diff --git a/ui/src/app/auth/authContext.tsx b/ui/src/app/auth/authContext.tsx
index 82d4e80..c986565 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/auth/authContext.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/app/auth/authContext.tsx
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 "use client"
 
-import { createContext, useContext, useState, useEffect } from 'react';
+import { createContext, useContext, useState, useEffect, Dispatch, SetStateAction } from 'react';
 import { User } from '../types';
 import { useCookies } from 'react-cookie';
 import { jwtDecode } from 'jwt-decode';
@@ -8,13 +8,16 @@ import { useRouter } from 'next/navigation';
 
 type AuthContextType = {
     user: User | null
+    firstUserCreated: boolean
+    setFirstUserCreated: Dispatch<SetStateAction<boolean>>
 }
 
-const AuthContext = createContext<AuthContextType>({ user: null });
+const AuthContext = createContext<AuthContextType>({ user: null, firstUserCreated: false, setFirstUserCreated: () => { } });
 
 export const AuthProvider = ({ children }: Readonly<{ children: React.ReactNode }>) => {
     const [cookies, setCookie, removeCookie] = useCookies(['user_token']);
     const [user, setUser] = useState<User | null>(null);
+    const [firstUserCreated, setFirstUserCreated] = useState<boolean>(false)
     const router = useRouter();
 
     useEffect(() => {
@@ -23,6 +26,7 @@ export const AuthProvider = ({ children }: Readonly<{ children: React.ReactNode
             let userObject = jwtDecode(cookies.user_token) as User
             userObject.authToken = cookies.user_token
             setUser(userObject);
+            setFirstUserCreated(true)
         } else {
             setUser(null)
             router.push('/login');
@@ -30,7 +34,7 @@ export const AuthProvider = ({ children }: Readonly<{ children: React.ReactNode
     }, [cookies.user_token, router]);
 
     return (
-        <AuthContext.Provider value={{ user }}>
+        <AuthContext.Provider value={{ user, firstUserCreated, setFirstUserCreated }}>
             {children}
         </AuthContext.Provider>
     );
diff --git a/ui/src/app/initialize/page.tsx b/ui/src/app/initialize/page.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c1156d3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/src/app/initialize/page.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,138 @@
+"use client"
+
+import { useState, ChangeEvent } from "react"
+import { getStatus, login, postFirstUser } from "../queries"
+import { useMutation, useQuery } from "react-query"
+import { useRouter } from "next/navigation"
+import { passwordIsValid } from "../utils"
+import { useAuth } from "../auth/authContext"
+import { Logo } from "../nav"
+import { useCookies } from "react-cookie"
+import { statusResponse } from "../types"
+
+
+export default function Initialize() {
+    const router = useRouter()
+    const auth = useAuth()
+    const [cookies, setCookie, removeCookie] = useCookies(['user_token']);
+    const statusQuery = useQuery<statusResponse, Error>({
+        queryFn: () => getStatus()
+    })
+    if (statusQuery.data && statusQuery.data.initialized) {
+        auth.setFirstUserCreated(true)
+        router.push("/login")
+    }
+    const loginMutation = useMutation(login, {
+        onSuccess: (e) => {
+            setErrorText("")
+            setCookie('user_token', e, {
+                sameSite: true,
+                secure: true,
+                expires: new Date(new Date().getTime() + 60 * 60 * 1000),
+            })
+            router.push('/certificate_requests')
+        },
+        onError: (e: Error) => {
+            setErrorText(e.message)
+        }
+    })
+    const postUserMutation = useMutation(postFirstUser, {
+        onSuccess: () => {
+            setErrorText("")
+            auth.setFirstUserCreated(true)
+            loginMutation.mutate({ username: username, password: password1 })
+        },
+        onError: (e: Error) => {
+            setErrorText(e.message)
+        }
+    })
+    const [username, setUsername] = useState<string>("")
+    const [password1, setPassword1] = useState<string>("")
+    const [password2, setPassword2] = useState<string>("")
+    const passwordsMatch = password1 === password2
+    const [errorText, setErrorText] = useState<string>("")
+    const [showPassword1, setShowPassword1] = useState<boolean>(false)
+    const handleUsernameChange = (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => { setUsername(event.target.value) }
+    const handlePassword1Change = (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => { setPassword1(event.target.value) }
+    const handlePassword2Change = (event: ChangeEvent<HTMLInputElement>) => { setPassword2(event.target.value) }
+    return (
+        <>
+            <div style={{ backgroundColor: "#262626", height: "6.5vh" }}>
+                <div style={{ marginLeft: "30px" }}>
+                    <Logo />
+                </div>
+            </div>
+            <div style={{
+                display: "flex",
+                alignContent: "center",
+                justifyContent: "center",
+                flexWrap: "wrap",
+                height: "93.5vh",
+            }}>
+                <div className="p-panel" style={{
+                    width: "45rem",
+                    minWidth: "min-content",
+                    minHeight: "min-content",
+                }}>
+                    <fieldset>
+                        <div className="p-panel__header">
+                            <h2>Initialize GoCert</h2>
+                        </div>
+                        <div className="p-panel__content">
+                            <form className={"p-form-validation " + ((!passwordIsValid(password1) && password1 != "") || (!passwordsMatch && password2 != "") ? "is-error" : "")}>
+                                <div className="p-form__group row">
+                                    <h4>Create the initial admin user</h4>
+                                    <label className="p-form__label">Username</label>
+                                    <input type="text" id="InputUsername" name="InputUsername" onChange={handleUsernameChange} />
+                                    <div>
+                                        <label className="p-form__label">Password</label>
+                                        <button className="p-button--base u-no-margin--bottom has-icon" style={{ float: "right" }} aria-live="polite" aria-controls="password" onClick={(e) => { e.preventDefault(); setShowPassword1(!showPassword1) }}>
+                                            {showPassword1 ? (
+                                                <>
+                                                    <span className="p-form-password-toggle__label">
+                                                        Hide
+                                                    </span>
+                                                    <i className="p-icon--hide"></i>
+                                                </>
+                                            ) : (
+                                                <>
+                                                    <span className="p-form-password-toggle__label">
+                                                        Show
+                                                    </span>
+                                                    <i className="p-icon--show"></i>
+                                                </>
+                                            )}
+                                        </button>
+                                    </div>
+                                    <input className="p-form-validation__input" type={showPassword1 ? "text" : "password"} id="password1" name="password" placeholder="******" autoComplete="current-password" required={true} onChange={handlePassword1Change} />
+                                    <p className="p-form-help-text">
+                                        Password must have 8 or more characters, must include at least one capital letter, one lowercase letter, and either a number or a symbol.
+                                    </p>
+                                    <label htmlFor="p-form__label">Confirm Password</label>
+                                    <input className="p-form-validation__input" type="password" id="InputPassword" name="password2" placeholder="******" autoComplete="current-password" onChange={handlePassword2Change} />
+                                    {!passwordIsValid(password1) && password1 != "" && <p className="p-form-validation__message">Password is not valid</p>}
+                                    {passwordIsValid(password1) && !passwordsMatch && password2 != "" && <p className="p-form-validation__message">Passwords do not match</p>}
+                                    {errorText &&
+                                        <div className="p-notification--negative">
+                                            <div className="p-notification__content">
+                                                <h5 className="p-notification__title">Error</h5>
+                                                <p className="p-notification__message">{errorText.split("error: ")}</p>
+                                            </div>
+                                        </div>
+                                    }
+                                    {!passwordsMatch || !passwordIsValid(password1) ? (
+                                        <>
+                                            <button className="p-button--positive" type="submit" name="submit" disabled={true}>Submit</button>
+                                        </>
+                                    ) : (
+                                        <button className="p-button--positive" type="submit" name="submit" onClick={(event) => { event.preventDefault(); postUserMutation.mutate({ username: username, password: password1 }) }}>Submit</button>
+                                    )}
+                                </div>
+                            </form>
+                        </div>
+                    </fieldset>
+                </div >
+            </div>
+        </>
+    )
+}
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diff --git a/ui/src/app/login/page.tsx b/ui/src/app/login/page.tsx
index f0de8e1..8820e2b 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/login/page.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/app/login/page.tsx
@@ -1,14 +1,24 @@
 "use client"
 
-import { login } from "../queries"
-import { useMutation } from "react-query"
+import { getStatus, login } from "../queries"
+import { useMutation, useQuery } from "react-query"
 import { useState, ChangeEvent } from "react"
 import { useCookies } from "react-cookie"
 import { useRouter } from "next/navigation"
+import { useAuth } from "../auth/authContext"
+import { statusResponse } from "../types"
+
 
 export default function LoginPage() {
     const router = useRouter()
+    const auth = useAuth()
     const [cookies, setCookie, removeCookie] = useCookies(['user_token']);
+    const statusQuery = useQuery<statusResponse, Error>({
+        queryFn: () => getStatus()
+    })
+    if (!auth.firstUserCreated && (statusQuery.data && !statusQuery.data.initialized)) {
+        router.push("/initialize")
+    }
     const mutation = useMutation(login, {
         onSuccess: (e) => {
             setErrorText("")
diff --git a/ui/src/app/nav.tsx b/ui/src/app/nav.tsx
index dccc630..214a309 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/nav.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/app/nav.tsx
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ export default function Navigation({
     children: React.ReactNode;
 }>) {
     const activePath = usePathname()
-    const noNavRoutes = ['/login'];
+    const noNavRoutes = ['/login', '/initialize'];
 
     const shouldRenderNavigation = !noNavRoutes.includes(activePath);
     const [sidebarVisible, setSidebarVisible] = useState<boolean>(true)
diff --git a/ui/src/app/queries.ts b/ui/src/app/queries.ts
index a78c110..7940ae1 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/queries.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/queries.ts
@@ -8,6 +8,14 @@ export type RequiredCSRParams = {
     cert?: string
 }
 
+export async function getStatus() {
+    const response = await fetch("/status")
+    if (!response.ok) {
+        throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${HTTPStatus(response.status)}`)
+    }
+    return response.json()
+}
+
 export async function getCertificateRequests(params: { authToken: string }): Promise<CSREntry[]> {
     const response = await fetch("/api/v1/certificate_requests", {
         headers: { "Authorization": "Bearer " + params.authToken }
@@ -159,13 +167,27 @@ export async function deleteUser(params: { authToken: string, id: string }) {
     return response.json()
 }
 
+export async function postFirstUser(userForm: { username: string, password: string }) {
+    const response = await fetch("/api/v1/accounts", {
+        method: "POST",
+        body: JSON.stringify({ "username": userForm.username, "password": userForm.password })
+    })
+    const responseText = await response.text()
+    if (!response.ok) {
+        throw new Error(`${response.status}: ${HTTPStatus(response.status)}. ${responseText}`)
+    }
+    return responseText
+}
+
 export async function postUser(userForm: { authToken: string, username: string, password: string }) {
     const response = await fetch("/api/v1/accounts", {
         method: "POST",
+        body: JSON.stringify({
+            "username": userForm.username, "password": userForm.password
+        }),
         headers: {
             'Authorization': "Bearer " + userForm.authToken
-        },
-        body: JSON.stringify({ "username": userForm.username, "password": userForm.password })
+        }
     })
     const responseText = await response.text()
     if (!response.ok) {
diff --git a/ui/src/app/types.ts b/ui/src/app/types.ts
index 3551625..33ef736 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/types.ts
+++ b/ui/src/app/types.ts
@@ -15,4 +15,8 @@ export type User = {
 export type UserEntry = {
     id: number
     username: string
+}
+
+export type statusResponse = {
+    initialized: boolean
 }
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diff --git a/ui/src/app/users/asideForm.tsx b/ui/src/app/users/asideForm.tsx
index 1ba11f2..c3cd905 100644
--- a/ui/src/app/users/asideForm.tsx
+++ b/ui/src/app/users/asideForm.tsx
@@ -101,8 +101,7 @@ function AddNewUserForm() {
                     </>
                 ) : (
                     <button className="p-button--positive" type="submit" name="submit" onClick={(event) => { event.preventDefault(); mutation.mutate({ authToken: (auth.user ? auth.user.authToken : ""), username: username, password: password1 }) }}>Submit</button>
-                )
-                }
+                )}
             </div>
         </form>
     )