diff --git a/app/.phpactor.json b/app/.phpactor.json
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a078d1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/.phpactor.json
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+{
+    "$schema": "/phpactor.schema.json",
+    "prophecy.enabled": true
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/composer.json b/app/composer.json
index 611ed93..741e89c 100644
--- a/app/composer.json
+++ b/app/composer.json
@@ -10,8 +10,8 @@
         "league/flysystem": "^3.27",
         "league/config": "^1.2",
         "monolog/monolog": "^3.6",
-        "middlewares/php-session": "^3.1",
-        "slim/flash": "^0.4.0"
+        "slim/flash": "^0.4.0",
+        "odan/session": "^6.1"
     },
     "require-dev": {
         "phpunit/phpunit": "^11.1",
diff --git a/app/composer.lock b/app/composer.lock
index 32988ac..7a1700b 100644
--- a/app/composer.lock
+++ b/app/composer.lock
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
         "Read more about it at https://getcomposer.org/doc/01-basic-usage.md#installing-dependencies",
         "This file is @generated automatically"
     ],
-    "content-hash": "2b7ce82429ac8209451138f3a4803fd0",
+    "content-hash": "ef0dabb2ed1f62b79526b77f3db35cd4",
     "packages": [
         {
             "name": "dflydev/dot-access-data",
@@ -819,6 +819,60 @@
             },
             "time": "2018-02-13T20:26:39+00:00"
         },
+        {
+            "name": "odan/session",
+            "version": "6.1.0",
+            "source": {
+                "type": "git",
+                "url": "https://github.com/odan/session.git",
+                "reference": "b30e66903ab2cfa012c1d6c49b9bb11caa4c9f57"
+            },
+            "dist": {
+                "type": "zip",
+                "url": "https://api.github.com/repos/odan/session/zipball/b30e66903ab2cfa012c1d6c49b9bb11caa4c9f57",
+                "reference": "b30e66903ab2cfa012c1d6c49b9bb11caa4c9f57",
+                "shasum": ""
+            },
+            "require": {
+                "php": "^8.0",
+                "psr/http-message": "^1",
+                "psr/http-server-handler": "^1",
+                "psr/http-server-middleware": "^1"
+            },
+            "require-dev": {
+                "friendsofphp/php-cs-fixer": "^3",
+                "middlewares/utils": "^3",
+                "nyholm/psr7": "^1.5",
+                "phpstan/phpstan": "^1",
+                "phpunit/phpunit": "^7 || ^8 || ^9 || ^10",
+                "squizlabs/php_codesniffer": "^3",
+                "symfony/console": "6.0.*",
+                "symfony/event-dispatcher": "6.0.*",
+                "symfony/filesystem": "6.0.*",
+                "symfony/finder": "6.0.*"
+            },
+            "type": "library",
+            "autoload": {
+                "psr-4": {
+                    "Odan\\Session\\": "src/"
+                }
+            },
+            "notification-url": "https://packagist.org/downloads/",
+            "license": [
+                "MIT"
+            ],
+            "description": "A Slim session handler",
+            "homepage": "https://github.com/odan/session",
+            "keywords": [
+                "session",
+                "slim"
+            ],
+            "support": {
+                "issues": "https://github.com/odan/session/issues",
+                "source": "https://github.com/odan/session/tree/6.1.0"
+            },
+            "time": "2023-01-22T10:40:26+00:00"
+        },
         {
             "name": "php-di/invoker",
             "version": "2.3.4",
diff --git a/app/src/Bootstrap.php b/app/src/Bootstrap.php
index 2de0523..ff42027 100644
--- a/app/src/Bootstrap.php
+++ b/app/src/Bootstrap.php
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ use Slim\Factory\AppFactory;
 
 use League\Config\Configuration;
 
+use Psr\Container\ContainerInterface;
 use DI\Container;
 use DI\ContainerBuilder;
 
@@ -16,11 +17,15 @@ use Slim\Views\TwigMiddleware;
 use Slovocast\Routes;
 use Slovocast\Configuration\SiteInformationSchema;
 use Slovocast\Configuration\DatabaseConnectionSchema;
+use Slovocast\Configuration\SessionSchema;
 
 use Psr\Log\LoggerInterface;
 use Monolog\Logger;
 use Monolog\Handler\StreamHandler;
 use Monolog\Level;
+use Odan\Session\PhpSession;
+use Odan\Session\SessionInterface;
+use Odan\Session\SessionManagerInterface; 
 
 class Bootstrap
 {
@@ -36,6 +41,7 @@ class Bootstrap
         // set all configuration details
         $config->addSchema('site', SiteInformationSchema::getSchema());
         $config->addSchema('database', DatabaseConnectionSchema::getSchema());
+        $config->addSchema('session', SessionSchema::getSchema());
 
         $config->merge([
             'site' => [
@@ -45,6 +51,9 @@ class Bootstrap
                     'podcast', 'hosting', 'indie', 'independent', 'easy'
                 ]
             ],
+            'session' => [
+                'name' => 'slovocast'
+            ]
         ]);
 
         return $config;
@@ -74,6 +83,13 @@ class Bootstrap
                     new StreamHandler(__DIR__ . '/var/logs', Level::Warning)
                 );
                 return $logger;
+            },
+            SessionManagerInterface::class => function (ContainerInterface $container) {
+                return $container->get(SessionInterface::class);
+            },
+            SessionInterface::class => function (ContainerInterface $container) {
+                $options = $container->get('config')->get('session');
+                return new PhpSession($options);
             }
         ]);
 
diff --git a/app/src/Configuration/DatabaseConnectionSchema.php b/app/src/Configuration/DatabaseConnectionSchema.php
index d57d598..757d1eb 100644
--- a/app/src/Configuration/DatabaseConnectionSchema.php
+++ b/app/src/Configuration/DatabaseConnectionSchema.php
@@ -18,5 +18,4 @@ class DatabaseConnectionSchema
             'password' => Expect::string()->nullable()
         ]);
     }
-    
 }
diff --git a/app/src/Configuration/SessionSchema.php b/app/src/Configuration/SessionSchema.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8388b88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/Configuration/SessionSchema.php
@@ -0,0 +1,22 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Slovocast\Configuration;
+
+use Nette\Schema\Expect;
+use Nette\Schema\Schema;
+
+class SessionSchema
+{
+    public static function getSchema(): Schema
+    {
+        return Expect::structure([
+            'name' => Expect::string()->default('slovocast'),
+            'lifetime' => Expect::int()->min(0)->max(65535)->default(7200),
+            'path' => Expect::string()->nullable(),
+            'domain' => Expect::string()->nullable(),
+            'secure' => Expect::bool()->default(false),
+            'httponly' => Expect::bool()->default(false),
+            'cache_limiter' => Expect::string()->nullable()
+        ]);
+    } 
+}
diff --git a/app/src/Controller/Channel/CreateChannelPage.php b/app/src/Controller/Channel/CreateChannelPage.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..595f573
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/Controller/Channel/CreateChannelPage.php
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Slovocast\Controller\Channel;
+
+use Psr\Http\Message\ResponseInterface as Response;
+use Slovocast\Controller\Controller;
+
+class CreateChannelPage extends Controller
+{
+    public function respond(): Response
+    {
+        // set up the form key
+        return $this->render('channel/create.twig');
+    }
+}
diff --git a/app/src/Domain/Entity/Channel.php b/app/src/Domain/Entity/Channel.php
index c7f6cc5..ab44ee4 100644
--- a/app/src/Domain/Entity/Channel.php
+++ b/app/src/Domain/Entity/Channel.php
@@ -86,15 +86,15 @@ class Channel
             $props['explicit'] ?? false
         );
 
-        if ($props['id']) {
+        if (isset($props['id'])) {
             $channel->setId($props['id']);
         }
 
-        if ($props['createdAt']) {
+        if (isset($props['createdAt'])) {
             $channel->setCreatedAt($props['createdAt']);
         }
 
-        if ($props['updatedAt']) {
+        if (isset($props['updatedAt'])) {
             $channel->setUpdatedAt($props['updatedAt']);
         }
 
diff --git a/app/src/Domain/Entity/User.php b/app/src/Domain/Entity/User.php
index b8e2b09..7b45ded 100644
--- a/app/src/Domain/Entity/User.php
+++ b/app/src/Domain/Entity/User.php
@@ -55,15 +55,15 @@ class User
     {
         $user = new self($props['email'], $props['password'], $props['name']);
 
-        if (array_key_exists('id', $props)) {
+        if (isset($props['id'])) {
             $user->setId($props['id']);
         }
 
-        if (array_key_exists('createdAt', $props)) {
+        if (isset($props['createdAt'])) {
             $user->setCreatedAt($props['createdAt']);
         }
 
-        if (array_key_exists('updatedAt', $props)) {
+        if (isset($props['updatedAt'])) {
             $user->setUpdatedAt($props['updatedAt']);
         }
 
diff --git a/app/templates/channel/create.twig b/app/templates/channel/create.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d914423
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/templates/channel/create.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+{% extends 'layouts/skeleton.twig' %}
+
+{% block content %}
+<div>
+    <form action="/channel/create" method="post">
+        <input name="form_key" type="hidden" value="{{ form_key }}">
+        <div>
+            <label for="name">Name<br>
+            <input name="name" type="text" required>
+        </div>
+        <div>
+            <label for="email">Email<br>
+            <input name="email" type="text" required>
+        </div>
+        <div>
+            <label for="password">Password<br>
+            <input name="password" type="password" required>
+        </div>
+        <div>
+            <label for="check_password">Confirm Password<br>
+            <input name="check_password" type="password" required>
+        </div>
+        <div>
+            <input type="submit" label="Submit">
+        </div>
+    </form>
+</div>
+{% endblock %}