diff --git a/app/View/ViewController.php b/app/View/ViewController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..fb46073
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/View/ViewController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\View;
+
+use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface as Response;
+
+class ViewController
+{
+    public function admin(Response $response): Response
+    {
+        $html = file_get_contents(__DIR__.'/../../views/templates/admin.php', true);
+        $response->getBody()->write($html);
+
+        return $response;
+    }
+}
diff --git a/bootstrap/app.php b/bootstrap/app.php
index ab6b076..1fc3b7e 100644
--- a/bootstrap/app.php
+++ b/bootstrap/app.php
@@ -3,21 +3,14 @@
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface as Response;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ServerRequestInterface as Request;
 use DI\Bridge\Slim\Bridge;
-use Slim\Views\Twig;
-use Slim\Views\TwigMiddleware;
+use App\View\ViewController;
 
 $container = require __DIR__.'/container.php';
 $app = Bridge::create($container);
 
-$app->add(TwigMiddleware::create($app, $container->get(Twig::class)));
-
 // change first param to false for production
 $app->addErrorMiddleware(true, true, true);
 
-$app->get('/admin', function (Response $response, Twig $twig) {
-    return $twig->render($response, 'admin.html.twig', [
-        'name' => 'John',
-    ]);
-});
+$app->get('/admin', [ViewController::class, 'admin']);
 
 return $app;
diff --git a/bootstrap/container.php b/bootstrap/container.php
index a2e05f1..3a35c97 100644
--- a/bootstrap/container.php
+++ b/bootstrap/container.php
@@ -1,13 +1,9 @@
 <?php
 
 use DI\Container;
-use Slim\Views\Twig;
 
 $container = new Container([
-// Note: For production scenarios, cache should be set to some 'path/to/cache'
-// to store compiled templates (thus avoiding recompilation on every request).
-// For more information, see https://twig.symfony.com/doc/3.x/api.html#environment-options
-    Twig::class => Twig::create(__DIR__.'/../views/templates', ['cache' => false]),
+
 ]);
 
 return $container;
diff --git a/composer.json b/composer.json
index fc70c5c..b616d04 100644
--- a/composer.json
+++ b/composer.json
@@ -17,7 +17,6 @@
     "require": {
         "slim/slim": "4.*",
         "slim/psr7": "^1.8",
-        "php-di/slim-bridge": "^3.4",
-        "slim/twig-view": "^3.4"
+        "php-di/slim-bridge": "^3.4"
     }
 }
diff --git a/composer.lock b/composer.lock
index ad61349..cb8d8f4 100644
--- a/composer.lock
+++ b/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "97037d1273acea26944186b448ec1e66",
+    "content-hash": "705af1d0dbc909c90c5b025f3f594a49",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "fig/http-message-util",
@@ -905,466 +905,6 @@
                 }
             ],
             "time": "2025-11-21T12:23:44+00:00"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "slim/twig-view",
-            "version": "3.4.1",
-            "source": {
-                "type": "git",
-                "url": "https://github.com/slimphp/Twig-View.git",
-                "reference": "b4268d87d0e327feba5f88d32031e9123655b909"
-            },
-            "dist": {
-                "type": "zip",
-                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/slimphp/Twig-View/zipball/b4268d87d0e327feba5f88d32031e9123655b909",
-                "reference": "b4268d87d0e327feba5f88d32031e9123655b909",
-                "shasum": ""
-            },
-            "require": {
-                "php": "^7.4 || ^8.0",
-                "psr/http-message": "^1.1 || ^2.0",
-                "slim/slim": "^4.12",
-                "symfony/polyfill-php81": "^1.29",
-                "twig/twig": "^3.11"
-            },
-            "require-dev": {
-                "phpspec/prophecy-phpunit": "^2.0",
-                "phpstan/phpstan": "^1.10.59",
-                "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.6 || ^10",
-                "psr/http-factory": "^1.0",
-                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3.9"
-            },
-            "type": "library",
-            "autoload": {
-                "psr-4": {
-                    "Slim\\Views\\": "src"
-                }
-            },
-            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
-            "license": [
-                "MIT"
-            ],
-            "authors": [
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-                    "email": "hello@joshlockhart.com",
-                    "homepage": "http://joshlockhart.com"
-                },
-                {
-                    "name": "Pierre Berube",
-                    "email": "pierre@lgse.com",
-                    "homepage": "http://www.lgse.com"
-                }
-            ],
-            "description": "Slim Framework 4 view helper built on top of the Twig 3 templating component",
-            "homepage": "https://www.slimframework.com",
-            "keywords": [
-                "framework",
-                "slim",
-                "template",
-                "twig",
-                "view"
-            ],
-            "support": {
-                "issues": "https://github.com/slimphp/Twig-View/issues",
-                "source": "https://github.com/slimphp/Twig-View/tree/3.4.1"
-            },
-            "time": "2024-09-26T05:42:02+00:00"
-        },
-        {
-            "name": "symfony/deprecation-contracts",
-            "version": "v3.6.0",
-            "source": {
-                "type": "git",
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-            },
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-            },
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-                },
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-            },
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-                }
-            },
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-                    "bootstrap.php"
-                ],
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-                },
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-                    "name": "Symfony Community",
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-                }
-            ],
-            "description": "Symfony polyfill for ctype functions",
-            "homepage": "https://symfony.com",
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diff --git a/cypress/e2e/home.cy.js b/cypress/e2e/admin.cy.js
similarity index 58%
rename from cypress/e2e/home.cy.js
rename to cypress/e2e/admin.cy.js
index af905a6..c277eb9 100644
--- a/cypress/e2e/home.cy.js
+++ b/cypress/e2e/admin.cy.js
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 describe('The admin page', () => {
   it('successfully loads texts', () => {
       cy.visit('/admin')
-      
+      cy.get('#newTextname').type('new text')
+      cy.get('#submit').click()
   })
 })
diff --git a/flake.lock b/flake.lock
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ec14d2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.lock
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+{
+  "nodes": {
+    "nixpkgs": {
+      "locked": {
+        "lastModified": 1775710090,
+        "narHash": "sha256-ar3rofg+awPB8QXDaFJhJ2jJhu+KqN/PRCXeyuXR76E=",
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "rev": "4c1018dae018162ec878d42fec712642d214fdfa",
+        "type": "github"
+      },
+      "original": {
+        "owner": "nixos",
+        "ref": "nixos-unstable",
+        "repo": "nixpkgs",
+        "type": "github"
+      }
+    },
+    "root": {
+      "inputs": {
+        "nixpkgs": "nixpkgs"
+      }
+    }
+  },
+  "root": "root",
+  "version": 7
+}
diff --git a/flake.nix b/flake.nix
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8c2fffd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/flake.nix
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+{
+  inputs = {
+    nixpkgs.url = "github:nixos/nixpkgs?ref=nixos-unstable";
+  };
+
+  outputs = { self, nixpkgs }:
+    let
+      system = "x86_64-linux";
+      pkgs = nixpkgs.legacyPackages.${system};
+    in {
+      devShells."${system}".default = pkgs.mkShell {
+        packages = with pkgs; [
+          nodejs_25
+          cypress
+          php85
+        ];
+      };
+    };
+}
diff --git a/views/templates/admin.html.twig b/views/templates/admin.php
similarity index 58%
rename from views/templates/admin.html.twig
rename to views/templates/admin.php
index 4470db1..c027843 100644
--- a/views/templates/admin.html.twig
+++ b/views/templates/admin.php
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
     <title>Daily Goals</title>
 </head>
 <body>
-<h1></h1>
+  <input id='newTextname'/>
+  <button id='submit'>submit</button>
 </body>
 </html>