diff --git a/WebInterface/Controllers/ChannelsController.cs b/WebInterface/Controllers/ChannelsController.cs
index 8f99e2e..fb63581 100644
--- a/WebInterface/Controllers/ChannelsController.cs
+++ b/WebInterface/Controllers/ChannelsController.cs
@@ -24,9 +24,17 @@ public class ChannelsController : Controller
     }
     public async Task<IActionResult> Details(Guid id)
     {
-        return _db.Channels != null ?
-            View(await _db.Channels.Include(u => u.ParentChannel).FirstAsync(u => u.Id == id)) :
-            Problem("Entity set '_db.Channels' is null.");
+        if(_db.Channels == null)
+            return Problem("Entity set '_db.Channels' is null.");
+        var channel = await _db.Channels.Include(u => u.ParentChannel).FirstAsync(u => u.Id == id);
+        var walker = channel;
+        while(walker != null)
+        {
+            ViewData["breadcrumbs"] = $"<a href=\"{Url.ActionLink(action: "Details", controller: "Channels", values: new {id = walker.Id})}\">{walker.DisplayName}</a>/" + 
+                ViewData["breadcrumbs"];
+            walker = walker.ParentChannel;
+        }
+        return View(channel);
     }
 
     [ResponseCache(Duration = 0, Location = ResponseCacheLocation.None, NoStore = true)]
diff --git a/WebInterface/Controllers/HomeController.cs b/WebInterface/Controllers/HomeController.cs
index afdf564..b3d8646 100644
--- a/WebInterface/Controllers/HomeController.cs
+++ b/WebInterface/Controllers/HomeController.cs
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ public class HomeController : Controller
         }
         if (allAccounts.Any())
         {
-            sb.Append("{text: \"channelless accounts\",  nodes: [");
+            sb.Append("{text: \"channelless accounts\", nodes: [");
             first = true;
             foreach (var acc in allAccounts)
             {
@@ -115,7 +115,8 @@ public class HomeController : Controller
     private void serializeChannel(ref StringBuilder sb, ref List<Channel> allChannels, ref List<Account> allAccounts, Channel currentChannel)
     {
         allChannels.Remove(currentChannel);
-        sb.Append($"{{\"text\": \"{currentChannel.DisplayName}\"");
+        //"but adam", you say, "there's an href attribute, why make a link?" because that makes the entire bar a link, and trying to expand the node will probably click the link
+        sb.Append($"{{\"text\": \"<a href=\\\"{Url.ActionLink(action: "Details", controller: "Channels", values: new {id = currentChannel.Id})}\\\">{currentChannel.DisplayName}</a>\"");
         var theseAccounts = allAccounts.Where(a => a.SeenInChannel?.Id == currentChannel.Id);
         allAccounts.RemoveAll(a => a.SeenInChannel?.Id == currentChannel.Id);
         var first = true;
diff --git a/WebInterface/Views/Channels/Details.cshtml b/WebInterface/Views/Channels/Details.cshtml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2bac39f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/WebInterface/Views/Channels/Details.cshtml
@@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
+@model Channel
+
+@Html.Raw(ViewData["breadcrumbs"])
+
+<table class="table">
+  <tbody>
+    <tr>
+      <th scope="row">Display Name</th>
+      <td>@Model.DisplayName</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th scope="row">Channel type</th>
+      <td>@Model.ChannelType</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th scope="row">Lewdness Filter Level</th>
+      <td>@Model.LewdnessFilterLevel</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th scope="row">Links Allowed</th>
+      <td>@Model.LinksAllowed</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th scope="row">Lineage summary</th>
+      <td>@Model.LineageSummary</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th scope="row">max attachment bytes</th>
+      <td>@Model.MaxAttachmentBytes (i hear there's "ByteSize")</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th scope="row">max message length</th>
+      <td>@Model.MaxTextChars</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th scope="row">Meanness Filter Level</th>
+      <td>@Model.MeannessFilterLevel</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th scope="row">Messages (count)</th>
+      <td>@(Model.Messages?.Count ?? 0)</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th scope="row">Protocol</th>
+      <td>@Model.Protocol</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th scope="row">Reactions Possible</th>
+      <td>@Model.ReactionsPossible</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th scope="row">Sub Channels</th>
+      <td>@Model.SubChannels</td>
+    </tr>
+    <tr>
+      <th scope="row">Users</th>
+      <td>@Model.Users</td>
+    </tr>
+  </tbody>
+</table>