diff --git a/dashboard/__init__.py b/dashboard/__init__.py
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index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/dashboard/admin.py b/dashboard/admin.py
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index 00000000..8c38f3f3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboard/admin.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+
+# Register your models here.
diff --git a/dashboard/apps.py b/dashboard/apps.py
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index 00000000..50878e76
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboard/apps.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.apps import AppConfig
+
+
+class DashboardConfig(AppConfig):
+    name = 'dashboard'
diff --git a/dashboard/migrations/__init__.py b/dashboard/migrations/__init__.py
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index 00000000..e69de29b
diff --git a/dashboard/models.py b/dashboard/models.py
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index 00000000..71a83623
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboard/models.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.db import models
+
+# Create your models here.
diff --git a/dashboard/templates/dashboard/index.html b/dashboard/templates/dashboard/index.html
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index 00000000..377e78be
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboard/templates/dashboard/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+{% extends "base/base.html" %}
diff --git a/dashboard/tests.py b/dashboard/tests.py
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index 00000000..7ce503c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboard/tests.py
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+from django.test import TestCase
+
+# Create your tests here.
diff --git a/dashboard/urls.py b/dashboard/urls.py
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index 00000000..295fc24e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboard/urls.py
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+from django.contrib import admin
+from django.urls import path, include
+from . import views
+
+
+urlpatterns = [
+    path('', views.index, name='index')
+]
diff --git a/dashboard/views.py b/dashboard/views.py
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index 00000000..38ea58c2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/dashboard/views.py
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+from django.shortcuts import render
+from django.http import HttpResponse
+
+def index(request):
+    return render(request, 'dashboard/index.html')
diff --git a/reNgine/settings.py b/reNgine/settings.py
index 0c54b020..2b0f8326 100644
--- a/reNgine/settings.py
+++ b/reNgine/settings.py
@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ INSTALLED_APPS = [
     'django.contrib.sessions',
     'django.contrib.messages',
     'django.contrib.staticfiles',
+    'dashboard.apps.DashboardConfig'
 ]
 
 MIDDLEWARE = [
@@ -42,7 +43,7 @@ ROOT_URLCONF = 'reNgine.urls'
 TEMPLATES = [
     {
         'BACKEND': 'django.template.backends.django.DjangoTemplates',
-        'DIRS': [],
+        'DIRS': [(os.path.join(BASE_DIR, 'templates'))],
         'APP_DIRS': True,
         'OPTIONS': {
             'context_processors': [
diff --git a/reNgine/urls.py b/reNgine/urls.py
index 79dcaccc..b13f84b6 100644
--- a/reNgine/urls.py
+++ b/reNgine/urls.py
@@ -1,21 +1,7 @@
-"""reNgine URL Configuration
-
-The `urlpatterns` list routes URLs to views. For more information please see:
-    https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.2/topics/http/urls/
-Examples:
-Function views
-    1. Add an import:  from my_app import views
-    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', views.home, name='home')
-Class-based views
-    1. Add an import:  from other_app.views import Home
-    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('', Home.as_view(), name='home')
-Including another URLconf
-    1. Import the include() function: from django.urls import include, path
-    2. Add a URL to urlpatterns:  path('blog/', include('blog.urls'))
-"""
 from django.contrib import admin
-from django.urls import path
+from django.urls import path, include
 
 urlpatterns = [
     path('admin/', admin.site.urls),
+    path('', include('dashboard.urls'))
 ]
diff --git a/templates/base/.DS_Store b/templates/base/.DS_Store
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diff --git a/templates/base/base_layout.html b/templates/base/base.html
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rename from templates/base/base_layout.html
rename to templates/base/base.html