diff --git a/app/assets/stylesheets/welcome.scss b/app/assets/stylesheets/welcome.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5042f7d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/assets/stylesheets/welcome.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+// Place all the styles related to the welcome controller here.
+// They will automatically be included in application.css.
+// You can use Sass (SCSS) here: https://sass-lang.com/
diff --git a/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb b/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb
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index 0000000..d8c85ab
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+++ b/app/controllers/welcome_controller.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+class WelcomeController < ApplicationController
+end
diff --git a/app/helpers/welcome_helper.rb b/app/helpers/welcome_helper.rb
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index 0000000..eeead45
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+++ b/app/helpers/welcome_helper.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+module WelcomeHelper
+end
diff --git a/app/views/welcome/index.html.erb b/app/views/welcome/index.html.erb
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index 0000000..d8cb2cc
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+++ b/app/views/welcome/index.html.erb
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+<h3>Welcome to Pretro!</h3>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index c06383a..bc557ce 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
-  # For details on the DSL available within this file, see https://guides.rubyonrails.org/routing.html
+  root 'welcome#index'
 end
diff --git a/test/controllers/welcome_controller_test.rb b/test/controllers/welcome_controller_test.rb
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index 0000000..59d2d0a
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+++ b/test/controllers/welcome_controller_test.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+require 'test_helper'
+
+class WelcomeControllerTest < ActionDispatch::IntegrationTest
+  # test "the truth" do
+  #   assert true
+  # end
+end