diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 78f54f0..3efcee1 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
 assets/scss/*.css
 assets/images
 _index.html
+classes/__pycache__
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
index 0dbdbba..4f19381 100755
--- a/app.py
+++ b/app.py
@@ -9,16 +9,17 @@
 # @Last modified time: 21-04-2017
 # @License: GPL-V3
 
-import sys, os
+import sys, os, shutil
 
 from PyQt5 import QtCore
 from PyQt5.QtCore import QCoreApplication, QUrl, pyqtSlot, QSettings
 from PyQt5.QtGui import QKeySequence, QFont, QSyntaxHighlighter
-from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMainWindow, QWidget, QApplication, QShortcut, QGridLayout, QLabel, QTabWidget, QHBoxLayout, QVBoxLayout, QSplitter, QSplitterHandle, QPlainTextEdit
+from PyQt5.QtWidgets import QMainWindow, QAction, QWidget, QApplication, QShortcut, QGridLayout, QLabel, QTabWidget, QHBoxLayout, QVBoxLayout, QSplitter, QSplitterHandle, QPlainTextEdit, QInputDialog, QLineEdit, QFileDialog
 # from PyQt5.QtNetwork import QNetworkProxyFactory, QNetworkRequest
 from PyQt5.QtWebKit import QWebSettings
 from PyQt5.QtWebKitWidgets import QWebPage, QWebView, QWebInspector
 
+import json
 
 from classes import server, compiler, view, content
 
@@ -32,10 +33,15 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
    def __init__(self, core):
       super(MainWindow, self).__init__()
 
+      # load core class
       self.core = core
-
+      # restore previous preferences
       self.restorePreferences()
 
+      self.setWindowTitle("Cascade")
+
+      self.initMenuBar()
+
       # self.setWindowFlags(QtCore.Qt.WindowTitleHint)
       # QtCore.Qt.CustomizeWindowHint
       # | QtCore.Qt.Tool
@@ -72,12 +78,69 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
 
       self.setCentralWidget(self.tabwidget)
 
-      self.shortcut = QShortcut(QKeySequence("Ctrl+Q"), self)
-      self.shortcut.activated.connect(self.on_quit)
+      # self.shortcut = QShortcut(QKeySequence("Ctrl+Q"), self)
+      # self.shortcut.activated.connect(self.quit)
 
 
       self.show()
 
+   def initMenuBar(self):
+      # menu bar
+      bar = self.menuBar()
+      file = bar.addMenu("&File")
+
+      new = QAction("&New Project",self)
+      new.setShortcut("Ctrl+n")
+      file.addAction(new)
+
+      open = QAction("&Open",self)
+      open.setShortcut("Ctrl+o")
+      file.addAction(open)
+
+      quit = QAction("&Quit",self)
+      quit.setShortcut("Ctrl+q")
+      file.addAction(quit)
+
+      file.triggered[QAction].connect(self.processtrigger)
+
+      edit = bar.addMenu("Edit")
+      edit.addAction("copy")
+      edit.addAction("paste")
+
+
+   def processtrigger(self, q):
+      print(q.text()+" is triggered")
+      if q.text() == "&New Project":
+         self.newprojectdialogue()
+      elif q.text() == "&Open":
+         self.opendialogue()
+      elif q.text() == "&Quit":
+         self.quit()
+
+   def opendialogue(self):
+      print("open")
+
+   def newprojectdialogue(self):
+      projectname = QFileDialog.getSaveFileName(self, 'Dialog Title', '')
+      # TODO: no file type
+      if not os.path.isdir(projectname[0]):
+         self.core.cwd = projectname[0]
+         self.initnewproject()
+      else:
+         print("folder already exists")
+         # TODO: check if is cascade folder
+
+   def initnewproject(self):
+      shutil.copytree('templates/newproject', self.core.cwd)
+      self.core.prefs = json.loads(open(os.path.join(self.core.cwd,'.config/prefs.json')).read())
+      self.core.summary = json.loads(open(os.path.join(self.core.cwd,'.config/summary.json')).read())
+      # TODO: init git repos
+
+   def quit(self):
+     print("Quit")
+     self.savePreferences()
+     QCoreApplication.instance().quit()
+
    def restorePreferences(self):
       try:
          self.resize(self.core.settings.value('mainwindow/size', QtCore.QSize(1024, 768)))
@@ -89,14 +152,9 @@ class MainWindow(QMainWindow):
       self.core.settings.beginGroup("mainwindow")
       self.core.settings.setValue('size', self.size())
       self.core.settings.setValue('pos', self.pos())
+      self.core.settings.setValue('cwd', self.core.cwd)
       self.core.settings.endGroup()
 
-   @pyqtSlot()
-   def on_quit(self):
-     print("Quit!")
-     self.savePreferences()
-     QCoreApplication.instance().quit()
-
 
 def main():
    app = QApplication(sys.argv)
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diff --git a/templates/newproject/.config/prefs.json b/templates/newproject/.config/prefs.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..83f7535
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/newproject/.config/prefs.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+  "prop1":1,
+  "prop2":2
+}
diff --git a/templates/newproject/.config/summary.json b/templates/newproject/.config/summary.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..acae08b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/newproject/.config/summary.json
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+[
+  {
+    "title":"Default page",
+    "file":"default.md",
+    "index":0
+  }
+]
diff --git a/templates/newproject/assets/js/script.js b/templates/newproject/assets/js/script.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a7323d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/newproject/assets/js/script.js
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+jQuery(document).ready(function($) {
+
+  console.log("Hello Cascade");
+
+});
diff --git a/templates/newproject/assets/scss/styles.scss b/templates/newproject/assets/scss/styles.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8a2257c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/newproject/assets/scss/styles.scss
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+// your styles here
diff --git a/templates/newproject/contents/default.md b/templates/newproject/contents/default.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c70090f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/newproject/contents/default.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+# Default Page
+
+Welcome message
+
+insert her an image as example
\ No newline at end of file