diff --git a/apps/web/app/(dash)/layout.tsx b/apps/web/app/(dash)/layout.tsx
index b2b27a4f..65a04a9b 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/(dash)/layout.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/app/(dash)/layout.tsx
@@ -3,7 +3,6 @@ import Menu from "./menu";
 import { redirect } from "next/navigation";
 import { auth } from "../../server/auth";
 import { Toaster } from "@repo/ui/shadcn/sonner";
-import BackgroundPlus from "../(landing)/GridPatterns/PlusGrid";
 
 async function Layout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
 	const info = await auth();
@@ -13,7 +12,7 @@ async function Layout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
 	}
 
 	return (
-		<main className="h-screen flex flex-col">
+		<main className="h-screen bg flex flex-col">
 			<div className="fixed top-0 left-0 w-full z-40">
 				<Header />
 			</div>
@@ -24,7 +23,6 @@ async function Layout({ children }: { children: React.ReactNode }) {
 					style={{ transform: "rotate(-30deg)" }}
 				/>
 			</div>
-			<BackgroundPlus className="absolute top-0 left-0 w-full h-full -z-50 opacity-70" />
 
 			<Menu />
 
diff --git a/apps/web/app/(dash)/menu.tsx b/apps/web/app/(dash)/menu.tsx
index 711b081c..8d8e77c1 100644
--- a/apps/web/app/(dash)/menu.tsx
+++ b/apps/web/app/(dash)/menu.tsx
@@ -1,359 +1,171 @@
-"use client";
-
-import React, { useEffect, useMemo, useState } from "react";
+import React from "react";
 import Image from "next/image";
 import Link from "next/link";
-import { MemoriesIcon, ExploreIcon, CanvasIcon, AddIcon } from "@repo/ui/icons";
-import { Button } from "@repo/ui/shadcn/button";
-import { MinusIcon, PlusCircleIcon } from "lucide-react";
-import {
-	Dialog,
-	DialogContent,
-	DialogDescription,
-	DialogFooter,
-	DialogHeader,
-	DialogTitle,
-	DialogTrigger,
-} from "@repo/ui/shadcn/dialog";
-import { Label } from "@repo/ui/shadcn/label";
-import { Textarea } from "@repo/ui/shadcn/textarea";
-import { toast } from "sonner";
-import { getSpaces } from "../actions/fetchers";
+import { MemoriesIcon, CanvasIcon, AddIcon } from "@repo/ui/icons";
+import { DialogTrigger } from "@repo/ui/shadcn/dialog";
+
 import { HomeIcon } from "@heroicons/react/24/solid";
-import { createMemory, createSpace } from "../actions/doers";
-import ComboboxWithCreate from "@repo/ui/shadcn/combobox";
-import { StoredSpace } from "@/server/db/schema";
-import useMeasure from "react-use-measure";
+import {
+	PencilSquareIcon,
+	PlusIcon,
+	PresentationChartLineIcon,
+	RectangleStackIcon,
+} from "@heroicons/react/24/solid";
+import DialogTriggerWrapper, { DialogDesktopTrigger, DialogMobileTrigger } from "./dialogTriggerWrapper";
+
+const menuItems = [
+	{
+		icon: MemoriesIcon,
+		text: "Memories",
+		url: "/memories",
+		disabled: false,
+	},
+	{
+		icon: CanvasIcon,
+		text: "Canvas",
+		url: "/canvas",
+		disabled: true,
+	},
+];
+
+const items = [
+	{
+		icon: <HomeIcon className="h-6 w-6" />,
+		name: "home",
+		url: "/home",
+		disabled: false,
+	},
+	{
+		icon: <RectangleStackIcon className="h-6 w-6" />,
+		name: "memories",
+		url: "/memories",
+		disabled: false,
+	},
+	{
+		icon: <PencilSquareIcon className="h-6 w-6" />,
+		name: "editor",
+		url: "/#",
+		disabled: true,
+	},
+	{
+		icon: <PresentationChartLineIcon className="h-6 w-6" />,
+		name: "thinkpad",
+		url: "/#",
+		disabled: true,
+	},
+];
 
 function Menu() {
-	const [spaces, setSpaces] = useState<StoredSpace[]>([]);
-
-	useEffect(() => {
-		(async () => {
-			let spaces = await getSpaces();
-
-			if (!spaces.success || !spaces.data) {
-				toast.warning("Unable to get spaces", {
-					richColors: true,
-				});
-				setSpaces([]);
-				return;
-			}
-			setSpaces(spaces.data);
-		})();
-	}, []);
-
-	const menuItems = [
-		{
-			icon: MemoriesIcon,
-			text: "Memories",
-			url: "/memories",
-			disabled: false,
-		},
-		{
-			icon: CanvasIcon,
-			text: "Canvas",
-			url: "/canvas",
-			disabled: true,
-		},
-	];
-
-	const [content, setContent] = useState("");
-	const [selectedSpaces, setSelectedSpaces] = useState<number[]>([]);
-
-	const autoDetectedType = useMemo(() => {
-		if (content.length === 0) {
-			return "none";
-		}
-
-		if (
-			content.match(/https?:\/\/(x\.com|twitter\.com)\/[\w]+\/[\w]+\/[\d]+/)
-		) {
-			return "tweet";
-		} else if (content.match(/https?:\/\/[\w\.]+/)) {
-			return "page";
-		} else if (content.match(/https?:\/\/www\.[\w\.]+/)) {
-			return "page";
-		} else {
-			return "note";
-		}
-	}, [content]);
-
-	const [dialogOpen, setDialogOpen] = useState(false);
-
-	const options = useMemo(
-		() =>
-			spaces.map((x) => ({
-				label: x.name,
-				value: x.id.toString(),
-			})),
-		[spaces],
-	);
-
-	const handleSubmit = async (content?: string, spaces?: number[]) => {
-		setDialogOpen(false);
-
-		toast.info("Creating memory...", {
-			icon: <PlusCircleIcon className="w-4 h-4 text-white animate-spin" />,
-			duration: 7500,
-		});
-
-		if (!content || content.length === 0) {
-			toast.error("Content is required");
-			return;
-		}
-
-		console.log(spaces);
-
-		const cont = await createMemory({
-			content: content,
-			spaces: spaces ?? undefined,
-		});
-
-		setContent("");
-		setSelectedSpaces([]);
-
-		if (cont.success) {
-			toast.success("Memory created", {
-				richColors: true,
-			});
-		} else {
-			toast.error(`Memory creation failed: ${cont.error}`);
-		}
-	};
-
 	return (
 		<>
 			{/* Desktop Menu */}
-			<Dialog open={dialogOpen} onOpenChange={setDialogOpen}>
-				<div className="hidden lg:flex fixed h-screen pb-20 w-full p-4 items-center justify-start top-0 left-0 pointer-events-none z-[39]">
-					<div className="pointer-events-auto group flex w-14 text-foreground-menu text-[15px] font-medium flex-col items-start gap-6 overflow-hidden rounded-[28px] border-2 border-border bg-secondary px-3 py-4 duration-200 hover:w-40 z-[99999]">
-						<div className="border-b border-border pb-4 w-full">
-							<DialogTrigger
-								className={`flex w-full text-white brightness-75 hover:brightness-125 focus:brightness-125  cursor-pointer items-center gap-3 px-1 duration-200 justify-start`}
-							>
-								<Image
-									src={AddIcon}
-									alt="Logo"
-									width={24}
-									height={24}
-									className="hover:brightness-125 focus:brightness-125 duration-200 text-white"
-								/>
-								<p className="opacity-0 duration-200 group-hover:opacity-100">
-									Add
-								</p>
-							</DialogTrigger>
-						</div>
-						{menuItems.map((item) => (
-							<Link
-								aria-disabled={item.disabled}
-								href={item.disabled ? "#" : item.url}
-								key={item.url}
-								className={`flex w-full ${
-									item.disabled
-										? "cursor-not-allowed opacity-30"
-										: "text-white brightness-75 hover:brightness-125 cursor-pointer"
-								} items-center gap-3 px-1 duration-200 hover:scale-105 active:scale-90 justify-start`}
-							>
-								<Image
-									src={item.icon}
-									alt={`${item.text} icon`}
-									width={24}
-									height={24}
-									className="hover:brightness-125 duration-200"
-								/>
-								<p className="opacity-0 duration-200 group-hover:opacity-100">
-									{item.text}
-								</p>
-							</Link>
+			<div className="hidden lg:flex items-center pointer-events-none z-[39] fixed left-0 top-0 h-screen flex-col justify-center px-2">
+				<div className="pointer-events-none z-10 absolute top-1/2 h-1/3 w-full -translate-y-1/2 bg-blue-500/20 blur-[300px] "></div>
+				<div className="pointer-events-auto flex flex-col gap-2">
+					<DialogDesktopTrigger />
+					<div className="inline-flex w-14 flex-col items-start gap-6 rounded-2xl border-[1px] border-gray-700/50 bg-[#1F2428] px-3 py-4 text-[#b9b9b9] shadow-md shadow-[#1d1d1dc7]">
+						{items.map((v) => (
+							<NavItem {...v} />
 						))}
 					</div>
 				</div>
+			</div>
 
-				<DialogContent className="sm:max-w-[475px] text-[#F2F3F5] rounded-2xl bg-background z-[39] backdrop-blur-md">
-					<form
-						action={async (e: FormData) => {
-							const content = e.get("content")?.toString();
-
-							await handleSubmit(content, selectedSpaces);
-						}}
-						className="flex flex-col gap-4 "
+			{/* Mobile Menu */}
+			<div className="lg:hidden fixed bottom-0 left-0 w-full p-4 bg-secondary z-50 border-t-2 border-border">
+				<div className="flex justify-around items-center">
+					<Link
+						href={"/"}
+						className={`flex flex-col items-center text-white ${"cursor-pointer"}`}
 					>
-						<DialogHeader>
-							<DialogTitle>Add memory</DialogTitle>
-							<DialogDescription className="text-[#F2F3F5]">
-								A "Memory" is a bookmark, something you want to remember.
-							</DialogDescription>
-						</DialogHeader>
+						<HomeIcon width={24} height={24} />
+						<p className="text-xs text-foreground-menu mt-2">Home</p>
+					</Link>
 
-						<div>
-							<Label htmlFor="name">Resource (URL or content)</Label>
-							<Textarea
-								className={`bg-[#2F353C] text-[#DBDEE1] max-h-[35vh] overflow-auto  focus-visible:ring-0 border-none focus-visible:ring-offset-0 mt-2 ${/^https?:\/\/\S+$/i.test(content) && "text-[#1D9BF0] underline underline-offset-2"}`}
-								id="content"
-								name="content"
-								rows={8}
-								placeholder="Start typing a note or paste a URL here. I'll remember it."
-								value={content}
-								onChange={(e) => setContent(e.target.value)}
-								onKeyDown={(e) => {
-									if (e.key === "Enter" && !e.shiftKey) {
-										e.preventDefault();
-										handleSubmit(content, selectedSpaces);
-									}
-								}}
-							/>
-						</div>
-
-						<div>
-							<Label className="space-y-1" htmlFor="space">
-								<h3 className="font-semibold text-lg tracking-tight">
-									Spaces (Optional)
-								</h3>
-								<p className="leading-normal text-[#F2F3F5] text-sm">
-									A space is a collection of memories. It's a way to organise
-									your memories.
-								</p>
-							</Label>
-
-							<ComboboxWithCreate
-								options={spaces.map((x) => ({
-									label: x.name,
-									value: x.id.toString(),
-								}))}
-								onSelect={(v) =>
-									setSelectedSpaces((prev) => {
-										if (v === "") {
-											return [];
-										}
-										return [...prev, parseInt(v)];
-									})
-								}
-								onSubmit={async (spaceName) => {
-									const space = options.find((x) => x.label === spaceName);
-									toast.info("Creating space...");
-
-									if (space) {
-										toast.error("A space with that name already exists.");
-									}
-
-									const creationTask = await createSpace(spaceName);
-									if (creationTask.success && creationTask.data) {
-										toast.success("Space created " + creationTask.data);
-										setSpaces((prev) => [
-											...prev,
-											{
-												name: spaceName,
-												id: creationTask.data!,
-												createdAt: new Date(),
-												user: null,
-												numItems: 0,
-											},
-										]);
-										setSelectedSpaces((prev) => [...prev, creationTask.data!]);
-									} else {
-										toast.error(
-											"Space creation failed: " + creationTask.error ??
-												"Unknown error",
-										);
-									}
-								}}
-								placeholder="Select or create a new space."
-								className="bg-[#2F353C] h-min rounded-md mt-4 mb-4"
-							/>
-
-							<div>
-								{selectedSpaces.length > 0 && (
-									<div className="flex flex-row flex-wrap gap-0.5 h-min">
-										{[...new Set(selectedSpaces)].map((x, idx) => (
-											<button
-												key={x}
-												type="button"
-												onClick={() =>
-													setSelectedSpaces((prev) =>
-														prev.filter((y) => y !== x),
-													)
-												}
-												className={`relative group p-2 py-3 bg-[#3C464D] max-w-32 ${
-													idx === selectedSpaces.length - 1
-														? "rounded-br-xl"
-														: ""
-												}`}
-											>
-												<p className="line-clamp-1">
-													{spaces.find((y) => y.id === x)?.name}
-												</p>
-												<div className="absolute h-full right-0 top-0 p-1 opacity-0 group-hover:opacity-100 items-center">
-													<MinusIcon className="w-6 h-6 rounded-full bg-secondary" />
-												</div>
-											</button>
-										))}
-									</div>
-								)}
-							</div>
-						</div>
-
-						<DialogFooter>
-							<Button
-								disabled={autoDetectedType === "none"}
-								variant={"secondary"}
-								type="submit"
-							>
-								Save {autoDetectedType != "none" && autoDetectedType}
-							</Button>
-						</DialogFooter>
-					</form>
-				</DialogContent>
-
-				{/* Mobile Menu */}
-				<div className="lg:hidden fixed bottom-0 left-0 w-full p-4 bg-secondary z-50 border-t-2 border-border">
-					<div className="flex justify-around items-center">
+<DialogMobileTrigger />
+					{menuItems.map((item) => (
 						<Link
-							href={"/"}
-							className={`flex flex-col items-center text-white ${"cursor-pointer"}`}
-						>
-							<HomeIcon width={24} height={24} />
-							<p className="text-xs text-foreground-menu mt-2">Home</p>
-						</Link>
-
-						<DialogTrigger
-							className={`flex flex-col items-center cursor-pointer text-white`}
+							aria-disabled={item.disabled}
+							href={item.disabled ? "#" : item.url}
+							key={item.url}
+							className={`flex flex-col items-center ${
+								item.disabled
+									? "opacity-50 pointer-events-none"
+									: "cursor-pointer"
+							}`}
 						>
 							<Image
-								src={AddIcon}
-								alt="Logo"
+								src={item.icon}
+								alt={`${item.text} icon`}
 								width={24}
 								height={24}
-								className="hover:brightness-125 focus:brightness-125 duration-200 stroke-white"
 							/>
-							<p className="text-xs text-foreground-menu mt-2">Add</p>
-						</DialogTrigger>
-						{menuItems.map((item) => (
-							<Link
-								aria-disabled={item.disabled}
-								href={item.disabled ? "#" : item.url}
-								key={item.url}
-								className={`flex flex-col items-center ${
-									item.disabled
-										? "opacity-50 cursor-not-allowed"
-										: "cursor-pointer"
-								}`}
-								onClick={(e) => item.disabled && e.preventDefault()}
-							>
-								<Image
-									src={item.icon}
-									alt={`${item.text} icon`}
-									width={24}
-									height={24}
-								/>
-								<p className="text-xs text-foreground-menu mt-2">{item.text}</p>
-							</Link>
-						))}
-					</div>
+							<p className="text-xs text-foreground-menu mt-2">{item.text}</p>
+						</Link>
+					))}
 				</div>
-			</Dialog>
+			</div>
 		</>
 	);
 }
 
+export function Navbar() {
+	return (
+		<div className="pointer-events-none fixed left-0 top-0 flex h-screen flex-col justify-center px-2">
+			<div className="pointer-events-none absolute top-1/2 h-1/3 w-full -translate-y-1/2 bg-blue-500/20 blur-[300px] "></div>
+			<div className="pointer-events-auto">
+				<div className="inline-flex w-14 flex-col items-start gap-6 rounded-2xl border-[1px] border-gray-700/50 bg-[#1f24289b] px-3 py-4 text-[#b9b9b9] shadow-md shadow-[#1d1d1dc7]">
+					<Top />
+					{items.map((v) => (
+						<NavItem {...v} />
+					))}
+				</div>
+			</div>
+		</div>
+	);
+}
+
+function Top() {
+	return (
+		<DialogTriggerWrapper>
+			<DialogTrigger>
+				<div className="space-y-4 group relative">
+					<button className="cursor-pointer px-1 hover:scale-105 hover:text-[#bfc4c9] active:scale-90">
+						<PlusIcon className="h-6 w-6" />
+					</button>
+					<div className="h-[1px] w-full bg-[#323b41]"></div>
+					<div className="opacity-0 group-hover:opacity-100 scale-x-50 group-hover:scale-x-100 origin-left transition-all  absolute whitespace-nowrap -top-1  -translate-y-1/2 left-[150%] pointer-events-none border-gray-700/50 border-[1px] bg-[#1F2428] shadow-md shadow-[#1d1d1dc7] rounded-xl px-2 py-1">
+						Add Memories
+					</div>
+				</div>
+			</DialogTrigger>
+		</DialogTriggerWrapper>
+	);
+}
+
+function NavItem({
+	disabled,
+	icon,
+	url,
+	name,
+}: {
+	disabled: boolean;
+	icon: React.JSX.Element;
+	name: string;
+	url: string;
+}) {
+	return (
+		<div className="relative group">
+			<Link aria-disabled={disabled} href={disabled ? "#" : url}>
+				<div className="cursor-pointer px-1 hover:scale-105 hover:text-[#bfc4c9] active:scale-90">
+					{icon}
+				</div>
+			</Link>
+			<div className="opacity-0 group-hover:opacity-100 scale-x-50 group-hover:scale-x-100 origin-left transition-all   absolute whitespace-nowrap top-1/2 -translate-y-1/2 left-[150%] pointer-events-none border-gray-700/50 border-[1px] bg-[#1F2428] shadow-md shadow-[#1d1d1dc7] rounded-xl px-2 py-1">
+				{name}
+			</div>
+		</div>
+	);
+}
+
 export default Menu;
diff --git a/packages/tailwind-config/globals.css b/packages/tailwind-config/globals.css
index dc3d3ed8..5e5804ad 100644
--- a/packages/tailwind-config/globals.css
+++ b/packages/tailwind-config/globals.css
@@ -234,3 +234,12 @@ body {
 	color: #369dfd;
 	background: #21303d;
 }
+
+.bg {
+  background-color:#171B1F;
+  background-image: linear-gradient(#1f24287a 2px, transparent 2px),
+  linear-gradient(90deg, #1f24287a 2px, transparent 2px);
+
+  background-size: 100px 100px, 100px 100px, 20px 20px, 20px 20px;
+  background-position:-2px -2px, -2px -2px, -1px -1px, -1px -1px;
+}
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