diff --git a/components/MemberEntry.vue b/components/MemberEntry.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..48c9242
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/MemberEntry.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+<template>
+    <div class="member-item" @click="togglePopup" @blur="hidePopup" tabindex="0">
+        <img v-if="props.member.user.avatar" class="member-avatar" :src="props.member.user.avatar" :alt="props.member.user.display_name ?? props.member.user.username" />
+        <Icon v-else class="member-avatar" name="lucide:user" />
+        <span class="member-display-name">{{ props.member.user.display_name ?? props.member.user.username }}</span>
+        <UserPopup v-if="isPopupVisible" :user="props.member.user" class="profile-popup" />
+    </div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts" setup>
+import { ref } from 'vue';
+import type { GuildMemberResponse } from '~/types/interfaces';
+import UserPopup from './UserPopup.vue';
+
+const props = defineProps<{
+    member: GuildMemberResponse
+}>();
+
+const isPopupVisible = ref(false);
+
+const togglePopup = () => {
+    isPopupVisible.value = !isPopupVisible.value;
+};
+
+const hidePopup = () => {
+    isPopupVisible.value = false;
+};
+</script>
+
+<style>
+.member-item {
+    position: relative; /* Set the position to relative for absolute positioning of the popup */
+}
+
+.profile-popup {
+    position: absolute; /* Use absolute positioning */
+    left: -100px; /* Adjust this value to position the popup to the left */
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/components/Message.vue b/components/Message.vue
index 5cd7773..05392a0 100644
--- a/components/Message.vue
+++ b/components/Message.vue
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 	text-align: left;
 	/* border: 1px solid lightcoral; */
 	display: grid;
-	grid-template-columns: 2dvw 1fr;
+	grid-template-columns: 2rem 1fr;
 	align-items: center;
 	column-gap: 1dvw;
 	width: 100%;
@@ -129,10 +129,11 @@ onMounted(async () => {
 }
 
 .left-column {
+	min-width: 2rem;
 	display: flex;
+	justify-content: center;
 	text-align: center;
 	white-space: nowrap;
-	
 }
 
 .author-username {
diff --git a/components/UserArea.vue b/components/UserArea.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d922c3f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/UserArea.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+<template>
+	<div id="user-panel">
+		HELLO!!
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts" setup>
+import type { UserResponse } from '~/types/interfaces';
+
+const props = defineProps<{
+	user: UserResponse,
+}>();
+
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+#user-panel {
+	width: 100%;
+}
+</style>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/UserPopup.vue b/components/UserPopup.vue
index 092e7d5..befe4f5 100644
--- a/components/UserPopup.vue
+++ b/components/UserPopup.vue
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
 <template>
   <div id="profile-popup">
     <img v-if="props.user.avatar" id="avatar" :src="props.user.avatar" alt="profile avatar">
+    <Icon v-else id="avatar" name="lucide:user" />
+
     <div id="cover-colour"></div>
     <div id="main-body">
       <p id="display-name">
diff --git a/layouts/client.vue b/layouts/client.vue
index 0f79cbf..93217f5 100644
--- a/layouts/client.vue
+++ b/layouts/client.vue
@@ -8,12 +8,12 @@
 			</div>
 				<div id="left-column">
 			<NuxtLink id="home-button" href="/">
-				<Icon name="lucide:house" class="white" size="2rem" />
+				<img class="sidebar-icon" src="/public/icon.svg"/>
 			</NuxtLink>
 			<div id="servers-list">
 				<NuxtLink v-for="guild of guilds" :href="`/servers/${guild.uuid}`">
-					<img v-if="guild.icon" class="server-icon" :src="guild.icon" :alt="guild.name"/>
-					<Icon v-else name="lucide:server" class="server-icon white" :alt="guild.name" />
+					<img v-if="guild.icon" class="sidebar-icon" :src="guild.icon" :alt="guild.name"/>
+					<Icon v-else name="lucide:server" class="sidebar-icon white" :alt="guild.name" />
 				</NuxtLink>
 			</div>
 		</div>
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ const guilds: GuildResponse[] | undefined = await fetchWithApi("/me/guilds");
 	padding-right: .5dvw;
 }
 
-.server-icon {
+.sidebar-icon {
 	width: 3rem;
 	height: 3rem;
 }
diff --git a/pages/servers/[serverId]/channels/[channelId].vue b/pages/servers/[serverId]/channels/[channelId].vue
index c9aa8d2..212d77a 100644
--- a/pages/servers/[serverId]/channels/[channelId].vue
+++ b/pages/servers/[serverId]/channels/[channelId].vue
@@ -26,11 +26,7 @@
 		<MessageArea :channel-url="channelUrlPath" />
 		<div id="members-container">
 			<div id="members-list">
-				<div class="member-item" v-for="member of members" tabindex="0">
-					<img v-if="member.user.avatar" class="member-avatar" :src="member.user.avatar" :alt="member.user.display_name ?? member.user.username" />
-					<Icon v-else class="member-avatar" name="lucide:user" />
-					<span class="member-display-name">{{ member.user.display_name ?? member.user.username }}</span>
-				</div>
+				<MemberEntry v-for="member of members" :member="member" tabindex="0"/>
 			</div>
 		</div>
 	</NuxtLayout>
@@ -50,7 +46,8 @@ const channel = ref<ChannelResponse | undefined>();
 
 const showInvitePopup = ref(false);
 
-import type { ChannelResponse, GuildResponse, MessageResponse } from "~/types/interfaces";
+import UserPopup from "~/components/UserPopup.vue";
+import type { ChannelResponse, GuildMemberResponse, GuildResponse, MessageResponse } from "~/types/interfaces";
 
 //const servers = await fetchWithApi("/servers") as { uuid: string, name: string, description: string }[];
 //console.log("channelid: servers:", servers);
@@ -78,6 +75,9 @@ function toggleInvitePopup(e: Event) {
 	e.preventDefault();
 	showInvitePopup.value = !showInvitePopup.value;
 }
+
+function handleMemberClick(member: GuildMemberResponse) {
+}
 </script>
 
 <style>
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ function toggleInvitePopup(e: Event) {
 	gap: 1em;
 	align-items: center;
 	text-align: left;
-	
+	cursor: pointer;
 }
 
 #channels-list {
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new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2b2d33f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/public/icon.svg
@@ -0,0 +1,121 @@
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