diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/auth/login/umb-login.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/auth/login/umb-login.element.ts
index b223acb143..7e74420f96 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/auth/login/umb-login.element.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/auth/login/umb-login.element.ts
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ export class UmbLogin extends LitElement {
       await fetch('/login', { method: 'POST' });
       this._loggingIn = false;
       // TODO: Change to redirect when router has been added.
-      this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('login', { detail: { username, password, persist } }));
+      this.dispatchEvent(new CustomEvent('login', { bubbles: true, composed: true, detail: { username, password, persist } }));
     } catch (error) {
       console.log(error);
       this._loggingIn = false;
@@ -68,44 +68,46 @@ export class UmbLogin extends LitElement {
 
   render() {
     return html`
-      <div class="uui-text">
-        <h1 class="uui-h3">${this._greeting}</h1>
-        <uui-form>
-          <form id="LoginForm" name="login" @submit="${this._handleSubmit}">
-            <uui-form-layout-item>
-              <uui-label for="email" slot="label" required>Email</uui-label>
-              <uui-input
-                type="email"
-                id="email"
-                name="email"
-                placeholder="Enter your email..."
-                required
-                required-message="Email is required"></uui-input>
-            </uui-form-layout-item>
+      <umb-auth-layout>
+        <div class="uui-text">
+          <h1 class="uui-h3">${this._greeting}</h1>
+          <uui-form>
+            <form id="LoginForm" name="login" @submit="${this._handleSubmit}">
+              <uui-form-layout-item>
+                <uui-label for="email" slot="label" required>Email</uui-label>
+                <uui-input
+                  type="email"
+                  id="email"
+                  name="email"
+                  placeholder="Enter your email..."
+                  required
+                  required-message="Email is required"></uui-input>
+              </uui-form-layout-item>
 
-            <uui-form-layout-item>
-              <uui-label for="password" slot="label" required>Password</uui-label>
-              <uui-input-password
-                id="password"
-                name="password"
-                placeholder="Enter your password..."
-                required
-                required-message="Password is required"></uui-input-password>
-            </uui-form-layout-item>
+              <uui-form-layout-item>
+                <uui-label for="password" slot="label" required>Password</uui-label>
+                <uui-input-password
+                  id="password"
+                  name="password"
+                  placeholder="Enter your password..."
+                  required
+                  required-message="Password is required"></uui-input-password>
+              </uui-form-layout-item>
 
-            <uui-form-layout-item>
-              <uui-checkbox name="persist" label="Remember me"> Remember me </uui-checkbox>
-            </uui-form-layout-item>
+              <uui-form-layout-item>
+                <uui-checkbox name="persist" label="Remember me"> Remember me </uui-checkbox>
+              </uui-form-layout-item>
 
-            <uui-button
-              type="submit"
-              label="Login"
-              look="positive"
-              state=${ifDefined(this._loggingIn ? 'waiting' : undefined)}></uui-button>
-            <uui-button type="button" label="Forgot Password?"></uui-button>
-          </form>
-        </uui-form>
-      </div>
+              <uui-button
+                type="submit"
+                label="Login"
+                look="positive"
+                state=${ifDefined(this._loggingIn ? 'waiting' : undefined)}></uui-button>
+              <uui-button type="button" label="Forgot Password?"></uui-button>
+            </form>
+          </uui-form>
+        </div>
+      </umb-auth-layout>
     `;
   }
 }
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/core/router/index.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/core/router/index.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e0ef976391
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/core/router/index.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,158 @@
+export interface UmbRoute {
+  path: string;
+  elementName: string;
+  meta?: any;
+}
+
+export interface UmbRouteLocation {
+  pathname: string;
+  params: object;
+  fullPath: string;
+  route: UmbRoute;
+}
+
+export class UmbRouter {
+  private _routes: Array<UmbRoute> = [];
+  private _host: HTMLElement;
+  private _outlet: HTMLElement;
+  private _element: any;
+
+  constructor(host: HTMLElement, outlet: HTMLElement) {
+    this._host = host;
+    this._outlet = outlet;
+
+    // Anchor Hijacker
+    this._host.addEventListener('click', async (event: any) => {
+      event.preventDefault();
+
+      const target = event.composedPath()[0];
+      const href = target.href;
+      if (!href) return;
+
+      const url = new URL(href);
+      const pathname = url.pathname;
+
+      const canLeave = await this._requestLeave();
+      if (!canLeave) return;
+
+      this._navigate(pathname);
+    });
+  }
+
+  public setRoutes(routes: Array<UmbRoute>) {
+    this._routes = routes;
+    const pathname = window.location.pathname;
+    this.push(pathname);
+  }
+
+  public getRoutes() {
+    return this._routes;
+  }
+
+  public go(delta: number) {
+    history.go(delta);
+  }
+
+  public back() {
+    history.back();
+  }
+
+  public forward() {
+    history.forward();
+  }
+
+  public push(pathname: string) {
+    history.pushState(null, '', pathname);
+    this._navigate(pathname);
+  }
+
+  private async _requestLeave() {
+    if (this._element.beforeLeave) {
+      const res = await this._element.beforeLeave();
+      if (!res) return;
+    }
+
+    const beforeLeaveEvent = new CustomEvent('before-leave', {
+      bubbles: true,
+      composed: true,
+      cancelable: true,
+    });
+
+    this._host.dispatchEvent(beforeLeaveEvent);
+
+    if (beforeLeaveEvent.defaultPrevented) return;
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  private async _requestEnter(to: UmbRouteLocation) {
+    if (this._element.beforeEnter) {
+      const res = await this._element.beforeEnter();
+      if (!res) return;
+    }
+
+    const beforeEnterEvent = new CustomEvent('before-enter', {
+      bubbles: true,
+      composed: true,
+      cancelable: true,
+      detail: { to },
+    });
+
+    this._host.dispatchEvent(beforeEnterEvent);
+
+    if (beforeEnterEvent.defaultPrevented) return;
+
+    return true;
+  }
+
+  private async _navigate(pathname: string) {
+    const location = this._resolve(pathname);
+    if (!location) return;
+
+    this._setupElement(location);
+
+    const canEnter = await this._requestEnter(location);
+    if (!canEnter) return;
+
+    window.history.pushState(null, '', pathname);
+    this._render();
+  }
+
+  private _resolve(pathname: string): UmbRouteLocation | null {
+    let location: UmbRouteLocation | null = null;
+
+    this._routes.forEach((route) => {
+      // eslint-disable-next-line @typescript-eslint/ban-ts-comment
+      // @ts-ignore
+      const pattern = new URLPattern({ pathname: route.path });
+      const href = `${window.location.origin}${pathname}`;
+      const match = pattern.test(href);
+
+      if (match) {
+        const result = pattern.exec(href);
+        location = {
+          pathname: result.pathname.input,
+          params: result.pathname.groups,
+          fullPath: result.pathname.input,
+          route,
+        };
+      }
+    });
+
+    return location;
+  }
+
+  private _setupElement(location: UmbRouteLocation) {
+    this._element = document.createElement<any>(location.route.elementName);
+    this._element.location = location;
+  }
+
+  private async _render() {
+    const childNodes = this._outlet.childNodes;
+    childNodes.forEach((node) => {
+      this._outlet.removeChild(node);
+    });
+
+    this._outlet.appendChild(this._element);
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/installer/installer.element.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/installer/installer.element.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c0cc7a1b8f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/installer/installer.element.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
+import { css, CSSResultGroup, html, LitElement } from 'lit';
+import { customElement } from 'lit/decorators.js';
+
+@customElement('umb-installer')
+export class UmbInstaller extends LitElement {
+  static styles: CSSResultGroup = [
+    css``,
+  ];
+
+  render() {
+    return html`<div>Installer</div>`;
+  }
+}
+
+declare global {
+  interface HTMLElementTagNameMap {
+    'umb-installer': UmbInstaller;
+  }
+}
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/mocks/handlers.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/mocks/handlers.ts
index f9ffdd50be..3422fef735 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/mocks/handlers.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/mocks/handlers.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,17 @@
 import { rest } from 'msw';
 
 export const handlers = [
+  rest.post('/init', (_req, res, ctx) => {
+    return res(
+      // Respond with a 200 status code
+      ctx.status(200),
+      ctx.json({
+        version: 'x.x.x',
+        installed: true
+      }),
+    )
+  }),
+
   rest.post('/login', (_req, res, ctx) => {
     // Persist user's authentication in the session
     sessionStorage.setItem('is-authenticated', 'true');
diff --git a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/umb-app.ts b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/umb-app.ts
index ffeb87f758..ee9a9ab72b 100644
--- a/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/umb-app.ts
+++ b/src/Umbraco.Web.UI.Client/src/umb-app.ts
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
+import './installer/installer.element';
 import './auth/login/umb-login.element';
 import './auth/umb-auth-layout.element';
 import './backoffice/umb-backoffice.element';
+
 import '@umbraco-ui/uui';
 import '@umbraco-ui/uui-css/dist/uui-css.css';
 
@@ -8,6 +10,22 @@ import { css, html, LitElement } from 'lit';
 import { customElement, state } from 'lit/decorators.js';
 
 import { worker } from './mocks/browser';
+import { UmbRouter, UmbRoute } from './core/router';
+
+const routes: Array<UmbRoute> = [
+  {
+    path: '/login',
+    elementName: 'umb-login'
+  },
+  {
+    path: '/install',
+    elementName: 'umb-installer'
+  },
+  {
+    path: '/content',
+    elementName: 'umb-backoffice'
+  },
+];
 
 // Import somewhere else?
 @customElement('umb-app')
@@ -22,8 +40,7 @@ export class UmbApp extends LitElement {
   @state()
   _authorized = false;
 
-  @state()
-  _user: any;
+  _router?: UmbRouter;
 
   constructor() {
     super();
@@ -31,34 +48,43 @@ export class UmbApp extends LitElement {
     this._authorized = sessionStorage.getItem('is-authenticated') === 'true';
   }
 
-  private async _getUser() {
+  connectedCallback(): void {
+    super.connectedCallback();
+    // TODO: remove when router can be injected into login element
+    this.addEventListener('login', () => {
+      this._router?.push('/content');
+    });
+  }
+
+  protected async firstUpdated(): Promise<void> {
+    const outlet = this.shadowRoot?.getElementById('outlet');
+    if (!outlet) return;
+
+    this._router = new UmbRouter(this, outlet);
+    this._router.setRoutes(routes);
+
     try {
-      const res = await fetch('/user');
-      this._user = await res.json();
+      const res = await fetch('/init', { method: 'POST' });
+      const data = await res.json();
+
+      if (!data.installed) {
+        this._router.push('/install');
+        return;
+      }
+      
+      if (!this._authorized) {
+        this._router.push('/login');
+      } else {
+        this._router.push('/content');
+      }
+
     } catch (error) {
       console.log(error);
     }
   }
 
-  private _handleLogin = () => {
-    this._authorized = true;
-    this._getUser();
-  };
-
-  private _renderBackoffice = () => html`<umb-backoffice></umb-backoffice>`;
-
-  private _renderAuth = () => html`
-    <umb-auth-layout>
-      <umb-login @login=${this._handleLogin}></umb-login>
-    </umb-auth-layout>
-  `;
-
   render() {
-    return html`
-      <uui-icon-registry-essential>
-        ${this._authorized ? this._renderBackoffice() : this._renderAuth()}
-      </uui-icon-registry-essential>
-    `;
+    return html`<div id="outlet"></div>`;
   }
 }