diff --git a/internal/client/client.go b/internal/client/client.go
index 10ca6f2..27301fe 100644
--- a/internal/client/client.go
+++ b/internal/client/client.go
@@ -3,20 +3,13 @@ package client
 import (
 	"context"
 	"crypto/ed25519"
-	"fmt"
 	"log"
-	"strings"
 
-	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/cursor"
-	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/textarea"
 	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
-	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
 
-	"github.com/kyren223/eko/internal/client/api"
 	"github.com/kyren223/eko/internal/client/gateway"
-	"github.com/kyren223/eko/internal/client/ui/messagebox"
-	"github.com/kyren223/eko/internal/data"
-	"github.com/kyren223/eko/internal/packet"
+	"github.com/kyren223/eko/internal/client/ui"
+	"github.com/kyren223/eko/internal/client/ui/auth"
 	"github.com/kyren223/eko/pkg/assert"
 )
 
@@ -33,6 +26,12 @@ func Run() {
 	log.Println("client started")
 	program := tea.NewProgram(initialModel(), tea.WithAltScreen())
 	assert.AddFlush(BubbleTeaCloser{program})
+	defer func() {
+		if r := recover(); r != nil {
+			program.Kill()
+			log.Println("recovered from panic:", r)
+		}
+	}()
 
 	_, privKey, err := ed25519.GenerateKey(nil)
 	assert.NoError(err, "private key gen should not error")
@@ -44,116 +43,29 @@ func Run() {
 }
 
 type model struct {
-	messagebox messagebox.Model
-	textarea   textarea.Model
-	err        error
+	model tea.Model
 }
 
 func initialModel() model {
-	ta := textarea.New()
-	ta.Placeholder = "Send a message..."
-	ta.Focus()
-
-	ta.Prompt = "┃ "
-	ta.CharLimit = 280
-
-	ta.SetWidth(30)
-	ta.SetHeight(3)
-
-	// Remove cursor line styling
-	ta.FocusedStyle.CursorLine = lipgloss.NewStyle()
-
-	ta.ShowLineNumbers = false
-
-	ta.KeyMap.InsertNewline.SetEnabled(false)
-
-	return model{
-		textarea:   ta,
-		messagebox: messagebox.New(30, 20),
-		err:        nil,
-	}
+	return model{auth.New()}
 }
 
 func (m model) Init() tea.Cmd {
-	return tea.Batch(textarea.Blink, api.GetMessages)
+	return m.model.Init()
 }
 
 func (m model) View() string {
-	return fmt.Sprintf(
-		"%s\n%s",
-		m.messagebox.View(),
-		m.textarea.View(),
-	) + ""
+	return m.model.View()
 }
 
 func (m model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
 	switch msg := msg.(type) {
-	case tea.WindowSizeMsg:
-		m.messagebox.Viewport.Width = msg.Width
-		m.messagebox.Viewport.Height = msg.Height - m.textarea.Height()
-		m.messagebox.Viewport.GotoBottom()
-
-		m.textarea.SetWidth(msg.Width)
-		log.Println("resized to:", msg.Width, "x", msg.Height)
-
-		var mbCmd, taCmd tea.Cmd
-		m.messagebox, mbCmd = m.messagebox.Update(msg)
-		m.textarea, taCmd = m.textarea.Update(msg)
-		return m, tea.Batch(mbCmd, taCmd)
-
-	case tea.KeyMsg:
-		switch msg.Type {
-		case tea.KeyEsc, tea.KeyCtrlC:
-			return m, tea.Quit
-
-		case tea.KeyEnter:
-			value := m.textarea.Value()
-
-			content := strings.TrimSpace(value)
-			if content == "" {
-				return m, nil
-			}
-			m.textarea.Reset()
-
-			return m, api.SendMessage(content)
-
-		default:
-			var cmd tea.Cmd
-			m.textarea, cmd = m.textarea.Update(msg)
-			return m, cmd
-		}
-
-	case packet.Payload:
-		switch msg := msg.(type) {
-		case *packet.Messages:
-			m.messagebox.SetMessages(msg.Messages)
-
-			var cmd tea.Cmd
-			m.messagebox, cmd = m.messagebox.Update(msg)
-			return m, cmd
-
-		default:
-			return m, nil
-		}
-
-	case api.AppendMessage:
-		m.messagebox.AppendMessage(data.Message(msg))
-
-		var cmd tea.Cmd
-		m.messagebox, cmd = m.messagebox.Update(msg)
-		return m, cmd
-
-	case api.UserProfileUpdate:
-		var cmd tea.Cmd
-		m.messagebox, cmd = m.messagebox.Update(msg)
-		return m, cmd
-
-	case cursor.BlinkMsg:
-		var cmd tea.Cmd
-		m.textarea, cmd = m.textarea.Update(msg)
-		return m, cmd
-
-	default:
+	case ui.ModelTransition:
+		m.model = msg.Model
 		return m, nil
+	default:
+		var cmd tea.Cmd
+		m.model, cmd = m.model.Update(msg)
+		return m, cmd
 	}
 }
diff --git a/internal/client/ui/auth/auth.go b/internal/client/ui/auth/auth.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..647d238
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/client/ui/auth/auth.go
@@ -0,0 +1,188 @@
+package auth
+
+import (
+	"errors"
+	"fmt"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/textinput"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/viewport"
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+
+	authfield "github.com/kyren223/eko/internal/client/ui/auth/field"
+)
+
+var (
+	focusedStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("198"))
+	cursorStyle  = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("198"))
+	noStyle      = lipgloss.NewStyle()
+	errorStyle   = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("#F16265"))
+	fieldStyle   = lipgloss.NewStyle().
+			PaddingLeft(1).
+			BorderStyle(lipgloss.RoundedBorder()).
+			BorderForeground(lipgloss.Color("#007E8A"))
+
+	focusedButton = focusedStyle.Render("[ Submit ]")
+	blurredButton = fmt.Sprintf("[ %s ]", lipgloss.NewStyle().
+		Foreground(lipgloss.Color("240")).
+		Render("Submit"))
+)
+
+type Model struct {
+	width  int
+	height int
+
+	focusIndex int
+	fields     []authfield.Model
+}
+
+func New() Model {
+	m := Model{
+		fields: make([]authfield.Model, 3),
+	}
+
+	var field authfield.Model
+	for i := range m.fields {
+		field = authfield.New(32)
+		field.Input.Cursor.Style = cursorStyle
+		field.Style = fieldStyle
+		field.ErrorStyle = errorStyle
+		field.FocusedStyle = focusedStyle
+		field.BlurredStyle = noStyle
+
+		switch i {
+		case 0:
+			field.Input.Placeholder = "Username"
+			field.Focus()
+		case 1:
+			field.Input.Placeholder = "Email"
+			field.Input.CharLimit = 64
+			field.Input.Validate = func(email string) error {
+				if !strings.ContainsRune(email, '@') {
+					return errors.New("missing @")
+				}
+				if !strings.ContainsRune(email, '.') {
+					return errors.New("missing .")
+				}
+				proton := strings.Contains(email, "proton.me") || strings.Contains(email, "protonmail.com")
+				gmail := strings.Contains(email, "gmail.com")
+				outlook := strings.Contains(email, "hotmail.com")
+				if !(proton || gmail || outlook) {
+					return errors.New("unknown email provider")
+				}
+				return nil
+			}
+		case 2:
+			field.Input.Placeholder = "Password"
+			field.Input.EchoMode = textinput.EchoPassword
+			field.Input.EchoCharacter = '*'
+			// field.Input.EchoCharacter = '•'
+		}
+
+		m.fields[i] = field
+	}
+
+	return m
+}
+
+func (m Model) Init() tea.Cmd {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m Model) View() string {
+	var builder strings.Builder
+
+	for i := range m.fields {
+		builder.WriteString(m.fields[i].View())
+		if i < len(m.fields)-1 {
+			builder.WriteRune('\n')
+		}
+	}
+
+	button := &blurredButton
+	if m.focusIndex == len(m.fields) {
+		button = &focusedButton
+	}
+	submit := lipgloss.NewStyle().
+		PaddingLeft((lipgloss.Width(builder.String()) - lipgloss.Width(*button)) / 2).
+		Render(*button)
+	fmt.Fprintf(&builder, "\n\n%s", submit)
+
+	width, height := lipgloss.Width(builder.String()), lipgloss.Height(builder.String())
+
+	vp := viewport.New(50, 25)
+	vp.SetContent(builder.String())
+	vp.Style = vp.Style.
+		Border(lipgloss.RoundedBorder()).
+		BorderForeground(lipgloss.Color("#0000FF")).
+		// NOTE: Without -1 it wraps/truncates, not sure why
+		Padding((vp.Height-height)/2-1, (vp.Width-width)/2-1)
+
+	return lipgloss.Place(
+		m.width, m.height,
+		lipgloss.Center, lipgloss.Center,
+		vp.View(),
+	)
+}
+
+func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
+	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case tea.WindowSizeMsg:
+		m.width, m.height = msg.Width, msg.Height
+		return m, nil
+
+	case tea.KeyMsg:
+		key := msg.Type
+		switch key {
+		case tea.KeyCtrlC:
+			return m, tea.Quit
+
+		case tea.KeyTab, tea.KeyShiftTab, tea.KeyEnter, tea.KeyUp, tea.KeyDown:
+			// User pressed submit
+			if key == tea.KeyEnter && m.focusIndex == len(m.fields) {
+				return m, tea.Quit
+			}
+
+			// Cycle indexes
+			if key == tea.KeyUp || key == tea.KeyShiftTab {
+				m.focusIndex--
+			} else {
+				m.focusIndex++
+			}
+
+			if m.focusIndex > len(m.fields) {
+				m.focusIndex = 0
+			} else if m.focusIndex < 0 {
+				m.focusIndex = len(m.fields)
+			}
+
+			cmds := make([]tea.Cmd, len(m.fields))
+			for i := 0; i <= len(m.fields)-1; i++ {
+				if i == m.focusIndex {
+					cmds[i] = m.fields[i].Focus()
+				} else {
+					m.fields[i].Blur()
+				}
+			}
+
+			return m, tea.Batch(cmds...)
+		}
+	}
+
+	cmd := m.updateInputs(msg)
+
+	return m, cmd
+}
+
+func (m *Model) updateInputs(msg tea.Msg) tea.Cmd {
+	cmds := make([]tea.Cmd, len(m.fields))
+
+	// Only fields with Focus() set will respond, so it's safe to simply
+	// update all of them here without any further logic.
+	for i := range m.fields {
+		m.fields[i], cmds[i] = m.fields[i].Update(msg)
+	}
+
+	return tea.Batch(cmds...)
+}
diff --git a/internal/client/ui/auth/field/field.go b/internal/client/ui/auth/field/field.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..afc55b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/client/ui/auth/field/field.go
@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
+package field
+
+import (
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/textinput"
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+)
+
+
+type Model struct {
+	Input textinput.Model
+	Style lipgloss.Style
+	FocusedStyle lipgloss.Style
+	BlurredStyle lipgloss.Style
+	ErrorStyle lipgloss.Style
+}
+
+func New(width int) Model {
+	t := textinput.New()
+	t.Width = width
+	t.CharLimit = width
+	t.Prompt = ""
+
+	m := Model{
+		Input: t,
+	}
+
+	m.Blur()
+
+	return m
+}
+
+func (m Model) Init() tea.Cmd {
+	return nil
+}
+
+func (m Model) View() string {
+	var builder strings.Builder
+
+	builder.WriteString(m.Style.Render(m.Input.View()))
+	builder.WriteRune('\n')
+	if m.Input.Err != nil {
+		builder.WriteString(m.ErrorStyle.Render(m.Input.Err.Error()))
+	}
+
+	return builder.String()
+}
+
+func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (Model, tea.Cmd) {
+	var cmd tea.Cmd
+	m.Input, cmd = m.Input.Update(msg)
+	return m, cmd
+}
+
+func (m *Model) Focus() tea.Cmd {
+	m.Input.PromptStyle = m.FocusedStyle
+	m.Input.TextStyle = m.FocusedStyle
+	return m.Input.Focus()
+}
+
+func (m *Model) Blur() {
+	m.Input.Blur()
+	m.Input.PromptStyle = m.BlurredStyle
+	m.Input.TextStyle = m.BlurredStyle
+}
diff --git a/internal/client/ui/chat/chat.go b/internal/client/ui/chat/chat.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1fd4537
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/client/ui/chat/chat.go
@@ -0,0 +1,132 @@
+package chat
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"strings"
+
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/cursor"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/bubbles/textarea"
+	tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+	"github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss"
+
+	"github.com/kyren223/eko/internal/client/api"
+	"github.com/kyren223/eko/internal/client/ui/messagebox"
+	"github.com/kyren223/eko/internal/data"
+	"github.com/kyren223/eko/internal/packet"
+)
+
+type Model struct {
+	messagebox messagebox.Model
+	textarea   textarea.Model
+	err        error
+}
+
+func New() Model {
+	ta := textarea.New()
+	ta.Placeholder = "Send a message..."
+	ta.Focus()
+
+	ta.Prompt = "┃ "
+	ta.CharLimit = 280
+
+	ta.SetWidth(30)
+	ta.SetHeight(3)
+
+	// Remove cursor line styling
+	ta.FocusedStyle.CursorLine = lipgloss.NewStyle()
+
+	ta.ShowLineNumbers = false
+
+	ta.KeyMap.InsertNewline.SetEnabled(false)
+
+	return Model{
+		textarea:   ta,
+		messagebox: messagebox.New(30, 20),
+		err:        nil,
+	}
+}
+
+func (m Model) Init() tea.Cmd {
+	return tea.Batch(textarea.Blink, api.GetMessages)
+}
+
+func (m Model) View() string {
+	return fmt.Sprintf(
+		"%s\n%s",
+		m.messagebox.View(),
+		m.textarea.View(),
+	) + ""
+}
+
+func (m Model) Update(msg tea.Msg) (tea.Model, tea.Cmd) {
+	switch msg := msg.(type) {
+	case tea.WindowSizeMsg:
+		m.messagebox.Viewport.Width = msg.Width
+		m.messagebox.Viewport.Height = msg.Height - m.textarea.Height()
+		m.messagebox.Viewport.GotoBottom()
+
+		m.textarea.SetWidth(msg.Width)
+		log.Println("resized to:", msg.Width, "x", msg.Height)
+
+		var mbCmd, taCmd tea.Cmd
+		m.messagebox, mbCmd = m.messagebox.Update(msg)
+		m.textarea, taCmd = m.textarea.Update(msg)
+		return m, tea.Batch(mbCmd, taCmd)
+
+	case tea.KeyMsg:
+		switch msg.Type {
+		case tea.KeyEsc, tea.KeyCtrlC:
+			return m, tea.Quit
+
+		case tea.KeyEnter:
+			value := m.textarea.Value()
+
+			content := strings.TrimSpace(value)
+			if content == "" {
+				return m, nil
+			}
+			m.textarea.Reset()
+
+			return m, api.SendMessage(content)
+
+		default:
+			var cmd tea.Cmd
+			m.textarea, cmd = m.textarea.Update(msg)
+			return m, cmd
+		}
+
+	case packet.Payload:
+		switch msg := msg.(type) {
+		case *packet.Messages:
+			m.messagebox.SetMessages(msg.Messages)
+
+			var cmd tea.Cmd
+			m.messagebox, cmd = m.messagebox.Update(msg)
+			return m, cmd
+
+		default:
+			return m, nil
+		}
+
+	case api.AppendMessage:
+		m.messagebox.AppendMessage(data.Message(msg))
+
+		var cmd tea.Cmd
+		m.messagebox, cmd = m.messagebox.Update(msg)
+		return m, cmd
+
+	case api.UserProfileUpdate:
+		var cmd tea.Cmd
+		m.messagebox, cmd = m.messagebox.Update(msg)
+		return m, cmd
+
+	case cursor.BlinkMsg:
+		var cmd tea.Cmd
+		m.textarea, cmd = m.textarea.Update(msg)
+		return m, cmd
+
+	default:
+		return m, nil
+	}
+}
diff --git a/internal/client/ui/messagebox/messagebox.go b/internal/client/ui/messagebox/messagebox.go
index 4b8d3d1..0728cb1 100644
--- a/internal/client/ui/messagebox/messagebox.go
+++ b/internal/client/ui/messagebox/messagebox.go
@@ -14,6 +14,11 @@ import (
 	"github.com/kyren223/eko/pkg/snowflake"
 )
 
+var (
+	senderStyle    = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("5")).Bold(true)
+	timestampStyle = lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("#585c62")).Italic(true)
+)
+
 type user struct {
 	name       string
 	isFetching bool
@@ -22,20 +27,14 @@ type user struct {
 type Model struct {
 	Viewport viewport.Model
 	messages []data.Message
-
-	senderStyle    lipgloss.Style
-	timestampStyle lipgloss.Style
-
-	users map[snowflake.ID]user
+	users    map[snowflake.ID]user
 }
 
 func New(width, height int) Model {
 	return Model{
-		Viewport:       viewport.New(width, height),
-		messages:       nil,
-		senderStyle:    lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("5")).Bold(true),
-		timestampStyle: lipgloss.NewStyle().Foreground(lipgloss.Color("#585c62")).Italic(true),
-		users:          make(map[snowflake.ID]user),
+		Viewport: viewport.New(width, height),
+		messages: nil,
+		users:    make(map[snowflake.ID]user),
 	}
 }
 
@@ -112,11 +111,11 @@ func (m *Model) updateContent() {
 
 	for _, message := range m.messages {
 		sender := m.users[message.SenderID].name
-		builder.WriteString(m.senderStyle.Render(sender))
+		builder.WriteString(senderStyle.Render(sender))
 		builder.WriteByte(' ')
 
 		timestamp := timestampFromID(message.ID)
-		builder.WriteString(m.timestampStyle.Render(timestamp))
+		builder.WriteString(timestampStyle.Render(timestamp))
 		builder.WriteByte('\n')
 
 		builder.WriteString(message.Content)
diff --git a/internal/client/ui/ui.go b/internal/client/ui/ui.go
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..425e6b1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/internal/client/ui/ui.go
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+package ui
+
+import tea "github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea"
+
+type ModelTransition struct{
+	Model tea.Model
+}