diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6c396f93..4f33cfcc 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -261,6 +261,14 @@ name = "glob"
 version = "0.2.11"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "heck"
+version = "0.3.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+dependencies = [
+ "unicode-segmentation 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "httparse"
 version = "1.2.4"
@@ -461,6 +469,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "bcrypt 0.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "diesel 1.2.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "dotenv 0.11.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
+ "heck 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rocket 0.3.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rocket_codegen 0.3.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
  "rocket_contrib 0.3.8 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)",
@@ -801,6 +810,11 @@ name = "unicode-normalization"
 version = "0.1.5"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "unicode-segmentation"
+version = "1.2.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "unicode-xid"
 version = "0.1.0"
@@ -921,6 +935,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum gcc 0.3.54 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "5e33ec290da0d127825013597dbdfc28bee4964690c7ce1166cbc2a7bd08b1bb"
 "checksum generic-array 0.9.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ef25c5683767570c2bbd7deba372926a55eaae9982d7726ee2a1050239d45b9d"
 "checksum glob 0.2.11 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "8be18de09a56b60ed0edf84bc9df007e30040691af7acd1c41874faac5895bfb"
+"checksum heck 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "ea04fa3ead4e05e51a7c806fc07271fdbde4e246a6c6d1efd52e72230b771b82"
 "checksum httparse 1.2.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "c2f407128745b78abc95c0ffbe4e5d37427fdc0d45470710cfef8c44522a2e37"
 "checksum humansize 1.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "b6cab2627acfc432780848602f3f558f7e9dd427352224b0d9324025796d2a5e"
 "checksum hyper 0.10.13 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "368cb56b2740ebf4230520e2b90ebb0461e69034d85d1945febd9b3971426db2"
@@ -988,6 +1003,7 @@ source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 "checksum unicase 1.4.2 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "7f4765f83163b74f957c797ad9253caf97f103fb064d3999aea9568d09fc8a33"
 "checksum unicode-bidi 0.3.4 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "49f2bd0c6468a8230e1db229cff8029217cf623c767ea5d60bfbd42729ea54d5"
 "checksum unicode-normalization 0.1.5 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "51ccda9ef9efa3f7ef5d91e8f9b83bbe6955f9bf86aec89d5cce2c874625920f"
+"checksum unicode-segmentation 1.2.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "a8083c594e02b8ae1654ae26f0ade5158b119bd88ad0e8227a5d8fcd72407946"
 "checksum unicode-xid 0.1.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "fc72304796d0818e357ead4e000d19c9c174ab23dc11093ac919054d20a6a7fc"
 "checksum unidecode 0.3.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "402bb19d8e03f1d1a7450e2bd613980869438e0666331be3e073089124aa1adc"
 "checksum unreachable 1.0.0 (registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index)" = "382810877fe448991dfc7f0dd6e3ae5d58088fd0ea5e35189655f84e6814fa56"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 2421726f..babc56a5 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 [dependencies]
 bcrypt = "0.2"
 dotenv = "*"
+heck = "0.3.0"
 rocket = "*"
 rocket_codegen = "*"
 
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 02335d7b..f0963d4b 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ extern crate dotenv;
 extern crate rocket;
 extern crate rocket_contrib;
 extern crate bcrypt;
+extern crate heck;
 
 use diesel::pg::PgConnection;
 use diesel::r2d2::{ConnectionManager, Pool};
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@ mod db_conn;
 mod models;
 mod schema;
 mod routes;
+mod utils;
 
 use db_conn::DbConn;
 use models::instance::*;
@@ -57,7 +59,11 @@ fn main() {
             routes::user::create,
 
             routes::session::new,
-            routes::session::create
+            routes::session::create,
+
+            routes::blogs::details,
+            routes::blogs::new,
+            routes::blogs::create,
         ])
         .manage(init_pool())
         .attach(Template::fairing())
diff --git a/src/routes/blogs.rs b/src/routes/blogs.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..5b587cd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/blogs.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+use rocket::request::Form;
+use rocket::response::Redirect;
+use rocket_contrib::Template;
+use std::collections::HashMap;
+
+use utils;
+use db_conn::DbConn;
+use models::blogs::*;
+use models::instance::Instance;
+
+#[get("/~/<name>")]
+fn details(name: String) -> String {
+    format!("Welcome on ~{}", name)
+}
+
+#[get("/blogs/new")]
+fn new() -> Template {
+    Template::render("blogs/new", HashMap::<String, i32>::new())
+}
+
+#[derive(FromForm)]
+struct NewBlogForm {
+    pub title: String
+}
+
+#[post("/blogs/new", data = "<data>")]
+fn create(conn: DbConn, data: Form<NewBlogForm>) -> Redirect {
+    let inst = Instance::get_local(&*conn).unwrap();
+    let form = data.get();
+    let slug = utils::make_actor_id(form.title.to_string());
+
+    Blog::insert(&*conn, NewBlog {
+        actor_id: slug.to_string(),
+        title: form.title.to_string(),
+        summary: String::from(""),
+        outbox_url: Blog::compute_outbox(slug.to_string(), inst.public_domain.to_string()),
+        inbox_url: Blog::compute_inbox(slug.to_string(), inst.public_domain.to_string()),
+        instance_id: inst.id
+    });
+    
+    Redirect::to(format!("/~/{}", slug).as_str())
+}
diff --git a/src/routes/mod.rs b/src/routes/mod.rs
index aa195630..d064d9f4 100644
--- a/src/routes/mod.rs
+++ b/src/routes/mod.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+pub mod blogs;
 pub mod instance;
 pub mod session;
 pub mod user;
diff --git a/src/utils.rs b/src/utils.rs
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..0c5495af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/utils.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+use heck::CamelCase;
+
+pub fn make_actor_id(name: String) -> String {
+    name.as_str().to_camel_case()
+}
diff --git a/templates/blogs/new.tera b/templates/blogs/new.tera
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..66cf3a34
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/blogs/new.tera
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+    <head>
+        <meta charset="utf-8">
+        <title>New blog</title>
+    </head>
+    <body>
+        <h1>Create a blog</h1>
+        <form method="post">
+            <label for="title">Title</label>
+            <input name="title">
+
+            <input type="submit" value="Create blog"/>            
+        </form>
+    </body>
+</html>