diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 7c0b304..f9f28aa 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -705,3 +705,8 @@ FodyWeavers.xsd
 # Additional files built by Visual Studio
 
 # End of https://www.toptal.com/developers/gitignore/api/visualstudio,csharp,aspnetcore
+
+
+# we generate these
+wwwroot/css/index.css
+wwwroot/css/index.min.css
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/JustShortIt.csproj b/JustShortIt.csproj
index 4fc0ce1..fa7eccd 100644
--- a/JustShortIt.csproj
+++ b/JustShortIt.csproj
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@
     <DockerfileContext>.</DockerfileContext>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Remove="compilerconfig.json" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="compilerconfig.json" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.Extensions.Caching.StackExchangeRedis" Version="7.0.5" />
     <PackageReference Include="Microsoft.VisualStudio.Azure.Containers.Tools.Targets" Version="1.17.2" />
diff --git a/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml b/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
index 3305cd2..923c81a 100644
--- a/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
+++ b/Pages/Shared/_Layout.cshtml
@@ -5,7 +5,7 @@
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0" />
     <title>@ViewData["Title"] - JustShortIt</title>
     
-    <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/bulma@0.9.4/css/bulma.min.css" />
+    <link rel="stylesheet" href="/css/index.min.css" asp-append-version="true" />
 </head>
 <body>
     <nav class="navbar is-primary has-shadow" aria-label="main navigation">
diff --git a/compilerconfig.json b/compilerconfig.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48ade59
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compilerconfig.json
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+﻿[
+  {
+    "outputFile": "wwwroot/css/index.css",
+    "inputFile": "wwwroot/css/index.sass"
+  }
+]
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diff --git a/compilerconfig.json.defaults b/compilerconfig.json.defaults
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..41870cc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/compilerconfig.json.defaults
@@ -0,0 +1,71 @@
+{
+  "compilers": {
+    "less": {
+      "autoPrefix": "",
+      "cssComb": "none",
+      "ieCompat": true,
+      "math": null,
+      "strictMath": false,
+      "strictUnits": false,
+      "relativeUrls": true,
+      "rootPath": "",
+      "sourceMapRoot": "",
+      "sourceMapBasePath": "",
+      "sourceMap": false
+    },
+    "sass": {
+      "autoPrefix": "",
+      "loadPaths": "",
+      "style": "expanded",
+      "relativeUrls": true,
+      "sourceMap": false
+    },
+    "nodesass": {
+      "autoPrefix": "",
+      "includePath": "",
+      "indentType": "space",
+      "indentWidth": 2,
+      "outputStyle": "nested",
+      "precision": 5,
+      "relativeUrls": true,
+      "sourceMapRoot": "",
+      "lineFeed": "",
+      "sourceMap": false
+    },
+    "stylus": {
+      "sourceMap": false
+    },
+    "babel": {
+      "sourceMap": false
+    },
+    "coffeescript": {
+      "bare": false,
+      "runtimeMode": "node",
+      "sourceMap": false
+    },
+    "handlebars": {
+      "root": "",
+      "noBOM": false,
+      "name": "",
+      "namespace": "",
+      "knownHelpersOnly": false,
+      "forcePartial": false,
+      "knownHelpers": [],
+      "commonjs": "",
+      "amd": false,
+      "sourceMap": false
+    }
+  },
+  "minifiers": {
+    "css": {
+      "enabled": true,
+      "termSemicolons": true,
+      "gzip": false
+    },
+    "javascript": {
+      "enabled": true,
+      "termSemicolons": true,
+      "gzip": false
+    }
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4bda73a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+{
+  "name": "just-short-it",
+  "lockfileVersion": 2,
+  "requires": true,
+  "packages": {
+    "": {
+      "dependencies": {
+        "bulma": "^0.9.4"
+      }
+    },
+    "node_modules/bulma": {
+      "version": "0.9.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bulma/-/bulma-0.9.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-86FlT5+1GrsgKbPLRRY7cGDg8fsJiP/jzTqXXVqiUZZ2aZT8uemEOHlU1CDU+TxklPEZ11HZNNWclRBBecP4CQ=="
+    }
+  },
+  "dependencies": {
+    "bulma": {
+      "version": "0.9.4",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/bulma/-/bulma-0.9.4.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-86FlT5+1GrsgKbPLRRY7cGDg8fsJiP/jzTqXXVqiUZZ2aZT8uemEOHlU1CDU+TxklPEZ11HZNNWclRBBecP4CQ=="
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0504140
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package.json
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+{
+  "dependencies": {
+    "bulma": "^0.9.4"
+  }
+}
diff --git a/wwwroot/css/index.sass b/wwwroot/css/index.sass
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a6c773
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wwwroot/css/index.sass
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+/* ditching the roundings */
+$radius-small: 0px
+$radius: 0px
+$radius-large: 0px
+
+
+
+
+
+
+/* TODO check what we need here and ditch the rest */
+/* don't judge me */ 
+@import "../../node_modules/bulma/sass/utilities/_all"
+@import "../../node_modules/bulma/sass/base/_all"
+@import "../../node_modules/bulma/sass/elements/_all"
+@import "../../node_modules/bulma/sass/form/_all"
+@import "../../node_modules/bulma/sass/components/_all"
+@import "../../node_modules/bulma/sass/grid/_all"
+@import "../../node_modules/bulma/sass/helpers/_all"
+@import "../../node_modules/bulma/sass/layout/_all"
\ No newline at end of file
