0.0 h1:+7OoQ1Bc6eTm5niUzBa0Ctsh6JbMW6Ra+YNuAtDBdko=
+github.com/gdamore/encoding v1.0.0/go.mod h1:alR0ol34c49FCSBLjhosxzcPHQbf2trDkoo5dl+VrEg=
+github.com/gdamore/tcell v1.3.0 h1:r35w0JBADPZCVQijYebl6YMWWtHRqVEGt7kL2eBADRM=
+github.com/gdamore/tcell v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Hjvr+Ofd+gLglo7RYKxxnzCBmev3BzsS67MebKS4zMM=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.2 h1:zoNxOV7WjqXptQOVngLmcSQgXmgk4NMz1HibBchjl/I=
 github.com/gorilla/mux v1.7.2/go.mod h1:1lud6UwP+6orDFRuTfBEV8e9/aOM/c4fVVCaMa2zaAs=
+github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.0.2 h1:mCMFu6PgSozg9tDNMMK3g18oJBX7oYGrC09mS6CXfO4=
+github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.0.2/go.mod h1:0MS4r+7BZKSJ5mw4/S5MPN+qHFF1fYclkSPilDOKW0s=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.4 h1:2BvfKmzob6Bmd4YsL0zygOqfdFnK7GR4QL06Do4/p7Y=
 github.com/mattn/go-runewidth v0.0.4/go.mod h1:LwmH8dsx7+W8Uxz3IHJYH5QSwggIsqBzpuz5H//U1FU=
+github.com/rivo/tview v0.0.0-20191018125527-685bf6da76c2 h1:GVXSfgXOMAeLvFH7IrpY3yYM8H3YekZEFcZ14q9gQXM=
+github.com/rivo/tview v0.0.0-20191018125527-685bf6da76c2/go.mod h1:/rBeY22VG2QprWnEqG57IBC8biVu3i0DOIjRLc9I8H0=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.1.0 h1:+2KBaVoUmb9XzDsrx/Ct0W/EYOSFf/nWTauy++DprtY=
+github.com/rivo/uniseg v0.1.0/go.mod h1:J6wj4VEh+S6ZtnVlnTBMWIodfgj8LQOQFoIToxlJtxc=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190308221718-c2843e01d9a2/go.mod h1:djNgcEr1/C05ACkg1iLfiJU5Ep61QUkGW8qpdssI0+w=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190424203555-c05e17bb3b2d h1:adrbvkTDn9rGnXg2IJDKozEpXXLZN89pdIA+Syt4/u0=
 golang.org/x/crypto v0.0.0-20190424203555-c05e17bb3b2d/go.mod h1:yigFU9vqHzYiE8UmvKecakEJjdnWj3jj499lnFckfCI=
@@ -18,7 +29,12 @@ golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859 h1:R/3boaszxrf1GEUWTVDzSKVwL
 golang.org/x/net v0.0.0-20190620200207-3b0461eec859/go.mod h1:z5CRVTTTmAJ677TzLLGU+0bjPO0LkuOLi4/5GtJWs/s=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190215142949-d0b11bdaac8a/go.mod h1:STP8DvDyc/dI5b8T5hshtkjS+E42TnysNCUPdjciGhY=
 golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190412213103-97732733099d/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20190626150813-e07cf5db2756/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
+golang.org/x/sys v0.0.0-20191018095205-727590c5006e/go.mod h1:h1NjWce9XRLGQEsW7wpKNCjG9DtNlClVuFLEZdDNbEs=
 golang.org/x/text v0.3.0/go.mod h1:NqM8EUOU14njkJ3fqMW+pc6Ldnwhi/IjpwHt7yyuwOQ=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.2 h1:tW2bmiBqwgJj/UpqtC8EpXEZVYOwU0yG4iWbprSVAcs=
+golang.org/x/text v0.3.2/go.mod h1:bEr9sfX3Q8Zfm5fL9x+3itogRgK3+ptLWKqgva+5dAk=
+golang.org/x/tools v0.0.0-20180917221912-90fa682c2a6e/go.mod h1:n7NCudcB/nEzxVGmLbDWY5pfWTLqBcC2KZ6jyYvM4mQ=
 humungus.tedunangst.com/r/go-sqlite3 v1.1.3 h1:G2N4wzDS0NbuvrZtQJhh4F+3X+s7BF8b9ga8k38geUI=
 humungus.tedunangst.com/r/go-sqlite3 v1.1.3/go.mod h1:FtEEmQM7U2Ey1TuEEOyY1BmphTZnmiEjPsNLEAkpf/M=
 humungus.tedunangst.com/r/webs v0.6.16 h1:RGhZXMcpu9ufRd5qPiAVtGSdGjp3uju94QsP6EMbBl8=
diff --git a/honk.go b/honk.go
index cac60a6..b7be1ca 100644
--- a/honk.go
+++ b/honk.go
@@ -169,6 +169,8 @@ func main() {
 	getconfig("honksep", &honkSep)
 	prepareStatements(db)
 	switch cmd {
+	case "admin":
+		adminscreen()
 	case "debug":
 		if len(os.Args) != 3 {
 			log.Fatal("need an argument: debug (on|off)")
diff --git a/upgradedb.go b/upgradedb.go
index d419992..cf4404f 100644
--- a/upgradedb.go
+++ b/upgradedb.go
@@ -283,17 +283,17 @@ func upgradedb() {
 		s := ""
 		getconfig("servermsg", &s)
 		if s == "" {
-			setconfig("servermsg", serverMsg)
+			setconfig("servermsg", "<h2>Things happen.</h2>")
 		}
 		s = ""
 		getconfig("aboutmsg", &s)
 		if s == "" {
-			setconfig("aboutmsg", aboutMsg)
+			setconfig("aboutmsg", "<h3>What is honk?</h3>\n<p>Honk is amazing!")
 		}
 		s = ""
 		getconfig("loginmsg", &s)
 		if s == "" {
-			setconfig("loginmsg", loginMsg)
+			setconfig("loginmsg", "<h2>login</h2>")
 		}
 		d := -1
 		getconfig("debug", &d)