diff --git a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
index ecabe61..0174f6a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/application_controller.rb
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
   # Prevent CSRF attacks by raising an exception.
   # For APIs, you may want to use :null_session instead.
-  protect_from_forgery with: :exception
+  protect_from_forgery with: :null_session
 
   helper_method :current_user
 
@@ -9,19 +9,13 @@ class ApplicationController < ActionController::Base
     render '/welcome'
   end
 
-  def amiloggedin
-    amiloggedin = !!session[:current_user_id]
-
-    render json: current_user
-  end
-
   private
 
   def current_user
     if session[:current_user_id]
       @current_user ||= User.find(session[:current_user_id])
     else
-      @current_user = false
+      @current_user = nil
     end
   end
 
diff --git a/app/controllers/confessions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/confessions_controller.rb
index 25107d4..07ec266 100644
--- a/app/controllers/confessions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/confessions_controller.rb
@@ -1,2 +1,26 @@
 class ConfessionsController < ApplicationController
+  # skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token
+
+  def create
+    transgression = Transgression.find(params[:transgression_id])
+
+    @confession = transgression.confessions.new(confession_params)
+
+    if @confession.save
+
+    else
+      render json: {
+        error: {
+          message: @confession.errors.full_messages.to_sentence
+        }
+      }
+    end
+  end
+
+  private
+
+  def confession_params
+    return params.require(:confession)
+      .permit(:description, :occurred_at)
+  end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/session_controller.rb b/app/controllers/session_controller.rb
index e9743d4..effe77a 100644
--- a/app/controllers/session_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/session_controller.rb
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 class SessionController < ApplicationController
+  # skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token, only: :create
 
   def create
     user = User.find_by(email: user_params[:email])
@@ -19,6 +20,11 @@ class SessionController < ApplicationController
     redirect_to root_path
   end
 
+  def current_sinner
+
+  end
+
+
   private
 
   def user_params
diff --git a/app/controllers/transgressions_controller.rb b/app/controllers/transgressions_controller.rb
index 9b6ff2b..57bc164 100644
--- a/app/controllers/transgressions_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/transgressions_controller.rb
@@ -1,52 +1,29 @@
 class TransgressionsController < ApplicationController
   before_action :require_current_user
+  # skip_before_action :verify_authenticity_token, only: :create
 
-  def new
-    @transgression = Transgression.new
+  def index
+    @transgressions = current_user.transgressions.includes(:confessions)
   end
 
   def create
-    @transgression = current_user.transgressions
-                    .new(transgression_params)
+    @transgression = current_user.transgressions.new(transgression_params)
 
-    @confession = @transgression.confessions.new(confession_params)
+    if @transgression.save
 
-    if @transgression.save && @confession.save
-      redirect_to transgressions_path
     else
-      flash[:message] = @transgression.errors.full_messages.to_sentence
-      render :new
+      render json: {
+        error: {
+          message: @transgression.errors.full_messages.to_sentence
+        }
+      }
     end
   end
 
-  def edit
-  end
-
-  def update
-    # params[:id]
-  end
-
-  def show
-  end
-
-  def index
-    @transgressions = current_user.transgressions
-        .includes(:confessions)
-        .group_by { |x| x.sin_type }
-  end
-
-  def delete
-  end
-
   private
 
   def transgression_params
     return params.require(:transgression)
             .permit(:sin_type, :description)
   end
-
-  def confession_params
-    return params.require(:confession)
-            .permit(:description, :occurred_at)
-  end
 end
diff --git a/app/views/confessions/create.json.jbuilder b/app/views/confessions/create.json.jbuilder
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..f655d88
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/confessions/create.json.jbuilder
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+json.transgression_id @confession.transgression_id
+
+json.confession do
+  json.id @confession.id
+  json.description @confession.description
+  json.occurred_at time_ago_in_words(@confession.created_at) + " ago"
+end
diff --git a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb
index 50fcd76..1142722 100644
--- a/app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb
+++ b/app/views/layouts/_header.html.erb
@@ -5,13 +5,6 @@
       The Sins We Commit
     </span>
   </div>
-  <nav>
-    <% if current_user %>
-      <a href="<%= new_transgression_path %>">
-        Please me, mortal!
-      </a>
-    <% end %>
-  </nav>
 </header>
 
 <%= javascript_include_tag 'login_signup.js' %>
diff --git a/app/views/session/current_sinner.json.jbuilder b/app/views/session/current_sinner.json.jbuilder
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..74d9a70
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/session/current_sinner.json.jbuilder
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+if current_user
+  json.current_user do
+    json.email current_user.email
+  end
+else
+  json.current_user nil
+end
diff --git a/app/views/transgressions/create.json.jbuilder b/app/views/transgressions/create.json.jbuilder
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5a3fe6b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/transgressions/create.json.jbuilder
@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
+json.transgression do
+  json.id @transgression.id
+  json.sin_type @transgression.sin_type
+  json.description @transgression.description
+  json.authored_at time_ago_in_words(@transgression.created_at) + " ago"
+  json.confessions []
+end
diff --git a/app/views/transgressions/index.html.erb b/app/views/transgressions/index.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index c252c40..0000000
--- a/app/views/transgressions/index.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-
-<% @transgressions.each do |sin_type, trans| %>
-<h4>
-  For the sin of <em><%= sin_type %></em>, your weaknesses are:
-</h4>
-<ul>
-  <% trans.each do |t| %>
-    <li>
-      <%= t.description %>, with <%= t.confessions.count %> confessions:
-      <% if t.confessions.count > 0 %>
-        <ul>
-          <% t.confessions.each do |c| %>
-            <li>
-              "<%= c.description %>" - <%= c.occurred_at %>
-            </li>
-          <% end %>
-        </ul>
-      <% end %>
-    </li>
-  <% end %>
-</ul>
-<% end %>
diff --git a/app/views/transgressions/index.json.jbuilder b/app/views/transgressions/index.json.jbuilder
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..0233cb1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/views/transgressions/index.json.jbuilder
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+json.sinner current_user.email
+
+json.transgressions(@transgressions) do |trans|
+
+  json.id trans.id
+  json.sin_type trans.sin_type
+  json.description trans.description
+  json.authored_at time_ago_in_words(trans.created_at) + " ago"
+
+  json.confessions(trans.confessions) do |conf|
+    json.id conf.id
+    json.description conf.description
+    json.occurred_at time_ago_in_words(conf.created_at) + " ago"
+  end
+end
diff --git a/app/views/transgressions/new.html.erb b/app/views/transgressions/new.html.erb
deleted file mode 100644
index 3fbd28d..0000000
--- a/app/views/transgressions/new.html.erb
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,21 +0,0 @@
-<form action="<%= transgressions_path %>" method="POST"
-  class='transgression'>
-  <input type="hidden" name="authenticity_token"
-    value="<%= form_authenticity_token %>">
-  <input type="text" name="transgression[description]"
-    placeholder="Weaknesses are beautiful..."
-    value="<%= @transgression.description %>"><br/>
-  <select name="transgression[sin_type]">
-    <% Transgression::SIN_TYPES.each do |sin| %>
-      <option value="<%= sin %>"
-        <%= @transgression.sin_type == sin ? "selected" : "" %>>
-        <%= sin %>
-      </option>
-    <% end %>
-  </select>
-  <hr/>
-  <h5>Your first confession!</h5>
-  <input type="text" name="confession[description]"><br/>
-  <input type="date" name="confession[occurred_at]"><br/>
-  <input type="submit" value="Here I am">
-</form>
diff --git a/config/routes.rb b/config/routes.rb
index 7b58590..ebdc12a 100644
--- a/config/routes.rb
+++ b/config/routes.rb
@@ -1,20 +1,19 @@
 Rails.application.routes.draw do
-  resources :confessions
-  resources :transgressions
   root 'application#welcome'
 
-  get '/amiloggedin' => 'application#amiloggedin'
+  resources :transgressions, only: [:index, :create], defaults: { format: :json } do
+    resources :confessions, only: [:create], shallow: true
+  end
 
   # resources :users, only: [:create]
   post '/users' => 'users#create'
 
-  # sessiony stuff
-  # get '/session' => 'session#current_user'
-  #       angular?
-
+  # session stuff
+  get '/session' => 'session#current_sinner', defaults: { format: :json }
   post '/session' => 'session#create'
   delete '/session' => 'session#destroy'
 
+
   # The priority is based upon order of creation: first created -> highest priority.
   # See how all your routes lay out with "rake routes".