diff --git a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/api/issues/route.ts b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/api/issues/route.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c0924ef
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/api/issues/route.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
+import { NextRequest, NextResponse } from "next/server";
+import { z } from 'zod';
+import prisma from "@/prisma/client";
+
+// validate the request with zod
+const createIssueSchema = z.object({
+    title: z.string().min(1).max(255), // confirms string is between 1-255 characters
+    description: z.string().min(1), // confirms string has min length of 1
+});
+
+// send request
+export async function POST(request: NextRequest) {
+    // return request with a promise
+    const body = await request.json();
+
+    // validate the data
+    const validation = createIssueSchema.safeParse(body);
+    if (!validation.success)
+        return NextResponse.json(validation.error.errors, {status: 400}) // Send error 400 if data is invalid
+
+    const newIssue = await prisma.issue.create({
+        data: { title: body.title, description: body.description }
+    });
+
+    // return the issue to the client
+    return NextResponse.json(newIssue, {status: 201}); // status 201 means an object was created
+}
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diff --git a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/components/NavBar/NavBar.tsx b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/components/NavBar/NavBar.tsx
index 94883de..8292e52 100644
--- a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/components/NavBar/NavBar.tsx
+++ b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/components/NavBar/NavBar.tsx
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ import Image from "next/image";
 import Jefes from "../../../public/jefes_logo.jpg";
 import { usePathname } from "next/navigation";
 import classnames from 'classnames';
+import issues from "@/app/issues";
 
 const NavBar = () => {
     const currentPath = usePathname();
@@ -12,8 +13,10 @@ const NavBar = () => {
 
   // Create an array to hold the list items
   const links = [
-    { label: "Dashboard", href: "/Dashboard" },
-    { label: "Issues", href: "/Issues" },
+    { label: "Dashboard", href: "/dashboard" },
+    { label: "Issues", href: "/issues" },
+    { label: "Keira", href: "/issues" },
+    { label: "Jacob", href: "/issues" },
   ];
 
   return (
@@ -28,9 +31,9 @@ const NavBar = () => {
             // className={`${link.href === currentPath ? 'text-zinc-900' : 'text-zinc-500 hover:text-zinc-800'}`}
             // replace with classnames object instead
             className={classnames({
-                'text-zinc-900': link.href === currentPath,
-                'text-zinc-500' : link.href !== currentPath,
-                'hover:text-zinc-800': true,
+                'text-emerald-400': link.href === currentPath,
+                'text-white' : link.href !== currentPath,
+                'hover:text-zinc-500': true,
             })}
             href={link.href}>
             {link.label}
diff --git a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/globals.css b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/globals.css
index 28f6920..7dabf6b 100644
--- a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/globals.css
+++ b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/globals.css
@@ -13,6 +13,6 @@
 }
 
 body {
-  color: black;
+  color: white;
 }
 
diff --git a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/issues/new/page.tsx b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/issues/new/page.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..474055c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/issues/new/page.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+"use client";
+import React from "react";
+import SimpleMDE from "react-simplemde-editor";
+import "easymde/dist/easymde.min.css";
+import { useForm, Controller } from "react-hook-form";
+import { FormEvent } from "react";
+
+interface IssueForm {
+  title: string;
+  description: string;
+}
+
+const NewIssuePage = () => {
+  const { register, control, handleSubmit } = useForm<IssueForm>();
+  // console.log(register('title'))
+
+  // handle form submit
+  async function onSubmit(event: FormEvent<HTMLFormElement>) {
+    event.preventDefault();
+
+    const formData = new FormData(event.currentTarget);
+    const response = await fetch("/api/issues", {
+      method: "POST",
+      body: formData,
+    });
+
+    // Handle response if necessary
+    // const data = await response.json();
+    // ...
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <form
+      className="max-w-xl"
+      // onSubmit={handleSubmit((data) => console.log(data))}
+      onSubmit={onSubmit}
+    >
+      <input
+        type="text"
+        placeholder="Type Here"
+        className="input w-full border-zinc-300 mb-2"
+        {...register("title")}
+      />
+      <Controller
+        name="desciption"
+        control={control}
+        render={({ field }) => (
+          <SimpleMDE placeholder="Description" {...field}></SimpleMDE>
+        )}
+      />
+      <button className="btn bg-emerald-400 text-black hover:bg-white">
+        Submit Ticket
+      </button>
+    </form>
+  );
+};
+
+export default NewIssuePage;
diff --git a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/issues/page.tsx b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/issues/page.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b8a9d23
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/issues/page.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+import Link from 'next/link'
+import React from 'react'
+import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next'
+
+const IssuesPage = () => {
+  async function handler(
+    req: NextApiRequest,
+    res: NextApiResponse,
+    ) {
+      const data = req.body
+      console.log(...data)
+      res.redirect(307, '/issues')
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <div>
+        <button className='btn bg-emerald-400 text-black hover:bg-white'><Link href='/issues/new'>New Ticket</Link></button>
+    </div>
+  )
+}
+
+export default IssuesPage
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diff --git a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/layout.tsx b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/layout.tsx
index c39ec4b..56d1b2d 100644
--- a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/layout.tsx
+++ b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/app/layout.tsx
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ export default function RootLayout({
   children: React.ReactNode
 }) {
   return (
-    <html lang="en" data-theme="winter">
+    <html lang="en" data-theme="night">
       <body className={inter.className}>
         <NavBar />
         <main>{children}</main>
diff --git a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/bun.lockb b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/bun.lockb
index 2facaef..564cb33 100755
Binary files a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/bun.lockb and b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/bun.lockb differ
diff --git a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/package.json b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/package.json
index cb8ff7f..be0599c 100644
--- a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/package.json
+++ b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/package.json
@@ -11,11 +11,15 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "@prisma/client": "5.4.2",
     "classnames": "^2.3.2",
+    "easymde": "^2.18.0",
     "next": "13.5.6",
     "prisma": "^5.4.2",
     "react": "^18",
     "react-dom": "^18",
-    "react-icons": "^4.11.0"
+    "react-hook-form": "^7.47.0",
+    "react-icons": "^4.11.0",
+    "react-simplemde-editor": "^5.2.0",
+    "zod": "^3.22.4"
   },
   "devDependencies": {
     "@types/node": "^20",
diff --git a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/prisma/client.ts b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/prisma/client.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c72d247
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/prisma/client.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { PrismaClient } from '@prisma/client'
+
+// ensures there is only one instance of prisma at any given moment
+
+const prismaClientSingleton = () => {
+  return new PrismaClient()
+}
+
+type PrismaClientSingleton = ReturnType<typeof prismaClientSingleton>
+
+const globalForPrisma = globalThis as unknown as {
+  prisma: PrismaClientSingleton | undefined
+}
+
+const prisma = globalForPrisma.prisma ?? prismaClientSingleton()
+
+export default prisma
+
+if (process.env.NODE_ENV !== 'production') globalForPrisma.prisma = prisma
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/tailwind.config.ts b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/tailwind.config.ts
index f126cc7..5780c04 100644
--- a/Websites/jefes-nextjs/tailwind.config.ts
+++ b/Websites/jefes-nextjs/tailwind.config.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const config: Config = {
   },
   plugins: [require("daisyui")],
   daisyui:{
-    themes:["winter"],
+    themes:["night"],
   },
 }
 export default config