diff --git a/webui/grails-app/controllers/webui/HelloController.groovy b/webui/grails-app/controllers/webui/HelloController.groovy
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+++ b/webui/grails-app/controllers/webui/HelloController.groovy
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+package webui
+
+class HelloController {
+
+    def index() { 
+        render "Hello from MuWire"
+    }
+}
diff --git a/webui/src/test/groovy/webui/HelloControllerSpec.groovy b/webui/src/test/groovy/webui/HelloControllerSpec.groovy
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+package webui
+
+import grails.testing.web.controllers.ControllerUnitTest
+import spock.lang.Specification
+
+class HelloControllerSpec extends Specification implements ControllerUnitTest<HelloController> {
+
+    def setup() {
+    }
+
+    def cleanup() {
+    }
+
+    void "test something"() {
+        expect:"fix me"
+            true == false
+    }
+}