diff --git a/moku/templates/moku/base.jinja b/moku/templates/moku/base.jinja
index aa738eb..e6b3198 100644
--- a/moku/templates/moku/base.jinja
+++ b/moku/templates/moku/base.jinja
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
     </head>
     <body>
         <header>
-            <h1>moku.blog<sup>beta</sup></h1>
+            <h1>{{ header_emoji }} moku.blog<sup>beta</sup></h1>
             <nav>
                 <ul>
                     {% if request.user.is_authenticated %}
diff --git a/moku/views/auth.py b/moku/views/auth.py
index 737062d..5ca4202 100644
--- a/moku/views/auth.py
+++ b/moku/views/auth.py
@@ -4,8 +4,10 @@ from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 from django.urls import reverse_lazy
 
+from moku.views.base import View
 
-class LoginView(BaseLoginView):
+
+class LoginView(View, BaseLoginView):
     template_name = "moku/login.jinja"
 
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
diff --git a/moku/views/base.py b/moku/views/base.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c9c352b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/moku/views/base.py
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+import random
+
+from django.views import generic
+
+
+class View(generic.TemplateView):
+    def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
+        return {
+            **super().get_context_data(**kwargs),
+            "header_emoji": random.choice(["🍔", "🍕", "🍟", "🥪", "🥘", "🍰", "🍻", "🧁", "🍞", "🥯", "🥐"])
+        }
+
+
+class FormView(View, generic.FormView):
+    pass
diff --git a/moku/views/post.py b/moku/views/post.py
index b6d784e..ea4670b 100644
--- a/moku/views/post.py
+++ b/moku/views/post.py
@@ -2,13 +2,13 @@ from django.contrib import messages
 from django.core.exceptions import PermissionDenied
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
-from django.views.generic import FormView
 
 from moku.constants import EMOJI_CATEGORIES, Verbs
 from moku.forms.post import PostForm
 from moku.images import process_post_image
 from moku.models.post import Post
 from moku.models.recipe import Recipe
+from moku.views.base import FormView
 
 
 class FeedView(FormView):
diff --git a/moku/views/recipe.py b/moku/views/recipe.py
index 06c7588..97fa80b 100644
--- a/moku/views/recipe.py
+++ b/moku/views/recipe.py
@@ -1,15 +1,15 @@
 from django.contrib import messages
 from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin, UserPassesTestMixin
 from django.shortcuts import get_object_or_404, redirect
-from django.views.generic import FormView, TemplateView
 from django.utils.functional import cached_property
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
 
 from moku.forms.recipe import RecipeForm, RecipeStepForm
 from moku.models.recipe import Recipe, RecipeStep
+from moku.views.base import FormView, View
 
 
-class DeleteRecipeView(LoginRequiredMixin, UserPassesTestMixin, TemplateView):
+class DeleteRecipeView(LoginRequiredMixin, UserPassesTestMixin, View):
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         self.recipe.delete()
         messages.success(self.request, _("recipe deleted successfully!"))
@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@ class DeleteRecipeView(LoginRequiredMixin, UserPassesTestMixin, TemplateView):
         return self.request.user.id == self.recipe.created_by.id
 
 
-class DeleteStepView(LoginRequiredMixin, UserPassesTestMixin, TemplateView):
+class DeleteStepView(LoginRequiredMixin, UserPassesTestMixin, View):
     def get(self, request, *args, **kwargs):
         if self.step.order != (self.step.recipe.steps.count() - 1):
             messages.error(self.request, _("sorry! you can only delete the last step."))
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class EditStepView(LoginRequiredMixin, UserPassesTestMixin, FormView):
         return self.request.user.id == self.step.recipe.created_by.id
 
 
-class IndexRecipeView(LoginRequiredMixin, TemplateView):
+class IndexRecipeView(LoginRequiredMixin, View):
     template_name = "moku/recipe/index.jinja"
 
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
diff --git a/moku/views/static.py b/moku/views/static.py
index cd3c430..49d9da7 100644
--- a/moku/views/static.py
+++ b/moku/views/static.py
@@ -1,13 +1,13 @@
-from django.views.generic import TemplateView
+from moku.views.base import View
 
 
-class ChangelogView(TemplateView):
+class ChangelogView(View):
     template_name = "moku/changelog.jinja"
 
 
-class PrivacyView(TemplateView):
+class PrivacyView(View):
     template_name = "moku/privacy.jinja"
 
 
-class TermsView(TemplateView):
+class TermsView(View):
     template_name = "moku/terms.jinja"
diff --git a/moku/views/user.py b/moku/views/user.py
index 22f405b..e43e847 100644
--- a/moku/views/user.py
+++ b/moku/views/user.py
@@ -3,11 +3,11 @@ from django.contrib.auth.mixins import LoginRequiredMixin
 from django.db import IntegrityError
 from django.shortcuts import redirect
 from django.utils.translation import gettext as _
-from django.views.generic import FormView, TemplateView
 
 from moku.images import process_avatar_image
 from moku.forms.user import ProfileForm, UserForm, UserSettingsForm
 from moku.models.user import User
+from moku.views.base import FormView, View
 
 
 class EditProfileView(LoginRequiredMixin, FormView):
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ class EditSettingsView(LoginRequiredMixin, FormView):
         return super().get_form()
 
 
-class ProfileView(TemplateView):
+class ProfileView(View):
     template_name = "moku/profile/show.jinja"
 
     def get_context_data(self, **kwargs):
