diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 02ac45d..c44015c 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -1173,7 +1173,10 @@ dependencies = [
  "askama_actix",
  "chrono",
  "derive_more 1.0.0",
+ "encoding_rs",
  "entities 0.1.0",
+ "futures-core",
+ "futures-util",
  "humantime",
  "humantime-serde",
  "migration",
@@ -1184,6 +1187,7 @@ dependencies = [
  "sea-orm",
  "serde",
  "serde_json",
+ "serde_qs",
  "tantivy",
  "tempfile",
  "thiserror",
@@ -1558,9 +1562,9 @@ dependencies = [
 
 [[package]]
 name = "encoding_rs"
-version = "0.8.34"
+version = "0.8.35"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
-checksum = "b45de904aa0b010bce2ab45264d0631681847fa7b6f2eaa7dab7619943bc4f59"
+checksum = "75030f3c4f45dafd7586dd6780965a8c7e8e285a5ecb86713e63a79c5b2766f3"
 dependencies = [
  "cfg-if",
 ]
@@ -4192,6 +4196,20 @@ dependencies = [
  "serde",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "serde_qs"
+version = "0.13.0"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "cd34f36fe4c5ba9654417139a9b3a20d2e1de6012ee678ad14d240c22c78d8d6"
+dependencies = [
+ "actix-web",
+ "futures",
+ "percent-encoding",
+ "serde",
+ "thiserror",
+ "tracing",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "serde_urlencoded"
 version = "0.7.1"
diff --git a/cooked/Cargo.toml b/cooked/Cargo.toml
index 0bf29b4..ca5d89d 100644
--- a/cooked/Cargo.toml
+++ b/cooked/Cargo.toml
@@ -33,6 +33,10 @@ thiserror = "1.0.65"
 actix-multipart = "0.7.2"
 tokio = { version = "1.41.0", features = ["full"] }
 actix-rt = "2.10.0"
+serde_qs = { version = "0.13.0", features = ["actix4", "tracing"] }
+futures-core = "0.3.31"
+futures-util = "0.3.31"
+encoding_rs = "0.8.35"
 
 [build-dependencies]
 
diff --git a/cooked/src/filters.rs b/cooked/src/filters.rs
index b3a5bef..fb3be73 100644
--- a/cooked/src/filters.rs
+++ b/cooked/src/filters.rs
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+use std::collections::hash_map::Values;
+
 use crate::types::Page;
 
 pub fn duration(sec: &&i32) -> ::askama::Result<String> {
@@ -16,6 +18,9 @@ pub fn page_class(pair: &(Page, Page)) -> ::askama::Result<String> {
     .into())
 }
 
-pub fn is_checked((id, slice): &(i32, &[i32])) -> ::askama::Result<bool> {
-    Ok(slice.contains(&id))
+pub fn is_checked<'s>((id, slice): &(i32, &[String])) -> ::askama::Result<bool> {
+    Ok(slice
+        .iter()
+        .filter_map(|s| s.parse::<i32>().ok())
+        .any(|s| s == *id))
 }
diff --git a/cooked/src/main.rs b/cooked/src/main.rs
index c3b2f24..2b7198e 100644
--- a/cooked/src/main.rs
+++ b/cooked/src/main.rs
@@ -5,8 +5,11 @@ use actix_files::Files;
 use actix_identity::IdentityMiddleware;
 use actix_session::{storage::RedisSessionStore, SessionMiddleware};
 use actix_web::cookie::Key;
+use actix_web::{error, HttpResponse};
 use actix_web::{web::Data, App, HttpServer};
 use sea_orm::Database;
+use serde_qs as qs;
+use serde_qs::actix::QsQueryConfig;
 use std::str::FromStr;
 use types::Admins;
 
@@ -119,6 +122,13 @@ async fn main() {
     let db = Data::new(db);
     let redis = Data::new(redis);
 
+    let qs_config = QsQueryConfig::default()
+        .error_handler(|err, req| {
+            // <- create custom error response
+            error::InternalError::from_response(err, HttpResponse::Conflict().finish()).into()
+        })
+        .qs_config(qs::Config::new(10, false));
+
     HttpServer::new(move || {
         //
         App::new()
@@ -133,6 +143,7 @@ async fn main() {
                     .cookie_name(SESSION_KEY.to_string())
                     .build(),
             )
+            .app_data(qs_config.clone())
             .app_data(admins.clone())
             .app_data(db.clone())
             .app_data(redis.clone())
diff --git a/cooked/src/routes.rs b/cooked/src/routes.rs
index 2f03a12..bd5a129 100644
--- a/cooked/src/routes.rs
+++ b/cooked/src/routes.rs
@@ -12,7 +12,8 @@ use askama::Template;
 use askama_actix::TemplateToResponse;
 use sea_orm::{prelude::*, DatabaseTransaction, QueryOrder, QuerySelect, TransactionTrait};
 use serde::Deserialize;
-use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet};
+use std::collections::{BTreeMap, BTreeSet, HashMap};
+use serde_qs::actix::QsForm;
 
 #[derive(Debug, Template, derive_more::Deref)]
 #[template(path = "recipe_card.jinja")]
@@ -71,8 +72,7 @@ struct RecipeForm {
     ingeredients: String,
     steps: String,
     tags: String,
-    #[serde(default)]
-    selected_tags: Vec<i32>,
+    selected_tags: Vec<String>,
     image_url: String,
     time: Option<String>,
     author: Option<String>,
@@ -354,7 +354,7 @@ async fn recipe_form(admin: Identity, db: Data<DatabaseConnection>) -> RecipeFor
         ingeredients: "".into(),
         steps: "".into(),
         tags: "".into(),
-        selected_tags: Vec::new(),
+        selected_tags: Default::default(),
         image_url: "".into(),
         author: None,
         time: None,
@@ -369,7 +369,8 @@ async fn recipe_form(admin: Identity, db: Data<DatabaseConnection>) -> RecipeFor
 #[post("/create")]
 async fn create_recipe(
     admin: Identity,
-    form: actix_web::web::Json<RecipeForm>,
+    // form: actix_web::web::Json<RecipeForm>,
+    form: QsForm<RecipeForm>,
     db: Data<DatabaseConnection>,
 ) -> Result<HttpResponse, Error> {
     let mut form = form.into_inner();
@@ -446,6 +447,7 @@ async fn save_recipe(form: RecipeForm, t: &mut DatabaseTransaction) -> Result<i3
         tracing::debug!("Selected tags: {:?}", form.selected_tags);
         let selected_tags = form
             .selected_tags;
+        let selected_tags = selected_tags.into_iter().filter_map(|s| s.parse().ok()).collect::<Vec<i32>>();
 
         let text_tags = form
             .tags
diff --git a/cooked/templates/base.jinja b/cooked/templates/base.jinja
index 9cfebb9..683a6cb 100644
--- a/cooked/templates/base.jinja
+++ b/cooked/templates/base.jinja
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
         <meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=edge">
         <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0">
         <link rel="stylesheet" href="/styles.css">
+        <script src="https://unpkg.com/htmx.org@2.0.3"></script>
         <title>Cooked</title>
         {% block head %}{% endblock %}
     </head>
diff --git a/cooked/templates/recipies/create_form.jinja b/cooked/templates/recipies/create_form.jinja
index 6043f58..11b6354 100644
--- a/cooked/templates/recipies/create_form.jinja
+++ b/cooked/templates/recipies/create_form.jinja
@@ -86,9 +86,9 @@
                             <span>{{ tag.name }}</span>
                             {% match (tag.id, selected_tags.as_slice())|is_checked %}
                             {% when true %}
-                            <input type="checkbox" name="selected_tags[]" value="{{tag.id}}" class="hidden" checked />
+                            <input type="checkbox" name="selected_tags[]" value="{{tag.id}}" class="hidden" checked data-type="number[]" />
                             {% when false %}
-                            <input type="checkbox" name="selected_tags[]" value="{{tag.id}}" class="hidden" />
+                            <input type="checkbox" name="selected_tags[]" value="{{tag.id}}" class="hidden" data-type="number[]" />
                             {% endmatch %}
                         </label>
                     {% endfor %}
@@ -121,23 +121,34 @@ document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", (event) => {
             .then(({ url }) => image_url.value = url);
     });
     const form = body.querySelector('form');
+    return;
     form.addEventListener('submit', ev => {
         ev.preventDefault();
         ev.stopPropagation();
         const p = Array.from(form.elements).reduce((memo, el)  => {
             const { name, value } = el;
+            console.log(name);
             if (name.endsWith('[]')) {
-                const v = memo[name.replace('[]', '')] || [];
+                const n = name.replace('[]', '');
+                const v = memo[n] || [];
                 v.push(value);
-                memo[name] = v;
+                memo[n] = v;
             } else {
                 memo[name] = value;
             }
             return memo;
         }, {});
-        fetch(form.action, { method: form.method, body: JSON.stringify(p), headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } })
-            .then(res => this.location = res.headers.get('location'))
-            .catch(res => res.text().then(html => body.innerHTML = html ));
+        async function f() {
+            const res = fetch(form.action, { method: form.method, body: JSON.stringify(p), headers: { 'Content-Type': 'application/json' } });
+            console.log(res);
+            if (res.ok) {
+                res => document.location = res.headers.get('location');
+            } else {
+                const html = await res.text();
+                body.innerHTML = html;
+            }
+        }
+        f();
     });
 });
 </script>