diff --git a/app/src/app.js b/app/src/app.js
index bfb41b5..1fb34c8 100644
--- a/app/src/app.js
+++ b/app/src/app.js
@@ -5,6 +5,9 @@ const handleSearch = require('./search');
 const app = express();
 const port = 3000;
 
+// specifying the folder with the static content - html+css
+app.use(express.static(__dirname + '/static'));
+
 app.get('/', (req, res) => {
   res.sendFile(path.join(__dirname, '/static/index.html'));
 });
diff --git a/app/src/static/index.html b/app/src/static/index.html
index 3d9b2df..2c5b0d6 100644
--- a/app/src/static/index.html
+++ b/app/src/static/index.html
@@ -7,13 +7,14 @@
     <title>Searchthing</title>
 </head>
 <body>
-    <h1 id="title">search the web</h1>
-    <h3 id="subtitle">get the search results and save them in a json file.</h3>
-    <form id="searchform" action="/search" name="searchbox" method="GET">
-        <p>
-            search: <input type="text" name="query"/>
-            <input type="submit" value="submit"/>
-        </p>
-    </form>
+    <div id="centerdiv">
+        <h1 id="title">Search the web!</h1>
+        <h3 id="subtitle">Get the search results and save them in a JSON file.</h3>
+        <form action="/search" name="searchbox" method="GET">
+            <input id="searchform" placeholder="Type your query here..." type="text" name="query"/>
+            <br>
+            <input id="searchbutton" type="submit" value="Search"/>
+        </form>
+    </div>
 </body>
 </html>
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diff --git a/app/src/static/style.css b/app/src/static/style.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..38ff2e2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/static/style.css
@@ -0,0 +1,50 @@
+* {
+    box-sizing: border-box;
+}
+
+html {
+    background-color: rgb(69, 70, 62);
+    color: rgb(218, 204, 85);
+}
+
+#centerdiv {
+    max-width: fit-content;
+    margin: auto;
+    text-align: center;
+}
+
+#title,
+#subtitle,
+#searchbutton {
+    font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;
+}
+
+#title {
+    font-style: italic;
+}
+
+#searchform,
+#searchbutton {
+    width: 100%;
+    padding: 0.5rem;
+    background-color: rgb(69, 70, 62);
+    color: #F2BB85;
+    border-color: #F2BB85;
+}
+
+#searchform {
+    font-family: 'Courier New', Courier, monospace;
+    color: rgb(218, 204, 85);
+}
+
+#searchbutton {
+    margin-top: 1rem;
+    font-size: large;
+    font-weight: bold;
+}
+
+#searchbutton:hover,
+#searchform:focus {
+    border-color: #FFDFBF;
+    outline-style: none;
+}
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