diff --git a/notesapp/settings.py b/notesapp/settings.py
index c21dac0..8b2d878 100644
--- a/notesapp/settings.py
+++ b/notesapp/settings.py
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ ROOT_URLCONF = 'notesapp.urls'
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [],
+        'DIRS': [ 'notesapp/templates', ],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [
diff --git a/notesapp/templates/index.html b/notesapp/templates/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..68b5c41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notesapp/templates/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <body>
+    <form action="/accounts/logout/" method="POST">
+      {% csrf_token %}
+      <input type="submit" value="Log out">
+    </form>
+	  <h1>Hello, logged in user {{user.username }}!</h1>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/notesapp/templates/login.html b/notesapp/templates/login.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ff8187d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notesapp/templates/login.html
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="en">
+  <body>
+    {% if login_failed %}
+    <p> Incorrect username or password! </p>
+    {% endif %}
+    <form action="/accounts/login/" method="POST">
+      {% csrf_token %}
+      <label for="username">Username:</label><br>
+      <input type="text" id="username" name="username"><br><br>
+      <label for="password">Password:</label><br>
+      <input type="password" id="password" name="password"><br><br>
+      <input type="submit" value="Log in">
+    </form>
+  </body>
+</html>
diff --git a/notesapp/urls.py b/notesapp/urls.py
index 51c4d51..5bcdbe1 100644
--- a/notesapp/urls.py
+++ b/notesapp/urls.py
@@ -13,9 +13,11 @@ Including another URLconf
     1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
     2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
 """
-from django.contrib import admin
 from django.urls import path
+from notesapp import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
-    path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path('', views.index, name='index'),
+    path('accounts/login/', views.login_view, name='login'),
+    path('accounts/logout/', views.logout_view, name='logout'),
 ]
diff --git a/notesapp/views.py b/notesapp/views.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..86f17ee
--- /dev/null
+++ b/notesapp/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
+from django.contrib.auth import authenticate, login, logout
+from django.shortcuts import render, redirect
+from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
+from django.contrib.auth.models import User
+from django.db import transaction
+
+@login_required()
+def index(request):
+    return render(request, 'index.html')
+
+def login_view(request):
+    if request.method == 'GET':
+        return render(request, 'login.html')
+    elif request.method == 'POST':
+        username = request.POST.get('username')
+        password = request.POST.get('password')
+
+        user = authenticate(username=username, password=password)
+
+        if user is not None:
+            login(request, user)
+            return redirect("index")
+        else:
+            return render(request, 'login.html', { 'login_failed' : True })
+    return redirect("index")
+
+def logout_view(request):
+    if request.method == 'POST':
+        logout(request)
+    return redirect("index")
