diff --git a/templates/threads.html b/templates/threads.html
index 0c886e2..cae21ac 100644
--- a/templates/threads.html
+++ b/templates/threads.html
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
   <head>
     <meta charset="UTF-8">
     <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
-    <title>Ayo's Threads</title>
+    <title>{{ title }}</title>
     <link rel="stylesheet" href="https://webcomponent.io/reset.css" />
     <style>
     body {
@@ -61,6 +61,14 @@
         border: 1px solid rgba(34, 34, 34, 0.15);
       }
 
+      & .author a {
+        text-decoration: none;
+
+        &:hover {
+          text-decoration: underline;
+        }
+      }
+
       & .meta {
         margin-bottom: 5px;
 
@@ -94,11 +102,10 @@
   </head>
   <body>
     <header>
-      <h1>Ayo's Threads</h1>
-      <p>See the <a href="https://ayco.io/sh/threads">source code</a>. Or <a href="/">go home</a>.</p>
+      <h1>{{ title }}</h1>
+      <a href="/">go home</a></nav>
     </header>
     <main>
-
       <ul>
         {% for thread in threads %}
         <li class="card">
@@ -112,6 +119,10 @@
 
           <div class="card_content">
 
+            <h3 class="author">
+              <a rel="author" href="{{thread.account.url}}">{{thread.account.display_name}}</a>
+            </h3>
+
             {{thread.content | safe}} 
 
             {% for media in thread.media_attachments %}
@@ -169,7 +180,8 @@
       </ul>
     </main>
     <footer>
-      &copy; 2024 Ayo Ayco
+      &copy; {{ attribution.year }} {{ attribution.owner }}
+      <p>See the <a href="https://ayco.io/sh/threads">source code</a>. Or <a href="/">go home</a>.</p>
     </footer>
   </body>
 </html>
diff --git a/threads.py b/threads.py
index ca9e540..a800245 100755
--- a/threads.py
+++ b/threads.py
@@ -1,27 +1,34 @@
 from flask import Blueprint, render_template
 import requests
 
-
 threads = Blueprint('threads', __name__, template_folder='template')
 
+# TODO: move following to an app config or sqlite
 server = 'https://social.ayco.io'
 thread_ids = ['112319729193615365', '112258065967208438']
+title = "Ayo's Threads"
+attribution = {
+    "owner": "Ayo Ayco",
+    "year": "2024"
+}
 
-# TODO: fetch only parent statuses
 @threads.route('/')
 def home():
     statuses = fetch_statuses()
-    return render_template('threads.html', threads=statuses)
+    return render_template('threads.html', threads=statuses, title=title, attribution=attribution)
 
-# TODO: given parent status id, show page for full thread
 @threads.route('/<path:id>')
 def thread(id):
-    thread = fetch_thread(id)
-    return thread
+    status = fetch_thread(id)
+    return render_template('threads.html', threads=[status], title=title, attribution=attribution)
 
 @threads.route('/api')
 def api():
-    return fetch_threads();
+    return fetch_statuses();
+
+@threads.route('/api/<path:id>')
+def api_thread(id):
+    return fetch_thread(id)
 
 def fetch_statuses():
     statuses = []
@@ -31,24 +38,25 @@ def fetch_statuses():
         statuses.append(status)
     return statuses
 
-
 def fetch_thread(id):
     status = requests.get(server + '/api/v1/statuses/' + id ).json()
     status = clean_status(status)
     status['descendants'] = get_descendants(server, status)
-    return render_template('threads.html', threads=[status])
+    return status
 
 def get_descendants(server, status):
     author_id = status['account']['id']
     context = requests.get(server + '/api/v1/statuses/' + status['id'] + '/context').json()
     descendants = []
     for reply in context['descendants']:
+        # TODO: the following condition will include a reply to a reply of the author 
+        # - edge case: a different author replies in the thread and the author replies then replies again
         if reply['account']['id'] == author_id and reply['in_reply_to_account_id'] == author_id:
             descendants.append(clean_status(reply))
     return descendants
 
 def clean_author(account):
-    return clean_dict(account, ['avatar', 'display_name', 'id'])
+    return clean_dict(account, ['avatar', 'display_name', 'id', 'url'])
 
 def clean_status(status):
     clean = clean_dict(status, ['id', 'content', 'created_at', 'url', 'media_attachments', 'card'])
