diff --git a/nose/app/dir/index.tsx b/nose/app/dir/index.tsx
index 8f4cb9d..b3dcf12 100644
--- a/nose/app/dir/index.tsx
+++ b/nose/app/dir/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { text } from "./other"
 import { css } from "@utils"
 
-export default (c: Context) => {
+export default () => {
     return <>
         {css`
         body {
diff --git a/nose/app/routes.tsx b/nose/app/routes.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..bf6185b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/nose/app/routes.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import { routes } from "@utils"
+
+export default routes({
+    "GET /": index,
+    "GET /pets": pets
+})
+
+function index() {
+    return <>
+        <h1>Hi world!</h1>
+        <p>Welcome to my personal web page.</p>
+        <p>If you are looking for information on pets, click here:</p>
+        <p><a href="/pets">PETS</a></p>
+    </>
+}
+
+function pets(c: Context) {
+    return c.html(<>
+        <ul>
+            <li>dogs</li>
+            <li>cats</li>
+            <li>iguanas</li>
+            <li>hamsters</li>
+            <li>snakes</li>
+            <li>chickens</li>
+            <li>...even goats!</li>
+        </ul>
+    </>)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index d8c569e..8a5e5b8 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,11 +1,11 @@
 {
   "name": "pluto",
-  "module": "index.ts",
+  "module": "src/server.tsx",
   "type": "module",
   "private": true,
   "scripts": {
-    "start": "bun src/server.ts",
-    "dev": "bun --hot src/server.ts"
+    "start": "bun src/server.tsx",
+    "dev": "bun --hot src/server.tsx"
   },
   "alias": {
     "@utils": "./src/utils.tsx",
diff --git a/src/server.ts b/src/server.tsx
similarity index 79%
rename from src/server.ts
rename to src/server.tsx
index 2edb094..aa8710c 100644
--- a/src/server.ts
+++ b/src/server.tsx
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ import color from "kleur"
 
 import { NOSE_ICON, NOSE_DIR, NOSE_BIN, NOSE_APP } from "./config"
 import { transpile, isFile } from "./utils"
-import { serveApp } from "./webapp"
+import { apps, serveApp } from "./webapp"
 
 //
 // Hono setup
@@ -43,12 +43,29 @@ app.get("/js/:path{.+}", async c => {
 // app routes
 //
 
-app.get("*", async c => {
+app.use("*", async (c, next) => {
     const url = new URL(c.req.url)
     const domains = url.hostname.split(".")
-    const subdomain = domains.length > 1 ? domains[0]! : "none"
+    const subdomain = domains.length > 1 ? domains[0]! : ""
 
-    return await serveApp(c, subdomain)
+    if (subdomain) {
+        const app = serveApp(c, subdomain)
+        return await app
+    }
+
+    return next()
+})
+
+app.get("/", c => {
+    const url = new URL(c.req.url)
+    const domain = url.hostname
+    const port = url.port
+
+    return c.html(<>
+        <h1>apps</h1>
+        <ul>{apps().map(app => <li><a href={`http://${app}.${domain}:${port}`}>{app}</a></li>)}
+        </ul>
+    </>)
 })
 
 //
diff --git a/src/utils.tsx b/src/utils.tsx
index 84ac7f7..bbb7de2 100644
--- a/src/utils.tsx
+++ b/src/utils.tsx
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import { Hono } from "hono"
 import { statSync } from "node:fs"
 import { stat } from "node:fs/promises"
+import { type Handler, toResponse } from "./webapp"
 
 // Is the given `path` a file?
 export function isFile(path: string): boolean {
@@ -26,7 +28,6 @@ export function randomID(): string {
     return Math.random().toString(36).slice(2, 10)
 }
 
-
 const transpiler = new Bun.Transpiler({ loader: 'tsx' })
 const transpileCache: Record<string, string> = {}
 
@@ -65,3 +66,25 @@ export function js(strings: TemplateStringsArray, ...values: any[]) {
         }, '')
     }} />
 }
+
+// for defining routes in your NOSE webapp
+// example:
+//   export default routes({
+//       "GET /": index,
+//       "GET /pets": pets
+//   })
+export function routes(def: Record<string, Handler>): Hono {
+    const app = new Hono
+
+    for (const key in def) {
+        const parts = key.split(" ") // GET /path
+        const method = parts[0] || "GET"
+        const path = parts[1] || "/"
+
+        console.log(method, path, def[key])
+        //@ts-ignore
+        app.on(method, path, async c => toResponse(await def[key](c)))
+    }
+
+    return app
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/webapp.ts b/src/webapp.ts
index 1be7616..7b0a1dd 100644
--- a/src/webapp.ts
+++ b/src/webapp.ts
@@ -1,18 +1,32 @@
-import type { Context } from "hono"
+import { type Context, Hono } from "hono"
 import type { Child } from "hono/jsx"
+import { renderToString } from "hono/jsx/dom/server"
 import { join } from "node:path"
+import { readdirSync } from "node:fs"
 import { NOSE_APP } from "./config"
 import { isFile } from "./utils"
 
-type App = (r: Context) => string | Child | Response
+export type Handler = (r: Context) => string | Child | Response | Promise<Response>
+export type App = Hono | Handler
 
 export async function serveApp(c: Context, subdomain: string): Promise<Response> {
     const app = await findApp(subdomain)
 
-    if (app)
-        return await toResponse(app(c))
+    if (!app) return c.text(`App Not Found: ${subdomain}`, 404)
 
-    return c.text(`App Not Found: ${subdomain}`, 404)
+    if (app instanceof Hono)
+        return app.fetch(c.req.raw)
+    else
+        return toResponse(app(c))
+}
+
+export function apps(): string[] {
+    const apps: string[] = []
+
+    for (const entry of readdirSync(NOSE_APP))
+        apps.push(entry.replace(/\.tsx?/, ""))
+
+    return apps
 }
 
 async function findApp(name: string): Promise<App | undefined> {
@@ -43,13 +57,13 @@ async function loadApp(path: string): Promise<App | undefined> {
         return mod.default as App
 }
 
-async function toResponse(source: string | Child | Response): Promise<Response> {
+export function toResponse(source: string | Child | Response): Response {
     if (source instanceof Response)
         return source
     else if (typeof source === "string")
         return new Response(source)
     else
-        return new Response(await source?.toString(), {
+        return new Response(renderToString(source), {
             headers: {
                 "Content-Type": "text/html; charset=utf-8"
             }