diff --git a/Components/NewStatusDialog.razor b/Components/NewStatusDialog.razor
index 7d8c07f..f02314a 100644
--- a/Components/NewStatusDialog.razor
+++ b/Components/NewStatusDialog.razor
@@ -1,14 +1,15 @@
 @inject IJSRuntime JS
 @inject State State
 @inject RestService api
+@inject NavigationManager navigationManager
 
-<div class="overlay" data-ui="#@id"></div>
-<dialog id="@id">
+<div class="overlay @(Active ? "active" : string.Empty)" data-ui="#@id"></div>
+<dialog id="@id" class="@(Active ? "active" : string.Empty)" open="@Active">
   <h5>Share your status</h5>
   <div class="row">
     <div class="min square extra">
       <button class="transparent square extra no-margin">
-        <object id="status-emoji" class="large emoji @(statusEmoji == null ? "animated" : string.Empty)" data-emoji="@(statusEmoji ?? "🫥")">@(statusEmoji ?? "🫥")</object>
+        <object id="status-emoji" class="large emoji @(Emoji == null ? "animated" : string.Empty)" data-emoji="@(Emoji ?? "🫥")">@(Emoji ?? "🫥")</object>
         <menu class="no-wrap">
           <script type="module" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/emoji-picker-element@@^1/index.js"></script>
           <emoji-picker emoji-version="15.1"></emoji-picker>
@@ -26,7 +27,7 @@
       </button>
     </div>
     <div class="field textarea border max">
-      <InputTextArea @bind-Value="statusContent"></InputTextArea>
+      <InputTextArea @bind-Value="Content"></InputTextArea>
     </div>
   </div>
   <nav class="right-align no-space">
@@ -36,7 +37,7 @@
         <span>Post this to Mastodon</span>
       </label>
     }
-    <InputText id="status-emoji-input" class="invisible" @bind-Value="statusEmoji"></InputText>
+    <InputText id="status-emoji-input" class="invisible" @bind-Value="Emoji"></InputText>
     <button class="transparent link" data-ui="#@id" disabled="@loading">Cancel</button>
     <button @onclick="PostStatus" disabled="@loading">
       @if (loading) {
@@ -50,20 +51,25 @@
 </dialog>
 
 @code {
-  private string statusContent = string.Empty;
-  private string? statusEmoji = null;
-  private bool postToMastodon = true;
-  private bool loading = false;
   [Parameter]
   public string id { get; set; }
+  [Parameter]
+  public bool Active { get; set; }
+  [Parameter]
+  public string Content { get; set; } = string.Empty;
+  [Parameter]
+  public string? Emoji { get; set; } = null;
+  [Parameter]
+  public bool postToMastodon { get; set; } = true;
+
+  private bool loading = false;
 
   public async Task PostStatus() {
-    await JS.InvokeVoidAsync("console.log", "hey from post status");
 
     StatusPost post = new StatusPost
       {
-        Emoji = statusEmoji,
-        Content = statusContent
+        Emoji = Emoji,
+        Content = Content
       };
 
     if (State?.SelectedAddress?.Preferences?.Statuslog?.MastodonPosting ?? false){
@@ -71,15 +77,18 @@
     }
 
     loading = true;
-    InvokeAsync(StateHasChanged);
-    var result = await api.StatusPost(State.SelectedAddressName, post);
+    await InvokeAsync(StateHasChanged);
+    var result = await api.StatusPost(State!.SelectedAddressName!, post);
     if(result != null){
-      State.RefreshStatuses().ContinueWith(t => InvokeAsync(StateHasChanged));
+      await State.RefreshStatuses();
+      await InvokeAsync(StateHasChanged);
+      navigationManager.NavigateTo("/statuslog/latest");
     }
 
+    this.Active = false;
     await JS.InvokeVoidAsync("ui", "#" + id);
-    statusContent = string.Empty;
-    statusEmoji = null;
+    Content = string.Empty;
+    Emoji = null;
     postToMastodon = true;
     loading = false;
   }
diff --git a/Components/Pages/ShareText.razor b/Components/Pages/ShareText.razor
index 6dc7747..1bf1b97 100644
--- a/Components/Pages/ShareText.razor
+++ b/Components/Pages/ShareText.razor
@@ -1,10 +1,45 @@
 @page "/sharetext/{Text}"
+@inject NavigationManager navigationManager
+@inject AuthenticationStateProvider AuthStateProvider
 
-<h3>Sharing</h3>
+<PageHeading title="Status.lol" icon="fa-solid fa-message-smile">
+	<Description>Share a post to <a href="https://status.lol">status.lol</a></Description>
+</PageHeading>
 
-<p>@Text</p>
+<AuthorizeView>
+  <Authorized>
+    <button class="fab circle extra large-elevate" data-ui="#post-modal">
+      <i class="fa-solid fa-pen-to-square"></i>
+    </button>
+    <NewStatusDialog id="post-modal" Active="true" Content="@Text"></NewStatusDialog>
+  </Authorized>
+</AuthorizeView>
 
 @code {
 	[Parameter]
 	public string Text { get; set; }
+
+  protected override async Task OnInitializedAsync() {
+    await checkLogin();
+  }
+
+  // protected override async Task OnAfterRenderAsync(bool firstRender) {
+  //   await base.OnAfterRenderAsync(firstRender);
+  //   if (firstRender && await checkLogin()) {
+  //     await JS.InvokeVoidAsync("focusText");
+  //   }
+  // }
+
+  private async Task<bool> checkLogin() {
+    var authState = await AuthStateProvider.GetAuthenticationStateAsync();
+    var user = authState.User;
+
+    if (user.Identity is not null && user.Identity.IsAuthenticated) {
+      return true;
+    }
+    else {
+      navigationManager.NavigateTo("/login");
+      return false;
+    }
+  }
 }