diff --git a/lib/screens/auth.dart b/lib/screens/auth.dart
index ce84e3a..c892c1d 100644
--- a/lib/screens/auth.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/auth.dart
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
 import 'package:outbag_app/backend/request.dart';
-import 'package:outbag_app/backend/storage.dart';
+import 'package:outbag_app/backend/user.dart';
 import 'package:routemaster/routemaster.dart';
 import '../backend/resolve_url.dart';
 import '../backend/errors.dart';
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class _AuthPageState extends State<AuthPage> {
                   final snackBar = SnackBar(
                     behavior: SnackBarBehavior.floating,
                     content: Text(
-                        'Unable to find valid outbag server on $_ctrServer.text'),
+                      'Unable to find valid outbag server on ${_ctrServer.text}'),
                     action: SnackBarAction(
                       label: 'Dismiss',
                       onPressed: () {
@@ -309,11 +309,11 @@ class _AuthPageState extends State<AuthPage> {
                     scaffMgr.showSnackBar(snackBar);
                   } else {
                     // authorize user
-                     LoginDetails(
-                        username: _ctrUsername.text,
-                        password: password,
-                        server: server)
-                    .toDisk();
+                    await User(
+                            username: _ctrUsername.text,
+                            password: password,
+                            server: server)
+                        .toDisk();
                   }
                 } catch (_) {
                   final snackBar = SnackBar(
@@ -331,7 +331,6 @@ class _AuthPageState extends State<AuthPage> {
                   scaffMgr.showSnackBar(snackBar);
                 }
 
-
                 setState(() {
                   showSpinner = false;
                 });
diff --git a/lib/screens/home.dart b/lib/screens/home.dart
index d8985de..c751a0b 100644
--- a/lib/screens/home.dart
+++ b/lib/screens/home.dart
@@ -1,4 +1,9 @@
 import 'package:flutter/material.dart';
+import 'package:flutter_svg/flutter_svg.dart';
+import 'package:outbag_app/backend/request.dart';
+import 'package:outbag_app/backend/user.dart';
+import 'package:routemaster/routemaster.dart';
+import '../backend/room.dart';
 
 class HomePage extends StatefulWidget {
   const HomePage({super.key});
@@ -7,23 +12,155 @@ class HomePage extends StatefulWidget {
 }
 
 class _HomePageState extends State<HomePage> {
+  List<Room> rooms = [];
+
+  @override
+  void initState() {
+    super.initState();
+
+    // wait for background room changes
+    Room.listen((_) async {
+        try {
+          final newRooms = await Room.listRooms();
+          setState(() {
+              rooms = newRooms;
+          });
+        } catch (_) {}
+    });
+
+    // load cached rooms
+    (() async {
+        try {
+          final newRooms = await Room.listRooms();
+          setState(() {
+              rooms = newRooms;
+          });
+        } catch (_) {}
+    })();
+
+    // fetch room list
+    (() async {
+        User user;
+        try {
+          user = await User.fromDisk();
+        } catch (_) {
+          // probably not logged in
+          return;
+        }
+
+        try {
+          final resp = await postWithCreadentials(
+            path: 'listLocalRooms',
+            credentials: user,
+            target: user.server,
+            body: {});
+          if (resp.res == Result.ok) {
+            final List<Map<String, dynamic>> list = resp.body['data'];
+            for (Map<String, dynamic> rawRoom in list) {
+              try {
+                Room(
+                  id: rawRoom['room'],
+                  serverTag: rawRoom['server'],
+                  name: rawRoom['title'],
+                  icon: RoomIcon(type: rawRoom['icon']),
+                  visibility: RoomVisibility(rawRoom['visibility']))
+                .toDisk();
+              } catch (_) {
+                continue;
+              }
+            }
+          }
+        } catch (_) {}
+    })();
+  }
+
   @override
   Widget build(BuildContext context) {
-   return Scaffold(
+    return Scaffold(
       appBar: AppBar(
         title: const Text("Outbag"),
+        actions: [
+          IconButton(
+            icon: const Icon(Icons.search),
+            tooltip: "Search",
+            onPressed: () {
+              // show searchbar
+              // NOTE: location currently unknown
+            },
+          ),
+          MenuAnchor(
+            builder: (ctx, controller, child) {
+              return IconButton(
+                onPressed: () {
+                  if (controller.isOpen) {
+                    controller.close();
+                  } else {
+                    controller.open();
+                  }
+                },
+                icon: const Icon(Icons.more_vert),
+              );
+            },
+            menuChildren: [
+              MenuItemButton(
+                leadingIcon: const Icon(Icons.settings),
+                child: const Text('Settings'),
+                onPressed: () {
+                  // show settings screen
+                  Routemaster.of(context).push("/settings");
+              }),
+              MenuItemButton(
+                leadingIcon: const Icon(Icons.info_rounded),
+                child: const Text('About'),
+                onPressed: () {
+                  // show about screen
+                  Routemaster.of(context).push("/about");
+              }),
+            ],
+          )
+        ],
       ),
-      body: Center(
-        child: Column(
-         mainAxisAlignment: MainAxisAlignment.center,
-          children: <Widget>[],
-        ),
+      body: ListView.builder(
+        itemCount: rooms.length,
+        itemBuilder: (ctx, i) {
+          final room = rooms[i];
+          return Card(
+            margin: const EdgeInsets.all(8.0),
+            clipBehavior: Clip.antiAliasWithSaveLayer,
+            semanticContainer: true,
+            child: InkWell(
+              onTap: () {
+                // open room
+                Routemaster.of(context).push("/r/${room.serverTag}/${room.id}");
+              },
+              onLongPress: () {
+                // open bottom sheet
+                // NOTE: feature yet to be confirmed
+              },
+              child:  Container(
+                padding: const EdgeInsets.fromLTRB(10, 5, 5, 10),
+                child: ListTile(
+                  title: Text(room.name),
+                  visualDensity: const VisualDensity(vertical: 3),
+                  subtitle: Text(room.description),
+                  leading: AspectRatio(
+                    aspectRatio: 1 / 1,
+                    child: SvgPicture.asset("${room.icon?.img}"),
+                  ),
+                  hoverColor: Colors.transparent,
+
+                )
+              )
+            )
+          );
+        },
       ),
       floatingActionButton: FloatingActionButton.extended(
         label: const Text('New'),
         icon: const Icon(Icons.add),
-        onPressed: ()=>{
-          // TODO: create new room
+        onPressed: () {
+          // create new room
+          Routemaster.of(context).push("/new");
         },
         tooltip: 'Create Room',
       ),