diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index 9944703..ee902fa 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
     "@types/node": "^12.0.0",
     "@types/react": "^17.0.0",
     "@types/react-dom": "^17.0.0",
+    "@types/react-router-dom": "^5.1.8",
     "graphql": "^15.5.1",
     "node-sass": "^6.0.1",
     "prop-types": "^15.7.2",
@@ -18,6 +19,7 @@
     "react-contexify": "^5.0.0",
     "react-dom": "^17.0.2",
     "react-icons": "^4.2.0",
+    "react-router-dom": "^5.2.0",
     "react-scripts": "4.0.3",
     "typescript": "^4.1.2",
     "web-vitals": "^1.0.1"
diff --git a/src/App.tsx b/src/App.tsx
index cf14b69..4e3b2f8 100644
--- a/src/App.tsx
+++ b/src/App.tsx
@@ -1,10 +1,18 @@
 import React from "react"
 import FileBrowser from "./components/FileBrowser"
-
+import { BrowserRouter as Router, Switch, Route, Redirect } from "react-router-dom"
+import NotFound from "./components/NotFound"
+  
 const App: React.FC = () => {
 	return (
 		<div>
-			<FileBrowser/>
+			<Router>
+				<Switch>
+					<Route path="/f/" component={FileBrowser}/>
+					<Redirect from="/" exact to="/f/" />
+					<Route path="*" component={NotFound} />
+				</Switch>
+			</Router>
 		</div>
 	)
 }
diff --git a/src/components/FileBrowser.tsx b/src/components/FileBrowser.tsx
index f3370bc..44ee517 100644
--- a/src/components/FileBrowser.tsx
+++ b/src/components/FileBrowser.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 import React from "react"
 import { useState } from "react"
 import { useContextMenu } from "react-contexify"
+import { RouteComponentProps } from "react-router-dom"
 import normalizeDirPath from "../functions/normalizeDirPath"
 import uploadFile from "../functions/uploadFile"
 import { useCopyMutation, useCreateDirMutation, useDeleteDirMutation, useDeleteFileMutation, useMoveMutation, useOpenDirQuery } from "../generated/graphql"
@@ -12,8 +13,18 @@ import FileBrowserElement from "./FileBrowserElement"
 import FileOpen from "./FileOpen"
 import FileUploadButton from "./FileUploadButton"
 
-const FileBrowser: React.FC = () => {
-	const [path,setPath] = useState("/")
+function uriToPath(pathname:string) {
+	// strip the "/f" from e.g. "/f/dir1/dir2"
+	return pathname.substr(2)
+}
+
+function pathToUri(path:string) {
+	return (path.startsWith("/")?"/f":"/f/") + path
+}
+
+const FileBrowser: React.FC<RouteComponentProps> = (props) => {
+	const path = uriToPath(props.location.pathname)
+
 	const [openFileId, setOpenFileId] = useState("")
 	const [showFile, setShowFile] = useState(false)
 
@@ -113,7 +124,7 @@ const FileBrowser: React.FC = () => {
 			>
 				<div className="flex justify-between">
 					<Breadcrum path={path} onDirClick={(newPath)=>{
-						setPath(normalizeDirPath(newPath))
+						props.history.push(pathToUri(newPath))
 					}}/>
 					<div className="ml-auto">
 						<CreateDirButton 
@@ -150,7 +161,7 @@ const FileBrowser: React.FC = () => {
 								key={v?.id}
 								dir={v}
 								onClick={(dir)=>{
-									setPath(normalizeDirPath(dir.id))
+									props.history.push(pathToUri(dir.id))
 								}}
 								onContextMenu={(e)=>{
 									openDirContextMenu(e,v.id)
diff --git a/src/components/NotFound.tsx b/src/components/NotFound.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6046fd4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/NotFound.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import React from "react"
+import { NavLink, RouteComponentProps } from "react-router-dom"
+
+const NotFound: React.FC<RouteComponentProps> = (props) => {
+	return <div className="dark:text-gray-300">
+		<div className="flex justify-center">
+			<h1 className="text-9xl " >404</h1>
+		</div>
+		<div className="flex justify-center text-4xl mb-3">
+            &quot;{props.location.pathname}&quot; not found.
+		</div>
+		<div className="flex justify-center text-4xl underline">
+			<NavLink to="/">Go back</NavLink>
+		</div>
+	</div>
+}
+
+export default NotFound
diff --git a/yarn.lock b/yarn.lock
index d5035f0..bb1714b 100644
--- a/yarn.lock
+++ b/yarn.lock
@@ -1253,6 +1253,13 @@
   dependencies:
     regenerator-runtime "^0.13.4"
 
+"@babel/runtime@^7.1.2", "@babel/runtime@^7.12.1":
+  version "7.15.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@babel/runtime/-/runtime-7.15.3.tgz#2e1c2880ca118e5b2f9988322bd8a7656a32502b"
+  integrity sha512-OvwMLqNXkCXSz1kSm58sEsNuhqOx/fKpnUnKnFB5v8uDda5bLNEHNgKPvhDN6IU0LDcnHQ90LlJ0Q6jnyBSIBA==
+  dependencies:
+    regenerator-runtime "^0.13.4"
+
 "@babel/template@^7.10.4", "@babel/template@^7.14.5", "@babel/template@^7.3.3":
   version "7.14.5"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@babel/template/-/template-7.14.5.tgz"
@@ -2470,6 +2477,11 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/node" "*"
 
+"@types/history@*":
+  version "4.7.9"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/history/-/history-4.7.9.tgz#1cfb6d60ef3822c589f18e70f8b12f9a28ce8724"
+  integrity sha512-MUc6zSmU3tEVnkQ78q0peeEjKWPUADMlC/t++2bI8WnAG2tvYRPIgHG8lWkXwqc8MsUF6Z2MOf+Mh5sazOmhiQ==
+
 "@types/html-minifier-terser@^5.0.0":
   version "5.1.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/html-minifier-terser/-/html-minifier-terser-5.1.2.tgz"
@@ -2591,6 +2603,23 @@
   dependencies:
     "@types/react" "*"
 
+"@types/react-router-dom@^5.1.8":
+  version "5.1.8"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/react-router-dom/-/react-router-dom-5.1.8.tgz#bf3e1c8149b3d62eaa206d58599de82df0241192"
+  integrity sha512-03xHyncBzG0PmDmf8pf3rehtjY0NpUj7TIN46FrT5n1ZWHPZvXz32gUyNboJ+xsL8cpg8bQVLcllptcQHvocrw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/history" "*"
+    "@types/react" "*"
+    "@types/react-router" "*"
+
+"@types/react-router@*":
+  version "5.1.16"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/@types/react-router/-/react-router-5.1.16.tgz#f3ba045fb96634e38b21531c482f9aeb37608a99"
+  integrity sha512-8d7nR/fNSqlTFGHti0R3F9WwIertOaaA1UEB8/jr5l5mDMOs4CidEgvvYMw4ivqrBK+vtVLxyTj2P+Pr/dtgzg==
+  dependencies:
+    "@types/history" "*"
+    "@types/react" "*"
+
 "@types/react@*", "@types/react@^17.0.0":
   version "17.0.15"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/@types/react/-/react-17.0.15.tgz"
@@ -7493,6 +7522,18 @@ hex-color-regex@^1.1.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/hex-color-regex/-/hex-color-regex-1.1.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-l9sfDFsuqtOqKDsQdqrMRk0U85RZc0RtOR9yPI7mRVOa4FsR/BVnZ0shmQRM96Ji99kYZP/7hn1cedc1+ApsTQ==
 
+history@^4.9.0:
+  version "4.10.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/history/-/history-4.10.1.tgz#33371a65e3a83b267434e2b3f3b1b4c58aad4cf3"
+  integrity sha512-36nwAD620w12kuzPAsyINPWJqlNbij+hpK1k9XRloDtym8mxzGYl2c17LnV6IAGB2Dmg4tEa7G7DlawS0+qjew==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.1.2"
+    loose-envify "^1.2.0"
+    resolve-pathname "^3.0.0"
+    tiny-invariant "^1.0.2"
+    tiny-warning "^1.0.0"
+    value-equal "^1.0.1"
+
 hmac-drbg@^1.0.1:
   version "1.0.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/hmac-drbg/-/hmac-drbg-1.0.1.tgz"
@@ -7502,7 +7543,7 @@ hmac-drbg@^1.0.1:
     minimalistic-assert "^1.0.0"
     minimalistic-crypto-utils "^1.0.1"
 
-hoist-non-react-statics@^3.3.2:
+hoist-non-react-statics@^3.1.0, hoist-non-react-statics@^3.3.2:
   version "3.3.2"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/hoist-non-react-statics/-/hoist-non-react-statics-3.3.2.tgz"
   integrity sha512-/gGivxi8JPKWNm/W0jSmzcMPpfpPLc3dY/6GxhX2hQ9iGj3aDfklV4ET7NjKpSinLpJ5vafa9iiGIEZg10SfBw==
@@ -8368,6 +8409,11 @@ is-wsl@^2.1.1, is-wsl@^2.2.0:
   dependencies:
     is-docker "^2.0.0"
 
+isarray@0.0.1:
+  version "0.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/isarray/-/isarray-0.0.1.tgz#8a18acfca9a8f4177e09abfc6038939b05d1eedf"
+  integrity sha1-ihis/Kmo9Bd+Cav8YDiTmwXR7t8=
+
 isarray@1.0.0, isarray@^1.0.0, isarray@~1.0.0:
   version "1.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/isarray/-/isarray-1.0.0.tgz"
@@ -9491,7 +9537,7 @@ loglevel@^1.6.8:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/loglevel/-/loglevel-1.7.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-Hesni4s5UkWkwCGJMQGAh71PaLUmKFM60dHvq0zi/vDhhrzuk+4GgNbTXJ12YYQJn6ZKBDNIjYcuQGKudvqrIw==
 
-loose-envify@^1.0.0, loose-envify@^1.1.0, loose-envify@^1.4.0:
+loose-envify@^1.0.0, loose-envify@^1.1.0, loose-envify@^1.2.0, loose-envify@^1.3.1, loose-envify@^1.4.0:
   version "1.4.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/loose-envify/-/loose-envify-1.4.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-lyuxPGr/Wfhrlem2CL/UcnUc1zcqKAImBDzukY7Y5F/yQiNdko6+fRLevlw1HgMySw7f611UIY408EtxRSoK3Q==
@@ -9769,6 +9815,14 @@ min-indent@^1.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/min-indent/-/min-indent-1.0.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-I9jwMn07Sy/IwOj3zVkVik2JTvgpaykDZEigL6Rx6N9LbMywwUSMtxET+7lVoDLLd3O3IXwJwvuuns8UB/HeAg==
 
+mini-create-react-context@^0.4.0:
+  version "0.4.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/mini-create-react-context/-/mini-create-react-context-0.4.1.tgz#072171561bfdc922da08a60c2197a497cc2d1d5e"
+  integrity sha512-YWCYEmd5CQeHGSAKrYvXgmzzkrvssZcuuQDDeqkT+PziKGMgE+0MCCtcKbROzocGBG1meBLl2FotlRwf4gAzbQ==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.12.1"
+    tiny-warning "^1.0.3"
+
 mini-css-extract-plugin@0.11.3:
   version "0.11.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/mini-css-extract-plugin/-/mini-css-extract-plugin-0.11.3.tgz"
@@ -10753,6 +10807,13 @@ path-to-regexp@0.1.7:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-0.1.7.tgz"
   integrity sha1-32BBeABfUi8V60SQ5yR6G/qmf4w=
 
+path-to-regexp@^1.7.0:
+  version "1.8.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/path-to-regexp/-/path-to-regexp-1.8.0.tgz#887b3ba9d84393e87a0a0b9f4cb756198b53548a"
+  integrity sha512-n43JRhlUKUAlibEJhPeir1ncUID16QnEjNpwzNdO3Lm4ywrBpBZ5oLD0I6br9evr1Y9JTqwRtAh7JLoOzAQdVA==
+  dependencies:
+    isarray "0.0.1"
+
 path-type@^3.0.0:
   version "3.0.0"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-type/-/path-type-3.0.0.tgz"
@@ -11676,7 +11737,7 @@ prompts@^2.0.1:
     kleur "^3.0.3"
     sisteransi "^1.0.5"
 
-prop-types@^15.7.2:
+prop-types@^15.6.2, prop-types@^15.7.2:
   version "15.7.2"
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/prop-types/-/prop-types-15.7.2.tgz#52c41e75b8c87e72b9d9360e0206b99dcbffa6c5"
   integrity sha512-8QQikdH7//R2vurIJSutZ1smHYTcLpRWEOlHnzcWHmBYrOGUysKwSsrC89BCiFj3CbrfJ/nXFdJepOVrY1GCHQ==
@@ -11960,7 +12021,7 @@ react-icons@^4.2.0:
   resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-icons/-/react-icons-4.2.0.tgz#6dda80c8a8f338ff96a1851424d63083282630d0"
   integrity sha512-rmzEDFt+AVXRzD7zDE21gcxyBizD/3NqjbX6cmViAgdqfJ2UiLer8927/QhhrXQV7dEj/1EGuOTPp7JnLYVJKQ==
 
-react-is@^16.7.0, react-is@^16.8.1:
+react-is@^16.6.0, react-is@^16.7.0, react-is@^16.8.1:
   version "16.13.1"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-is/-/react-is-16.13.1.tgz"
   integrity sha512-24e6ynE2H+OKt4kqsOvNd8kBpV65zoxbA4BVsEOB3ARVWQki/DHzaUoC5KuON/BiccDaCCTZBuOcfZs70kR8bQ==
@@ -11975,6 +12036,35 @@ react-refresh@^0.8.3:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-refresh/-/react-refresh-0.8.3.tgz"
   integrity sha512-X8jZHc7nCMjaCqoU+V2I0cOhNW+QMBwSUkeXnTi8IPe6zaRWfn60ZzvFDZqWPfmSJfjub7dDW1SP0jaHWLu/hg==
 
+react-router-dom@^5.2.0:
+  version "5.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-router-dom/-/react-router-dom-5.2.0.tgz#9e65a4d0c45e13289e66c7b17c7e175d0ea15662"
+  integrity sha512-gxAmfylo2QUjcwxI63RhQ5G85Qqt4voZpUXSEqCwykV0baaOTQDR1f0PmY8AELqIyVc0NEZUj0Gov5lNGcXgsA==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.1.2"
+    history "^4.9.0"
+    loose-envify "^1.3.1"
+    prop-types "^15.6.2"
+    react-router "5.2.0"
+    tiny-invariant "^1.0.2"
+    tiny-warning "^1.0.0"
+
+react-router@5.2.0:
+  version "5.2.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/react-router/-/react-router-5.2.0.tgz#424e75641ca8747fbf76e5ecca69781aa37ea293"
+  integrity sha512-smz1DUuFHRKdcJC0jobGo8cVbhO3x50tCL4icacOlcwDOEQPq4TMqwx3sY1TP+DvtTgz4nm3thuo7A+BK2U0Dw==
+  dependencies:
+    "@babel/runtime" "^7.1.2"
+    history "^4.9.0"
+    hoist-non-react-statics "^3.1.0"
+    loose-envify "^1.3.1"
+    mini-create-react-context "^0.4.0"
+    path-to-regexp "^1.7.0"
+    prop-types "^15.6.2"
+    react-is "^16.6.0"
+    tiny-invariant "^1.0.2"
+    tiny-warning "^1.0.0"
+
 react-scripts@4.0.3:
   version "4.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/react-scripts/-/react-scripts-4.0.3.tgz"
@@ -12414,6 +12504,11 @@ resolve-from@^4.0.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve-from/-/resolve-from-4.0.0.tgz"
   integrity sha512-pb/MYmXstAkysRFx8piNI1tGFNQIFA3vkE3Gq4EuA1dF6gHp/+vgZqsCGJapvy8N3Q+4o7FwvquPJcnZ7RYy4g==
 
+resolve-pathname@^3.0.0:
+  version "3.0.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/resolve-pathname/-/resolve-pathname-3.0.0.tgz#99d02224d3cf263689becbb393bc560313025dcd"
+  integrity sha512-C7rARubxI8bXFNB/hqcp/4iUeIXJhJZvFPFPiSPRnhU5UPxzMFIl+2E6yY6c4k9giDJAhtV+enfA+G89N6Csng==
+
 resolve-url-loader@^3.1.2:
   version "3.1.4"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/resolve-url-loader/-/resolve-url-loader-3.1.4.tgz"
@@ -13822,6 +13917,16 @@ timsort@^0.3.0:
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/timsort/-/timsort-0.3.0.tgz"
   integrity sha1-QFQRqOfmM5/mTbmiNN4R3DHgK9Q=
 
+tiny-invariant@^1.0.2:
+  version "1.1.0"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tiny-invariant/-/tiny-invariant-1.1.0.tgz#634c5f8efdc27714b7f386c35e6760991d230875"
+  integrity sha512-ytxQvrb1cPc9WBEI/HSeYYoGD0kWnGEOR8RY6KomWLBVhqz0RgTwVO9dLrGz7dC+nN9llyI7OKAgRq8Vq4ZBSw==
+
+tiny-warning@^1.0.0, tiny-warning@^1.0.3:
+  version "1.0.3"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/tiny-warning/-/tiny-warning-1.0.3.tgz#94a30db453df4c643d0fd566060d60a875d84754"
+  integrity sha512-lBN9zLN/oAf68o3zNXYrdCt1kP8WsiGW8Oo2ka41b2IM5JL/S1CTyX1rW0mb/zSuJun0ZUrDxx4sqvYS2FWzPA==
+
 title-case@^3.0.3:
   version "3.0.3"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/title-case/-/title-case-3.0.3.tgz"
@@ -14427,6 +14532,11 @@ validate-npm-package-license@^3.0.1:
     spdx-correct "^3.0.0"
     spdx-expression-parse "^3.0.0"
 
+value-equal@^1.0.1:
+  version "1.0.1"
+  resolved "https://registry.yarnpkg.com/value-equal/-/value-equal-1.0.1.tgz#1e0b794c734c5c0cade179c437d356d931a34d6c"
+  integrity sha512-NOJ6JZCAWr0zlxZt+xqCHNTEKOsrks2HQd4MqhP1qy4z1SkbEP467eNx6TgDKXMvUOb+OENfJCZwM+16n7fRfw==
+
 value-or-promise@1.0.6:
   version "1.0.6"
   resolved "https://registry.npmjs.org/value-or-promise/-/value-or-promise-1.0.6.tgz"