diff --git a/client/header_bottom.html b/client/header_bottom.html
index ef8b183..aac7894 100644
--- a/client/header_bottom.html
+++ b/client/header_bottom.html
@@ -34,6 +34,3 @@
             </form>
         </div>
         <div id="posts">
-            <div id="posts-header">
-                <h1>posts</h1>
-            </div>
diff --git a/client/style.css b/client/style.css
index ed5e7b7..135658a 100644
--- a/client/style.css
+++ b/client/style.css
@@ -61,6 +61,11 @@ img {
     display: flex;
     gap: 5px;
 }
+ 
+a {
+    color: lime;
+    text-decoration: underline;
+}
 
 nav {
     background: rgb(25, 25, 25);
diff --git a/server/src/main.cpp b/server/src/main.cpp
index 1110223..df73de3 100644
--- a/server/src/main.cpp
+++ b/server/src/main.cpp
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ int main() {
 
         std::stringstream ss;
         ss << headerTop << "<meta content='Chookchat' property='og:title' /><meta content='See posts from cool people' property='og:description' />" << headerBottom;
+        ss << "<div id='posts-header'><h1>posts</h1></div>";
 
         std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(data_mutex);
 
@@ -214,6 +215,36 @@ int main() {
         }
     });
 
+    svr.Get("/profile/:username", [&headerTop, &headerBottom, &footer, &e404, &database, &data_mutex](const httplib::Request& request, httplib::Response& response){
+        std::string username = request.path_params.at("username");
+        std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(data_mutex);
+        try {
+            std::optional<User> user = database.getUserByName(username);
+            if (!user.has_value()) {
+                response.status = 404;
+                response.set_content(e404, "text/html");
+            }
+            std::vector<Post> posts = database.getUserPosts(user->id);
+
+            std::stringstream ss;
+            ss << headerTop << "<meta content='See posts from " << username << " on Chookchat' property='og:title' />" << headerBottom;
+            ss << "<div id='posts-header'><h1>" << username << "'s posts</h1></div>";
+            for (const auto& post : posts) {
+                ss << post.genHtml();
+            }
+            ss << footer;
+
+            response.set_content(ss.str(), "text/html");
+        }  catch (const std::runtime_error& e) {
+            response.status = 500;
+            response.set_content("<p>there was an error :( it is: " + std::string(e.what()) + "</p>", "text/html");
+        } catch (const std::exception& e) {
+            response.status = 500;
+            response.set_content("<p>there was an error :( it is: " + std::string(e.what()) + "</p>", "text/html");
+        }
+
+    });
+
     // endpoint to be used by HTML forms
     svr.Post("/make_post", [&database, &data_mutex](const httplib::Request& request, httplib::Response& response) {
 
diff --git a/server/src/post.cpp b/server/src/post.cpp
index 2e92eaa..bc679f0 100644
--- a/server/src/post.cpp
+++ b/server/src/post.cpp
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ std::string Post::genHtml() const {
     ts = *localtime(&time);
     strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%a %Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z", &ts);
 
-    ss << "<p class='postinfo'><i>" << user << "</i> posted this at " << buf << "</p>\n";
+    ss << "<p class='postinfo'><i><a href='/profile/" << user << "'>" << user << "</a></i> posted this at " << buf << "</p>\n";
 
     ss << content;