diff --git a/config.toml b/config.toml
index e75514d..6303a68 100644
--- a/config.toml
+++ b/config.toml
@@ -3,10 +3,18 @@ languageCode = "en-us"
 title = "nilsschulte.de"
 copyright = "This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License."
 
+theme = "nils-theme"
 [author]
 	name = "Nils Schulte"
 	email = "blog@nilsschulte.de"
 
+[params]
+author = "Nils Schulte"
+description = "Nils' Blog"
+
+## Set one of:
+# gravatar = "soho@example.com"
+profilePicture = "img/triangels.png"
 pygmentsCodeFences = true
 pygmentsCodeFencesGuessSyntax = true
 
diff --git a/themes/nils-theme/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4634789
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/_default/list.atom.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+{{ printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\" ?>" | safeHTML }}
+<feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  <title>{{ .Site.Title }}</title>
+  <link href="{{ .Permalink }}"/>
+  {{ with .OutputFormats.Get "Atom" }}
+    {{ printf "<link href=%q rel=\"self\" type=%q />" .Permalink .MediaType | safeHTML }}
+  {{ end }}
+  <updated>{{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" | safeHTML }}</updated>
+  <author>
+	  {{ with $.Site.Author.name }}<name>{{.}}</name>{{end}}
+	  {{ with $.Site.Author.email }}<email>{{.}}</email>{{end}}
+  </author>
+  <generator>Hugo</generator>
+  <id>{{ .Permalink }}</id>
+  {{ range first 15 .Pages }}
+  <entry>
+    <title>{{ .Title }}</title>
+    <link rel="alternate" href="{{ .Permalink }}"/>
+    <id>{{ .Permalink }}</id>
+    <published>{{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" | safeHTML }}</published>
+    <updated>{{ .Lastmod.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" | safeHTML }}</updated>
+    <summary type="html">{{ .Content | html }}</summary>
+    {{ range .Params.tags }}
+    <category term="{{ . }}"/>
+    {{ end }}
+    {{ range .Params.categories }}
+    <category term="{{ . }}"/>
+    {{ end }}
+  </entry>
+  {{ end }}
+</feed>
diff --git a/themes/nils-theme/layouts/_default/list.html b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/_default/list.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b5f9a94
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/_default/list.html
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+{{ partial "header.html" . }}
+
+
+<div class="article-list">
+	{{ range .Paginator.Pages }}
+	<article>
+		<header {{ if .Params.lang }}lang="{{- .Params.lang -}}"{{ end }}>
+			<time datetime="{{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" }}">{{- .Date.Format "2006-01-02" -}}</time>
+			<h3>
+				<a href="{{ .Permalink }}">{{- .Title -}}</a>
+				{{ if and .Params.lang (ne .Site.Language.Lang .Params.lang) }}
+					<small>[{{ .Params.lang }}]</small>
+				{{ end }}
+			</h3>
+		</header>
+		<p class="summary">
+			{{.Summary}}
+		</p>
+	</article>
+	{{ end }}
+
+</div>
+
+<!-- TODO: pagination -->
+
+{{ partial "footer.html" . }}
diff --git a/themes/nils-theme/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..ca73944
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/_default/list.rss.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+{{ printf "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"yes\" ?>" | safeHTML }}
+<rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom">
+  <channel>
+    <title>{{ .Site.Title }}</title>
+    <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
+    <description>Recent content {{ if ne  .Title  .Site.Title }}{{ with .Title }}in {{.}} {{ end }}{{ end }}on {{ .Site.Title }}</description>
+    <generator>Hugo</generator>{{ with .Site.LanguageCode }}
+    <language>{{.}}</language>{{end}}{{ with .Site.Author.email }}
+    <managingEditor>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</managingEditor>{{end}}{{ with .Site.Author.email }}
+    <webMaster>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</webMaster>{{end}}{{ with .Site.Copyright }}
+    <copyright>{{.}}</copyright>{{end}}{{ if not .Date.IsZero }}
+    <lastBuildDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</lastBuildDate>{{ end }}
+    {{ with .OutputFormats.Get "RSS" }}
+        {{ printf "<atom:link href=%q rel=\"self\" type=%q />" .Permalink .MediaType | safeHTML }}
+    {{ end }}
+    {{ range first 15 .Pages }}
+    <item>
+      <title>{{ .Title }}</title>
+      <link>{{ .Permalink }}</link>
+      <pubDate>{{ .Date.Format "Mon, 02 Jan 2006 15:04:05 -0700" | safeHTML }}</pubDate>
+      {{ with .Site.Author.email }}<author>{{.}}{{ with $.Site.Author.name }} ({{.}}){{end}}</author>{{end}}
+      <guid>{{ .Permalink }}</guid>
+      <description>{{ .Content | html }}</description>
+      {{ range .Params.tags }}
+      <category>{{ . }}</category>
+      {{ end }}
+      {{ range .Params.categories }}
+      <category>{{ . }}</category>
+      {{ end }}
+    </item>
+    {{ end }}
+  </channel>
+</rss>
diff --git a/themes/nils-theme/layouts/_default/single.html b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/_default/single.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1b1ca6f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/_default/single.html
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+{{ partial "header.html" . }}
+
+<article {{ if .Params.lang }}lang="{{- .Params.lang -}}"{{ end }}>
+	<header>
+		<h1>{{ .Title }}</h1>
+		<time datetime='{{ .Date.Format "2006-01-02T15:04:05Z07:00" }}'>{{- .Date.Format "2006-01-02" -}}</time>
+	</header>
+
+	{{ .Content }}
+
+	{{ if eq .Params.lang "en" }}
+	<footer>
+		{{ partial "article-footer.html" . }}
+	</footer>
+	{{ end }}
+</article>
+
+{{ partial "footer.html" . }}
diff --git a/themes/nils-theme/layouts/index.html b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/index.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..590d91e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/index.html
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{{ partial "head.html" . }}
+<div id="background" style="
+    animation-name: backgroundFallin;
+    animation-duration: 1s;
+    animation-delay: 0.3s;
+    animation-timing-function: linear;
+    animation-fill-mode: both;">
+</div>
+<div id="main">
+    <main style="width: 100%;">
+    <div class="centerdiv">
+        <img class="logo_anim" src="img/tri.svg" alt="Triangles" style="
+        animation-name: headspin;
+        animation-duration: 2s;
+        animation-delay: 1.1s;
+        animation-fill-mode: both;">
+    </div>
+    <div class="centerdiv">
+        <img class="logo_anim" src="img/deal.svg" alt="Triangles" style="
+        animation-name: dealfall;
+        animation-duration: 4s;
+        animation-delay: 3.1s;
+        animation-timing-function: linear;
+        animation-fill-mode: both;">
+    </div>
+
+{{ partial "nav.html" . }}
+{{ partial "footer.html" . }}
diff --git a/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/article-footer.html b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/article-footer.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e69de29
diff --git a/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/foot.html b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/foot.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7fb2bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/foot.html
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+	</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/footer.html b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/footer.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49a5783
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/footer.html
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+	</main>
+
+	<footer><br>
+		<a rel="source code" href="https://github.com/Schnilz/nilsschulte.de">source code</a> for this site<br>
+		© {{ now.Format "2006" }} Nils Schulte
+		<a rel="license" href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" src="https://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-sa/4.0/80x15.png"></a>
+		
+	</footer>
+</div>
+
+{{ partial "foot.html" . }}
diff --git a/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/head.html b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/head.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0f8f2d9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/head.html
@@ -0,0 +1,210 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+	<head>
+		<meta charset="utf-8">
+		<title>{{ partial "title.txt" . }}</title>
+		<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1, shrink-to-fit=no">
+		<link rel="canonical" href="{{ .Permalink }}">
+		{{ range .AlternativeOutputFormats -}}
+		    {{ printf `<link rel="%s" type="%s" href="%s" title="%s" />` .Rel .MediaType.Type .Permalink $.Site.Title | safeHTML }}
+		{{ end -}}
+		<link rel="stylesheet" href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}css/normalize.css">
+		<style>
+		html {
+			background-color: black;
+			color: #dfdfdf;
+		}
+		/* ubuntu-font */
+		@font-face {
+			font-family: "UbuntuMono";
+			src: local('UbuntuMono-B'), url("{{ .Site.BaseURL }}fonts/UbuntuMono-Bold.ttf");
+			font-weight: bold;
+		}
+		@font-face {
+			font-family: "UbuntuMono";
+			src: local('UbuntuMono-RI'), url("{{ .Site.BaseURL }}fonts/UbuntuMono-Italic.ttf");
+			font-style: italic;
+		}
+		@font-face {
+			font-family: "UbuntuMono";
+			src: local('UbuntuMono-R'), url("{{ .Site.BaseURL }}fonts/UbuntuMono-Regular.ttf");
+		}
+		#background {
+			position: fixed;
+			z-index: -1;
+			background-color: rgb(47, 41, 41);/*rgb(153, 34, 13);*/
+			width: 100%;
+			height: 100%;
+		}
+		@keyframes backgroundFallin {
+			00% {height: 0%;}
+			10% {height: 0%;}
+			50% {height: 100%;}
+			65% {height: 80%;}
+			80% {height: 100%;}
+			90% {height: 90%;}
+			100% {height: 100%;}
+		}
+		@keyframes headspin {
+			0% {transform: rotate(-760deg) scale(0,0);}
+			100% {transform: rotate(0deg) scale(1,1);}
+		}
+		@keyframes dealfall {
+			0% {transform: translateY(-2000%) }
+			1% {transform: translateY(-200%) }
+			100% {transform: translateY(0%) }
+		}
+		body {
+			font-family: 'UbuntuMono';
+			display: flex;
+			flex-flow: row;
+			text-align: center;
+			font-size: 20px;
+		}
+		body > header {
+			width: 100%;
+			position: absolute;
+			text-align: center;
+			align-content: center;
+			display: flex;
+			flex-flow: row;
+		}
+		body > header h1 {
+			display: flex;
+			flex-flow: row;
+			margin: 0;
+		}
+		#main {
+			flex: auto;
+			min-height: 100vh;
+			overflow: hidden;
+		
+			display: flex;
+			flex-flow: column;
+			align-items: center;
+		}
+		#main > nav, #main > main, #main > footer {
+			padding: 15px;
+		}
+		#main > main {
+			flex: 1;
+			margin-right: 25px;
+		}
+		#main > footer {
+			padding-top: 50px;
+		}
+		@media (prefers-color-scheme: dark) {
+			html {
+				background-color: black;
+				color: #dfdfdf;
+			}
+			article img:not([src$=".jpg"]):not([src$=".jpeg"]) {
+				/* prevent transparent images from showing the black background */
+				background-color: white;
+				border: 5px solid white;
+				box-sizing: border-box;
+			}
+		}
+		/* Article list */
+		.article-list {
+			max-width: 45em;
+			width: 90vw;
+		}
+		.article-list article{
+			margin: 1.2em 0 0 0;
+		}
+		.article-list article > header {
+			display: flex;
+			flex-flow: row;
+			align-items: center;
+			margin-bottom: 0;
+		}
+		.article-list article time {
+			color:grey;
+		}
+		.article-list article h3 {
+			display: inline-block;
+			margin: 0.5em;
+		}
+		.article-list .summary {
+			text-align: justify;
+			margin: 0 1em;
+		}
+		.article-list article small {
+			font-weight: normal;
+			color: gray;
+		}
+		a, a:visited {
+			color: inherit;
+		}
+		article > header {
+			text-align: center;
+			margin-bottom: 2em;
+		}
+		article > header time {
+			color: gray;
+		}
+		article {
+			max-width: 45em;
+			width: 90vw;
+			text-align: justify;
+		}
+		table {
+			margin: auto;
+			width: 90%;
+			background: #221d1d;
+		}
+		table, th, td {
+			padding: 15px;
+			text-align: left;
+			border-color: #4c4c4c;
+			border-collapse: collapse;
+			border: 1px solid black;
+		}
+		article video, article img {
+			max-width: 100%;
+		}
+		article img[src$='#center'] {
+			display: block;
+			margin: 0.7rem auto;
+		}
+		article img[src$='#floatleft'] {
+			float:left;
+			margin: 0.7rem;
+		}
+		article img[src$='#floatright'] {
+			float:right;
+			margin: 0.7rem;
+		}
+		article .footnotes {
+			font-size: 0.75em;
+		}
+		pre {
+			background-color: #272822;
+			color: #f8f8f2;
+			padding: 15px;
+			overflow: auto;
+		
+			tab-size: 2;
+			-moz-tab-size: 2;
+		}
+		p code, li code {
+			color: #930d72;
+		}
+		.centerdiv {
+			margin: 0;
+			position: absolute;
+			display: flex;
+			width: 100%;
+			height: 90%;
+			z-index: -1;
+		}
+		.logo_anim {
+			margin:auto;
+			max-height: 60%;
+			max-width: 60%;
+		}
+		</style>
+		<link rel="shortcut icon" type="image/x-icon" href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}\img\favicon.ico" />
+	</head>
+	<body>
diff --git a/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/header.html b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/header.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3508fd2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/header.html
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+{{ partial "head.html" . }}
+
+<div id="background">
+</div>
+
+
+<div id="main">
+	
+
+	<main>
+
+{{ partial "nav.html" . }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/nav.html b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/nav.html
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6d9f0a1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/nav.html
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<nav>
+	{{- if not .IsHome }}<a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}">Home</a> &middot;{{ end }}
+	<a href="{{ .Site.BaseURL }}posts">Blog</a> &middot;
+	<a href="https://github.com/schnilz">GitHub</a>
+</nav>
diff --git a/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/title.txt b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/title.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1a3c91
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/nils-theme/layouts/partials/title.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+{{- $title := .Title -}}
+{{- $siteTitle := .Site.Title -}}
+{{- if .IsHome -}}
+  {{ $siteTitle }}
+{{- else if eq .Kind "taxonomy" -}}
+  {{ title .Data.Singular }}: {{ $title }} · {{ $siteTitle }}
+{{- else if eq .Kind "section" -}}
+  {{ $title }} · {{ $siteTitle }}
+{{- else if .IsPage -}}
+  {{ $title }} · {{ $siteTitle }}
+{{- else if not (eq .Title "") -}}
+  {{ $title }} · {{ $siteTitle }}
+{{- else -}}
+  {{ $siteTitle }}
+{{- end -}}
diff --git a/themes/nils-theme/theme.toml b/themes/nils-theme/theme.toml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0538cc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/themes/nils-theme/theme.toml
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+name = "nils-theme"
+license = "GPL"
+licenselink = "https://github.com/schnilz/nilsschulte.de/blob/master/LICENSE.md"
+description = "A simple theme"
+tags = ["blog", "theme", "hyde", "highlight.js", "font-awesome", "google analytics", "disqus", "personal", "syntax highlighting", "responsive", "graphcomment"]
+features = ["blog", "theme", "highlight.js", "font-awesome", "responsive", "disqus", "graphcomment", "portfolio"]
+min_version = "0.01"
+
+[author]
+    name = "Nils Schulte"
+    homepage = "https://nilsschulte.de"
+