diff --git a/src/quotesite.nim b/src/quotesite.nim
index 2f9867a..f43371c 100644
--- a/src/quotesite.nim
+++ b/src/quotesite.nim
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ const
   browseTemplate*: string = staticRead "./templates/browse.mustache"
   errorTemplate*: string = staticRead "./templates/error.mustache"
   channelTemplate*: string = staticRead "./templates/channel.mustache"
+  submitTemplate*: string = staticRead "./templates/submit.mustache"
 
   testTemplate*: string = """<p>hi!</p>"""
 
@@ -26,6 +27,18 @@ except:
   echo getCurrentExceptionMsg()
   raise
 
+proc validItem(s: string, channel: bool = false) =
+  if channel:
+    if s.startsWith "#":
+      echo "fuck"
+    else:
+      raise newException(ValueError, "invalid layout of channel name")
+  else: discard
+
+  if s.contains " ":
+    raise newException(ValueError, "invalid layout of quote")
+  else: discard
+
 template renderMustache*(title: string, templ: string, ctx: Context): expr =
   var
     layoutCtx = moustachu.newContext()
@@ -95,6 +108,31 @@ routes:
     except:
       fail()
 
+  get "/submit":
+    renderMustache "submit", submitTemplate, newContext()
+
+  post "/submit":
+    try:
+      var
+        channel = $(request.formData.mget "channel").body
+        nick = $(request.formData.mget "nick").body
+        adder = $(request.formData.mget "adder").body
+        quote = $(request.formData.mget "quote").body
+
+      channel.validItem()
+      nick.validItem()
+      adder.validItem()
+
+      let
+        now = $(getTime().toSeconds())
+        data = now.split(".")[0].parseInt()
+
+      db.exec(sql"INSERT INTO quotes VALUES(null, ?, ?, ?, ?, ?, 0);", channel, nick, adder, quote, data)
+
+      redirect (channel.replace("#", "hashtag-") & "/0")
+    except:
+      fail()
+
   get "/@kind/@id":
     var
       title: string = ""
@@ -127,6 +165,8 @@ routes:
       else:
         halt Http404, "not found"
 
+    echo request.headers.getOrDefault "X-Forwarded-For"
+
     ctx = newContext()
     var quoteSeq = newSeq[Context]()
 
diff --git a/src/quotesite.nims b/src/quotesite.nims
index fe8e8aa..e69de29 100644
--- a/src/quotesite.nims
+++ b/src/quotesite.nims
@@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
---opt:size
---define:release
---deadCodeElim:on
diff --git a/src/templates/layout.mustache b/src/templates/layout.mustache
index 572f96d..a6418e5 100644
--- a/src/templates/layout.mustache
+++ b/src/templates/layout.mustache
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
   <div class=metanav>
     <a href="/">home</a>
     <a href="/channel">channel</a>
-    <!-- <a href="/submit">submit</a> -->
+    <a href="/submit">submit</a>
   </div>
 
   <h2>{{ title }}</h2>
diff --git a/src/templates/submit.mustache b/src/templates/submit.mustache
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..004ac05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/templates/submit.mustache
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+<form method="POST" action="/submit" enctype="multipart/form-data">
+  <dl>
+    <dt>channel</dt>
+    <dd><input type="text" name="channel" /></dd>
+
+    <dt>nickname</dt>
+    <dd><input type="text" name="nick" /></dd>
+
+    <dt>your nick</dd>
+    <dd><input type="text" name="adder" /></dd>
+
+    <dt>quote</dt>
+    <dd><input type="text" name="quote" /></dd>
+
+    <dd><input type=submit value="submit"></dd>
+</form>