diff --git a/src/components/AddressBar.astro b/src/components/AddressBar.astro
index 0f4c500..00eae41 100644
--- a/src/components/AddressBar.astro
+++ b/src/components/AddressBar.astro
@@ -2,11 +2,11 @@
 import Icon from 'astro-iconify';
 
 export interface Props {
-  url: string;
+  url: string | null;
 }
 
-const { url } = Astro.props;
 const placeholder = 'Type the article URL here';
+const { url } = Astro.props;
 ---
 
 <div class="address-bar">
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ const placeholder = 'Type the article URL here';
     <button aria-label="Back" class="left-buttons" type="button" id="app-back" name="app-back" onclick="history.go(-1); return false;" hidden>
       <Icon name="ic:round-arrow-back-ios" />
     </button>
-    <input type="url" id="app-url" name="url" value={url} placeholder={placeholder} required />
+    <input type="url" id="app-url" name="url" value={url ?? ''} placeholder={placeholder} required />
     <button aria-label="Submit" class="right-buttons" type="submit" id="submit">
       <Icon name="ri:ai-generate" />
     </button>
diff --git a/src/components/Library.astro b/src/components/Library.astro
index 6850424..7c23cb1 100644
--- a/src/components/Library.astro
+++ b/src/components/Library.astro
@@ -1,31 +1,29 @@
 ---
 export interface Props {
-  postDivSelector: string,
+  routerOutlet: string,
   skipSave?: boolean
 }
 
-const {postDivSelector, skipSave = false} = Astro.props;
+const {routerOutlet, skipSave = false} = Astro.props;
 ---
 <div id="library">
   <span id="heading"></span>
   <ul id="post-list"></ul>
 </div>
 
-<input value={postDivSelector} name="postDivSelector" id="postDivSelector" hidden />
-<input type="checkbox" id="skipSave" name="skipSave" checked={skipSave} hidden />
+<input hidden value={routerOutlet} name="postDivSelector" id="postDivSelector" />
+<input hidden checked={skipSave} type="checkbox" name="skipSave" id="skipSave" />
 
 <script>
   import { getPostCard, renderPost } from '../utils/library'
   const cache = await caches.open('cozy-reader');
   const url = new URL(window.location.href);
   const response = await cache.match(url)
-  const postDivSelector = document.getElementById('postDivSelector') as HTMLInputElement;
-  const skipSave = document.getElementById('skipSave') as HTMLInputElement;
+  const postDivSelector = document.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>('#postDivSelector');
+  const skipSave = document.querySelector<HTMLInputElement>('#skipSave');
 
-  if (!response) {
-    if (!skipSave?.checked) {
+  if (!response && !skipSave?.checked) {
       await cache.add(url);
-    }
   }
 
   const cachedRequests = (await cache.keys())
@@ -34,7 +32,7 @@ const {postDivSelector, skipSave = false} = Astro.props;
       return urlObj.search !== '' && urlObj.searchParams.get('url') !== '';
     });
 
-  if(cachedRequests?.length) {
+  if(cachedRequests?.length && postDivSelector !== null) {
     const list = document.querySelector('#post-list');
     const heading = document.querySelector('#library span#heading') as HTMLHeadingElement;
     heading.innerHTML = 'History';
@@ -80,7 +78,6 @@ const {postDivSelector, skipSave = false} = Astro.props;
       if (!url) {
         url = window.location.href;
         isHome = true;
-        console.log('>>> ishome', isHome);
       } else {
         // replace scrollPosition
         localStorage.setItem('scrollPosition', window.scrollY.toString());
diff --git a/src/components/Post.astro b/src/components/Post.astro
index 08fe7d3..a3201c3 100644
--- a/src/components/Post.astro
+++ b/src/components/Post.astro
@@ -1,10 +1,15 @@
 ---
 import { ArticleData } from "@extractus/article-extractor";
 export interface Props {
-  article: ArticleData;
+  article: ArticleData | null;
 }
 
-const { article } = Astro.props;
+const error: ArticleData = {
+  title: 'Something is not right',
+  content: '<p>The article extractor did not get any information.</p>',
+}
+let { article } = Astro.props;
+article ??= error;
 const datePublished =
   article?.published && new Date(article.published).toDateString();
 ---
diff --git a/src/layouts/Layout.astro b/src/layouts/Layout.astro
index a3e95b7..3ef321d 100644
--- a/src/layouts/Layout.astro
+++ b/src/layouts/Layout.astro
@@ -3,10 +3,16 @@ import { ArticleData } from "@extractus/article-extractor";
 import "./reset.css";
 import Footer from "../components/Footer.astro";
 export interface Props {
-  meta: ArticleData
+  article: ArticleData | null
 }
-const { meta } = Astro.props;
-const appTitle = `Cozy 🧸${meta.title && ` | ${meta.title}`}`;
+const app: ArticleData = {
+    title: "Cozy 🧸",
+    description: "Remove distractions. Save your favorites. Get useful insights. Cozy is your modern-day reading assistant.",
+    content: "<p>Enter a URL in the address bar to get started.</p>",
+    url: '/'
+  };
+const { article } = Astro.props;
+const appTitle = article?.title ? `${article.title} | Cozy 🧸` : app.title;
 ---
 
 <!DOCTYPE html>
@@ -18,9 +24,22 @@ const appTitle = `Cozy 🧸${meta.title && ` | ${meta.title}`}`;
     <title>{appTitle}</title>
 
     {
-      meta.url !== '/' ? (
+      /**
+       * if showing a post:
+       *  - don't allow search engines to index the page
+       *  - add cozy metadata for the app to use
+       */
+      article && article?.url !== '/' ? (
         <meta name="robots" content="noindex">
         <meta name="googlebot" content="noindex">
+
+        <meta property="cozy:title" content={article.title} />
+        <meta property="cozy:url" content={article.url} />
+        <meta property="cozy:description" content={article.description} />
+        <meta property="cozy:image" content={article.image} />
+        <meta property="cozy:source" content={article.source} />
+        <meta property="cozy:author" content={article.author} />
+        <meta property="cozy:published" content={article.published} />
       ) : (
         <meta property="og:title" content={appTitle} />
         <meta property="og:url" content={Astro.url.href} />
@@ -29,15 +48,6 @@ const appTitle = `Cozy 🧸${meta.title && ` | ${meta.title}`}`;
         <meta itemprop="description" content="Remove distractions. Save your favorites. Get useful insights. Cozy is your modern-day reading assistant." />
       )
     }
-
-    <meta property="cozy:title" content={meta.title} />
-    <meta property="cozy:url" content={meta.url} />
-    <meta property="cozy:description" content={meta.description} />
-    <meta property="cozy:image" content={meta.image} />
-    <meta property="cozy:source" content={meta.source} />
-    <meta property="cozy:author" content={meta.author} />
-    <meta property="cozy:published" content={meta.published} />
-
   </head>
   <body>
     <div id="app-wrapper">
diff --git a/src/pages/index.astro b/src/pages/index.astro
index 71b32b9..b1024a2 100644
--- a/src/pages/index.astro
+++ b/src/pages/index.astro
@@ -6,40 +6,23 @@ import Layout from "../layouts/Layout.astro";
 import Library from "../components/Library.astro";
 import Footer from "../components/Footer.astro";
 
-const params = Astro.url.searchParams;
-const url = params.get('url') || '';
-let article: ArticleData | null;
-let skipSave;
+const url = Astro.url.searchParams.get('url');
+let article: ArticleData | null = {};
 
-const error = {
-    title: "Something is not right",
-    content: "<p>The article extractor did not get any result.</p>",
-}
-
-try {
-  article = await extract(url);
-  if (!article ) {
-    article = error;
-    skipSave = true;
+if (url)
+  try {
+    article = await extract(url);
+  } catch {
+    article = null;
   }
-} catch {
-  article = error;
-  skipSave = true;
-}
-
-if (url === '') {
-  article = {
-    title: "Welcome to Cozy 🧸",
-    content: "<p>Enter a URL above to get started.</p>",
-    url: '/'
-  };
-  skipSave = false;
-}
 
+const routerOutletID = "router-outlet";
 ---
-<Layout meta={article}>
+<Layout article={article}>
     <AddressBar url={url} />
-    <Post slot="post" article={article} />
-    <Library slot="library" skipSave={skipSave} postDivSelector="#post"/>
+    <div slot="post" id={routerOutletID}>
+      <Post article={article} />
+    </div>
+    <Library slot="library" skipSave={article === null} routerOutlet={routerOutletID}/>
     <Footer slot="footer" />
 </Layout>
diff --git a/src/utils/library.ts b/src/utils/library.ts
index b5b5fde..bd04c97 100644
--- a/src/utils/library.ts
+++ b/src/utils/library.ts
@@ -1,23 +1,5 @@
 export function getPostCard(html: HTMLHtmlElement) {
-  const title =
-    html
-      .querySelector('meta[property="cozy:title"]')
-      ?.getAttribute("content") ||
-    html.querySelector("title")?.innerHTML?.replace("Cozy 🧸 | ", "");
-
-  const description = html
-    .querySelector('meta[property="cozy:description"]')
-    ?.getAttribute("content");
-  const image = html
-    .querySelector('meta[property="cozy:image"]')
-    ?.getAttribute("content");
-  const source = html
-    .querySelector('meta[property="cozy:source"]')
-    ?.getAttribute("content");
-  const published = html
-    .querySelector('meta[property="cozy:published"]')
-    ?.getAttribute("content");
-
+  const {title, description, image, source, published} = getPostMeta(html);
   const postCard = `
       <div class="post-card">
           <div class="post-card__image">
@@ -64,37 +46,62 @@ export function getPostCard(html: HTMLHtmlElement) {
     `;
   return postCard;
 }
+
 export function renderPost(responseText, url, postDivSelector: string, preventPushState = false) {
-            const postDiv = document.querySelector(postDivSelector);
-            const html = document.createElement('html');
-            html.innerHTML = responseText;
-            const newPost = html.querySelector('body')?.querySelector('#post');
-            if (postDiv && newPost?.innerHTML) {
-              postDiv.innerHTML = newPost.innerHTML
-              const appUrl = document.getElementById('app-url') as HTMLInputElement;
-              const cozyUrl = html.querySelector('meta[property="cozy:url"]')?.getAttribute('content');
-              const homeBtn = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('#app-home');
-              const backBtn = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('#app-back');
-              const submitBtn = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('#app-submit');
+  const postDiv = document.querySelector<HTMLDivElement>(`#${postDivSelector}`);
+  const html = document.createElement('html');
+  html.innerHTML = responseText;
+  const newPost = html.querySelector('body')?.querySelector('#post');
+  if (postDiv && newPost?.innerHTML) {
+    postDiv.innerHTML = newPost.innerHTML
 
-
-              const title = html.querySelector('meta[property="cozy:title"]')?.getAttribute('content');
-              document.title = `Cozy 🧸 | ${title}` || 'Cozy 🧸';
-
-              if(cozyUrl !== '/') {
-                appUrl.value = cozyUrl || '';
-                backBtn?.removeAttribute('disabled');
-                submitBtn?.removeAttribute('disabled');
-                homeBtn?.removeAttribute('disabled');
-              } else {
-                appUrl.value = '';
-                backBtn?.setAttribute('disabled', 'true');
-                submitBtn?.setAttribute('disabled', 'true');
-                homeBtn?.setAttribute('disabled', 'true');
-              }
-
-              if(!preventPushState) {
-                window.history.pushState({url}, '', url);
-              }
-            }
+    const appUrl = document.getElementById('app-url') as HTMLInputElement;
+    const cozyUrl = html.querySelector('meta[property="cozy:url"]')?.getAttribute('content');
+    const homeBtn = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('#app-home');
+    const backBtn = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('#app-back');
+    const submitBtn = document.querySelector<HTMLButtonElement>('#app-submit');
+    if(cozyUrl !== '/') {
+      appUrl.value = cozyUrl || '';
+      backBtn?.removeAttribute('disabled');
+      submitBtn?.removeAttribute('disabled');
+      homeBtn?.removeAttribute('disabled');
+      document.title = `${getCozyTitle(html)} | Cozy 🧸`;
+    } else {
+      appUrl.value = '';
+      backBtn?.setAttribute('disabled', 'true');
+      submitBtn?.setAttribute('disabled', 'true');
+      homeBtn?.setAttribute('disabled', 'true');
+      document.title = `Cozy 🧸`;
     }
+
+    if(!preventPushState) {
+      window.history.pushState({url}, '', url);
+    }
+  }
+}
+
+function getPostMeta(html: HTMLHtmlElement) {
+  const title = getCozyTitle(html);
+  const description = html
+    .querySelector('meta[property="cozy:description"]')
+    ?.getAttribute("content");
+  const image = html
+    .querySelector('meta[property="cozy:image"]')
+    ?.getAttribute("content");
+  const source = html
+    .querySelector('meta[property="cozy:source"]')
+    ?.getAttribute("content");
+  const published = html
+    .querySelector('meta[property="cozy:published"]')
+    ?.getAttribute("content");
+
+    return {title, description, image, source, published};
+}
+
+function getCozyTitle(html: HTMLHtmlElement): string | undefined {
+  return html.querySelector('meta[property="cozy:title"]')?.getAttribute("content")
+    /**
+     * backwards compatibility for stuff before we implemented cozy:meta tags
+     */
+    ?? html.querySelector("title")?.innerHTML?.replace("Cozy 🧸 | ", "");
+}
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