diff --git a/cmd/welcome/README.md b/cmd/welcome/README.md
index c4c3cfd..3e5423c 100644
--- a/cmd/welcome/README.md
+++ b/cmd/welcome/README.md
@@ -7,8 +7,7 @@ responsible for:
 2. accepting and validating a new user's username choice (ie enforcing rules and checking for dupes)
 3. accepting and validating a user's email for use in account recovery (defaulting to an email embedded in the invite token)
 4. accepting and validating a display name
-5. asking what shell they'd like
-6. accepting and validating a user's public ssh key
+5. accepting and validating a user's public ssh key
 
 upon receipt of these things a user account is created. if it fails, the user
 is told about the failure and told to email root@tilde.town for guidance; us
diff --git a/cmd/welcome/main.go b/cmd/welcome/main.go
index 2d7bffa..042d615 100644
--- a/cmd/welcome/main.go
+++ b/cmd/welcome/main.go
@@ -1,7 +1,86 @@
 package main
 
-import "fmt"
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"os"
+
+	"github.com/gdamore/tcell/v2"
+	"github.com/rivo/tview"
+
+	_ "embed"
+)
+
+//go:embed welcome.txt
+var welcomeArt string
+
+// TODO remove ConnectDB abstraction in favor of just connecting directly to sqliteh
+// TODO move magic key machine to static page
+
+type newUserData struct {
+	Username    string
+	DisplayName string
+	Email       string
+	PubKey      string
+}
+
+func _main() error {
+	app := tview.NewApplication()
+	//data := &newUserData{}
+
+	help := tview.NewTextView()
+	help.SetText("tab+enter or mouse to submit. ctrl+c to quit.")
+	help.SetTextColor(tcell.ColorGray)
+
+	artView := tview.NewTextView()
+	artView.SetText(welcomeArt)
+	artView.SetDynamicColors(true)
+	artView.SetBackgroundColor(tcell.ColorBlack)
+	artView.SetTextColor(tcell.ColorPurple)
+
+	// TODO colors wacky
+	tokenInput := tview.NewInputField()
+	tokenInput.SetLabel("invite code:")
+	tokenInput.SetFieldWidth(40)
+
+	tokenForm := tview.NewForm()
+	tokenForm.SetButtonBackgroundColor(tcell.ColorPurple)
+	tokenForm.SetButtonTextColor(tcell.ColorBlack)
+	tokenForm.SetButtonActivatedStyle(tcell.StyleDefault.Foreground(tcell.ColorWhite).Background(tcell.ColorPurple))
+
+	tokenForm.SetLabelColor(tcell.ColorPurple)
+	tokenForm.SetFieldBackgroundColor(tcell.ColorPurple)
+	tokenForm.AddFormItem(tokenInput)
+	tokenForm.AddButton("submit", func() {
+		app.Stop()
+		// TODO
+	})
+
+	tokenPage := tview.NewFlex()
+	tokenPage.SetDirection(tview.FlexRow)
+	tokenPage.AddItem(artView, 17, -1, false)
+	tokenPage.AddItem(tokenForm, 5, -1, true)
+	tokenPage.AddItem(help, 1, -1, false)
+
+	pages := tview.NewPages()
+	pages.AddPage("start", tokenPage, true, true)
+
+	app.SetRoot(pages, true)
+
+	/*
+		TODO multi-page flow:
+		- page 1: accept invite token
+		- page 2: username, display name, email
+		- page 3: public key
+		- page 4: next steps
+	*/
+
+	return app.EnableMouse(true).Run()
+}
 
 func main() {
-	fmt.Println("welcome")
+	err := _main()
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Fprintln(os.Stderr, err)
+		os.Exit(1)
+	}
 }
diff --git a/cmd/welcome/welcome.txt b/cmd/welcome/welcome.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a073398
--- /dev/null
+++ b/cmd/welcome/welcome.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+             _                                             (  )        . '                  
+            | |                                                       .                     
+         _  | |  __   __   _  _  _    _    _|_  __     __            :                      
+|  |  |_|/  |/  /    /  \_/ |/ |/ |  |/     |  /  \_  / /\ __    ___!__    _,__       ___,_ 
+ \/ \/  |__/|__/\___/\__/   |  |  |_/|__/   |_/\__/  / / o\/ \  /      /\ /__/ \     /__\__\
+                                                      /   \\  \/_____ /_*\  |  |[^][^|  |  |
+        _                                            /  /\    |      |    |_|__|  .: |__|__|
+    o  | |    |                                         ||    |  {^} |    |                 
+_|_    | |  __|   _  _|_  __           _  _           []  []  |   |  |    |. .   A  ._  .  .
+ |  |  |/  /  |  |/   |  /  \_|  |  |_/ |/ |           _  _   |___|__|__D_|    . H  / \  {^}
+ |_/|_/|__/\_/|_/|__/o|_/\__/  \/ \/    |  |_/        | |[@]  |   |    .  .  .  | |/   \  | 
+                                                     _|_|_____|         .  .    |^|     \ | 
+                                                           . .   v   v  .       | |      \|.
+                                                                .  v  v .      / O \    /|  
+                                                       |_ u _|     .  .       /  _  \  / |  
+                      we're glad you're here           || | ||               /  |_|  \/  |  
+                                                                             |       |   |. 
+                                                    
+                                                     
diff --git a/signup/signup.go b/signup/signup.go
index 72d3562..e7c6cc5 100644
--- a/signup/signup.go
+++ b/signup/signup.go
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
 package signup
 
+// TODO delete this file
+
 import (
 	"database/sql"