diff --git a/gui/src/api/client.ts b/gui/src/api/client.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..1ca245ec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/src/api/client.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
+export interface Txt2ImgParams {
+  prompt: string;
+  cfg: number;
+  steps: number;
+}
+
+export interface ApiClient {
+  txt2img(params: Txt2ImgParams): Promise<string>;
+}
+
+export function makeClient(root: string, f = fetch): ApiClient {
+  return {
+    async txt2img(params: Txt2ImgParams): Promise<string> {
+      const { prompt, cfg, steps } = params;
+
+      const safePrompt = encodeURIComponent(prompt);
+      const url = `${root}/txt2img?prompt=${safePrompt}&steps=${steps.toFixed(0)}&cfg=${cfg.toFixed(0)}`;
+      const res = await f(url);
+
+      if (res.status === 200) {
+        const imageBlob = await res.blob();
+        return URL.createObjectURL(imageBlob);
+      } else {
+        throw new Error('request error');
+      }
+    },
+  }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/gui/src/components/OnnxWeb.tsx b/gui/src/components/OnnxWeb.tsx
index 49374736..124fe84d 100644
--- a/gui/src/components/OnnxWeb.tsx
+++ b/gui/src/components/OnnxWeb.tsx
@@ -1,9 +1,19 @@
 import { TabContext, TabList, TabPanel } from '@mui/lab';
-import { Box, Container, Tab, Typography } from '@mui/material';
+import { Box, Container, MenuItem, Select, Tab, Typography } from '@mui/material';
 import * as React from 'react';
 
-export function OnnxWeb() {
-  const [tab, setTab] = React.useState('1');
+import { ApiClient } from '../api/client.js';
+import { Txt2Img } from './Txt2Img.js';
+
+const { useState } = React;
+
+export interface OnnxWebProps {
+  client: ApiClient;
+}
+
+export function OnnxWeb(props: OnnxWebProps) {
+  const [tab, setTab] = useState('1');
+  const [model, setModel] = useState('v1.5');
 
   return (
     <div>
@@ -13,6 +23,14 @@ export function OnnxWeb() {
             ONNX Web GUI
           </Typography>
         </Box>
+        <Box sx={{ my: 4 }}>
+          <Select value={model} onChange={(e) => {
+            setModel(e.target.value);
+          }}>
+            <MenuItem value='v1.4'>Stable Diffusion v1.4</MenuItem>
+            <MenuItem value='v1.5'>Stable Diffusion v1.5</MenuItem>
+          </Select>
+        </Box>
         <TabContext value={tab}>
           <Box sx={{ borderBottom: 1, borderColor: 'divider' }}>
             <TabList onChange={(_e, idx) => {
@@ -23,9 +41,18 @@ export function OnnxWeb() {
               <Tab label="settings" value="3" />
             </TabList>
           </Box>
-          <TabPanel value="1">txt2img</TabPanel>
-          <TabPanel value="2">img2img</TabPanel>
-          <TabPanel value="3">settings</TabPanel>
+          <TabPanel value="1">
+            <Box>
+              txt2img using {model}
+            </Box>
+            <Txt2Img {...props} />
+          </TabPanel>
+          <TabPanel value="2">
+            <Box>
+              img2img using {model}
+            </Box>
+          </TabPanel>
+          <TabPanel value="3">settings for onnx-web</TabPanel>
         </TabContext>
       </Container>
     </div>
diff --git a/gui/src/components/Txt2Img.tsx b/gui/src/components/Txt2Img.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..b703017b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/src/components/Txt2Img.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+import { Box, Button, TextField } from "@mui/material";
+import * as React from 'react';
+import { ApiClient } from "../api/client";
+
+const { useEffect, useState } = React;
+
+export interface Txt2ImgProps {
+  client: ApiClient;
+}
+
+export function Txt2Img(props: Txt2ImgProps) {
+  const { client } = props;
+  const [image, setImage] = useState('');
+
+  const [cfg, setCfg] = useState(5);
+  const [prompt, setPrompt] = useState('an astronaut eating a hamburger');
+  const [steps, setSteps] = useState(20);
+
+  async function getImage() {
+    const image = await client.txt2img({ prompt, cfg, steps });
+    console.log(prompt, image);
+    setImage(image);
+  }
+
+  function renderImage() {
+    if (image === '') {
+      return <div>No image</div>;
+    } else {
+      return <img src={image} />;
+    }
+  }
+
+  return <Box>
+    <TextField label="CFG" variant="outlined" type="number" inputProps={{ min: 5, max: 30 }} value={cfg} onChange={(event) => {
+      setCfg(parseInt(event.target.value, 10));
+    }} />
+    <TextField label="Steps" variant="outlined" type="number" inputProps={{ min: 15, max: 150 }} value={steps} onChange={(event) => {
+      setSteps(parseInt(event.target.value, 10));
+    }} />
+    <TextField label="Prompt" variant="outlined" value={prompt} onChange={(event) => {
+      console.log('changing prompt', event.target.value);
+      setPrompt(event.target.value);
+    }} />
+    <Button onClick={getImage}>Generate</Button>
+    {renderImage()}
+  </Box>;
+}
diff --git a/gui/src/config.ts b/gui/src/config.ts
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..d8e64de2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/gui/src/config.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+export const CONFIG = {
+  api: {
+    root: 'http://ssube-desktop.home.holdmyran.ch:5000',
+  },
+};
diff --git a/gui/src/main.tsx b/gui/src/main.tsx
index 84d099c7..1d848374 100644
--- a/gui/src/main.tsx
+++ b/gui/src/main.tsx
@@ -1,12 +1,15 @@
 import { mustExist } from '@apextoaster/js-utils';
 import * as React from 'react';
 import ReactDOM from 'react-dom/client';
+import { makeClient } from './api/client';
 import { OnnxWeb } from './components/OnnxWeb';
+import { CONFIG } from './config';
 
 export function main() {
   const appElement = mustExist(document.getElementById('app'));
   const app = ReactDOM.createRoot(appElement);
-  app.render(<OnnxWeb />);
+  const client = makeClient(CONFIG.api.root);
+  app.render(<OnnxWeb client={client} />);
 }
 
 main();