diff --git a/app/application.rb b/app/application.rb
index cd954bd..2c2f7a3 100644
--- a/app/application.rb
+++ b/app/application.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,6 @@
 require 'bundler/setup'
 require 'sinatra/base'
 
-require_relative '../lib/encoder'
-require_relative '../lib/decoder'
 require_relative '../lib/ohm_setup'
 require_relative 'models/link'
 
@@ -13,5 +11,10 @@ class Application < Sinatra::Base
 
       redirect link.url
     end
+
+    post '/' do
+      url = params[:url]
+      Link.create(url: url)
+    end
   end
 end
diff --git a/spec/app/application_spec.rb b/spec/app/application_spec.rb
index 3418d14..8badec5 100644
--- a/spec/app/application_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/app/application_spec.rb
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 
 describe Shawtie::Application do
   context 'GET /:hash' do
-    let(:link) { FactoryGirl.build(:link) }
+    let!(:link) { FactoryGirl.create(:link) }
 
     before do
       get "/#{link.hash}"
@@ -16,4 +16,20 @@
       last_response.location.should == link.url
     end
   end
+
+  context 'POST /' do
+    let(:url) { 'http://ruby-lang.com' }
+
+    before do
+      post '/', url: url
+    end
+
+    it 'is successful' do
+      last_response.should be_successful
+    end
+
+    it 'creates a link with the given url' do
+      Link.find(url: url).size.should == 1
+    end
+  end
 end