diff --git a/cmd/server/internal/public/index.html b/cmd/server/internal/public/index.html
index 8279ac0..60251c1 100644
--- a/cmd/server/internal/public/index.html
+++ b/cmd/server/internal/public/index.html
@@ -7,5 +7,48 @@
     <h1>Hello World</h1>
   </body>
   <footer>
+    <script>
+      let g_questions = [];
+      let g_live_question = {};
+
+      function pollState() {
+        http("GET", "/api/v1/questions", (body) => {
+          g_questions = JSON.parse(body);
+          console.log("polled state:", body);
+          pollLiveAnswer();
+          pollLiveQuestion();
+        });
+      }
+
+      function pollLiveQuestion() {
+        let live_questions = g_questions.filter((q) => q.Live);
+        if (live_questions) {
+          g_live_question = live_questions[0];
+        }
+      }
+
+      function pollLiveAnswer() {
+        if (!g_live_question || !g_live_question.Closed) {
+          return;
+        }
+      }
+
+      function http(method, remote, callback, body) {
+        var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest();
+        xmlhttp.onreadystatechange = function() {
+          if (xmlhttp.readyState == XMLHttpRequest.DONE) {
+            callback(xmlhttp.responseText, xmlhttp.status)
+          }
+        };
+        xmlhttp.open(method, remote, true);
+        if(typeof body == "undefined") {
+          body = null
+        }
+        xmlhttp.send(body);
+      }
+
+      pollState();
+      setInterval(() => { pollState(); }, 1000);
+    </script>
   </footer>
 </html>
diff --git a/cmd/server/main.go b/cmd/server/main.go
index 344e3de..012ba9e 100644
--- a/cmd/server/main.go
+++ b/cmd/server/main.go
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ type Handler struct {
 }
 
 type DB interface {
-	GetQuestions() ([]string, error)
+	GetQuestions() ([]Question, error)
 	GetQuestion(string) (Question, error)
 	InsertAnswer(string, string, Answer) error
 	GetAnswers(string) ([]Answer, error)
@@ -42,6 +42,9 @@ type DB interface {
 type fsDB string
 
 type Question struct {
+	ID      string
+	Live    bool
+	Closed  bool
 	Text    string
 	Options []string
 }
@@ -79,6 +82,7 @@ func newConfig() (Config, error) {
 	fs := flag.NewFlagSet(os.Args[0], flag.ContinueOnError)
 	fs.StringVar(&cfg.Addr, "addr", ":8080", "address to listen on")
 	fs.IntVar(&cfg.RPS, "rps", 100, "requests per second to serve")
+	fs.StringVar(&cfg.fsDB, "fs-db", "/tmp/live-audience.d", "api dir to serve")
 
 	err := fs.Parse(os.Args[1:])
 	return cfg, err
@@ -234,6 +238,7 @@ func (db fsDB) GetQuestion(qid string) (Question, error) {
 	if err := json.Unmarshal(b, &q); err != nil {
 		return Question{}, err
 	}
+	q.ID = qid
 	return q, nil
 }
 
@@ -250,15 +255,20 @@ func (db fsDB) InsertAnswer(qid, uid string, a Answer) error {
 	return os.WriteFile(p, b, os.ModePerm)
 }
 
-func (db fsDB) GetQuestions() ([]string, error) {
+func (db fsDB) GetQuestions() ([]Question, error) {
 	p := db.path("")
 	entries, err := os.ReadDir(p)
 	if err != nil {
 		return nil, err
 	}
-	results := []string{}
+	results := []Question{}
 	for _, entry := range entries {
-		results = append(results, path.Base(entry.Name()))
+		qid := path.Base(entry.Name())
+		q, err := db.GetQuestion(qid)
+		if err != nil {
+			return nil, err
+		}
+		results = append(results, q)
 	}
 	return results, nil
 }
diff --git a/cmd/server/main_test.go b/cmd/server/main_test.go
index 93ea7c6..abbc35c 100644
--- a/cmd/server/main_test.go
+++ b/cmd/server/main_test.go
@@ -79,10 +79,10 @@ func TestRunHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 		if w.Code != http.StatusOK {
 			t.Error(w.Code)
 		}
-		var result []string
+		var result []Question
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &result); err != nil {
 			t.Error(err)
-		} else if fmt.Sprint(result) != fmt.Sprint([]string{"0"}) {
+		} else if fmt.Sprint(result) != fmt.Sprint([]Question{{ID: "0", Live: false, Closed: false, Text: "QUESTION TEXT", Options: []string{"X", "Y"}}}) {
 			t.Error(result)
 		}
 	})
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ func TestRunHTTP(t *testing.T) {
 		var result Question
 		if err := json.Unmarshal(w.Body.Bytes(), &result); err != nil {
 			t.Error(err)
-		} else if fmt.Sprint(result) != fmt.Sprint(Question{Text: "QUESTION TEXT", Options: []string{"X", "Y"}}) {
+		} else if fmt.Sprint(result) != fmt.Sprint(Question{ID: "0", Text: "QUESTION TEXT", Options: []string{"X", "Y"}}) {
 			t.Error(result)
 		}
 	})