diff --git a/embark-ui/src/components/Console.js b/embark-ui/src/components/Console.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..12460ac0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/embark-ui/src/components/Console.js
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import {Grid, Card} from 'tabler-react';
+
+const Console = () => (
+  <Grid.Row cards>
+    <Grid.Col>
+      <Card>
+        <Card.Header>
+          <Card.Title>Console</Card.Title>
+        </Card.Header>
+        <Card.Body>
+          <div className="log">
+            <p>Welcome!</p>
+          </div>
+          <div className="command-line">
+            <div className="form-group">
+              <input type="text" className="form-control" name="example-text-input"
+                     placeholder="type a command (e.g help)" />
+            </div>
+          </div>
+        </Card.Body>
+      </Card>
+    </Grid.Col>
+  </Grid.Row>
+);
+
+export default Console;
diff --git a/embark-ui/src/components/Home.js b/embark-ui/src/components/Home.js
deleted file mode 100644
index 84c19966..00000000
--- a/embark-ui/src/components/Home.js
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,7 +0,0 @@
-import React from 'react';
-
-const Home = () => (
-  <p>Home</p>
-);
-
-export default Home;
diff --git a/embark-ui/src/components/Status.js b/embark-ui/src/components/Status.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..144879ba
--- /dev/null
+++ b/embark-ui/src/components/Status.js
@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+import React from 'react';
+import {Grid, Card} from 'tabler-react';
+
+const Status = () => (
+  <Grid.Row cards>
+    <Grid.Col sm={6} lg={3}>
+      <Card className="p-3">
+        <div className="d-flex align-items-center">
+          <span className="stamp stamp-md bg-blue mr-3">
+            <i className="fe fa-cube"></i>
+          </span>
+          <div>
+            <h4 className="m-0"><a href="javascript:void(0)">IPFS</a></h4>
+            <small className="text-muted">version 2.5</small>
+        </div>
+        </div>
+      </Card>
+    </Grid.Col>
+    <Grid.Col sm={6} lg={3}>
+      <Card className="p-3">
+        <div className="d-flex align-items-center">
+                  <span className="stamp stamp-md bg-green mr-3">
+                    <i className="fe fe-check"></i>
+                  </span>
+          <div>
+            <h4 className="m-0"><a href="javascript:void(0)">Ethereum</a></h4>
+            <small className="text-muted">Geth 1.6.7-stable</small>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </Card>
+    </Grid.Col>
+    <Grid.Col sm={6} lg={3}>
+      <Card className="p-3">
+        <div className="d-flex align-items-center">
+                  <span className="stamp stamp-md bg-red mr-3">
+                    <i className="fe fe-message-square"></i>
+                  </span>
+          <div>
+            <h4 className="m-0"><a href="javascript:void(0)">Whisper</a></h4>
+            <small className="text-muted">V5</small>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </Card>
+    </Grid.Col>
+    <Grid.Col sm={6} lg={3}>
+      <Card className="p-3">
+        <div className="d-flex align-items-center">
+                  <span className="stamp stamp-md bg-yellow mr-3">
+                    <i className="fe fe-server"></i>
+                  </span>
+          <div>
+            <h4 className="m-0"><a href="javascript:void(0)">Webserver</a></h4>
+            <small className="text-muted">http://localhost:8000</small>
+          </div>
+        </div>
+      </Card>
+    </Grid.Col>
+  </Grid.Row>
+);
+
+export default Status;
diff --git a/embark-ui/src/containers/HomeContainer.js b/embark-ui/src/containers/HomeContainer.js
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..9b8e8891
--- /dev/null
+++ b/embark-ui/src/containers/HomeContainer.js
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+import React, {Component} from 'react';
+import {connect} from 'react-redux';
+import {Page} from "tabler-react";
+
+import Status from '../components/Status';
+import Console from '../components/Console';
+
+class HomeContainer extends Component {
+  render() {
+    return (
+      <React.Fragment>
+        <Page.Title className="my-5">Dashboard</Page.Title>
+        <Status />
+        <Console />
+      </React.Fragment>
+    );
+  }
+}
+
+export default connect(
+  null,
+  null,
+)(HomeContainer);
diff --git a/embark-ui/src/routes.js b/embark-ui/src/routes.js
index c7cee5aa..62a0dd60 100644
--- a/embark-ui/src/routes.js
+++ b/embark-ui/src/routes.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from 'react';
 import {Route, Switch} from 'react-router-dom';
 
-import Home from './components/Home';
+import HomeContainer from './containers/HomeContainer';
 import NoMatch from './components/NoMatch';
 import ExplorerLayout from './components/ExplorerLayout';
 import ProcessesLayout from './components/ProcessesLayout';
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ import ProcessesLayout from './components/ProcessesLayout';
 const routes = (
   <React.Fragment>
     <Switch>
-      <Route exact path="/embark/" component={Home} />
+      <Route exact path="/embark/" component={HomeContainer} />
       <Route path="/embark/explorer/" component={ExplorerLayout} />
       <Route path="/embark/processes/" component={ProcessesLayout} />
       <Route component={NoMatch} />
diff --git a/lib/modules/webserver/server.js b/lib/modules/webserver/server.js
index 3285750a..7c0c1fd9 100644
--- a/lib/modules/webserver/server.js
+++ b/lib/modules/webserver/server.js
@@ -26,6 +26,7 @@ class Server {
     var app = express();
     app.use(cors());
     app.use(express.static(path.join(fs.dappPath(this.dist)), {'index': ['index.html', 'index.htm']}));
+    app.use('/old_backend', express.static(path.join(__dirname, './backend')));
     app.use('/embark', express.static(path.join(__dirname, '../../../embark-ui/build')));
 
     app.use(bodyParser.json()); // support json encoded bodies