diff --git a/.prettierrc b/.prettierrc
index 57b161e..5caa4b9 100644
--- a/.prettierrc
+++ b/.prettierrc
@@ -1,36 +1,36 @@
 {
-  "overrides": [
-    {
-      "files": ".prettierrc",
-      "options": { "parser": "json" }
-    },
-    {
-      "files": "*.scss",
-      "options": {
-        "tabWidth": 4,
-        "semi": false,
-        "singleQuote": true,
-        "printWidth": 90
-      }
-    },
-    {
-      "files": "*.js",
-      "options": {
-        "arrowParens": "avoid",
-        "bracketSpacing": true,
-        "htmlWhitespaceSensitivity": "css",
-        "insertPragma": false,
-        "bracketSameLine": false,
-        "jsxSingleQuote": true,
-        "proseWrap": "preserve",
-        "requirePragma": false,
-        "semi": true,
-        "singleQuote": true,
-        "trailingComma": "none",
-        "useTabs": true,
-        "tabWidth": 4,
-        "printWidth": 90
-      }
-    }
-  ]
+    "overrides": [
+        {
+            "files": ".prettierrc",
+            "options": { "parser": "json" }
+        },
+        {
+            "files": "*.css",
+            "options": {
+                "tabWidth": 2,
+                "semi": false,
+                "singleQuote": false,
+                "printWidth": 90
+            }
+        },
+        {
+            "files": "*.js",
+            "options": {
+                "arrowParens": "avoid",
+                "bracketSpacing": true,
+                "htmlWhitespaceSensitivity": "css",
+                "insertPragma": false,
+                "bracketSameLine": false,
+                "jsxSingleQuote": true,
+                "proseWrap": "preserve",
+                "requirePragma": false,
+                "semi": true,
+                "singleQuote": true,
+                "trailingComma": "none",
+                "useTabs": true,
+                "tabWidth": 4,
+                "printWidth": 90
+            }
+        }
+    ]
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/API/PageAPIController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/API/PageAPIController.php
index 1b96588..4cd4c02 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/API/PageAPIController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/API/PageAPIController.php
@@ -22,4 +22,11 @@ class PageAPIController extends Controller
         $result = $this->pages->update($body);
         return response()->json($result)->header('Content-Type', 'application/json');
     }
+
+    public function create(Request $request)
+    {
+        $body   = json_decode($request->getContent());
+        $result = $this->pages->create($body);
+        return response()->json($result)->header('Content-Type', 'application/json');
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Dash/IndexController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Dash/IndexController.php
index 3b652d0..fdc7d5c 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Dash/IndexController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Dash/IndexController.php
@@ -64,13 +64,18 @@ class IndexController extends Controller
 
     public function page($mode, $uuid)
     {
-        $page = $this->pages->getById($uuid)->first();
+        $title;
+        $page                    = [];
+        $views                   = [];
+        $mode == 'edit' ? $page  = $this->pages->getById($uuid)->first() : $page = [];
+        $mode == 'edit' ? $title = $page['title'] : $title = 'Add New';
+        $mode == 'edit' ? $views = $this->themes->getCustomViews($page['layout']) : $views[] = 'page';
         return view('back.page', [
             "status" => $this->auth::status(),
             "mode"   => $mode,
             "page"   => $page,
-            "views"  => $this->themes->getCustomViews($page['layout']),
-            "title"  => $page['title']
+            "views"  => $views,
+            "title"  => $title,
         ]);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Providers/FipamoServiceProvider.php b/app/Providers/FipamoServiceProvider.php
index 7579e41..50c019b 100644
--- a/app/Providers/FipamoServiceProvider.php
+++ b/app/Providers/FipamoServiceProvider.php
@@ -22,11 +22,11 @@ class FipamoServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
     {
         //services
         $this->app->bind(SettingsService::class, function ($app) {
-            return new SettingsService();
+            return new SettingsService(new DocService());
         });
 
         $this->app->bind(AuthService::class, function ($app) {
-            return new AuthService(new SettingsService());
+            return new AuthService(new SettingsService(new DocService()));
         });
 
         $this->app->bind(ContentService::class, function ($app) {
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ class FipamoServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
         });
 
         $this->app->bind(ThemeService::class, function ($app) {
-            return new ThemeService(new SettingsService());
+            return new ThemeService(new SettingsService(new DocService()));
         });
 
         $this->app->bind(PaginateService::class, function ($app) {
diff --git a/app/Repositories/PageRepository.php b/app/Repositories/PageRepository.php
index 8441b61..9ab1b89 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/PageRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/PageRepository.php
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ class PageRepository implements PageRepositoryInterface
 
     public function create($page)
     {
+        return $this->editPage($page, null, 'create');
     }
 
     public function update($page)
@@ -90,7 +91,7 @@ class PageRepository implements PageRepositoryInterface
         $updated = Carbon::now();
 
         // grab current index from settings and update
-        $id   = $task != 'create' ? $body->id : $this->settings->getGlobal()['currentIndex'];
+        $id   = $task != 'create' ? $body->id : $this->settings->getSettings()['library_stats']['current_index'];
         $uuid = $task != 'create' ? $body->uuid : $this->strings::createUUID();
         //set variables post body for saving
         $body->id      = $id;
@@ -131,6 +132,7 @@ class PageRepository implements PageRepositoryInterface
             // if new page added, update current index in Settings file
             if ($task == 'create') {
                 //Settings::updateIndex();
+                $this->settings->updatePageIndex();
             }
 
             return [
diff --git a/app/Services/DocService.php b/app/Services/DocService.php
index 2ff6b06..6914889 100644
--- a/app/Services/DocService.php
+++ b/app/Services/DocService.php
@@ -28,8 +28,32 @@ class DocService
         }
     }
 
-    public static function writeSettings($fileLocation, $fileContents)
+    public static function updateMenu($body)
     {
+        $settings = self::$settings;
+        //$menu = $settings["menu"];
+        $item = [
+            'title' => $body['title'],
+            'id'    => $body['id'],
+            'uuid'  => $body['uuid'],
+            'slug'  => $body['slug'],
+            'path'  => $body['path'],
+        ];
+        if ($body['menu'] == 'true') {
+            if (!find($settings['menu'], ['uuid' => $item['uuid']])) {
+                array_push($settings['menu'], $item);
+            }
+        } else {
+            if (find($settings['menu'], ['uuid' => $item['uuid']])) {
+                pull($settings['menu'], $item);
+            }
+        }
+        DocTools::writeSettings('../config/settings.json', $settings);
+    }
+
+    public static function writeSettings($fileContents)
+    {
+        $fileLocation = env('SETTINGS_PATH');
         if (!is_file($fileLocation)) {
             file_put_contents($fileLocation, json_encode($fileContents));
         } else {
diff --git a/app/Services/SettingsService.php b/app/Services/SettingsService.php
index 2f3a949..2d40dc6 100644
--- a/app/Services/SettingsService.php
+++ b/app/Services/SettingsService.php
@@ -4,23 +4,49 @@ namespace App\Services;
 
 class SettingsService
 {
-    protected $config;
+    protected $settings;
     protected $folks;
     protected $tags;
+    protected $docs;
 
-    public function __construct()
+    public function __construct(DocService $docService)
     {
-        $this->config = json_decode(file_get_contents(env('SETTINGS_PATH')), true);
-        $this->folks  = json_decode(file_get_contents(env('FOLKS_PATH')), true);
+        $this->folks = json_decode(file_get_contents(env('FOLKS_PATH')), true);
+        $this->docs  = $docService;
+    }
+
+    protected function loadSettings()
+    {
+        return json_decode(file_get_contents(env('SETTINGS_PATH')), true);
+    }
+
+    public function getSettings()
+    {
+        return $this->loadSettings();
     }
 
     public function getGlobal()
     {
-        return $this->config['global'];
+        $this->settings = $this->loadSettings();
+        return $this->settings['global'];
     }
 
     public function getFolks()
     {
         return $this->folks;
     }
+
+    public function updatePageIndex()
+    {
+        $this->settings = $this->loadSettings();
+        $this->settings['library_stats']['current_index']++;
+        $this->docs->writeSettings($this->settings);
+    }
+
+    public function updateGlobalData($key, $value)
+    {
+        $this->settings                 = $this->loadSettings();
+        $this->settings['global'][$key] = $data;
+        $this->docs->writeSettings($this->settings);
+    }
 }
diff --git a/app/Services/StringService.php b/app/Services/StringService.php
index 63d575e..dfe13b8 100644
--- a/app/Services/StringService.php
+++ b/app/Services/StringService.php
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ class StringService
     {
     }
 
-    public static function creatUUID()
+    public static function createUUID()
     {
         if (function_exists('com_create_guid') === true) {
             return trim(com_create_guid(), '{}');
diff --git a/public/assets/css/dash/page-editor.css b/public/assets/css/dash/page-editor.css
index 94f7295..4bc1c09 100644
--- a/public/assets/css/dash/page-editor.css
+++ b/public/assets/css/dash/page-editor.css
@@ -62,11 +62,7 @@ main > section[role="text-editor"] > div[role="text-editor-control"] button {
   border-radius: 0;
 }
 
-main
-  > section[role="text-editor"]
-  > div[role="text-editor-control"]
-  button
-  > i {
+main > section[role="text-editor"] > div[role="text-editor-control"] button > i {
   font-size: 1.6em;
 }
 
@@ -128,27 +124,16 @@ main
   left: 0;
 }
 
-main
-  > section[role="file-manager"]
-  > div[role="page-files-list"]
-  > div.audio-item {
-  background: url("/assets/images/global/upload-audio.png") no-repeat center
-    center / cover;
+main > section[role="file-manager"] > div[role="page-files-list"] > div.audio-item {
+  background: url("/assets/images/global/upload-audio.png") no-repeat center center /
+    cover;
 }
 
-main
-  > section[role="file-manager"]
-  > div[role="page-files-list"]
-  > div.file-item {
-  background: url("/assets/images/global/upload-doc.png") no-repeat center
-    center / cover;
+main > section[role="file-manager"] > div[role="page-files-list"] > div.file-item {
+  background: url("/assets/images/global/upload-doc.png") no-repeat center center / cover;
 }
 
-main
-  > section[role="file-manager"]
-  > div[role="page-files-list"]
-  > div.file-item
-  > a {
+main > section[role="file-manager"] > div[role="page-files-list"] > div.file-item > a {
   position: absolute;
   bottom: 0;
   background: var(--secondary);
@@ -245,10 +230,7 @@ main
   border-radius: 0 3px 3px 0;
 }
 
-main
-  section[role="page-meta"]
-  div[role="page-meta-wrapper"]
-  button[data-active="false"] {
+main section[role="page-meta"] div[role="page-meta-wrapper"] button[data-active="false"] {
   background: var(--primary);
 }
 
@@ -319,10 +301,7 @@ main > section[role="text-editor"] > div[role="edit-post-wrapper"] {
   margin: 10px 0;
 }
 
-main
-  > section[role="text-editor"]
-  > div[role="edit-post-wrapper"]
-  textarea:focus {
+main > section[role="text-editor"] > div[role="edit-post-wrapper"] textarea:focus {
   outline: none;
   border-color: var(--highlight);
 }
@@ -347,10 +326,7 @@ main section[role="text-editor"] div[role="edit-post-wrapper"] #highlight {
   margin: 0;
 }
 
-main
-  section[role="text-editor"]
-  div[role="edit-post-wrapper"]
-  #highlight-content {
+main section[role="text-editor"] div[role="edit-post-wrapper"] #highlight-content {
   word-wrap: normal;
   white-space: pre-wrap;
   line-break: normal;
@@ -363,10 +339,7 @@ main > section[role="text-editor"] > div[role="edit-post-wrapper"] > #edit {
   caret-color: var(--highlight);
 }
 
-main
-  > section[role="text-editor"]
-  > div[role="edit-post-wrapper"]
-  > #highlight {
+main > section[role="text-editor"] > div[role="edit-post-wrapper"] > #highlight {
   z-index: 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/resources/views/back/page.blade.php b/resources/views/back/page.blade.php
index 5965cd2..f7c98b5 100644
--- a/resources/views/back/page.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/back/page.blade.php
@@ -33,12 +33,12 @@
 
   @section('main-content')
     <section data-index="{{ $id }}" data-uuid="{{ $uuid }}" data-slug="{{ $slug }}" data-layout="{{ $layout }}" role="file-manager">
-        @if($page['feature'] == null)
+        @if($feature == '')
             <div role="file-drop">
                 <label for="page-files-upload">DRAG AND DROP FILES OR CLICK TO SELECT</label>
             </div>
             <label role="list-title">IMAGES AND VIDEO</label>
-            <div role="page-images-list"></div>
+            <div id="page-images-list" role="page-images-list"></div>
             <label role="list-title">FILES</label>
             <div role="page-files-list"></div>
         @else
@@ -152,7 +152,7 @@
                 <strong>LAYOUTS</strong>
                 <select id="page-templates">
                     @foreach($views as $view)
-                        @if($view == $page['layout'])
+                        @if($view == $layout)
                             <option value={{ $view }} selected>{{ $view }}</option>
                         @else
                             <option value={{ $view }}>{{ $view }}</option>
diff --git a/resources/views/includes/options.blade.php b/resources/views/includes/options.blade.php
index 9d76d49..6ae7f64 100644
--- a/resources/views/includes/options.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/includes/options.blade.php
@@ -1,27 +1,34 @@
 
 @php
 
-if($page['menu'])
+if(isset($page['menu']) && $page['menu'])
 {
     $menu = 'true';
 }else{
     $menu = 'false';
 }
 
-if($page['featured'])
+if(isset($page['featured']) && $page['featured'])
 {
     $featured = 'true';
 }else{
     $featured = 'false';
 }
 
-if($page['published'])
+if(isset($page['published']) && $page['published'])
 {
     $published = 'true';
 }else{
     $published = 'false';
 }
 
+if(isset($page['uuid']))
+{
+    $uuid = $page['uuid'];
+}else{
+    $uuid = 1;
+}
+
 @endphp
 
 <br>
@@ -37,7 +44,7 @@ if($page['published'])
         <svg id="option-published-icon" role="icon">
             <use id="option-published-icon" xlink:href="/assets/images/global/sprite.svg#entypo-globe"/>
         </svg>
-    </button><a href="/dashboard/page/preview/{{ $page['uuid'] }}" target="_blank"><button id="option-preview" class="option-inactive post-option-btn" data-active="false" title='preview page'>
+    </button><a href="/dashboard/page/preview/{{ $uuid }}" target="_blank"><button id="option-preview" class="option-inactive post-option-btn" data-active="false" title='preview page'>
             <svg id="option-preview-icon" role="icon">
                 <use id="option-preview-icon" xlink:href="/assets/images/global/sprite.svg#entypo-eye"/>
             </svg>
diff --git a/routes/api.php b/routes/api.php
index 0ec8da1..ee66c67 100644
--- a/routes/api.php
+++ b/routes/api.php
@@ -18,5 +18,8 @@ use App\Http\Controllers\API\FileUploadAPIController;
 
 //check if session is active
 Route::get("/v1/status", [AuthAPIController::class, 'status']);
+//handle page editing actions
 Route::put("/v1/page/write", [PageAPIController::class, 'write']);
+Route::post("/v1/page/create", [PageAPIController::class, 'create']);
+//handle file uploads
 Route::post("/v1/files", [FileUploadAPIController::class, 'upload']);