--- a/globalneighbors/web.py	Sat Jun 24 15:16:10 2017 -0700
+++ b/globalneighbors/web.py	Sat Jun 24 15:47:59 2017 -0700
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 # imports
 import argparse
 import json
+import os
 import sys
 import time
 from webob import Request, Response, exc
@@ -17,6 +18,8 @@
 from .read import read_city_list
 from .schema import fields
 from .schema import name
+from .template import template_dir
+from .template import TemplateLoader
 
 
 def autocomplete(cities, startswith=None):
@@ -74,28 +77,32 @@
 class GlobalHandler(Handler):
     """WSGI HTTP Handler"""
 
-    content_type = 'text/plain'
+    content_type = 'text/html'
 
-    def __init__(self, datafile):
-        self.datafile = datafile
+    def __init__(self, datafile, template_dir=template_dir):
+
 
         # parse data
+        self.datafile = datafile
         self.cities = read_city_list(self.datafile,
                                      fields=fields)
         self.locations = locations(self.cities)
 
-        # TODO: declare handlers
+        # declare handlers
         self.handlers = {'/cities':
                          CitiesHandler(self.locations,
                                        self.cities)}
 
+        # template loader
+        self.loader = TemplateLoader(template_dir)
+        self.index = self.loader.load('index.html')
+
 
     def GET(self, request):
         if request.path_info in ('', '/'):
             # Landing page
             return Response(content_type=self.content_type,
-                            body="""Global Neighbors
-                            Serving {} cities""".format(len(self.cities)))
+                            body=self.index.render(n_cities=len(self.cities)))
         else:
             handler = self.handlers.get(request.path_info)
             if handler:
@@ -115,7 +122,7 @@
                         help="port to serve on")
     parser.add_argument('--hostname', dest='hostname',
                         default='localhost',
-                        help="host name [DEFAULT: %(default)]")
+                        help="host name [DEFAULT: %(default)s]")
     options = parser.parse_args(args)
 
     # instantiate WSGI handler