diff --git a/src/App.css b/src/App.css
index 74b5e05..e69de29 100644
--- a/src/App.css
+++ b/src/App.css
@@ -1,38 +0,0 @@
-.App {
-  text-align: center;
-}
-
-.App-logo {
-  height: 40vmin;
-  pointer-events: none;
-}
-
-@media (prefers-reduced-motion: no-preference) {
-  .App-logo {
-    animation: App-logo-spin infinite 20s linear;
-  }
-}
-
-.App-header {
-  background-color: #282c34;
-  min-height: 100vh;
-  display: flex;
-  flex-direction: column;
-  align-items: center;
-  justify-content: center;
-  font-size: calc(10px + 2vmin);
-  color: white;
-}
-
-.App-link {
-  color: #61dafb;
-}
-
-@keyframes App-logo-spin {
-  from {
-    transform: rotate(0deg);
-  }
-  to {
-    transform: rotate(360deg);
-  }
-}
diff --git a/src/App.js b/src/App.js
index 3784575..a82f3ba 100644
--- a/src/App.js
+++ b/src/App.js
@@ -1,24 +1,9 @@
-import logo from './logo.svg';
 import './App.css';
+import CommandLineManager from './commandline/CommandLineManager';
 
 function App() {
   return (
-    <div className="App">
-      <header className="App-header">
-        <img src={logo} className="App-logo" alt="logo" />
-        <p>
-          Edit <code>src/App.js</code> and save to reload.
-        </p>
-        <a
-          className="App-link"
-          href="https://reactjs.org"
-          target="_blank"
-          rel="noopener noreferrer"
-        >
-          Learn React
-        </a>
-      </header>
-    </div>
+    <CommandLineManager/>
   );
 }
 
diff --git a/src/commandline/CommandLineEntry.jsx b/src/commandline/CommandLineEntry.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..7306560
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commandline/CommandLineEntry.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+function CommandLineEntry() {
+  const text = "This is just a test\n breakline\t tab"
+
+  return(
+    <p>This is a test<br/> breakline </p>
+  );
+}
+
+export default CommandLineEntry;
diff --git a/src/commandline/CommandLineManager.jsx b/src/commandline/CommandLineManager.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c825423
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commandline/CommandLineManager.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import {useState} from 'react';
+import CommandLineEntry from './CommandLineEntry.jsx';
+import Prompt from './Prompt.jsx';
+
+function CommandLineManager() {
+  const [input, setInput] = useState("");
+
+  const updateInput = (e) => {
+    setInput(e.target.value);
+  }
+
+  const submitInput = (e) => {
+    //check if enter was pressed
+    if (e.keyCode === 13) {
+      console.log(input);
+    }
+  }
+
+  return(
+    <div id="commandLineManager">
+      <CommandLineEntry/>
+      <Prompt input={input} updateInput={updateInput} submitInput={submitInput}/>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default CommandLineManager;
diff --git a/src/commandline/Prompt.css b/src/commandline/Prompt.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1f65fb0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commandline/Prompt.css
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#ps1 {
+  display: inline;
+}
+#promptInput {
+  display: inline;
+  border: none;
+  outline: none;
+  width: 70%;
+  padding: 0;
+  font-size: 10pt;
+  font-family: source-code-pro, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace;
+}
diff --git a/src/commandline/Prompt.jsx b/src/commandline/Prompt.jsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3bf1222
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/commandline/Prompt.jsx
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+import './Prompt.css';
+
+function Prompt(props) {
+  return(
+    <div className="Prompt">
+      <p id="ps1">visitor@julius $ </p>
+      <input id="promptInput" type="text" autoFocus={true} maxLength={20}
+      value={props.input} onChange={props.updateInput} onKeyDown={props.submitInput}/>
+    </div>
+  );
+}
+
+export default Prompt;
diff --git a/src/index.css b/src/index.css
index ec2585e..d7f0952 100644
--- a/src/index.css
+++ b/src/index.css
@@ -1,8 +1,13 @@
+html {
+  margin: 0;
+  padding: 0;
+  height: 100vh;
+  width: 100vw;
+  font-family: source-code-pro, Menlo, Monaco, Consolas, 'Courier New', monospace;
+  font-size: 9pt;
+}
 body {
   margin: 0;
-  font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', 'Roboto', 'Oxygen',
-    'Ubuntu', 'Cantarell', 'Fira Sans', 'Droid Sans', 'Helvetica Neue',
-    sans-serif;
   -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
   -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
 }