diff --git a/src/MatrixBackground.tsx b/src/MatrixBackground.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1406272
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/MatrixBackground.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,211 @@
+import React, { useEffect, useRef } from "react";
+
+const CHAR_WIDTH = 10; // canvas pixels
+const CHAR_HEIGHT = 12; // canvas pixels
+
+const ROWS = 50;
+const COLS = 50;
+
+const TRAIL_COUNT = 50;
+
+const ALPHABET = (() => {
+    let alphabet = [];
+
+    // 0 - 9
+    for (let charCode = "0".charCodeAt(0); charCode <= "9".charCodeAt(0); ++charCode) {
+        alphabet.push(String.fromCharCode(charCode));
+    }
+
+    // A - Z
+    for (let charCode = "A".charCodeAt(0); charCode <= "Z".charCodeAt(0); ++charCode) {
+        alphabet.push(String.fromCharCode(charCode));
+    }
+
+    // https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Half-width_kana
+    for (let codePoint = 0xFF71; codePoint <= 0xFF9D; ++codePoint) {
+        alphabet.push(String.fromCodePoint(codePoint));
+    }
+
+    return alphabet;
+})();
+
+// TODO add more
+const MEMES = [
+    "ABFAHRT",
+    "BALLERN",
+    "NOSLEEP",
+    "ｱﾔﾔｱﾔﾔ", // Ayaya Ayaya
+    "ｵﾏｴﾊﾓｳｼﾝﾃｲﾙ", // Omae wa mou shindeiru
+]
+
+const NORMAL_STYLE = "#020";
+const MEME_STYLE = "#050";
+const HEAD_STYLE = "#555";
+
+/**
+ * Likelihood of a meme to appear after each character.
+ * 
+ * 0.1 means there is one meme approximately every 10 chars.
+ */
+const MEME_PROBABILITY = 0.02;
+
+type Trail = {
+    /** Column in which the trail falls. Should be between 0 and `COLS` */
+    col: number,
+    /** Row where the head (lowest character) of the trail is. May be negative or above `ROWS`. */
+    head: number,
+    /** Number of characters to display above, including the head */
+    length: number,
+
+    /**
+     * Vertical segments of text to show in the trail body
+     * 
+     * The sum of each `chars.length` should be at least `ROWS`, but may be greater.
+     */
+    content: {
+        chars: string,
+        fillStyle: string, // TODO is there a better type for this?
+    }[],
+}
+
+function randomTrail(): Trail {
+    let content = []
+    let current = "";
+    let totalLength = 0;
+
+    while (totalLength < ROWS) {
+        if (Math.random() < MEME_PROBABILITY) {
+            // Commit the current non-meme chars
+            if (current.length > 0) {
+                content.push({
+                    chars: current,
+                    fillStyle: NORMAL_STYLE,
+                });
+                current = "";
+            }
+
+            // Pick and add a random meme
+            const meme = choice(MEMES);
+            content.push({
+                chars: meme,
+                fillStyle: MEME_STYLE,
+            });
+            totalLength += meme.length;
+        } else {
+            // No meme, just add one random character
+            current += choice(ALPHABET);
+            totalLength += 1;
+        }
+    }
+    if (current.length > 0) {
+        content.push({
+            chars: current,
+            fillStyle: NORMAL_STYLE,
+        });
+    }
+
+    return {
+        col: randRange(0, COLS),
+        head: randRange(-1 * COLS, 0), // spawn above the screen initially
+        length: randRange(5, 20),
+
+        content: content
+    };
+}
+
+function randRange(from: number, to: number) {
+    return from + Math.floor((to - from + 1) * Math.random());
+}
+
+function choice<T>(candidates: T[]): T {
+    return candidates[randRange(0, candidates.length - 1)];
+}
+
+const MatrixBackground = () => {
+    const canvasRef: React.MutableRefObject<HTMLCanvasElement | null> = useRef(null);
+
+    useEffect(() => {
+        const canvas = canvasRef.current
+        if (canvas === null) return;
+
+        const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
+        if (ctx === null) throw new Error('getContext("2d") returned null!');
+
+        ctx.font = '10pt monospace';
+
+        const width = canvas.width;
+        const height = canvas.height;
+
+        const trails: Trail[] = new Array(TRAIL_COUNT).fill(0).map((_) => randomTrail());
+
+        const matrixEffect = () => {
+            ctx.fillStyle = "#000";
+            ctx.fillRect(0, 0, width, height);
+
+            // draw all trails
+            for (let trail of trails) {
+                const x = trail.col * CHAR_WIDTH;
+                let idx = 0;
+
+                // TODO this can probably be optimized
+                outer:
+                for (let item of trail.content) {
+                    for (let char of item.chars) {
+                        // stop drawing characters after reaching the head
+                        if (idx > trail.head) break outer;
+
+                        // skip characters behind the trail end
+                        if (idx < trail.head - trail.length) {
+                            idx += 1;
+                            continue;
+                        }
+
+                        // draw the character
+                        ctx.fillStyle = (idx === trail.head ? HEAD_STYLE : item.fillStyle);
+                        const y = idx * CHAR_HEIGHT;
+                        ctx.fillText(char, x, y);
+
+                        idx += 1;
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            // update all trails
+            for (let i in trails) {
+                trails[i].head += 1;
+
+                if (trails[i].head - trails[i].length > ROWS) {
+                    // trail is completely off-screen, generate a new one
+                    trails[i] = randomTrail();
+                }
+            }
+        }
+
+        const interval = setInterval(matrixEffect, 100);
+        return () => {
+            clearInterval(interval);
+        }
+    }, [canvasRef]);
+
+    return (
+        <canvas
+            ref={canvasRef}
+            style={{
+                background: '#000000',
+                position: 'fixed',
+                width: '100%',
+                height: '100%',
+                zIndex: -1,
+                top: '0',
+                left: '0',
+                objectFit: 'cover',
+                imageRendering: 'crisp-edges',
+            }}
+            width={COLS * CHAR_WIDTH}
+            height={ROWS * CHAR_HEIGHT}
+        />
+    )
+
+};
+
+export default MatrixBackground;
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diff --git a/src/PartyPage.css b/src/PartyPage.css
index 07b1f68..fd62b40 100644
--- a/src/PartyPage.css
+++ b/src/PartyPage.css
@@ -20,7 +20,6 @@
 }
 
 .App-header {
-  background-color: #282c34;
   min-height: 100vh;
   display: flex;
   flex-direction: column;
diff --git a/src/PartyPage.tsx b/src/PartyPage.tsx
index 8ca2536..effc595 100644
--- a/src/PartyPage.tsx
+++ b/src/PartyPage.tsx
@@ -1,27 +1,23 @@
 
 import React, { useContext } from 'react';
-import logo from './logo.svg';
 import './PartyPage.css';
 import { PartyContext } from './PartyContext';
+import MatrixBackground from './MatrixBackground';
+
+const myDear = {
+    "m": "lieber",
+    "f": "liebe",
+    "d": "liebes",
+};
 
 export const PartyPage: React.FC = () => {
     const partyContext = useContext(PartyContext);
-    
-    return <div className="App" >
-        <header className="App-header" >
-            <img src={logo} className="App-logo" alt="logo" />
-            <p>
-                Edit <code> src/PartyPage.tsx </code> and save to reload.
-            </p>
-            <a
-                className="App-link"
-                href="https://reactjs.org"
-                target="_blank"
-                rel="noopener noreferrer"
-            >
-                Learn React
-            </a>
-            <span>Hello {partyContext.self.name}</span>
+
+    return <div className="App">
+        <MatrixBackground />
+        <header className="App-header">
+            <span>Hallo {myDear[partyContext.self.grammatical_gender]} {partyContext.self.name},</span>
+            <span>komm doch zur Party!</span>
         </header>
     </div>
 };
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diff --git a/src/partyApi.ts b/src/partyApi.ts
index e7d87f7..f6456e7 100644
--- a/src/partyApi.ts
+++ b/src/partyApi.ts
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import { APIEndPoint, PartyStatus, SelfStatus } from "./PartyContext";
 
 export const parseURI = (uri: string): APIEndPoint | undefined => {
-    const x = uri.match(/https?:\/\/(?<partyName>.+)\.party\.leafbla\.de\/(?<token>.+)/);
+    const x = uri.match(/https?:\/\/(?<partyName>.+)\.(?<host>.+)\/(?<token>.+)/);
     if (x === null || x.groups === undefined) return;
     const partyName = x.groups["partyName"];
     const token = x.groups["token"];
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ export const parseURI = (uri: string): APIEndPoint | undefined => {
     return { partyName, token };
 };
 
-const apiUrl = (apiEndPoint : APIEndPoint): string => {
+const apiUrl = (apiEndPoint: APIEndPoint): string => {
     return `https://party.leafbla.de/api/${apiEndPoint.partyName}/${apiEndPoint.token}`;
 };