diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index cb9046c..fb2dae5 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -2,3 +2,5 @@
 data.js
 fish_data.js
 beacon.db*
+.env
+.sqlx/
diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 52686c6..479d707 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "512761e0bb2578dd7380c6baaa0f4ce03e84f95e960231d1dec8bf4d7d6e2627"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "allocator-api2"
 version = "0.2.21"
@@ -161,12 +170,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "chrono",
  "chrono-humanize",
  "maud",
+ "nanoid",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
  "serde_path_to_error",
  "sqlx",
  "tokio",
  "tower-http",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-subscriber",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -375,7 +387,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "33d852cb9b869c2a9b3df2f71a3074817f01e1844f839a144f5fcef059a4eb5d"
 dependencies = [
  "libc",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -943,6 +955,15 @@ version = "0.4.25"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "04cbf5b083de1c7e0222a7a51dbfdba1cbe1c6ab0b15e29fff3f6c077fd9cd9f"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "matchers"
+version = "0.1.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8263075bb86c5a1b1427b5ae862e8889656f126e9f77c484496e8b47cf5c5558"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-automata 0.1.10",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "matchit"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -1025,6 +1046,25 @@ dependencies = [
  "windows-sys 0.52.0",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "nanoid"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "3ffa00dec017b5b1a8b7cf5e2c008bfda1aa7e0697ac1508b491fdf2622fb4d8"
+dependencies = [
+ "rand",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "nu-ansi-term"
+version = "0.46.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "77a8165726e8236064dbb45459242600304b42a5ea24ee2948e18e023bf7ba84"
+dependencies = [
+ "overload",
+ "winapi",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "num-bigint-dig"
 version = "0.8.4"
@@ -1087,6 +1127,12 @@ version = "1.20.2"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "1261fe7e33c73b354eab43b1273a57c8f967d0391e80353e51f764ac02cf6775"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "overload"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b15813163c1d831bf4a13c3610c05c0d03b39feb07f7e09fa234dac9b15aaf39"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "parking"
 version = "2.2.1"
@@ -1248,6 +1294,50 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata 0.4.9",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.1.10"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "6c230d73fb8d8c1b9c0b3135c5142a8acee3a0558fb8db5cf1cb65f8d7862132"
+dependencies = [
+ "regex-syntax 0.6.29",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax 0.8.5",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.6.29"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f162c6dd7b008981e4d40210aca20b4bd0f9b60ca9271061b07f78537722f2e1"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "ring"
 version = "0.17.8"
@@ -1299,7 +1389,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "errno",
  "libc",
  "linux-raw-sys",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1436,6 +1526,15 @@ dependencies = [
  "digest",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "sharded-slab"
+version = "0.1.7"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "f40ca3c46823713e0d4209592e8d6e826aa57e928f09752619fc696c499637f6"
+dependencies = [
+ "lazy_static",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "shlex"
 version = "1.3.0"
@@ -1760,7 +1859,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "getrandom 0.3.1",
  "once_cell",
  "rustix",
- "windows-sys 0.52.0",
+ "windows-sys 0.59.0",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -1783,6 +1882,16 @@ dependencies = [
  "syn",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "thread_local"
+version = "1.1.8"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8b9ef9bad013ada3808854ceac7b46812a6465ba368859a37e2100283d2d719c"
+dependencies = [
+ "cfg-if",
+ "once_cell",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "tinystr"
 version = "0.7.6"
@@ -1944,6 +2053,36 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "e672c95779cf947c5311f83787af4fa8fffd12fb27e4993211a84bdfd9610f9c"
 dependencies = [
  "once_cell",
+ "valuable",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-log"
+version = "0.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ee855f1f400bd0e5c02d150ae5de3840039a3f54b025156404e34c23c03f47c3"
+dependencies = [
+ "log",
+ "once_cell",
+ "tracing-core",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "tracing-subscriber"
+version = "0.3.19"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "e8189decb5ac0fa7bc8b96b7cb9b2701d60d48805aca84a238004d665fcc4008"
+dependencies = [
+ "matchers",
+ "nu-ansi-term",
+ "once_cell",
+ "regex",
+ "sharded-slab",
+ "smallvec",
+ "thread_local",
+ "tracing",
+ "tracing-core",
+ "tracing-log",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
@@ -2014,6 +2153,12 @@ version = "1.0.4"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "b6c140620e7ffbb22c2dee59cafe6084a59b5ffc27a8859a5f0d494b5d52b6be"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "valuable"
+version = "0.1.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ba73ea9cf16a25df0c8caa16c51acb937d5712a8429db78a3ee29d5dcacd3a65"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "vcpkg"
 version = "0.2.15"
@@ -2124,6 +2269,28 @@ dependencies = [
  "wasite",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi"
+version = "0.3.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "5c839a674fcd7a98952e593242ea400abe93992746761e38641405d28b00f419"
+dependencies = [
+ "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu",
+ "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-i686-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "ac3b87c63620426dd9b991e5ce0329eff545bccbbb34f3be09ff6fb6ab51b7b6"
+
+[[package]]
+name = "winapi-x86_64-pc-windows-gnu"
+version = "0.4.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "712e227841d057c1ee1cd2fb22fa7e5a5461ae8e48fa2ca79ec42cfc1931183f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "windows-core"
 version = "0.52.0"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index b4afcee..6a72965 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ axum = { version = "0.8.1", features = ["macros"] }
 chrono = "0.4.39"
 chrono-humanize = "0.2.3"
 maud = { version = "0.27.0", features = ["axum"] }
+nanoid = "0.4.0"
 serde = { version = "1.0.217", features = ["derive"] }
 serde_json = "1.0.138"
 serde_path_to_error = "0.1.16"
@@ -16,6 +17,9 @@ sqlx = { version = "0.8", features = [
     "runtime-tokio",
     "tls-rustls-ring-webpki",
     "sqlite",
+    "migrate",
 ] }
 tokio = { version = "1.43.0", features = ["full"] }
-tower-http = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["fs"] }
+tower-http = { version = "0.6.2", features = ["fs", "trace"] }
+tracing = "0.1.41"
+tracing-subscriber = { version = "0.3.19", features = ["env-filter"] }
diff --git a/migrations/20250206105906_initial.sql b/migrations/20250206105906_initial.sql
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..005b476
--- /dev/null
+++ b/migrations/20250206105906_initial.sql
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+-- Add migration script here
+CREATE TABLE accounts (account_id VARCHAR(10) PRIMARY KEY);
+
+CREATE TABLE caught_fish (
+    id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
+    account_id VARCHAR(10),
+    fish_id INTEGER,
+    FOREIGN KEY (account_id) REFERENCES accounts (account_id) ON DELETE CASCADE ON UPDATE NO ACTION
+);
+
+CREATE INDEX fish_accounts ON caught_fish (account_id);
diff --git a/src/db.rs b/src/db.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9d5d606
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/db.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+use sqlx::{Pool, Sqlite};
+
+use crate::AppError;
+
+pub struct Account {
+    account_id: Option<String>,
+}
+
+pub async fn insert_account(id: &str, pool: &Pool<Sqlite>) -> Result<(), AppError> {
+    sqlx::query!(
+        "
+        INSERT INTO accounts (account_id)
+        VALUES (?)
+    ",
+        id
+    )
+    .execute(pool)
+    .await?;
+    Ok(())
+}
+
+pub async fn get_account(id: &str, pool: &Pool<Sqlite>) -> Result<bool, AppError> {
+    let results = sqlx::query_as!(Account, "SELECT * FROM accounts WHERE account_id = ?", id)
+        .fetch_all(pool)
+        .await?;
+
+    if results.len() == 1 {
+        Ok(true)
+    } else {
+        Ok(false)
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 851fc2a..6ee73ab 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,13 +1,22 @@
-use std::sync::Arc;
+use std::{collections::HashMap, sync::Arc};
 
-use axum::{extract::State, http::StatusCode, response::IntoResponse, routing::get, Router};
+use axum::{
+    extract::{Query, State},
+    http::StatusCode,
+    response::{IntoResponse, Redirect, Response},
+    routing::get,
+    Router,
+};
 use data::Data;
-use maud::Markup;
+use maud::{html, Markup};
+use nanoid::nanoid;
 use sqlx::{sqlite::SqlitePoolOptions, Pool, Sqlite};
-use tower_http::services::ServeDir;
+use tower_http::{services::ServeDir, trace::TraceLayer};
+use tracing_subscriber::{layer::SubscriberExt, util::SubscriberInitExt};
 
 pub mod clock;
 pub mod data;
+pub mod db;
 pub mod forecast;
 pub mod templates;
 
@@ -37,21 +46,67 @@ where
     }
 }
 
-#[axum::debug_handler]
+async fn root_handler() -> Result<Markup, AppError> {
+    Ok(templates::root())
+}
+
+async fn new_account_handler(state: State<Arc<AppState>>) -> Result<Markup, AppError> {
+    let id = nanoid!(10);
+    db::insert_account(&id, &state.pool).await?;
+    Ok(templates::new_account(id))
+}
+
 async fn main_handler(state: State<Arc<AppState>>) -> Result<Markup, AppError> {
-    Ok(templates::main_page(state, true))
+    Ok(templates::main_page(state))
+}
+
+async fn to_handler(
+    state: State<Arc<AppState>>,
+    query: Query<HashMap<String, String>>,
+) -> Result<Response, AppError> {
+    let rejection_html = html! {
+        p { "The provided account ID doesn't exist. " }
+    };
+    if let Some(id) = query.get("id") {
+        let exists = db::get_account(id, &state.pool).await?;
+        if exists {
+            Ok(Redirect::to(&format!("/{}", id)).into_response())
+        } else {
+            Ok(rejection_html.into_response())
+        }
+    } else {
+        Ok(rejection_html.into_response())
+    }
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    tracing_subscriber::registry()
+        .with(
+            tracing_subscriber::EnvFilter::try_from_default_env().unwrap_or_else(|_| {
+                format!(
+                    "{}=debug,tower_http=debug,axum::rejection=trace",
+                    env!("CARGO_CRATE_NAME")
+                )
+                .into()
+            }),
+        )
+        .with(tracing_subscriber::fmt::layer())
+        .init();
+
     let pool = SqlitePoolOptions::new()
         .max_connections(10)
         .connect("sqlite://beacon.db")
         .await
         .unwrap();
 
+    sqlx::migrate!("./migrations").run(&pool).await.unwrap();
+
     let app = Router::new()
-        .route("/", get(main_handler))
+        .route("/", get(root_handler).post(new_account_handler))
+        .route("/to", get(to_handler))
+        .route("/{id}", get(main_handler))
+        .layer(TraceLayer::new_for_http())
         .nest_service("/static", ServeDir::new("static"))
         .with_state(Arc::new(AppState {
             data: Data::new(),
diff --git a/src/templates.rs b/src/templates.rs
index a2853f5..720ff53 100644
--- a/src/templates.rs
+++ b/src/templates.rs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ pub fn layout(content: Markup) -> Markup {
     }
 }
 
-pub fn main_page(state: State<Arc<AppState>>, with_layout: bool) -> Markup {
+pub fn main_page(state: State<Arc<AppState>>) -> Markup {
     let meta = state.data.fish_with_meta();
     let mut values: Vec<&CombinedFish> = meta.values().filter(|f| f.entry.big_fish).collect();
     values.sort_by(|afish, bfish| {
@@ -109,13 +109,64 @@ pub fn main_page(state: State<Arc<AppState>>, with_layout: bool) -> Markup {
         }
     };
 
-    if with_layout {
-        layout(html! {
-            main hx-get="/" hx-trigger="every 10s" {
-                (template)
-            }
-        })
-    } else {
-        template
-    }
+    layout(html! {
+        main hx-get="" hx-trigger="every 10s" {
+            (template)
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+pub fn root() -> Markup {
+    layout(html! {
+        h1 { "Beacon" }
+        p {
+            "Beacon is a website to track progress for collecting " i { "big fish" } " in Final Fantasy XIV. "
+            "To use it, you need an " b { "account ID" } ", which serves to remember which fish you've caught. "
+            "If you have an account ID, you can enter it here, or if you don't, create a new one. Usually, your "
+            "browser will remember your ID and automatically redirect you, though."
+        }
+
+        form method="post" {
+            button type="submit" { "Generate a new account ID" }
+        }
+
+        p { "or" }
+
+        form method="get" action="/to" {
+            input name="id" type="text" placeholder="Enter your account ID...";
+            button type="submit" { "Go to tracker" }
+        }
+
+        h2 { "What is this about?" }
+        p {
+            "In Final Fantasy XIV, you can catch a number of elusive and rare fish called big fish. These can be quite tricky to even find -- most of them have a specific time window and only appear during certain weather patterns. This website helps with keeping track of all of that."
+        }
+
+        h2 { "Why not use the other tracker website?" }
+        p {
+            "By all means! " a href="https://ff14fish.carbuncleplushy.com" { "The original tracker" } " is a great resource, and functionally superior to this website. "
+            "I mostly created this because of two reasons:"
+        }
+        ol {
+            li { "Everything is rendered on the server - meaning it doesn't eat away at your system resources (good for laptop players!)" }
+            li { "Your caught fish are synchronized across devices, and data doesn't get deleted when you clear your browser data" }
+        }
+        p {
+            "These were the two main reasons why I created this. This website couldn't exist without Carbuncle Plushy's tracker -- it uses the same data "
+            "that has been painstakingly compiled by hand! If you can, please support them."
+        }
+    })
+}
+
+pub fn new_account(id: String) -> Markup {
+    layout(html! {
+        p {
+            "Your new account ID has been created. Plase save it in a place you remember, like a password manager. If you lose it, you will be unable to "
+            "access your account."
+        }
+
+        h1 { (id) }
+
+        a href=(format!("/{}", id)) { "Click here to proceed to the tracker" }
+    })
 }
diff --git a/static/style.css b/static/style.css
index e4c972a..2bbaf34 100644
--- a/static/style.css
+++ b/static/style.css
@@ -96,3 +96,9 @@ section.alwaysup {
 .catchpath:has(.tug) {
     margin-right: 9px;
 }
+
+p,
+li {
+    max-width: 50em;
+    line-height: 1.5rem;
+}