diff --git a/routes/base_page.go b/routes/base_page.go
index cc5ffcd..a218c36 100644
--- a/routes/base_page.go
+++ b/routes/base_page.go
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@ package routes
 
 type baseData struct {
 	Title string
+	LoggedIn bool
 }
 
 type headerData struct {
diff --git a/routes/room_page.go b/routes/room_page.go
index efd805a..8d3809c 100644
--- a/routes/room_page.go
+++ b/routes/room_page.go
@@ -269,6 +269,7 @@ func roomPageRoute(
 		data := pageData{
 			Base: baseData{
 				Title: "room-lala-from-base",
+				LoggedIn: true,
 			},
 			Content: contentData,
 			Header: headerData{
diff --git a/routes/templates/base.gohtml b/routes/templates/base.gohtml
index 7e63c52..6cd0566 100644
--- a/routes/templates/base.gohtml
+++ b/routes/templates/base.gohtml
@@ -24,7 +24,9 @@
       <a href="https://git.sunshine.industries/efim/some-automoderation">
         <img src="/static/images/agplv3-with-text-100x42.png" alt="AGPLv3 Free as in Freedom" title="Link to source code of this program, as required by AGPLv3" />
       </a>
+      {{ if .Base.LoggedIn }}
       <a class="bg-white border-2 rounded py-1 px-2 h-8" href="/logout">Logout</a>
+      {{ end }}
     </nav>
     <!--[if lt IE 8]>
       <p class="browserupgrade">
diff --git a/routes/templates/index.gohtml b/routes/templates/index.gohtml
index 8cc5093..8752f08 100644
--- a/routes/templates/index.gohtml
+++ b/routes/templates/index.gohtml
@@ -18,8 +18,7 @@
         >
       </section>
       {{ else }}
-      <section class="border">
-        <h2>hoho, the session is missing. let's do the auth section</h2>
+      <section class="border grid place-content-center">
         <div class="h-fit w-fit">
           {{ template "loginSection" .LoginSectionData }}
         </div>