diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 1c39679..909a53b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -17,9 +17,9 @@
 - [x] Access to query params
 - [x] Serve static files in pub/
 - [x] Working CLI
-- [ ] Nice error messages
+- [x] Nice error messages
 - [ ] dev mode / prod mode (caching, errors)
 - [ ] Form body parsing for POST
 - [ ] auto-serve index.sh for subdirectories (`/users` -> `/users/index.sh` if dir)
-- [ ] Layouts
+- [x] Layouts
 - [ ] Caching
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diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.ts
index a31f648..1743e1c 100644
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.ts
@@ -21,20 +21,35 @@ export function startWeb(rootPath: string) {
 
   app.on(['GET', 'POST'], ['/', '/:page{.+}'], async (c) => {
     const page = c.req.param('page') || 'index'
-    const params = c.req.query()
+    if (page === 'layout') return c.text('404 Not Found', 404)
 
+    const params = c.req.query()
     const path = join(root, `${page}.sh`)
     const file = Bun.file(path)
+
+    const layoutPath = join(root, `layout.sh`)
+    const layoutFile = Bun.file(layoutPath)
+    let layoutCode = await layoutFile.exists() ? await layoutFile.text() : ''
+
     if (await file.exists()) {
+      let content = ''
+
       try {
-        return c.html(await wrapAndRunCode(await file.text(), { params }))
-      } catch (e) {
-        let error = e instanceof Error ? e.message : String(e)
-        const ansiUp = new AnsiUp()
-        const errorHtml = ansiUp.ansi_to_html(error)
-        const blue = '#42A5F5'
-        return c.html(`<h1 style='color:${blue}'>🫧 Error in <a href='vscode://file/${path}' style='text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px dotted ${blue};color:${blue}'>${path}</a></h1><pre>${errorHtml}</pre>`)
+        content = await wrapAndRunCode(await file.text(), { params })
+      } catch (err) {
+        return c.html(shrimpError(path, err), 500)
       }
+
+      if (layoutCode) {
+        try {
+          return c.html(await wrapAndRunCode(layoutCode, { params, content }))
+        } catch (err) {
+          return c.html(shrimpError(layoutPath, err), 500)
+        }
+      } else {
+        return c.html(content)
+      }
+
     } else {
       return c.text('404 Not Found', 404)
     }
@@ -46,3 +61,10 @@ export function startWeb(rootPath: string) {
     port: 3000,
   })
 }
+
+function shrimpError(path: string, error: any): string {
+  const ansiUp = new AnsiUp()
+  const errorHtml = ansiUp.ansi_to_html(error?.message ?? String(error))
+  const blue = '#42A5F5'
+  return `<h1 style='color:${blue}'>🫧 Error in <a href='vscode://file/${path}' style='text-decoration:none;border-bottom:1px dotted ${blue};color:${blue}'>${path}</a></h1><pre>${errorHtml}</pre>`
+}
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