diff --git a/src/actions/index.js b/src/actions/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..17aaadf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/actions/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+// export function addTodo(txt) {
+//   return {
+//     type: 'ADD_TODO',
+//     payload: txt,
+//   }
+// }
diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 449989b..5d8ecc1 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -2,10 +2,27 @@ import React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom';
 import './assets/index.css';
 import App from './App';
+import reducer from './reducers/index.js'
 
 import 'semantic-ui-css/semantic.min.css';
 
-import { combineReducers, createStore } from 'redux';
+import { createStore } from 'redux';
+
+
+
+
+console.log('before createStore');
+
+const store = createStore(reducer)
+
+console.log(store);
+console.log('after createStore', store.getState());
+
+const action = {
+  type: "CLICK_EVENT", // ALL CAPS WITH _
+}
+store.dispatch(action);
+console.log('after CLICK_EVENT', store.getState());
 
 
 ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));
@@ -26,6 +43,8 @@ ReactDOM.render(<App />, document.getElementById('root'));
 
 ///////OLD REDUX SETUP/////////
 //
+// import { combineReducers, createStore } from 'redux';
+//
 // function usersReducer(state = [], action){
 //   return state;
 // }
diff --git a/src/reducers/index.js b/src/reducers/index.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3880928
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/reducers/index.js
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+const initialState = {}
+
+const renderState = {
+  loggedIn: false,
+  signingUp: false,
+  viewingProfile: false,
+  searching: false,
+}
+
+export const reducer = (state = initialState, action) => {
+  switch(action.type){
+    case "LOGGED_IN":
+      return {
+        ...state,
+        ...renderState,
+        loggedIn: true,
+      }
+    case "SIGNING_UP":
+      return { ...state,
+        ...renderState,
+        signingUp: true,
+      }
+    case "VIEWING_PROFILE":
+      return { ...state,
+        ...renderState,
+        viewingProfile: true,
+      }
+    case "SEARCHING":
+      return { ...state,
+        ...renderState,
+        searching: true
+      }
+    return state;
+  }
+}
+
+export default reducer;
+
+// HOW I HAD THE ORIGINAL THING
+// case "SEARCHING":
+//   return { ...state,
+//     loggedIn: false,
+//     signingUp: false,
+//     viewingProfile: false,
+//     searching: true
+//   }