diff --git a/config.go b/config.go
index 0b20d29..ad41c02 100644
--- a/config.go
+++ b/config.go
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ type config struct {
 	server *configServer
 	db     *configDb
 	cache  *configCache
+	blog   *configBlog
 }
 
 type configServer struct {
@@ -25,10 +26,19 @@ type configCache struct {
 	expiration int64
 }
 
+// exposed to templates via function "blog"
+type configBlog struct {
+	// Language of the blog, e.g. "en" or "de"
+	Lang  string
+	// Title of the blog, e.g. "My blog"
+	Title string
+}
+
 var appConfig = &config{
 	server: &configServer{},
 	db:     &configDb{},
 	cache:  &configCache{},
+	blog:   &configBlog{},
 }
 
 func initConfig() error {
@@ -61,6 +71,15 @@ func initConfig() error {
 	viper.SetDefault(cacheExpiration, 600)
 	appConfig.cache.expiration = viper.GetInt64(cacheExpiration)
 	logConfig(cacheExpiration, appConfig.cache.expiration)
+	// Blog meta
+	blogLang := "blog.lang"
+	viper.SetDefault(blogLang, "en")
+	appConfig.blog.Lang = viper.GetString(blogLang)
+	logConfig(blogLang, appConfig.blog.Lang)
+	blogTitle := "blog.title"
+	viper.SetDefault(blogTitle, "My blog")
+	appConfig.blog.Title = viper.GetString(blogTitle)
+	logConfig(blogTitle, appConfig.blog.Title)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/emoji.go b/emoji.go
index e700c86..d4fcd0d 100644
--- a/emoji.go
+++ b/emoji.go
@@ -72,5 +72,4 @@ func initEmoji() {
 			emojiMaxSize = len(k)
 		}
 	}
-
 }
diff --git a/example-config.yaml b/example-config.yaml
index b309d54..0f371ee 100644
--- a/example-config.yaml
+++ b/example-config.yaml
@@ -2,4 +2,10 @@ server:
   logging: false
   port: 8080
 database:
-  file: data/db.sqlite
\ No newline at end of file
+  file: data/db.sqlite
+cache:
+  enable: true
+  expiration: 600
+blog:
+  lang: en
+  title: My blog
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/main.go b/main.go
index c044471..5c01396 100644
--- a/main.go
+++ b/main.go
@@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ func main() {
 		}
 	}()
 	log.Println("Loaded database")
+	log.Println("Initializing template rendering")
+	initEmoji()
+	initRendering()
 	log.Println("Start server")
 	err = startServer()
 	if err != nil {
diff --git a/posts.go b/posts.go
index 0e4e594..9524139 100644
--- a/posts.go
+++ b/posts.go
@@ -9,12 +9,12 @@ import (
 
 var errPostNotFound = errors.New("post not found")
 
-type post struct {
-	path       string
-	content    string
-	published  string
-	updated    string
-	parameters map[string]string
+type Post struct {
+	Path       string
+	Content    string
+	Published  string
+	Updated    string
+	Parameters map[string]string
 }
 
 func servePost(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
@@ -27,19 +27,16 @@ func servePost(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
 	}
-	htmlContent, err := renderMarkdown(post.content)
+	err = templates.ExecuteTemplate(w, templatePostName, post)
 	if err != nil {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
-		return
 	}
-	w.Header().Set("Content-Type", "text/html")
-	_, _ = w.Write(htmlContent)
 }
 
-func getPost(context context.Context, path string) (*post, error) {
-	queriedPost := &post{}
+func getPost(context context.Context, path string) (*Post, error) {
+	queriedPost := &Post{}
 	row := appDb.QueryRowContext(context, "select path, COALESCE(content, ''), COALESCE(published, ''), COALESCE(updated, '') from posts where path=?", path)
-	err := row.Scan(&queriedPost.path, &queriedPost.content, &queriedPost.published, &queriedPost.updated)
+	err := row.Scan(&queriedPost.Path, &queriedPost.Content, &queriedPost.Published, &queriedPost.Updated)
 	if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
 		return nil, errPostNotFound
 	} else if err != nil {
@@ -52,17 +49,17 @@ func getPost(context context.Context, path string) (*post, error) {
 	return queriedPost, nil
 }
 
-func (p *post) fetchParameters(context context.Context) error {
-	rows, err := appDb.QueryContext(context, "select parameter, COALESCE(value, '') from post_parameters where path=?", p.path)
+func (p *Post) fetchParameters(context context.Context) error {
+	rows, err := appDb.QueryContext(context, "select parameter, COALESCE(value, '') from post_parameters where path=?", p.Path)
 	if err != nil {
 		return err
 	}
-	p.parameters = make(map[string]string)
+	p.Parameters = make(map[string]string)
 	for rows.Next() {
 		var parameter string
 		var value string
 		_ = rows.Scan(&parameter, &value)
-		p.parameters[parameter] = value
+		p.Parameters[parameter] = value
 	}
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/redirects.go b/redirects.go
index 80c11e8..712a780 100644
--- a/redirects.go
+++ b/redirects.go
@@ -18,7 +18,12 @@ func serveRedirect(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		http.Error(w, err.Error(), http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		return
 	}
-	http.Redirect(w, r, redirect, http.StatusFound)
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusFound)
+	_ = templates.ExecuteTemplate(w, templateRedirectName, struct {
+		Permalink string
+	}{
+		Permalink: redirect,
+	})
 }
 
 func getRedirect(context context.Context, fromPath string) (string, error) {
diff --git a/render.go b/render.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..50f63da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/render.go
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+package main
+
+import (
+	"html/template"
+	"log"
+)
+
+const templatePostName = "post.gohtml"
+const templateRedirectName = "redirect.gohtml"
+
+var templates *template.Template
+
+func initRendering() {
+	templateFunctions := template.FuncMap{
+		"blog": func() *configBlog {
+			return appConfig.blog
+		},
+		"md": func(content string) template.HTML {
+			htmlContent, err := renderMarkdown(content)
+			if err != nil {
+				log.Fatal(err)
+				return ""
+			}
+			return template.HTML(htmlContent)
+		},
+		"title": func(post Post) string {
+			return post.Parameters["title"]
+		},
+	}
+
+	var err error
+
+	templates, err = template.New("templates").Funcs(templateFunctions).ParseGlob("templates/*.gohtml")
+	if err != nil {
+		log.Fatal(err)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/templates/base.gohtml b/templates/base.gohtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..824e062
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/base.gohtml
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+{{ define "base" }}
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang={{ blog.Lang }}>
+<meta charset=utf-8>
+<meta name=viewport content="width=device-width,initial-scale=1">
+<meta http-equiv=x-ua-compatible content="IE=edge">
+{{ template "title" . }}
+{{ template "main" . }}
+{{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/post.gohtml b/templates/post.gohtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..43aa5ae
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/post.gohtml
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+{{ template "base" . }}
+
+{{ define "title" }}
+  <title>{{ with title . }}{{ . }} - {{end}}{{ blog.Title }}</title>
+{{ end }}
+
+{{ define "main" }}
+  <main class=h-entry>
+    <article>
+        {{ with title . }}<h1 class=p-name>{{ . }}</h1>{{ end }}
+      <div class=e-content>{{ md .Content }}</div>
+    </article>
+  </main>
+{{ end }}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/templates/redirect.gohtml b/templates/redirect.gohtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9218e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/redirect.gohtml
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+<!doctype html>
+<html lang={{ blog.Lang }}>
+<meta charset="utf-8"/>
+<meta name="robots" content="noindex">
+<title>{{ .Permalink }}</title>
+<link rel="canonical" href="{{ .Permalink }}"/>
+<meta http-equiv="refresh" content="0; url={{ .Permalink }}"/>
\ No newline at end of file