diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/launch/app.js b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/launch/app.js
index 4d7eea7e34..bd1877a1cd 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/launch/app.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/launch/app.js
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ import Tiles from './components/tiles';
 import Tile from './components/tiles/tile';
 import Welcome from './components/welcome';
 import Groups from './components/Groups';
+import ModalButton from './components/ModalButton';
 import { writeText } from '~/logic/lib/util';
+import { NewGroup } from "~/views/landscape/components/NewGroup";
+import { JoinGroup } from "~/views/landscape/components/JoinGroup";
 
 const ScrollbarLessBox = styled(Box)`
   scrollbar-width: none !important;
@@ -39,19 +42,18 @@ export default function LaunchApp(props) {
           pt={0}
         >
           <Tile
-            bg="transparent"
-            color="green"
+            bg="white"
+            color="scales.black20"
             to="/~landscape/home"
             p={0}
           >
-            <Box p={2} height='100%' width='100%' bg='green'>
+            <Box p={2} height='100%' width='100%' bg='scales.black20'>
               <Row alignItems='center'>
                 <Icon
-                  color="white"
-                  // fill="rgba(0,0,0,0)"
-                  icon="Boot"
+                  color="black"
+                  icon="Mail"
                 />
-                <Text ml="1" mt='1px' color="white">DMs + Drafts</Text>
+                <Text ml="1" mt='1px' color="black">DMs + Drafts</Text>
               </Row>
             </Box>
           </Tile>
@@ -62,7 +64,23 @@ export default function LaunchApp(props) {
             location={props.userLocation}
             weather={props.weather}
           />
-          <Box display={["none", "block"]} width="100%" gridColumn="1 / -1"></Box>
+          <ModalButton
+            icon="Plus"
+            bg="blue"
+            color="#fff"
+            text="Join a Group"
+            style={{ gridColumnStart: 1 }}
+          >
+            <JoinGroup {...props} />
+          </ModalButton>
+          <ModalButton
+            icon="CreateGroup"
+            bg="green"
+            color="#fff"
+            text="Create a Group"
+          >
+            <NewGroup {...props} />
+          </ModalButton>
           <Groups unreads={props.unreads} groups={props.groups} associations={props.associations} />
         </Box>
       </ScrollbarLessBox>
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/launch/components/Groups.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/launch/components/Groups.tsx
index 98692be606..4b5122c2c4 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/launch/components/Groups.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/launch/components/Groups.tsx
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ export default function Groups(props: GroupsProps & Parameters<typeof Box>[0]) {
 
   return (
     <>
-      {groups.map((group) => {
+      {groups.map((group, index) => {
         const path = group?.["group-path"];
         const unreadCount = (["chat", "graph"] as const)
           .map(getUnreads(path))
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ export default function Groups(props: GroupsProps & Parameters<typeof Box>[0]) {
           .reduce(f.add, 0);
         return (
           <Group
+            first={index === 0}
             unreads={unreadCount}
             path={group?.["group-path"]}
             title={group.metadata.title}
@@ -56,11 +57,12 @@ interface GroupProps {
   path: string;
   title: string;
   unreads: number;
+  first: boolean;
 }
 function Group(props: GroupProps) {
-  const { path, title, unreads } = props;
+  const { path, title, unreads, first = false } = props;
   return (
-    <Tile to={`/~landscape${path}`}>
+    <Tile to={`/~landscape${path}`} gridColumnStart={first ? '1' : null}>
       <Col height="100%" justifyContent="space-between">
         <Text>{title}</Text>
         {unreads > 0 && 
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/launch/components/ModalButton.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/launch/components/ModalButton.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..aa17ae40c7
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/launch/components/ModalButton.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,81 @@
+import React, { useState, useEffect } from "react"
+import { Box, Button, Icon, Text } from "@tlon/indigo-react"
+import { NewGroup } from "~/views/landscape/components/NewGroup";
+import { JoinGroup } from "~/views/landscape/components/JoinGroup";
+
+const ModalButton = (props) => {
+  const {
+    childen,
+    icon,
+    text,
+    bg,
+    color,
+    ...rest
+  } = props;
+  const [modalShown, setModalShown] = useState(false);
+
+  const handleKeyDown = (event) => {
+    if (event.key === 'Escape') {
+      setModalShown(false);
+    }
+  }
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    window.addEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDown);
+
+    return () => {
+      window.removeEventListener('keydown', handleKeyDown);
+    };
+  }, [modalShown]);
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {modalShown && (
+        <Box
+          backgroundColor='scales.black30'
+          left="0px"
+          top="0px"
+          width="100%"
+          height="100%"
+          zIndex={4}
+          position="fixed"
+          display="flex"
+          justifyContent="center"
+          alignItems="center"
+          onClick={() => setModalShown(false)}
+        >
+          <Box
+            maxWidth="500px"
+            width="100%"
+            bg="white"
+            borderRadius={2}
+            border={[0, 1]}
+            borderColor={["washedGray", "washedGray"]}
+            onClick={e => e.stopPropagation()}
+            display="flex"
+            alignItems="stretch"
+            flexDirection="column"
+          >
+            {props.children}
+          </Box>
+        </Box>
+      )}
+      <Box
+        onClick={() => setModalShown(true)}
+        display="flex"
+        alignItems="center"
+        cursor="pointer"
+        bg={bg}
+        p={2}
+        borderRadius={2}
+        boxShadow="0 0 0px 1px inset"
+        color="scales.black20"
+        {...rest}
+      >
+        <Icon icon={props.icon} mr={2} color={color}></Icon><Text color={color}>{props.text}</Text>
+      </Box>
+    </>
+  );
+}
+
+export default ModalButton;
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/launch/components/tiles/tile.js b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/launch/components/tiles/tile.js
index 348234d5e1..a83d46b4a5 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/launch/components/tiles/tile.js
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/apps/launch/components/tiles/tile.js
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ const routeList = defaultApps.map(a => `/~${a}`);
 
 export default class Tile extends React.Component {
   render() {
-    const { bg, to, href, p, boxShadow, ...props } = this.props;
+    const { bg, to, href, p, boxShadow, gridColumnStart, ...props } = this.props;
 
     let childElement = (
       <Box p={typeof p === 'undefined' ? 2 : p} width="100%" height="100%">
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ export default class Tile extends React.Component {
     );
 
     if (to) {
-      if (routeList.indexOf(to) !== -1 || to === '/~landscape/home' || to === '/~profile' || to.startsWith('/~landscape/ship')) {
+      if (routeList.indexOf(to) !== -1 || to === '/~profile' || to.startsWith('/~landscape/')) {
         childElement= (<Link to={to}>{childElement}</Link>);
       } else {
         childElement= (<a href={to}>{childElement}</a>);
@@ -48,6 +48,7 @@ export default class Tile extends React.Component {
         bg={bg || "white"}
         color={props?.color || 'scales.black20'}
         boxShadow={boxShadow || '0 0 0px 1px inset'}
+        style={{ gridColumnStart }}
       >
         <Box
           {...props}
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/JoinGroup.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/JoinGroup.tsx
index 6f967e71ee..7e6091f8d5 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/JoinGroup.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/JoinGroup.tsx
@@ -79,8 +79,8 @@ export function JoinGroup(props: JoinGroupProps & RouteComponentProps) {
   );
 
   return (
-    <Body>
-      <Col maxWidth="300px" overflowY="auto" p="3">
+    <>
+      <Col overflowY="auto" p="3">
         <Box mb={3}>
           <Text fontWeight="bold">Join Group</Text>
         </Box>
@@ -103,6 +103,6 @@ export function JoinGroup(props: JoinGroupProps & RouteComponentProps) {
           </Form>
         </Formik>
       </Col>
-    </Body>
+    </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/NewGroup.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/NewGroup.tsx
index 4ae36c924e..fd1989e1e5 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/NewGroup.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/components/NewGroup.tsx
@@ -78,8 +78,8 @@ export function NewGroup(props: NewGroupProps & RouteComponentProps) {
   );
 
   return (
-    <Body>
-      <Col maxWidth="300px" overflowY="auto" p="3">
+    <>
+      <Col overflowY="auto" p="3">
         <Box mb={3}>
           <Text fontWeight="bold">New Group</Text>
         </Box>
@@ -112,6 +112,6 @@ export function NewGroup(props: NewGroupProps & RouteComponentProps) {
           </Form>
         </Formik>
       </Col>
-    </Body>
+    </>
   );
 }
diff --git a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/index.tsx b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/index.tsx
index 906fa31e9e..8ababc6743 100644
--- a/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/index.tsx
+++ b/pkg/interface/src/views/landscape/index.tsx
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import { NewGroup } from './components/NewGroup';
 import { JoinGroup } from './components/JoinGroup';
 
 import { cite } from '~/logic/lib/util';
+import { Body } from '../components/Body';
+import { Box } from '@tlon/indigo-react';
 
 
 type LandscapeProps = StoreState & {
@@ -95,12 +97,16 @@ export default class Landscape extends Component<LandscapeProps, {}> {
         <Route path="/~landscape/new"
           render={routeProps=> {
             return (
-              <NewGroup
-                groups={props.groups}
-                contacts={props.contacts}
-                api={props.api}
-                {...routeProps}
-              />
+              <Body>
+                <Box maxWidth="300px">
+                  <NewGroup
+                    groups={props.groups}
+                    contacts={props.contacts}
+                    api={props.api}
+                    {...routeProps}
+                  />
+                </Box>
+              </Body>
             );
           }}
         />
@@ -115,13 +121,17 @@ export default class Landscape extends Component<LandscapeProps, {}> {
             const { ship, name } = routeProps.match.params;
             const autojoin = ship && name ? `${ship}/${name}` : null;
             return (
-              <JoinGroup
-                groups={props.groups}
-                contacts={props.contacts}
-                api={props.api}
-                autojoin={autojoin}
-                {...routeProps}
-              />
+              <Body>
+                <Box maxWidth="300px">
+                  <JoinGroup
+                    groups={props.groups}
+                    contacts={props.contacts}
+                    api={props.api}
+                    autojoin={autojoin}
+                    {...routeProps}
+                  />
+                </Box>
+              </Body>
             );
           }}
         />