diff --git a/app/classes/router.php b/app/classes/router.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f600ee4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/classes/router.php
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+<?php
+
+class Router {
+
+    private $routes = [];
+
+    public function add() {
+        $this->routes[$pattern] = $callback;
+    }
+
+    public function dispatch($url) {
+        // remove variables from url
+        $url = strtok($url, '?');
+
+        foreach ($this->routes as $pattern => $callback) {
+            if (preg_match('#^' . $pattern . '$#', $url, $matches)) {
+                // move any exact match
+                array_shift($matches);
+                return $this->invoke($callback, $matches);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // if there was no match at all, return 404
+        http_response_code(404);
+        echo '404 page not found';
+    }
+
+    private function invoke($callback, $params) {
+        list($controllerName, $methodName) = explode('@', $callback);
+//        $controllerClass = "\\App\\Controllers\\$controllerName";
+        $controllerClass = "../pages/$pageName";
+        $controller = new $controllerClass();
+        call_user_func_array([$controller, $methodName], $params);
+    }
+
+}
+
+?>
diff --git a/doc/.htaccess b/doc/.htaccess
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c958769
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/.htaccess
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+RewriteEngine On
+
+# limit access to .htaccess
+<Files .htaccess>
+    Order Allow,Deny
+    Deny from all
+</Files>
+
+# don't rewrite CSS, JS, etc.
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
+RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-d
+
+# all other go to index.php
+RewriteRule ^(.*)$ index.php?page=$1 [L,QSA]
diff --git a/doc/config.apache b/doc/config.apache
index 3f457f9..fa9727e 100644
--- a/doc/config.apache
+++ b/doc/config.apache
@@ -4,4 +4,9 @@
 
     CustomLog \${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/jilo-web_access.log combined
     ErrorLog \${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/jilo-web_error.log
+
+    <Directory $INSTALL_DIR>
+        AllowOverride All
+    </Directory>
+
 </VirtualHost>