diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 68952c6..5dc2243 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@ public/assets
 # templates to be created per-site
 app/views/home/privacy.*
 app/views/home/about.*
+app/views/home/chat.*
 
 # files added in production
 lib/tasks/deploy.rake
diff --git a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
index 8ff3972..70e730a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/home_controller.rb
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ class HomeController < ApplicationController
     end
   end
 
+  def chat
+    render :action => "chat"
+  end
+
   def privacy
     begin
       render :action => "privacy"
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
index 1fe1956..80ed987 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/application.html.erb
@@ -116,6 +116,7 @@
         (iqc = InvitationRequest.verified_count) > 0 %>
           <a href="/invitations">Invitation Queue (<%= iqc %>)</a>
         <% end %>
+        <a href="/chat">Chat</a>
         <% if defined?(BbsController) %>
           <a href="/bbs">BBS</a>
         <% end %>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index ea13f5e..79c6b9d 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -123,6 +123,7 @@ Lobsters::Application.routes.draw do
 
     get "/privacy" => "home#privacy"
     get "/about" => "home#about"
+    get "/chat" => "home#chat"
 
     if defined?(BbsController) || Rails.env.development?
       get "/bbs" => "bbs#index"