diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 6320894..d8c939c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1774,7 +1774,7 @@ dependencies = [
 [[package]]
 name = "kuska-ssb"
 version = "0.4.0"
-source = "git+https://github.com/mycognosist/ssb.git?branch=private_messages#4ae3e9ea24b828b9f11cb3af6866e8656924b9d0"
+source = "git+https://github.com/Kuska-ssb/ssb#fb7062de606e7c9cae8dd4df402a122db46c1b77"
 dependencies = [
  "async-std",
  "async-stream 0.2.1",
diff --git a/peach-web/rouille_refactor b/peach-web/rouille_refactor
index 1fcf234..8d71a21 100644
--- a/peach-web/rouille_refactor
+++ b/peach-web/rouille_refactor
@@ -19,9 +19,15 @@ we do not need to be super fast or feature-rich.
      x template
      x sbot_config data
      - might need some thought...render elements or input data
+   - admin
+     x menu
+     - configure
+     - change
+     - reset
 
- x write the nav and base templates
- x get the homepage loading properly
-   x route handler
-   x template
-   x file loading (static assets)
+ - write getter, setter and unsetter for flash messages
+   - from rocket docs
+     - A “removal” cookie is a cookie that has the same name as the original cookie but has an empty value, a max-age of 0, and an expiration date far in the past.
+   - use Response::with_additional_header() method to set cookie
+     - https://docs.rs/rouille/latest/rouille/struct.Response.html#method.with_additional_header
+   - https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTTP/Headers/Set-Cookie
diff --git a/peach-web/src/main.rs b/peach-web/src/main.rs
index 9ca6149..e1ba8dd 100644
--- a/peach-web/src/main.rs
+++ b/peach-web/src/main.rs
@@ -140,6 +140,14 @@ fn main() {
                 Response::html(routes::settings::scuttlebutt::configure::build())
             },
 
+            (GET) (/settings/admin) => {
+                Response::html(routes::settings::admin::menu::build())
+            },
+
+            (GET) (/settings/admin/configure) => {
+                Response::html(routes::settings::admin::configure::build())
+            },
+
             // The code block is called if none of the other blocks matches the request.
             // We return an empty response with a 404 status code.
             _ => Response::empty_404()
diff --git a/peach-web/src/routes/settings/admin.rs b/peach-web/src/routes/settings/admin.rs_old
similarity index 99%
rename from peach-web/src/routes/settings/admin.rs
rename to peach-web/src/routes/settings/admin.rs_old
index 89b296f..c5d437a 100644
--- a/peach-web/src/routes/settings/admin.rs
+++ b/peach-web/src/routes/settings/admin.rs_old
@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+/*
 use rocket::{
     form::{Form, FromForm},
     get, post,
@@ -120,3 +121,4 @@ pub fn delete_admin_post(
         ),
     }
 }
+*/
diff --git a/peach-web/src/routes/settings/admin/configure.rs b/peach-web/src/routes/settings/admin/configure.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d0f7329
--- /dev/null
+++ b/peach-web/src/routes/settings/admin/configure.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+use maud::{html, PreEscaped};
+use peach_lib::config_manager;
+
+use crate::templates;
+
+/// Administrator settings menu template builder.
+pub fn build() -> PreEscaped<String> {
+    // attempt to load peachcloud config file
+    let ssb_admins = config_manager::load_peach_config()
+        .ok()
+        .map(|config| config.ssb_admin_ids);
+
+    let menu_template = html! {
+        (PreEscaped("<!-- CONFIGURE ADMIN PAGE -->"))
+        div class="card center" {
+            div class="capsule capsule-profile center-text font-normal border-info" style="font-family: var(--sans-serif); font-size: var(--font-size-6); margin-bottom: 1.5rem;" {
+                "Administrators are identified and added by their Scuttlebutt public keys. These accounts will be sent private messages on Scuttlebutt when a password reset is requested."
+            }
+            @if let Some(ref ssb_admin_ids) = ssb_admins {
+                @for admin in ssb_admin_ids {
+                    form class="center" action="/settings/admin/delete" method="post" {
+                        div class="center" style="display: flex; justify-content: space-between;" {
+                            input type="hidden" name="ssb_id" value=(admin);
+                            p class="label-small label-ellipsis font-gray" style="user-select: all;" { (admin) }
+                            input style="width: 30%;" type="submit" class="button button-warning" value="Delete" title="Delete SSB administrator";
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            } @else {
+                div class="card-text" {
+                    "There are no currently configured admins."
+                }
+            }
+            form id="addAdmin" class="center" style="margin-top: 2rem;" action="/settings/admin/add" method="post" {
+                div class="center" style="display: flex; flex-direction: column; margin-bottom: 2rem;" title="Public key (ID) of a desired administrator" {
+                    label for="publicKey" class="label-small font-gray" { "PUBLIC KEY" }
+                    input type="text" id="publicKey" name="ssb_id" placeholder="@xYz...=.ed25519" autofocus;
+                }
+                (PreEscaped("<!-- BUTTONS -->"))
+                input class="button button-primary center" type="submit" title="Add SSB administrator" value="Add Admin";
+                (PreEscaped("<!-- FLASH MESSAGE -->"))
+                @if ssb_admins.is_none() {
+                    (templates::flash::build("error", "Failed to read PeachCloud configuration file"))
+                }
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    // wrap the nav bars around the settings menu template content
+    // parameters are template, title and back url
+    let body = templates::nav::build(
+        menu_template,
+        "Configure Administrators",
+        Some("/settings/admin"),
+    );
+
+    // render the base template with the provided body
+    templates::base::build(body)
+}
diff --git a/peach-web/src/routes/settings/admin/menu.rs b/peach-web/src/routes/settings/admin/menu.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..24f57b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/peach-web/src/routes/settings/admin/menu.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,26 @@
+use maud::{html, PreEscaped};
+
+use crate::templates;
+
+/// Administrator settings menu template builder.
+pub fn build() -> PreEscaped<String> {
+    let menu_template = html! {
+        (PreEscaped("<!-- ADMIN SETTINGS MENU -->"))
+        div class="card center" {
+            (PreEscaped("<!-- BUTTONS -->"))
+            div id="settingsButtons" {
+                a id="configure" class="button button-primary center" href="/settings/admin/configure" title="Configure Admin" { "Configure Admin" }
+                a id="change" class="button button-primary center" href="/settings/admin/change_password" title="Change Password" { "Change Password" }
+                a id="reset" class="button button-primary center" href="/settings/admin/forgot_password" title="Reset Password" { "Reset Password" }
+
+            }
+        }
+    };
+
+    // wrap the nav bars around the settings menu template content
+    // parameters are template, title and back url
+    let body = templates::nav::build(menu_template, "Administrator Settings", Some("/settings"));
+
+    // render the base template with the provided body
+    templates::base::build(body)
+}
diff --git a/peach-web/src/routes/settings/admin/mod.rs b/peach-web/src/routes/settings/admin/mod.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..485da58
--- /dev/null
+++ b/peach-web/src/routes/settings/admin/mod.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+pub mod configure;
+pub mod menu;
diff --git a/peach-web/src/routes/settings/mod.rs b/peach-web/src/routes/settings/mod.rs
index 0b2a088..2088ee3 100644
--- a/peach-web/src/routes/settings/mod.rs
+++ b/peach-web/src/routes/settings/mod.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-//pub mod admin;
+pub mod admin;
 //pub mod dns;
 pub mod menu;
 //pub mod network;
diff --git a/peach-web/src/templates/flash.rs b/peach-web/src/templates/flash.rs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..1a4c08e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/peach-web/src/templates/flash.rs
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+use maud::{html, Markup};
+
+/// Flash message template builder.
+///
+/// Render a flash elements based on the given flash name and message.
+pub fn build(flash_name: &str, flash_msg: &str) -> Markup {
+    let flash_class = match flash_name {
+        "success" => "capsule center-text flash-message font-normal border-success",
+        "info" => "capsule center-text flash-message font-normal border-info",
+        "warning" => "capsule center-text flash-message font-normal border-warning",
+        "error" => "capsule center-text flash-message font-normal border-danger",
+        _ => "",
+    };
+
+    html! {
+        div class=(flash_class) {
+            (flash_msg)
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/peach-web/src/templates/mod.rs b/peach-web/src/templates/mod.rs
index 137668d..30ac0ee 100644
--- a/peach-web/src/templates/mod.rs
+++ b/peach-web/src/templates/mod.rs
@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
 pub mod base;
+pub mod flash;
 pub mod nav;
diff --git a/peach-web/src/utils.rs b/peach-web/src/utils.rs
index fc63575..9f99492 100644
--- a/peach-web/src/utils.rs
+++ b/peach-web/src/utils.rs
@@ -24,6 +24,10 @@ pub fn set_theme(theme: Theme) {
     *writable_theme = theme;
 }
 
+// get_cookie
+
+// set_cookie
+
 /*
 pub mod monitor;