diff --git a/app/web/routes.go b/app/web/routes.go
index a9550b3..6d7acd3 100644
--- a/app/web/routes.go
+++ b/app/web/routes.go
@@ -10,16 +10,19 @@ import (
 func RegisterRoutes(f *flamego.Flame) {
 	// index route - landing page for the user
 	f.Get("/", func(t template.Template, data template.Data) {
+		data["title"] = "Dashboard"
 		t.HTML(http.StatusOK, "index")
 	})
 
 	// item list route - lists all of the items in the database
 	f.Group("/item", func() {
 		f.Get("/list", func(t template.Template, data template.Data) {
+			data["title"] = "List of Inventory"
 			t.HTML(http.StatusOK, "item/list")
 		})
 
 		f.Get("/create", func(t template.Template, data template.Data) {
+			data["title"] = "Create New Item"
 			t.HTML(http.StatusOK, "item/create")
 		})
 	})
diff --git a/views/item/list.html b/views/item/list.html
index b6d5bcb..0e0605d 100644
--- a/views/item/list.html
+++ b/views/item/list.html
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 <ul>
   {{ range .inventory }}
     <li>{{ .name }}</li>
+  {{ else }}
+    <p>There are currently no items registered in your inventory.</p>
   {{ end }}
 </ul>