diff --git a/hc/accounts/forms.py b/hc/accounts/forms.py
index 624e16c0..d4738965 100644
--- a/hc/accounts/forms.py
+++ b/hc/accounts/forms.py
@@ -1,5 +1,11 @@
 from django import forms
 
 
+class LowercaseEmailField(forms.EmailField):
+    def clean(self, value):
+        value = super(LowercaseEmailField, self).clean(value)
+        return value.lower()
+
+
 class EmailForm(forms.Form):
-    email = forms.EmailField()
+    email = LowercaseEmailField()
diff --git a/hc/accounts/urls.py b/hc/accounts/urls.py
index 92acf8bb..2c4d6d0c 100644
--- a/hc/accounts/urls.py
+++ b/hc/accounts/urls.py
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@ from django.conf.urls import url
 from hc.accounts import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^create/$',                        views.create,          name="hc-create-account"),
     url(r'^login/$',                         views.login,           name="hc-login"),
     url(r'^login_link_sent/$',               views.login_link_sent, name="hc-login-link-sent"),
     url(r'^check_token/([\w-]+)/([\w-]+)/$', views.check_token,     name="hc-check-token"),
diff --git a/hc/accounts/views.py b/hc/accounts/views.py
index 6b5fb849..f54bbc26 100644
--- a/hc/accounts/views.py
+++ b/hc/accounts/views.py
@@ -11,14 +11,41 @@ from django.shortcuts import redirect, render
 from hc.accounts.forms import EmailForm
 
 
-def login(request):
+def create(request):
+    assert request.method == "POST"
+
+    form = EmailForm(request.POST)
+    if form.is_valid():
+        email = form.cleaned_data["email"]
+
+        num_existing = User.objects.filter(email=email).count()
+        if num_existing > 0:
+            # FIXME be more polite about this
+            return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+        username = str(uuid.uuid4())[:30]
+        temp_password = str(uuid.uuid4())
+
+        user = User(username=username, email=email)
+        user.set_password(temp_password)
+        user.save()
+
+        user = authenticate(username=username, password=temp_password)
+        user.set_unusable_password()
+        user.save()
 
+        auth_login(request, user)
+        return redirect("hc-checks")
+
+    # FIXME do something nicer here
+    return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+
+def login(request):
     if request.method == 'POST':
-        # create a form instance and populate it with data from the request:
         form = EmailForm(request.POST)
-        # check whether it's valid:
         if form.is_valid():
-            email = form.cleaned_data["email"]
+            email = form.cleaned_data["email"].lower()
             user = User.objects.get(email=email)
 
             # We don't want to reset passwords of staff users :-)
@@ -36,16 +63,12 @@ def login(request):
             send_mail('Log In', body, 'cuu508@gmail.com', [email],
                       fail_silently=False)
 
-            # FIXME send login token here
             return redirect("hc-login-link-sent")
 
     else:
         form = EmailForm()
 
-    ctx = {
-        "form": form
-    }
-
+    ctx = {"form": form}
     return render(request, "accounts/login.html", ctx)
 
 
diff --git a/hc/front/urls.py b/hc/front/urls.py
index 8ea5eff6..f98a9ec3 100644
--- a/hc/front/urls.py
+++ b/hc/front/urls.py
@@ -3,5 +3,6 @@ from django.conf.urls import url
 from hc.front import views
 
 urlpatterns = [
+    url(r'^$',        views.index,  name="hc-index"),
     url(r'^checks/$', views.checks, name="hc-checks"),
 ]
diff --git a/hc/front/views.py b/hc/front/views.py
index 6be2b4f2..813a8e5d 100644
--- a/hc/front/views.py
+++ b/hc/front/views.py
@@ -3,6 +3,11 @@ from django.shortcuts import render
 
 from hc.api.models import Check
 
+
+def index(request):
+    return render(request, "index.html")
+
+
 @login_required
 def checks(request):
 
@@ -12,4 +17,4 @@ def checks(request):
         "checks": checks
     }
 
-    return render(request, "checks/index.html", ctx)
+    return render(request, "front/index.html", ctx)
diff --git a/templates/accounts/login.html b/templates/accounts/login.html
index fdbb22e0..1de76a1d 100644
--- a/templates/accounts/login.html
+++ b/templates/accounts/login.html
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
                 {% csrf_token %}
 
                 <div class="form-group">
-                    <label class="sr-only" for="exampleInputAmount">Amount (in dollars)</label>
                     <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
                         <div class="input-group-addon">@</div>
                         <input
diff --git a/templates/checks/index.html b/templates/front/index.html
similarity index 87%
rename from templates/checks/index.html
rename to templates/front/index.html
index 3b4bd775..7f0a039c 100644
--- a/templates/checks/index.html
+++ b/templates/front/index.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 {% block content %}
 <div class="row">
     <div class="col-sm-12">
-    <h1>Hello World</h1>
+    <h1>Hello {{ request.user.email }}</h1>
     <table class="table">
         <tr>
             <th>Code</th>
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..354a0e3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{% extends "base.html" %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<div class="row">
+    <div class="col-sm-12">
+    <h1>Hello World</h1>
+
+    <h2>Get started here:</h2>
+    <form action="{% url 'hc-create-account' %}" method="post">
+        {% csrf_token %}
+
+        <div class="form-group">
+            <div class="input-group input-group-lg">
+                <div class="input-group-addon">@</div>
+                <input
+                    type="text"
+                    class="form-control"
+                    id="id_email"
+                    name="email"
+                    placeholder="Email">
+            </div>
+        </div>
+
+        <div class="clearfix">
+            <button type="submit" class="btn btn-lg btn-primary pull-right">
+                Get Started
+            </button>
+        </div>
+    </form>
+
+    </div>
+</div>
+{% endblock %}
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