diff --git a/app/src/Controller/Channel/CreateChannelAction.php b/app/src/Controller/Channel/CreateChannelAction.php
index d6b5a8e..ff279f6 100644
--- a/app/src/Controller/Channel/CreateChannelAction.php
+++ b/app/src/Controller/Channel/CreateChannelAction.php
@@ -37,10 +37,14 @@ class CreateChannelAction extends Controller
         /**
          * Should wrap this in a try/catch probably
          */
-        if (!$this->channelRepository->create($channel, $user)) {
-            return $this->render('channel/create.twig')->withStatus(500);
+        try {
+            $channel = $this->channelRepository->create($channel, $user);
+            $this->session->getFlash()->add("success", "Created new channel.");
+            return $this->redirect("/dashboard", 302);
+        } catch (\Exception $e) {
+            $this->logger->error($e->getMessage());
+            $this->session->getFlash()->add("error", "Unable to create new channel.");
+            return $this->render('channe/create.twig')->withStatus(500);
         }
-
-        $this->session->getFlash()->add("success", "Successfully created new channel.");
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/src/Controller/DashboardPage.php b/app/src/Controller/DashboardPage.php
index 201ed23..6019a65 100644
--- a/app/src/Controller/DashboardPage.php
+++ b/app/src/Controller/DashboardPage.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace Slovocast\Controller;
 
 use Odan\Session\SessionInterface;
+use Slovocast\Domain\Entity\User;
 use Slovocast\Domain\Repository\Channel\ChannelRepositoryInterface;
 use Slovocast\Domain\Repository\User\UserRepositoryInterface;
 use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface as Response;
@@ -19,6 +20,9 @@ class DashboardPage extends Controller
     {
         // get the user details
         // get the channels
-        return $this->render('dashboard.twig');
+        $userData = $this->session->get("user");
+        $user = User::fromArray($userData);
+        $channels = $this->channelRepository->getFromUser($user);
+        return $this->render('dashboard.twig', [ 'channel' => $channels ]);
     }
 }