diff --git a/components/Channel.vue b/components/Guild/ChannelEntry.vue
similarity index 100%
rename from components/Channel.vue
rename to components/Guild/ChannelEntry.vue
diff --git a/components/Me/AddFriend.vue b/components/Me/AddFriend.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..49aa112
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/Me/AddFriend.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+<template>
+	<div style="text-align: left;">
+		<h3>Add a Friend</h3>
+		Enter a friend's Gorb username to send them a friend request.
+	</div>
+	
+	<div id="add-friend-search-bar">
+		<input id="add-friend-search-input" ref="inputField"
+				placeholder="blahaj.enjoyer" maxlength="32" @keypress.enter="sendRequest"/> <!-- REMEMBER TO CHANGE THIS WHEN WE ADD FEDERATION--> 
+		<Button id="friend-request-button" :callback="sendRequest" text="Send Friend Request"></Button>
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts" setup>
+import Button from '../UserInterface/Button.vue';
+
+const inputField = ref<HTMLInputElement>();
+const { addFriend } = useApi();
+
+
+async function sendRequest() {
+	if (inputField.value) {
+		try {
+			await addFriend(inputField.value.value)
+			alert("Friend request sent!")
+		} catch {
+			alert("Request failed :(")
+		} 
+	}
+}
+</script>
+<style>
+
+#add-friend-search-bar {
+	display: flex;
+
+	text-align: left;
+	margin-top: .8em;
+	padding: .3em .3em;
+
+	border-radius: 1em;
+	border: 1px solid var(--accent-color);
+}
+
+#add-friend-search-input {
+	border: none;
+	box-sizing: border-box;
+
+	margin: 0 .2em;
+
+	flex-grow: 1;
+	
+	color: inherit;
+	background-color: unset;
+	font-weight: medium;
+	letter-spacing: .04em;
+}
+
+#add-friend-search-input:empty:before {
+	content: attr(placeholder);
+	color: gray;
+}
+</style>
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diff --git a/components/Me/DirectMessagesSidebar.vue b/components/Me/DirectMessagesSidebar.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..cfe07fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/Me/DirectMessagesSidebar.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,41 @@
+<template>
+	<div id="middle-left-column">
+		<div id="friend-sidebar">
+			<div>
+				<h3>Direct Messages</h3>
+			</div>
+			<VerticalSpacer />
+
+			<NuxtLink class="user-item" :href="`/me/friends`" tabindex="0">
+				<Icon class="user-avatar" name="lucide:user" />
+				<span class="user-display-name">Friends</span>
+			</NuxtLink>
+			<VerticalSpacer />
+			
+			<div id="direct-message-list">
+				<UserEntry v-for="user of friends" :user="user" :name="user.display_name || user.username"
+						:href="`/me/${user.uuid}`"/> 
+			</div>
+		</div>
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts" setup>
+import VerticalSpacer from '~/components/UserInterface/VerticalSpacer.vue';
+
+const { fetchFriends } = useApi();
+
+const friends = await fetchFriends()
+</script>
+
+<style>
+#middle-left-column {
+	background: var(--optional-channel-list-background);
+	background-color: var(--sidebar-background-color);
+}
+
+#friend-sidebar {
+	padding-left: .5em;
+	padding-right: .5em;
+}
+</style>
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diff --git a/components/Me/FriendsList.vue b/components/Me/FriendsList.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..44c606f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/Me/FriendsList.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,58 @@
+<template>
+	<input id="search-friend-bar" placeholder="search"/>
+
+	<!-- we aren't checking for the "all" variant, since this is the default and fallback one -->
+
+	<p v-if="props.variant === 'online'" style="text-align: left;">Online – 0</p>
+	<p v-else-if="props.variant === 'pending'" style="text-align: left;">Friend Requests – 0</p>
+	<p v-else style="text-align: left;">Friends – {{ friends?.length || 0 }}</p>
+
+	<div id="friends-list">
+		<div v-if="props.variant === 'online'">
+			Not Implemented
+		</div>
+
+		<div v-else-if="props.variant === 'pending'">
+			Not Implemented
+		</div>
+
+		<div v-else>
+			<UserEntry v-for="user of friends" :user="user" :name="user.display_name || user.username"
+			:href="`/me/${user.uuid}`"/> 
+		</div>
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts" setup>
+const { fetchFriends } = useApi();
+
+const friends = await fetchFriends()
+
+const props = defineProps<{
+    variant: string
+}>();
+</script>
+
+<style>
+#search-friend-bar {
+	text-align: left;
+	margin-top: .8em;
+	padding: .3em .5em;
+	width: 100%;
+
+	border-radius: 1em;
+	border: 1px solid var(--accent-color);
+
+	box-sizing: border-box;
+	
+	color: inherit;
+	background-color: unset;
+	font-weight: medium;
+	letter-spacing: .04em;
+}
+
+#search-friend-bar:empty:before {
+	content: attr(placeholder);
+	color: gray;
+}
+</style>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/MemberEntry.vue b/components/Member/MemberEntry.vue
similarity index 96%
rename from components/MemberEntry.vue
rename to components/Member/MemberEntry.vue
index ed4cd48..1ea4170 100644
--- a/components/MemberEntry.vue
+++ b/components/Member/MemberEntry.vue
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@
 <script lang="ts" setup>
 import { ref } from 'vue';
 import type { GuildMemberResponse } from '~/types/interfaces';
-import UserPopup from './UserPopup.vue';
 
 const props = defineProps<{
     member: GuildMemberResponse
diff --git a/components/Message.vue b/components/Message.vue
index 929092a..db08258 100644
--- a/components/Message.vue
+++ b/components/Message.vue
@@ -2,6 +2,36 @@
 	<div v-if="props.type == 'normal' || props.replyMessage" ref="messageElement" @contextmenu="createContextMenu($event, menuItems)" :id="props.last ? 'last-message' : undefined"
 			class="message normal-message" :class="{ 'mentioned': (props.replyMessage || props.isMentioned) && props.message.user.uuid != props.me.uuid && props.replyMessage?.user.uuid == props.me.uuid }" :data-message-id="props.messageId"
 			:editing.sync="props.editing" :replying-to.sync="props.replyingTo">
+		<div v-if="props.replyMessage" class="message-reply-svg">
+			<svg
+				width="1.5em"
+				height="1.5em"
+				viewBox="0 0 151.14355 87.562065"
+				version="1.1"
+				id="svg1"
+				xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+				xmlns:svg="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg"
+				style="overflow: visible;">
+				<defs
+					id="defs1" />
+				<g
+					id="layer1"
+					transform="translate(40,-35)">
+					<g
+					id="g3"
+					transform="translate(-35,-20)">
+					<path
+						style="stroke:var(--reply-text-color);stroke-width:8;stroke-opacity:1"
+						d="m 120.02168,87.850978 100.76157,2.4e-5"
+						id="path3-5" />
+					<path
+						style="stroke:var(--reply-text-color);stroke-width:8;stroke-opacity:1"
+						d="M 69.899501,174.963 120.2803,87.700931"
+						id="path3-5-2" />
+					</g>
+				</g>
+			</svg>
+		</div>
 		<MessageReply v-if="props.replyMessage" :author="props.replyMessage.user.display_name || props.replyMessage.user.username" :text="props.replyMessage?.message"
 			:id="props.message.uuid" :reply-id="props.replyMessage.uuid" max-width="reply" />
 		<div class="left-column">
@@ -16,7 +46,8 @@
 				<span class="message-date" :title="date.toString()">
 					<span v-if="getDayDifference(date, currentDate) === 1">Yesterday at</span>
 					<span v-else-if="getDayDifference(date, currentDate) > 1 ">{{ date.toLocaleDateString(undefined) }},</span>
-					{{ date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, { timeStyle: "short" }) }}
+
+					{{ date.toLocaleTimeString(undefined, { hour12: props.format=="12", timeStyle: "short" }) }}
 				</span>
 			</div>
 			<div class="message-text" v-html="sanitized" tabindex="0"></div>
@@ -211,6 +242,11 @@ function getDayDifference(date1: Date, date2: Date) {
 	background-color: rgba(90, 255, 200, 0.233);
 }
 
+.message-reply-svg {
+	display: flex;
+	justify-content: center;
+}
+
 </style>
 
 <style module>
diff --git a/components/MessageArea.vue b/components/MessageArea.vue
index b2338f5..d59b862 100644
--- a/components/MessageArea.vue
+++ b/components/MessageArea.vue
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@ const me = await fetchWithApi("/me") as UserResponse;
 const messageTimestamps = ref<Record<string, number>>({});
 const messagesType = ref<Record<string, "normal" | "grouped">>({});
 const messageGroupingMaxDifference = useRuntimeConfig().public.messageGroupingMaxDifference
-const timeFormat = settingLoad("timeFormat") ?? "24"
+const timeFormat = getPreferredTimeFormat()
 
 const messagesRes: MessageResponse[] | undefined = await fetchWithApi(
 	`${props.channelUrl}/messages`,
diff --git a/components/MessageReply.vue b/components/MessageReply.vue
index 8ba0902..f60c0bc 100644
--- a/components/MessageReply.vue
+++ b/components/MessageReply.vue
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <template>
   <div :id="props.maxWidth == 'full' ? 'message-reply' : undefined" :class="{ 'message-reply-preview' : props.maxWidth == 'reply' }"
   		:data-message-id="props.id" @click="scrollToReply">
-    <p id="reply-text">Replying to <span id="reply-author-field">{{ props.author }}:</span> <span v-html="sanitized"></span></p>
+    <span id="reply-text">Replying to <span id="reply-author-field">{{ props.author }}:</span> <span v-html="sanitized"></span></span>
 	<!-- <span id="message-reply-cancel"><Icon name="lucide:x" /></span> -->
   </div>
 </template>
@@ -61,7 +61,6 @@ function scrollToReply(e: MouseEvent) {
 #message-reply, .message-reply-preview {
 	display: flex;
 	text-align: left;
-	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--padding-color);
 	margin-bottom: .5rem;
 	cursor: pointer;
 	overflow: hidden;
@@ -72,16 +71,17 @@ function scrollToReply(e: MouseEvent) {
 }
 
 .message-reply-preview {
-	width: 30%;
 	margin-left: .5dvw;
 }
 
 #reply-text {
-	color: rgb(150, 150, 150);
+	color: var(--reply-text-color);
 	overflow: hidden;
 	text-overflow: ellipsis;
 	white-space: nowrap;
 	margin-bottom: 0;
+	margin-top: .2rem;
+	border-bottom: 1px solid var(--padding-color);
 
 }
 
diff --git a/components/CropPopup.vue b/components/Popups/CropPopup.vue
similarity index 100%
rename from components/CropPopup.vue
rename to components/Popups/CropPopup.vue
diff --git a/components/InvitePopup.vue b/components/Popups/InvitePopup.vue
similarity index 100%
rename from components/InvitePopup.vue
rename to components/Popups/InvitePopup.vue
diff --git a/components/Loading.vue b/components/Popups/Loading.vue
similarity index 100%
rename from components/Loading.vue
rename to components/Popups/Loading.vue
diff --git a/components/RadioButtons.vue b/components/RadioButtons.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index 9c3ce3b..0000000
--- a/components/RadioButtons.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-<template>
-	<div class="radio-button-container" ref="radioButtonContainer">
-		<span v-for="index in incidies" :key="index"
-				class="radio-button" @click="onClick(index)">
-			{{ textStrings[index] }}
-		</span>
-	</div>
-</template>
-
-<script lang="ts" setup>
-
-const radioButtonContainer = ref<HTMLDivElement>()
-
-const props = defineProps<{
-	textStrings: string[],
-	buttonCount: number,
-	defaultButtonIndex: number,
-	callback: CallableFunction,
-}>();
-
-// makes an array from 0 to buttonCount - 1
-const incidies = Array.from({ length: props.buttonCount }, (_, i) => i) 
-
-function onClick(clickedIndex: number) {
-	// remove selected-radio-button class from all buttons except the clicked one	
-	if (radioButtonContainer.value) {
-		const children = radioButtonContainer.value.children
-		for (let i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
-			children.item(i)?.classList.remove("selected-radio-button")
-		}
-
-		children.item(clickedIndex)?.classList.add("selected-radio-button")
-	}
-	
-	props.callback(clickedIndex)
-}
-</script>
-
-<style scoped>
-.radio-button-container {
-	display: flex;
-	flex-direction: column;
-}
-
-.radio-button {
-	cursor: pointer;
-
-	border-radius: 1em;
-	background-color: unset;
-	color: var(--text-color);
-
-	padding: 0.4em 0.75em;
-	margin: 0.4em 0em;
-	font-size: 1.1em;
-	transition: background-color 0.2s;
-}
-
-.radio-button:hover {
-	background-color: var(--secondary-highlighted-color);
-}
-
-.selected-radio-button {
-	background-color: var(--primary-color);
-}
-
-.selected-radio-button:hover {
-	background-color: var(--primary-highlighted-color);
-}
-
-</style>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/components/Settings/AppSettings/Appearance.vue b/components/Settings/AppSettings/Appearance.vue
index 39e7410..30e15d1 100644
--- a/components/Settings/AppSettings/Appearance.vue
+++ b/components/Settings/AppSettings/Appearance.vue
@@ -23,18 +23,21 @@
 
     <p class="subtitle">TIME FORMAT</p>
     <div class="icons">
-      <RadioButtons :button-count="3" :text-strings="['Auto', '12-hour', '24-hour']"
-          default-button-index="0" :callback="onTimeFormatClicked"></RadioButtons>
+      <RadioButtons :button-count="3" :text-strings="timeFormatTextStrings"
+          :default-button-index="settingLoad('timeFormat')?.index ?? 0" :callback="onTimeFormatClicked"></RadioButtons>
     </div>
   </div>
 </template>
 
 <script lang="ts" setup>
+import RadioButtons from '~/components/UserInterface/RadioButtons.vue';
+import VerticalSpacer from '~/components/UserInterface/VerticalSpacer.vue';
 import settingSave from '~/utils/settingSave';
 
 const runtimeConfig = useRuntimeConfig()
 const defaultThemes = runtimeConfig.public.defaultThemes
 const baseURL = runtimeConfig.app.baseURL;
+const timeFormatTextStrings = ["Auto", "12-Hour", "24-Hour"]
 let themeLinkElement: HTMLLinkElement | null = null;
 
 const themes: Array<Theme> = []
@@ -75,9 +78,8 @@ async function fetchThemes() {
 
 await fetchThemes()
 
-
 async function onTimeFormatClicked(index: number) {
-    console.log(index)
+  settingSave("timeFormat", {index, timeFormat: timeFormatTextStrings[index].toLowerCase()})
 }
 </script>
 
diff --git a/components/Settings/UserSettings/Account.vue b/components/Settings/UserSettings/Account.vue
index b2ac87a..f096f74 100644
--- a/components/Settings/UserSettings/Account.vue
+++ b/components/Settings/UserSettings/Account.vue
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script lang="ts" setup>
-import Button from '~/components/Button.vue';
+import Button from '~/components/UserInterface/Button.vue';
 import type { UserResponse } from '~/types/interfaces';
 
 const { fetchUser } = useAuth();
diff --git a/components/Settings/UserSettings/Privacy.vue b/components/Settings/UserSettings/Privacy.vue
index 0f1387d..854ac43 100644
--- a/components/Settings/UserSettings/Privacy.vue
+++ b/components/Settings/UserSettings/Privacy.vue
@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@
 </template>
 
 <script lang="ts" setup>
-import Button from '~/components/Button.vue';
 </script>
 
 <style scoped>
diff --git a/components/Settings/UserSettings/Profile.vue b/components/Settings/UserSettings/Profile.vue
index 04d1e30..99880fa 100644
--- a/components/Settings/UserSettings/Profile.vue
+++ b/components/Settings/UserSettings/Profile.vue
@@ -33,6 +33,9 @@
 </template>
 
 <script lang="ts" setup>
+import UserPopup from '~/components/User/UserPopup.vue';
+import Button from '~/components/UserInterface/Button.vue';
+
 import type { UserResponse } from '~/types/interfaces';
 
 let newPfpFile: File;
diff --git a/components/User/UserEntry.vue b/components/User/UserEntry.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..b463759
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/User/UserEntry.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
+<template>
+    <NuxtLink class="user-item" :href="`/me/${user.uuid}`" tabindex="0">
+        <img v-if="props.user.avatar" class="user-avatar" :src="props.user.avatar" :alt="props.user.display_name ?? props.user.username" />
+        <Icon v-else class="user-avatar" name="lucide:user" />
+        <span class="user-display-name">{{ props.user.display_name || props.user.username }}</span>
+	</NuxtLink>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts" setup>
+import type { UserResponse } from '~/types/interfaces';
+
+const props = defineProps<{
+    user: UserResponse
+}>();
+</script>
+
+<style>
+.user-item {
+    display: flex;
+	align-items: center;
+	text-align: left;
+
+	margin-top: .5em;
+	margin-bottom: .5em;
+	gap: .5em;
+    
+    text-decoration: none;
+    color: inherit;
+}
+
+.user-item:hover {
+    background-color: #00000020
+}
+
+.user-avatar {
+    width: 2.3em;
+    height: 2.3em;
+    border-radius: 50%;
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/components/UserPopup.vue b/components/User/UserPopup.vue
similarity index 100%
rename from components/UserPopup.vue
rename to components/User/UserPopup.vue
diff --git a/components/UserArea.vue b/components/UserArea.vue
deleted file mode 100644
index d922c3f..0000000
--- a/components/UserArea.vue
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,20 +0,0 @@
-<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>
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diff --git a/components/Button.vue b/components/UserInterface/Button.vue
similarity index 100%
rename from components/Button.vue
rename to components/UserInterface/Button.vue
diff --git a/components/UserInterface/RadioButtons.vue b/components/UserInterface/RadioButtons.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a43a80a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/UserInterface/RadioButtons.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,111 @@
+<template>
+	<div class="radio-buttons-container" ref="radioButtonsContainer">
+		<div v-for="index in incidies" :key="index" class="radio-button" @click="onClick(index)">
+			<span class="radio-button-radio"></span>
+			<span class="radio-button-text">{{ textStrings[index] }}</span>
+		</div>
+	</div>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts" setup>
+
+const radioButtonsContainer = ref<HTMLDivElement>()
+
+const props = defineProps<{
+	textStrings: string[],
+	buttonCount: number,
+	defaultButtonIndex: number,
+	callback: CallableFunction,
+}>();
+
+// makes an array from 0 to buttonCount - 1
+const incidies = Array.from({ length: props.buttonCount }, (_, i) => i) 
+
+// select default selected button
+onMounted(async () => {
+	await nextTick()
+	
+	if (props.defaultButtonIndex != undefined && radioButtonsContainer.value) {
+		const children = radioButtonsContainer.value.children
+		const defaultButton = children.item(props.defaultButtonIndex)
+		defaultButton?.classList.add("selected-radio-button")
+		defaultButton?.children.item(0)?.classList.add("selected-radio-button-radio")
+	}
+})
+
+
+function onClick(clickedIndex: number) {
+	// remove selected-radio-button class from all buttons except the clicked one	
+	if (radioButtonsContainer.value) {
+		const children = radioButtonsContainer.value.children
+		for (let i = 0; i < children.length; i++) {
+			children.item(i)?.classList.remove("selected-radio-button")
+			children.item(i)?.children.item(0)?.classList.remove("selected-radio-button-radio")
+		}
+
+		children.item(clickedIndex)?.classList.add("selected-radio-button")
+		children.item(clickedIndex)?.children.item(0)?.classList.add("selected-radio-button-radio")
+	}
+	
+	props.callback(clickedIndex)
+}
+</script>
+
+<style scoped>
+.radio-buttons-container {
+	display: flex;
+	flex-direction: column;
+}
+
+.radio-button {
+	cursor: pointer;
+
+	display: flex;
+	align-items: center;
+
+	border-radius: .66em;
+	background-color: unset;
+	color: var(--text-color);
+
+	padding: 0.4em 0.75em;
+	margin: 0.4em 0em;
+	font-size: 1.1em;
+	transition: background-color 0.2s;
+}
+
+.radio-button:hover {
+	background-color: var(--secondary-highlighted-color);
+}
+
+.selected-radio-button {
+	background-color: var(--accent-color);
+}
+
+.selected-radio-button:hover {
+	background-color: var(--accent-highlighted-color);
+}
+
+.radio-button-radio, .selected-radio-button-radio {
+	position: relative;
+	
+	display: inline-block;
+	border-radius: 1em;
+}
+
+.radio-button-radio {
+	height: 1em;
+	width: 1em;
+	border: .15em solid var(--primary-color);
+}
+
+.selected-radio-button-radio {
+    height: 1em;
+    width: 1em;
+	border: 0.15em solid var(--primary-color);
+	background-color: var(--primary-highlighted-color);
+}
+
+.radio-button-text {
+	margin-left: .5em;
+}
+</style>
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diff --git a/components/UserInterface/VerticalSpacer.vue b/components/UserInterface/VerticalSpacer.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8ac1bd6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/components/UserInterface/VerticalSpacer.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<template>
+  <span class="spacer"></span>
+</template>
+
+<style scoped>
+.spacer {
+  height: 0.2dvh;
+  display: block;
+  margin: 0.8dvh 0.2dvw;
+  background-color: var(--padding-color);
+}
+</style>
diff --git a/composables/api.ts b/composables/api.ts
index d2ca7a0..11c2226 100644
--- a/composables/api.ts
+++ b/composables/api.ts
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import type { ChannelResponse, GuildMemberResponse, GuildResponse, MessageResponse, StatsResponse } from "~/types/interfaces";
+import type { ChannelResponse, GuildMemberResponse, GuildResponse, MessageResponse, StatsResponse, UserResponse } from "~/types/interfaces";
 
 export const useApi = () => {
 	async function fetchGuilds(): Promise<GuildResponse[] | undefined> {
@@ -24,14 +24,26 @@ export const useApi = () => {
 	async function fetchMember(guildId: string, memberId: string): Promise<GuildMemberResponse | undefined> {
 		return await fetchWithApi(`/guilds/${guildId}/members/${memberId}`);
 	}
-
+	
 	async function fetchUsers() {
 		return await fetchWithApi(`/users`);
 	}
-
+	
 	async function fetchUser(userId: string) {
 		return await fetchWithApi(`/users/${userId}`);
 	}
+	
+	async function fetchFriends(): Promise<UserResponse[] | undefined> {
+		return await fetchWithApi('/me/friends')
+	}
+
+	async function addFriend(username: string): Promise<void> {
+		return await fetchWithApi('/me/friends', { method: "POST", body: { username } });
+	}
+
+	async function removeFriend(userId: string): Promise<void> {
+		return await fetchWithApi(`/me/friends/${userId}`, { method: "DELETE" });
+	}
 
 	async function fetchMessages(channelId: string, options?: { amount?: number, offset?: number }): Promise<MessageResponse[] | undefined> {
 		return await fetchWithApi(`/channels/${channelId}/messages`, { query: { amount: options?.amount ?? 100, offset: options?.offset ?? 0 } });
@@ -59,6 +71,9 @@ export const useApi = () => {
 		fetchMember,
 		fetchUsers,
 		fetchUser,
+		fetchFriends,
+		addFriend,
+		removeFriend,
 		fetchMessages,
 		fetchMessage,
 		fetchInstanceStats,
diff --git a/composables/auth.ts b/composables/auth.ts
index ebe27de..e3a2fa2 100644
--- a/composables/auth.ts
+++ b/composables/auth.ts
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ export const useAuth = () => {
   }
 
   return {
-    accessToken,
+	clearAuth,
     register,
     login,
     logout,
diff --git a/layouts/client.vue b/layouts/client.vue
index 966e60a..de1e029 100644
--- a/layouts/client.vue
+++ b/layouts/client.vue
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@
 		</div>
 		<div id = "page-content">
 			<div id="left-column">
-				<NuxtLink id="home-button" href="/">
+				<NuxtLink id="home-button" href="/me">
 					<img class="sidebar-icon" src="/public/icon.svg"/>
 				</NuxtLink>
 				<div id="servers-list">
diff --git a/pages/index.vue b/pages/index.vue
index 41deadf..cb5f57e 100644
--- a/pages/index.vue
+++ b/pages/index.vue
@@ -1,23 +1,11 @@
 <template>
   <NuxtLayout>
-    <div id="left-bar">
-    </div>
-	<div id="middle-bar">
-      <h1>
-        Welcome to gorb :3
-      </h1>
-	  <p>
-		Click on a guild to the left to view a guild.
-		<br>
-		Or click the button in the bottom left to join a guild.
-	  </p>
-    </div>
-	<div id="right-bar">
-    </div>
+
   </NuxtLayout>
 </template>
 
 <script lang="ts" setup>
+await navigateTo("/me/", { replace: true })
 
 definePageMeta({
 	layout: "client"
diff --git a/pages/me/[userId].vue b/pages/me/[userId].vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..209ffab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/me/[userId].vue
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<template>
+  <NuxtLayout name="client">
+	<DirectMessagesSidebar />
+	<MessageArea channel-url="channels/01970e8c-a09c-76a0-9c98-80a43364bea7"/> <!-- currently just links to the default channel -->
+
+  </NuxtLayout>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts" setup>
+import DirectMessagesSidebar from '~/components/Me/DirectMessagesSidebar.vue';
+</script>
+
+<style>
+
+</style>
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diff --git a/pages/me/friends.vue b/pages/me/friends.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a0d0384
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/me/friends.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,56 @@
+<template>
+  <NuxtLayout name="client">
+	<DirectMessagesSidebar />
+	<div :id="$style['page-content']">
+		<div :id="$style['navigation-bar']">
+			<Button :text="`All Friends – ${friends?.length}`" variant="neutral" :callback="() => updateFilter('all')" />
+			<Button :text="`Online – ${0}`" variant="neutral" :callback="() => updateFilter('online')" />
+			<Button :text="`Pending – ${0}`" variant="neutral" :callback="() => updateFilter('pending')" />
+			<Button text="Add Friend" variant="normal" :callback="() => updateFilter('add')" />
+		</div>
+		
+		<div>
+			<AddFriend v-if="filter == 'add'"></AddFriend>
+			<FriendsList v-else :variant="filter"></FriendsList>
+		</div>
+
+	</div>
+  </NuxtLayout>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts" setup>
+import DirectMessagesSidebar from '~/components/Me/DirectMessagesSidebar.vue';
+import Button from '~/components/UserInterface/Button.vue';
+import AddFriend from '~/components/Me/AddFriend.vue';
+import FriendsList from '~/components/Me/FriendsList.vue';
+
+const { fetchFriends } = useApi();
+
+let filter = ref("all");
+
+const friends = await fetchFriends()
+
+function updateFilter(newFilter: string) {
+	filter.value = newFilter;
+}
+</script>
+
+<style module>
+#page-content {
+	display: flex;
+	flex-direction: column;
+	
+	flex-grow: 1;
+
+	margin: .75em;
+}
+
+#navigation-bar {
+	display: flex;
+	align-items: left;
+	text-align: left;
+	flex-direction: row;
+
+	gap: .5em;
+}
+</style>
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diff --git a/pages/me/index.vue b/pages/me/index.vue
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e875c56
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pages/me/index.vue
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+<template>
+  <NuxtLayout name="client">
+	<DirectMessagesSidebar />
+  </NuxtLayout>
+</template>
+
+<script lang="ts" setup>
+import DirectMessagesSidebar from '~/components/Me/DirectMessagesSidebar.vue';
+</script>
+
+<style>
+
+</style>
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diff --git a/pages/servers/[serverId]/channels/[channelId].vue b/pages/servers/[serverId]/channels/[channelId].vue
index 4873094..e7ab32a 100644
--- a/pages/servers/[serverId]/channels/[channelId].vue
+++ b/pages/servers/[serverId]/channels/[channelId].vue
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@
 				</h3>
 			</div>
 			<div id="channels-list">
-				<Channel v-for="channel of channels" :name="channel.name"
+				<ChannelEntry v-for="channel of channels" :name="channel.name"
 					:uuid="channel.uuid" :current-uuid="(route.params.channelId as string)"
 					:href="`/servers/${route.params.serverId}/channels/${channel.uuid}`" />
 			</div>
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@
 </template>
 
 <script lang="ts" setup>
+import ChannelEntry from "~/components/Guild/ChannelEntry.vue";
 
 const route = useRoute();
 
@@ -46,7 +47,6 @@ const channel = ref<ChannelResponse | undefined>();
 
 const showInvitePopup = ref(false);
 
-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 }[];
@@ -91,7 +91,8 @@ function handleMemberClick(member: GuildMemberResponse) {
 }
 
 #members-container {
-	width: 15rem;
+	min-width: 15rem;
+	max-width: 15rem;
 	border-left: 1px solid var(--padding-color);
 	background: var(--optional-member-list-background);
 }
diff --git a/pages/settings.vue b/pages/settings.vue
index 3aac506..8b270bc 100644
--- a/pages/settings.vue
+++ b/pages/settings.vue
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@
               <Icon class="back-button" size="2em" name="lucide:circle-arrow-left" alt="Back"></Icon>
             </span>
           </p>
-          <span class="spacer"></span>
+          <VerticalSpacer />
 
           <!-- categories and dynamic settings pages -->
           <div v-for="category in categories" :key="category.displayName">
@@ -17,13 +17,13 @@
               :class="{ 'sidebar-focus': selectedPage === page.displayName }">
               {{ page.displayName }}
             </li>
-            <span class="spacer"></span>
+            <VerticalSpacer />
           </div>
           
           <p>
             <Button text="Log Out" :callback=logout variant="scary"></Button>
           </p>
-          <span class="spacer"></span>
+          <VerticalSpacer />
 
           <p id="links-and-socials">
             <NuxtLink href="https://git.gorb.app/gorb/frontend" title="Source"><Icon name="lucide:git-branch-plus" /></NuxtLink>
@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@
 
 
 <script lang="ts" setup>
+import VerticalSpacer from '~/components/UserInterface/VerticalSpacer.vue';
+import Button from '~/components/UserInterface/Button.vue';
+
 const { logout } = useAuth()
 const appConfig = useRuntimeConfig()
 
@@ -196,13 +199,6 @@ onMounted(() => {
   margin-right: 0.2em;
 }
 
-.spacer {
-  height: 0.2dvh;
-  display: block;
-  margin: 0.8dvh 1dvw;
-  background-color: var(--padding-color);
-}
-
 /* applies to child pages too */
 :deep(.subtitle) {
   display: block;
diff --git a/public/themes/ash.css b/public/themes/ash.css
index 66923af..63aaa53 100644
--- a/public/themes/ash.css
+++ b/public/themes/ash.css
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 :root {
 	--text-color: #f0e5e0;
 	--secondary-text-color: #e8e0db;
+	--reply-text-color: #969696;
 
 	--chat-background-color: #2f2e2d;
     --chat-highlighted-background-color: #3f3b38;
diff --git a/public/themes/dark.css b/public/themes/dark.css
index af94112..3673d4c 100644
--- a/public/themes/dark.css
+++ b/public/themes/dark.css
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 :root {
 	--text-color: #f7eee8;
 	--secondary-text-color: #f0e8e4;
+	--reply-text-color: #969696;
 
 	--chat-background-color: #1f1e1d;
     --chat-highlighted-background-color: #2f2b28;
diff --git a/public/themes/description.css b/public/themes/description.css
index 4b07f11..209fb36 100644
--- a/public/themes/description.css
+++ b/public/themes/description.css
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 :root {
 	--text-color: #161518;
 	--secondary-text-color: #2b2930;
+	--reply-text-color: #969696;
 
     --chat-background-color: #80808000;
     --chat-highlighted-background-color: #ffffff20;
diff --git a/public/themes/light.css b/public/themes/light.css
index b9b7b86..fdd4756 100644
--- a/public/themes/light.css
+++ b/public/themes/light.css
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 :root {
 	--text-color: #170f08;
 	--secondary-text-color: #2f2b28;
+	--reply-text-color: #969696;
 
     --chat-background-color: #f0ebe8;
     --chat-highlighted-background-color: #e8e4e0;
diff --git a/public/themes/rainbow-capitalism.css b/public/themes/rainbow-capitalism.css
index 32f7449..0e146d9 100644
--- a/public/themes/rainbow-capitalism.css
+++ b/public/themes/rainbow-capitalism.css
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 :root {
 	--text-color: #161518;
 	--secondary-text-color: #2b2930;
+	--reply-text-color: #969696;
 
     --chat-background-color: #80808000;
     --chat-highlighted-background-color: #ffffff20;
diff --git a/types/interfaces.ts b/types/interfaces.ts
index 8921c72..72cda88 100644
--- a/types/interfaces.ts
+++ b/types/interfaces.ts
@@ -62,7 +62,8 @@ export interface UserResponse {
 	pronouns: string | null,
 	about: string | null,
 	email?: string,
-	email_verified?: boolean
+	email_verified?: boolean,
+	friends_since: string | null,
 }
 
 export interface StatsResponse {
diff --git a/utils/fetchWithApi.ts b/utils/fetchWithApi.ts
index 4089db8..664412c 100644
--- a/utils/fetchWithApi.ts
+++ b/utils/fetchWithApi.ts
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ export default async <T>(path: string, options: NitroFetchOptions<string> = {})
     return;
   }
   console.log("path:", path)
-  const { revoke, refresh } = useAuth();
+  const { clearAuth, refresh } = useAuth();
   
   let headers: HeadersInit = {};
   
@@ -61,8 +61,7 @@ export default async <T>(path: string, options: NitroFetchOptions<string> = {})
             if (error?.response?.status === 401) {
               console.log("Refresh returned 401");
               reauthFailed = true;
-              console.log("Revoking");
-              await revoke();
+              await clearAuth()
               console.log("Redirecting to login");
               await navigateTo("/login");
               console.log("redirected");
diff --git a/utils/getPreferredTimeFormat.ts b/utils/getPreferredTimeFormat.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4cf03e0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/utils/getPreferredTimeFormat.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+export default (): "12" | "24" => {
+	const format = settingLoad("timeFormat").timeFormat ?? "auto"
+
+	if (format == "12-hour") {
+		return "12"
+	} else if (format == "24-hour") {
+		return "24"
+	}
+
+	return "24"
+}
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