diff --git a/src/main/java/com/pluralsight/blog/BlogController.java b/src/main/java/com/pluralsight/blog/BlogController.java
index 2ebd92fb..ecec6132 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/pluralsight/blog/BlogController.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/pluralsight/blog/BlogController.java
@@ -1,8 +1,15 @@
 package com.pluralsight.blog;
 
 import org.springframework.stereotype.Controller;
+import org.springframework.ui.ModelMap;
+import org.springframework.web.bind.annotation.RequestMapping;
 
 @Controller
 public class BlogController {
 
+    @RequestMapping("/")
+    public String listPosts(ModelMap modelMap) {
+        modelMap.put("title", "Blog Post 1");
+        return "home";
+    }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/resources/templates/home.html b/src/main/resources/templates/home.html
index 566549bd..a14a4f83 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/templates/home.html
+++ b/src/main/resources/templates/home.html
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
 <!DOCTYPE html>
-<html lang="en">
+<html lang="en" xmlns:th="http://www.thymeleaf.org">
 <head>
     <meta charset="UTF-8">
     <title>Title</title>
 </head>
 <body>
-
+    <h2 th:text="${title}"></h2>
 </body>
 </html>
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