diff --git a/express/app.ts b/express/app.ts
index 592a1cd..2e4cc0b 100644
--- a/express/app.ts
+++ b/express/app.ts
@@ -15,6 +15,7 @@ import {
     AuthorizationDenied,
     type Call,
     type InternalHandler,
+    isRedirect,
     type Method,
     massageMethod,
     methodParser,
@@ -25,8 +26,9 @@ import {
 
 const app = express();
 
-// Parse JSON request bodies
+// Parse request bodies
 app.use(express.json());
+app.use(express.urlencoded({ extended: true }));
 
 services.logging.log({ source: "logging", text: ["1"] });
 const processedRoutes: { [K in Method]: ProcessedRoute[] } = {
@@ -111,8 +113,10 @@ async function handler(
     const method = await methodParser.parseAsync(req.method);
 
     const byMethod = processedRoutes[method];
+    console.log("DEBUG: req.path =", JSON.stringify(req.path), "method =", method);
     for (const [_idx, pr] of byMethod.entries()) {
-        const match = pr.matcher(req.url);
+        const match = pr.matcher(req.path);
+        console.log("DEBUG: trying pattern, match result =", match);
         if (match) {
             console.log("match", match);
             const resp = await pr.handler(req);
@@ -124,7 +128,7 @@ async function handler(
     const retval: Result = {
         code: httpCodes.clientErrors.NotFound,
         contentType: contentTypes.text.plain,
-        result: "not found",
+        result: "not found!",
     };
 
     return retval;
@@ -138,7 +142,18 @@ app.use(async (req: ExpressRequest, res: ExpressResponse) => {
 
     console.log(result);
 
-    res.status(code).send(result);
+    // Set any cookies from the result
+    if (result0.cookies) {
+        for (const cookie of result0.cookies) {
+            res.cookie(cookie.name, cookie.value, cookie.options ?? {});
+        }
+    }
+
+    if (isRedirect(result0)) {
+        res.redirect(code, result0.redirect);
+    } else {
+        res.status(code).send(result);
+    }
 });
 
 process.title = `diachron:${cli.listen.port}`;
diff --git a/express/basic/login.ts b/express/basic/login.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..abbaee9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/express/basic/login.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import { SESSION_COOKIE_NAME } from "../auth/token";
+import { tokenLifetimes } from "../auth/types";
+import { services } from "../services";
+import type { Call, Result, Route } from "../types";
+import { html, redirect, render } from "../util";
+
+const loginHandler = async (call: Call): Promise<Result> => {
+    if (call.method === "GET") {
+        const c = await render("basic/login", {});
+        return html(c);
+    }
+
+    // POST - handle login
+    const { email, password } = call.request.body;
+
+    if (!email || !password) {
+        const c = await render("basic/login", {
+            error: "Email and password are required",
+            email,
+        });
+        return html(c);
+    }
+
+    const result = await services.auth.login(email, password, "cookie", {
+        userAgent: call.request.get("User-Agent"),
+        ipAddress: call.request.ip,
+    });
+
+    if (!result.success) {
+        const c = await render("basic/login", {
+            error: result.error,
+            email,
+        });
+        return html(c);
+    }
+
+    // Success - set cookie and redirect to home
+    const redirectResult = redirect("/");
+    redirectResult.cookies = [
+        {
+            name: SESSION_COOKIE_NAME,
+            value: result.token,
+            options: {
+                httpOnly: true,
+                secure: false, // Set to true in production with HTTPS
+                sameSite: "lax",
+                maxAge: tokenLifetimes.session,
+                path: "/",
+            },
+        },
+    ];
+
+    return redirectResult;
+};
+
+const loginRoute: Route = {
+    path: "/login",
+    methods: ["GET", "POST"],
+    handler: loginHandler,
+};
+
+export { loginRoute };
diff --git a/express/basic/routes.ts b/express/basic/routes.ts
index 6df97b9..fc01d60 100644
--- a/express/basic/routes.ts
+++ b/express/basic/routes.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,29 @@
 import { DateTime } from "ts-luxon";
 import type { Call, Result, Route } from "../types";
 import { html, render } from "../util";
+import { loginRoute } from "./login";
 
 const routes: Record<string, Route> = {
     hello: {
         path: "/hello",
         methods: ["GET"],
-        handler: async (call: Call): Promise<Result> => {
+        handler: async (_call: Call): Promise<Result> => {
             const now = DateTime.now();
             const c = await render("basic/hello", { now });
 
             return html(c);
         },
     },
+    home: {
+        path:'/',
+        methods:['GET'],
+        handler:async(_call:Call): Promise<Result> => {
+            const c = await render('basic/home')
+
+            return html(c)
+        }
+    },
+    login: loginRoute,
 };
 
 export { routes };
diff --git a/express/routes.ts b/express/routes.ts
index 2dc9585..ba3688a 100644
--- a/express/routes.ts
+++ b/express/routes.ts
@@ -25,7 +25,9 @@ const okText = (result: string): Result => {
 
 const routes: Route[] = [
     ...authRoutes,
+    basicRoutes.home,
     basicRoutes.hello,
+    basicRoutes.login,
     {
         path: "/slow",
         methods: ["GET"],
diff --git a/express/types.ts b/express/types.ts
index 528eabc..222db51 100644
--- a/express/types.ts
+++ b/express/types.ts
@@ -49,12 +49,35 @@ export type ProcessedRoute = {
     handler: InternalHandler;
 };
 
+export type CookieOptions = {
+    httpOnly?: boolean;
+    secure?: boolean;
+    sameSite?: "strict" | "lax" | "none";
+    maxAge?: number;
+    path?: string;
+};
+
+export type Cookie = {
+    name: string;
+    value: string;
+    options?: CookieOptions;
+};
+
 export type Result = {
     code: HttpCode;
     contentType: ContentType;
     result: string;
+    cookies?: Cookie[];
 };
 
+export type RedirectResult = Result & {
+    redirect: string;
+};
+
+export function isRedirect(result: Result): result is RedirectResult {
+    return "redirect" in result;
+}
+
 export type Route = {
     path: string;
     methods: Method[];
diff --git a/express/util.ts b/express/util.ts
index 3d141d8..78e9d9b 100644
--- a/express/util.ts
+++ b/express/util.ts
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import nunjucks from "nunjucks";
 import { contentTypes } from "./content-types";
 import { executionContext } from "./execution-context";
 import { httpCodes } from "./http-codes";
-import type { Result } from "./types";
+import type { Result, RedirectResult } from "./types";
 
 // FIXME: Handle the error here
 const loadFile = async (path: string): Promise<string> => {
@@ -13,12 +13,14 @@ const loadFile = async (path: string): Promise<string> => {
     return data;
 };
 
-const render = async (path: string, ctx: object): Promise<string> => {
+const render = async (path: string, ctx?: object): Promise<string> => {
     const fullPath = `${executionContext.diachron_root}/templates/${path}.html.njk`;
 
     const template = await loadFile(fullPath);
 
-    const retval = nunjucks.renderString(template, ctx);
+    const c = ctx===undefined ? {} : ctx;
+
+    const retval = nunjucks.renderString(template, c);
 
     return retval;
 };
@@ -33,4 +35,13 @@ const html = (payload: string): Result => {
     return retval;
 };
 
-export { render, html };
+const redirect = (location: string): RedirectResult => {
+    return {
+        code: httpCodes.redirection.SeeOther,
+        contentType: contentTypes.text.plain,
+        result: "",
+        redirect: location,
+    };
+};
+
+export { render, html, redirect };
diff --git a/templates/basic/login.html.njk b/templates/basic/login.html.njk
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6b9ae4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/basic/login.html.njk
@@ -0,0 +1,55 @@
+<html>
+  <head>
+    <title>Login</title>
+    <style>
+      body {
+        font-family: system-ui, sans-serif;
+        max-width: 400px;
+        margin: 50px auto;
+        padding: 20px;
+      }
+      form {
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: column;
+        gap: 15px;
+      }
+      label {
+        display: flex;
+        flex-direction: column;
+        gap: 5px;
+      }
+      input {
+        padding: 8px;
+        font-size: 16px;
+      }
+      button {
+        padding: 10px;
+        font-size: 16px;
+        cursor: pointer;
+      }
+      .error {
+        color: red;
+        padding: 10px;
+        background: #fee;
+        border: 1px solid #fcc;
+      }
+    </style>
+  </head>
+  <body>
+    <h1>Login</h1>
+    {% if error %}
+    <div class="error">{{ error }}</div>
+    {% endif %}
+    <form method="POST" action="/login">
+      <label>
+        Email
+        <input type="email" name="email" required value="{{ email | default('') }}">
+      </label>
+      <label>
+        Password
+        <input type="password" name="password" required>
+      </label>
+      <button type="submit">Login</button>
+    </form>
+  </body>
+</html>