diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index be37285..59997d2 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -51,12 +51,13 @@ curl -X POST "http://localhost:8000/paste/create" \
      -d '{"title": "My First Paste", "text": "hello2"}'
 
 # example response is
-# {"status":"success","id":"6556e","url":"/paste/6556e"}
+# {"id":"6556e","size_bytes":6}
 ```
 
 ### To view a paste
 ```sh
 # put the paste id after the `/paste/` in the url, like below
+# you can also open the url in the browser
 curl http://localhost:8000/paste/6556e
 ```
 
diff --git a/modules/sqlite_helpers.py b/modules/sqlite_helpers.py
index 45d0629..5bb39b4 100644
--- a/modules/sqlite_helpers.py
+++ b/modules/sqlite_helpers.py
@@ -215,3 +215,16 @@ def insert_paste(sqlite_file: str, paste_id: str, title: str):
     finally:
         cursor.close()
         db.close()
+
+
+def get_paste(sqlite_file: str, paste_id: str):
+    db = sqlite3.connect(sqlite_file)
+    cursor = db.cursor()
+    try:
+        sql = "SELECT title FROM pastes WHERE id = ?"
+        cursor.execute(sql, (paste_id,))
+        result = cursor.fetchone()
+        return result[0]
+    except Exception:
+        logger.exception(f"Getting paste {paste_id} had an error")
+        return None
diff --git a/server.py b/server.py
index bd72314..9b59a76 100644
--- a/server.py
+++ b/server.py
@@ -171,7 +171,7 @@ async def create_paste(request: Request):
     api_key = request.headers.get("x-api-key")
 
     if CLEEZY_PASTE_API_KEY is None:
-        logging.warning("CLEEZY_PASTE_API_KEY isn't set, skipping api key check")
+        logging.warning("CLEEZY_PASTE_API_KEY isn't set, skipping api key check for /paste/create")
     elif api_key != CLEEZY_PASTE_API_KEY:
         raise HTTPException(status_code=401, detail=f"Invalid API Key '{api_key}'")
 
@@ -203,9 +203,8 @@ async def create_paste(request: Request):
     paste_path.write_bytes(text_bytes)
 
     return {
-        "status": "success",
         "id": paste_id,
-        "url": f"/paste/{paste_id}"
+        "size_bytes": len(text_bytes)
     }
 
 
@@ -214,7 +213,18 @@ async def view_paste(paste_id: str):
     paste_path = PASTES_DIR / paste_id
     if not paste_path.exists():
         raise HTTPException(status_code=HttpResponse.NOT_FOUND.code)
-    return PlainTextResponse(paste_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8"))
+    paste_title = sqlite_helpers.get_paste(DATABASE_FILE, paste_id)
+
+    return HTMLResponse(
+    f"""<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+    <title>{paste_title}</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+<pre>{paste_path.read_text(encoding="utf-8")}</pre>
+</body>
+</html>""")
 
 @app.get("/qr/{alias}") 
 async def qr(alias: str):
