diff --git a/config.php b/config.php
index bd7ba99..d05b5b9 100644
--- a/config.php
+++ b/config.php
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@
 define('DB_TABLE', 'shortenedurls');
 
 // connect to database
-mysql_connect(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD);
-mysql_select_db(DB_NAME);
+$DB = new mysqli(DB_HOST, DB_USER, DB_PASSWORD);
+$DB->select_db(DB_NAME);
 
 // base location of script (include trailing slash)
 define('BASE_HREF', 'http://' . $_SERVER['HTTP_HOST'] . '/');
diff --git a/redirect.php b/redirect.php
index d929209..f223b96 100644
--- a/redirect.php
+++ b/redirect.php
@@ -21,7 +21,11 @@
 	$long_url = file_get_contents(CACHE_DIR . $shortened_id);
 	if(empty($long_url) || !preg_match('|^https?://|', $long_url))
 	{
-		$long_url = mysql_result(mysql_query('SELECT long_url FROM ' . DB_TABLE . ' WHERE id="' . mysql_real_escape_string($shortened_id) . '"'), 0, 0);
+		$result = $DB->query('SELECT long_url FROM ' . DB_TABLE . ' WHERE id="' . $DB->real_escape_string($shortened_id) . '"');
+		$result->data_seek(0);
+		$row = $result->fetch_row();
+		$long_url = $row[0];
+
 		@mkdir(CACHE_DIR, 0777);
 		$handle = fopen(CACHE_DIR . $shortened_id, 'w+');
 		fwrite($handle, $long_url);
@@ -30,12 +34,15 @@
 }
 else
 {
-	$long_url = mysql_result(mysql_query('SELECT long_url FROM ' . DB_TABLE . ' WHERE id="' . mysql_real_escape_string($shortened_id) . '"'), 0, 0);
+	$result = $DB->query('SELECT long_url FROM ' . DB_TABLE . ' WHERE id="' . $DB->real_escape_string($shortened_id) . '"');
+	$result->data_seek(0);
+	$row = $result->fetch_row();
+	$long_url = $row[0];
 }
 
 if(TRACK)
 {
-	mysql_query('UPDATE ' . DB_TABLE . ' SET referrals=referrals+1 WHERE id="' . mysql_real_escape_string($shortened_id) . '"');
+	$DB->query('UPDATE ' . DB_TABLE . ' SET referrals=referrals+1 WHERE id="' . $DB->real_escape_string($shortened_id) . '"');
 }
 
 header('HTTP/1.1 301 Moved Permanently');
@@ -53,4 +60,4 @@ function getIDFromShortenedURL ($string, $base = ALLOWED_CHARS)
 		$out += strpos($base, $char) * pow($length, $size - $i);
 	}
 	return $out;
-}
\ No newline at end of file
+}
diff --git a/shorten.php b/shorten.php
index 74ef577..753342c 100644
--- a/shorten.php
+++ b/shorten.php
@@ -36,7 +36,13 @@
 	}
 	
 	// check if the URL has already been shortened
-	$already_shortened = mysql_result(mysql_query('SELECT id FROM ' . DB_TABLE. ' WHERE long_url="' . mysql_real_escape_string($url_to_shorten) . '"'), 0, 0);
+	$query = 'SELECT id FROM ' . DB_TABLE. ' WHERE long_url="' . $DB->real_escape_string($url_to_shorten) . '"';
+	$result = $DB->query($query);
+
+	$result->data_seek(0);
+	$row = $result->fetch_row();
+	$already_shortened = $row[0];
+	
 	if(!empty($already_shortened))
 	{
 		// URL has already been shortened
@@ -45,10 +51,11 @@
 	else
 	{
 		// URL not in database, insert
-		mysql_query('LOCK TABLES ' . DB_TABLE . ' WRITE;');
-		mysql_query('INSERT INTO ' . DB_TABLE . ' (long_url, created, creator) VALUES ("' . mysql_real_escape_string($url_to_shorten) . '", "' . time() . '", "' . mysql_real_escape_string($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) . '")');
-		$shortened_url = getShortenedURLFromID(mysql_insert_id());
-		mysql_query('UNLOCK TABLES');
+		$DB->query('LOCK TABLES ' . DB_TABLE . ' WRITE;');
+		$query = 'INSERT INTO ' . DB_TABLE . ' (long_url, created, creator) VALUES ("' . $DB->real_escape_string($url_to_shorten) . '", "' . time() . '", "' . $DB->real_escape_string($_SERVER['REMOTE_ADDR']) . '")';
+		$DB->query($query);
+		$shortened_url = getShortenedURLFromID($DB->insert_id);
+		$DB->query('UNLOCK TABLES');
 	}
 	echo BASE_HREF . $shortened_url;
 }
diff --git a/style.css b/style.css
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..d84efd1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/style.css
@@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
+#shortener{
+	display: block;
+	width: 555px;
+	margin: auto;
+}
+#shortener  label{
+	display: none;
+	text-align: center;
+	padding-right: 4em;
+	font-size: 2.5em;
+}
+#shortener #longurl{
+	width: 400px;
+}
+#shortener #submitb{
+	width: auto;
+	padding-bottom: 1.5em;
+}
+#shortener input{
+	line-height: 1.5em;
+	height: 1.5em;
+	font-size: 1.5em;
+}
+#shortener::before{
+	content: url(logo.png);
+	display: block;
+	margin: auto;
+	width: 555px;
+	height: 476px;
+}
+#topheading{
+	text-align: center;
+	font-size: 6em;
+	padding-right: 1em;
+	margin-bottom: 10px;
+	font-family: cursive;
+}