diff --git a/projects/settings.py b/projects/settings.py
index 0ad4061..bae217b 100644
--- a/projects/settings.py
+++ b/projects/settings.py
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ ROOT_URLCONF = 'projects.urls'
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [],
+        'DIRS': ['templates'],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [
diff --git a/templates/index.html b/templates/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ef359cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html>
+
+<head>
+    <meta charset="UTF-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.simplecss.org/simple.min.css">
+    <script src="https://unpkg.com/htmx.org@1.9.2"></script>
+    <script src="//unpkg.com/alpinejs" defer></script>
+</head>
+
+<body>
+    <main>
+        {% block main %}{% endblock %}
+    </main>
+</body>
+
+</html>
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