diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 072601e..9beb937 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ crate-type = ["cdylib", "rlib"]
 [dependencies]
 leptos = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["nightly"] }
 leptos_router = { version = "0.7.0", features = ["nightly"] }
-axum = { version = "0.7", optional = true }
+axum = { version = "0.7", optional = true, features = ["macros"] }
 console_error_panic_hook = { version = "0.1", optional = true}
 leptos_axum = { version = "0.7.0", optional = true }
 leptos_meta = { version = "0.7.0" }
diff --git a/src/app.rs b/src/app.rs
index e7c8b8f..7e07242 100644
--- a/src/app.rs
+++ b/src/app.rs
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-use leptos::prelude::*;
+use leptos::{prelude::*, task::spawn_local};
 use leptos_meta::{provide_meta_context, MetaTags, Stylesheet, Title};
 use leptos_router::{
     components::{Route, Router, Routes},
@@ -23,6 +23,26 @@ pub fn shell(options: LeptosOptions) -> impl IntoView {
     }
 }
 
+#[server]
+pub async fn load_counter() -> Result<usize, ServerFnError> {
+    use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+    let data = use_context::<Arc<Mutex<usize>>>().unwrap();
+    let mut data = data.lock().await;
+    Ok(*data)
+}
+
+#[server]
+pub async fn increment_counter() -> Result<usize, ServerFnError> {
+    use tokio::sync::Mutex;
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+    let data = use_context::<Arc<Mutex<usize>>>().unwrap();
+    let mut data = data.lock().await;
+    *data += 1;
+    println!("Counter {}", *data);
+    Ok(*data)
+}
+
 #[component]
 pub fn App() -> impl IntoView {
     // Provides context that manages stylesheets, titles, meta tags, etc.
@@ -50,12 +70,33 @@ pub fn App() -> impl IntoView {
 /// Renders the home page of your application.
 #[component]
 fn HomePage() -> impl IntoView {
-    // Creates a reactive value to update the button
-    let count = RwSignal::new(0);
-    let on_click = move |_| *count.write() += 1;
+    let increment_counter = ServerAction::<IncrementCounter>::new();
+    let counts = Resource::new(
+        move || {
+            (
+                increment_counter.version().get(),
+            )
+        },
+        move |_| load_counter()
+    );
+
+    let existing_counter = move || {
+        Suspend::new(async move {
+            let count = counts.await;
+            view! { {count} } 
+        })
+    };
+
+    let onclick = move |ev| {
+        increment_counter.dispatch(IncrementCounter{});
+    };
 
     view! {
         <h1>"Welcome to Leptos!"</h1>
-        <button on:click=on_click>"Click Me: " {count}</button>
+        <button on:click=onclick>"Click Me: "
+            <Transition fallback=move || view! { <p>"Loading..."</p> }>
+                {existing_counter}
+            </Transition>
+        </button>
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index b8eedfb..f4f0cc0 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,7 +1,8 @@
-
-#[cfg(feature = "ssr")]
+//#[cfg(feature = "ssr")]
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() {
+    use std::sync::Arc;
+    use tokio::sync::Mutex;
     use axum::Router;
     use leptos::logging::log;
     use leptos::prelude::*;
@@ -14,11 +15,18 @@ async fn main() {
     // Generate the list of routes in your Leptos App
     let routes = generate_route_list(App);
 
+    let counter: Arc<Mutex<usize>> = Arc::new(Mutex::new(0));
+
     let app = Router::new()
-        .leptos_routes(&leptos_options, routes, {
-            let leptos_options = leptos_options.clone();
-            move || shell(leptos_options.clone())
-        })
+        .leptos_routes_with_context(
+            &leptos_options,
+            routes,
+            move || provide_context(counter.clone()),
+            {
+                let leptos_options = leptos_options.clone();
+                move || shell(leptos_options.clone())
+            },
+        )
         .fallback(leptos_axum::file_and_error_handler(shell))
         .with_state(leptos_options);
 
@@ -30,10 +38,3 @@ async fn main() {
         .await
         .unwrap();
 }
-
-#[cfg(not(feature = "ssr"))]
-pub fn main() {
-    // no client-side main function
-    // unless we want this to work with e.g., Trunk for pure client-side testing
-    // see lib.rs for hydration function instead
-}