diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index d8e494c..e60fa33 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -388,6 +388,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "anyhow",
  "axum",
  "clap",
+ "maud",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
@@ -419,6 +420,30 @@ version = "0.7.3"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "0e7465ac9959cc2b1404e8e2367b43684a6d13790fe23056cc8c6c5a6b7bcb94"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "maud"
+version = "0.26.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "df518b75016b4289cdddffa1b01f2122f4a49802c93191f3133f6dc2472ebcaa"
+dependencies = [
+ "axum-core",
+ "http",
+ "itoa",
+ "maud_macros",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "maud_macros"
+version = "0.26.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "fa453238ec218da0af6b11fc5978d3b5c3a45ed97b722391a2a11f3306274e18"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-error",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "syn",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "memchr"
 version = "2.7.2"
@@ -537,6 +562,29 @@ version = "0.1.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "8b870d8c151b6f2fb93e84a13146138f05d02ed11c7e7c54f8826aaaf7c9f184"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-error"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "da25490ff9892aab3fcf7c36f08cfb902dd3e71ca0f9f9517bea02a73a5ce38c"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro-error-attr",
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "proc-macro-error-attr"
+version = "1.0.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "a1be40180e52ecc98ad80b184934baf3d0d29f979574e439af5a55274b35f869"
+dependencies = [
+ "proc-macro2",
+ "quote",
+ "version_check",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "proc-macro2"
 version = "1.0.81"
@@ -785,6 +833,12 @@ version = "0.2.1"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "711b9620af191e0cdc7468a8d14e709c3dcdb115b36f838e601583af800a370a"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "version_check"
+version = "0.9.4"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "49874b5167b65d7193b8aba1567f5c7d93d001cafc34600cee003eda787e483f"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "wasi"
 version = "0.11.0+wasi-snapshot-preview1"
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index fabc284..68ed400 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,4 +7,5 @@ edition = "2021"
 anyhow = "1.0.82"
 axum = "0.7.5"
 clap = { version = "4.5.4", features = ["derive", "deprecated"] }
+maud = { version = "0.26.0", features = ["axum"] }
 tokio = { version = "1.37.0", features = ["full"] }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index a5a1a15..e1e44f2 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 use axum::{routing::get, Router};
 use clap::Parser;
+use maud::{html, Markup};
 use tokio::net::TcpListener;
 
 #[derive(Parser)]
@@ -7,8 +8,10 @@ struct Args {
     addr: String,
 }
 
-async fn root() -> &'static str {
-    "Hello world!"
+async fn root() -> Markup {
+    html! {
+        h1 { "Hello world!" }
+    }
 }
 
 #[tokio::main]