diff --git a/package-lock.json b/package-lock.json
index e9fc92318..9e9f2494a 100644
--- a/package-lock.json
+++ b/package-lock.json
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
       "dependencies": {
         "combokeys": "^3.0.1",
         "filesize": "^10.0.6",
+        "pankow": "^0.0.1",
         "primeicons": "^6.0.1",
         "primevue": "^3.23.0",
         "safetydance": "^2.2.0",
@@ -836,6 +837,14 @@
         "wrappy": "1"
       }
     },
+    "node_modules/pankow": {
+      "version": "0.0.1",
+      "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/pankow/-/pankow-0.0.1.tgz",
+      "integrity": "sha512-v3d43trRCqEd63aWPK8c6YhY+7dQ+SiuwZEhbEA6kN4uCNyONf8LA7icBZzXKwEo3P4+Upul7oIBJqV+MEt4BQ==",
+      "dependencies": {
+        "primevue": "^3.23.0"
+      }
+    },
     "node_modules/path-parse": {
       "version": "1.0.7",
       "resolved": "https://registry.npmjs.org/path-parse/-/path-parse-1.0.7.tgz",
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index b6ef5b479..488ebd1c9 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@
   "dependencies": {
     "combokeys": "^3.0.1",
     "filesize": "^10.0.6",
+    "pankow": "^0.0.1",
     "primeicons": "^6.0.1",
     "primevue": "^3.23.0",
     "safetydance": "^2.2.0",
diff --git a/src/components/CloudronHeader.vue b/src/components/CloudronHeader.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index bdda51cb0..000000000
--- a/src/components/CloudronHeader.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,41 +0,0 @@
-<template>
-  <div class="cloudron-header">
-    <div class="cloudron-header-left">
-      <slot name="left"/>
-    </div>
-    <div class="cloudron-header-right">
-      <slot name="right"/>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</template>
-
-<script>
-
-export default {
-};
-
-</script>
-
-<style>
-
-.cloudron-header {
-  width: 100%;
-  background-color: #f8f8f8;
-  box-shadow: 0 2px 5px rgba(0,0,0,.1);
-  display: flex;
-  justify-content: space-between;
-  margin-bottom: 10px;
-  padding: 5px 10px;
-}
-
-.cloudron-header-left {
-  display: block;
-  margin: auto 0px;
-}
-
-.cloudron-header-right {
-  display: block;
-  margin: auto 0px;
-}
-
-</style>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/components/DirectoryView.vue b/src/components/DirectoryView.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index ad5f17bee..000000000
--- a/src/components/DirectoryView.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,93 +0,0 @@
-<template>
-  <div class="directory-view">
-    <div class="directory-view-header">
-      <div class="directory-view-header-icon"></div>
-      <div class="directory-view-header-name">Name</div>
-      <div class="directory-view-header-size">Size</div>
-      <div class="directory-view-header-modified">Modified</div>
-    </div>
-    <div class="directory-view-body-container">
-      <div class="directory-view-body">
-        <DirectoryViewListItem v-for="item in items" :item="item"/>
-      </div>
-    </div>
-  </div>
-</template>
-
-<script>
-
-import { ref } from 'vue';
-import Button from 'primevue/button';
-
-import DirectoryViewListItem from './DirectoryViewListItem.vue';
-
-export default {
-  name: 'DirectoryView',
-  data() {
-    return {
-      items: []
-    };
-  },
-  components: {
-    DirectoryViewListItem
-  },
-  mounted() {
-    // fill with fake items
-    for (let i = 0; i < 100; ++i) {
-      this.items.push({
-        type: i < 20 ? 'directory' : 'file',
-        name: 'Entry ' + i,
-        size: parseInt(Math.random() * 1000000),
-        modified: new Date(+(new Date()) - Math.floor(Math.random() * 10000000000)),
-      });
-    }
-  }
-};
-
-</script>
-
-<style scoped>
-
-.directory-view {
-  background-color: white;
-  display: block;
-  overflow: hidden;
-  height: 100%;
-  width: 100%;
-}
-
-.directory-view-header {
-  padding: 10px;
-  display: flex;
-}
-
-.directory-view-body-container {
-  overflow: hidden;
-  height: calc(100% - 38px); /* 38px is the header size */
-}
-
-.directory-view-body {
-  padding: 0 10px;
-  height: 100%;
-  overflow: scroll;
-}
-
-.directory-view-header-icon {
-  width: 40px;
-}
-
-.directory-view-header-name {
-  padding-left: 10px;
-  flex-grow: 1;
-}
-
-.directory-view-header-size {
-  width: 100px;
-}
-
-.directory-view-header-modified {
-  width: 100px;
-}
-
-
-</style>
diff --git a/src/components/DirectoryViewListItem.vue b/src/components/DirectoryViewListItem.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index 9d230a8cb..000000000
--- a/src/components/DirectoryViewListItem.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,77 +0,0 @@
-<template>
-  <div class="row">
-    <div class="col icon"><img :src="item.type === 'file' ? '/mime-types/text-x-plain.svg' : '/mime-types/inode-directory.svg'"/></div>
-    <div class="col label">{{ item.name }}</div>
-    <div class="col size">{{ prettyFileSize(item.size) }}</div>
-    <div class="col modified">{{ prettyDate(item.modified) }}</div>
-  </div>
-</template>
-
-<script>
-
-import { prettyDate, prettyFileSize } from '../utils';
-
-export default {
-  name: 'DirectoryViewListItem',
-  props: {
-    item: Object
-  },
-  data() {
-    return {};
-  },
-  methods: {
-    prettyFileSize,
-    prettyDate
-  },
-  mounted() {
-  }
-};
-
-</script>
-
-<style scoped>
-
-.row {
-  display: flex;
-  overflow: hidden;
-  height: 40px;
-  width: 100%;
-  line-height: 40px;
-}
-
-.row:hover {
-  background-color: whitesmoke;
-}
-
-.col {
-  white-space: nowrap;
-}
-
-.icon {
-  height: 40px;
-  width: 40px;
-}
-
-.icon > img {
-  width: 32px;
-  height: 32px;
-  object-fit: cover;
-  vertical-align: middle;
-}
-
-.label {
-  padding-left: 5px;
-  flex-grow: 1;
-  overflow: hidden;
-  text-overflow: ellipsis;
-}
-
-.size {
-  width: 100px;
-}
-
-.modified {
-  width: 100px;
-}
-
-</style>
diff --git a/src/components/PreviewPanel.vue b/src/components/PreviewPanel.vue
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..6187a4324
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/PreviewPanel.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+<template>
+  <div class="preview-panel">
+    <span>Preview for {{ item.name }}</span>
+  </div>
+</template>
+
+<script>
+
+export default {
+  name: 'PreviewPanel',
+  props: {
+    item: Object
+  }
+};
+
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+
+.preview-panel {
+  min-width: 260px;
+  width: 20%;
+  padding: 0 30px;
+}
+
+</style>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/views/Home.vue b/src/views/Home.vue
index 5e45e517f..5337d5795 100644
--- a/src/views/Home.vue
+++ b/src/views/Home.vue
@@ -1,15 +1,16 @@
 <template>
   <div>
-    <CloudronHeader>
+    <NavigationBar>
       <template #left>
         <span>You are logged in</span>
       </template>
       <template #right>
         <Button label="Logout" @click="onLogout"/>
       </template>
-    </CloudronHeader>
+    </NavigationBar>
     <div class="main-view">
-      <DirectoryView />
+      <DirectoryView @selection-changed="onSelectionChanged"/>
+      <PreviewPanel :item="activeItem"/>
     </div>
   </div>
 </template>
@@ -18,20 +19,31 @@
 
 import Button from 'primevue/button';
 
-import DirectoryView from '../components/DirectoryView.vue';
-import CloudronHeader from '../components/CloudronHeader.vue';
+import { DirectoryView, NavigationBar } from 'pankow';
+
+import PreviewPanel from '../components/PreviewPanel.vue';
 
 export default {
   name: 'Home',
   components: {
     DirectoryView,
-    CloudronHeader,
-    Button
+    NavigationBar,
+    Button,
+    PreviewPanel
+  },
+  data() {
+    return {
+      activeItem: {}
+    };
   },
   methods: {
     onLogout() {
       delete localStorage.accessToken;
       this.$router.push('/login');
+    },
+    onSelectionChanged(item) {
+      console.log('also changed here', item);
+      this.activeItem = item;
     }
   }
 };
@@ -41,6 +53,7 @@ export default {
 <style scoped>
 
 .main-view {
+  display: flex;
   width: 100%;
   height: 400px;
 }
diff --git a/src/views/Login.vue b/src/views/Login.vue
index 40b480779..b2d4760be 100644
--- a/src/views/Login.vue
+++ b/src/views/Login.vue
@@ -1,91 +1,38 @@
 <template>
-  <div class="container">
-    <img style="margin-top: -84px" src="/logo.png" width="128" height="128" />
-
-    <form @submit="onLogin" @submit.prevent>
-      <h1>Login to <b>Cloudron</b></h1>
-
-      <div class="field">
-        <label for="usernameInput">Username</label>
-        <InputText id="usernameInput" type="username" v-model="username" :disabled="busy" required/>
-      </div>
-
-      <div class="field">
-        <label for="passwordInput">Password</label>
-        <Password input-id="passwordInput" v-model="password" :disabled="busy" toggle-mask :feedback="false" required :class="{ 'p-invalid': error }" input-style="width: 100%"/>
-        <small v-show="error" :class="{ 'p-invalid': error }">Wrong username or password.</small>
-      </div>
-
-      <div class="field">
-        <label for="totpTokenInput">2FA Token (if enabled)</label>
-        <InputMask id="totpTokenInput" v-model="totpToken" :disabled="busy" slotChar="." mask="999999" />
-      </div>
-
-      <div class="action-bar">
-        <a href="">Reset password</a>
-        <Button class="submit-button" type="submit" label="Sign in" id="loginButton" :loading="busy" :disabled="busy || !username || !password"/>
-      </div>
-    </form>
-  </div>
+  <LoginView :login-url="loginUrl" @error="onError" @success="onSuccess"/>
 </template>
 
 <script>
 
-import superagent from 'superagent';
-import safe from 'safetydance';
-
-// if imported in script setup tag they are also registered with the vue app as components to be used in html
-import Button from 'primevue/button';
-import InputText from 'primevue/inputtext';
-import Password from 'primevue/password';
-import InputMask from 'primevue/inputmask';
+import { LoginView } from 'pankow';
 
 // can be exposed as env var, see develop.sh
 const BASE_URL = import.meta.env.VITE_API_ORIGIN ? 'https://' + import.meta.env.VITE_API_ORIGIN : '';
 
 export default {
   components: {
-    Button, InputText, Password, InputMask
+    LoginView
   },
-  emits: [ 'success', 'error' ],
   data() {
     return {
       username: '',
       password: '',
       totpToken: '',
       error: '',
-      busy: false
+      busy: false,
+      loginUrl: `${BASE_URL}/api/v1/cloudron/login`
     };
   },
   methods: {
-    async onLogin() {
-      this.error = false;
-      this.busy = true;
-
-      const [err, res] = await safe(superagent.post(`${BASE_URL}/api/v1/cloudron/login`).send({ username: this.username, password: this.password, totpToken: this.totpToken }));
-
-      this.busy = false;
-
-      if (err && err.status === 401) {
-        this.error = 'Invalid username or password';
-        this.password = '';
-        return;
-      }
-      if (err) return console.error(err);
-
-      localStorage.accessToken = res.body.accessToken;
+    onError(error) {
+      console.error('Error loggin in', error);
+    },
+    onSuccess(accessToken) {
+      console.log('Success loggin in');
 
+      localStorage.accessToken = accessToken;
       this.$router.push('/home');
-
-      this.$emit('success', res.body.accessToken);
-
-      this.username = '';
-      this.password = '';
-      this.totpToken = '';
     }
-  },
-  mounted() {
-    setTimeout(function () { document.getElementById('usernameInput').focus(); }, 0);
   }
 };