diff --git a/src/Board.tsx b/src/Board.tsx
deleted file mode 100644
index a01edd0..0000000
--- a/src/Board.tsx
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,35 +0,0 @@
-import React from "react"
-import { Card, CardContent, Grid, Typography } from "@mui/material"
-
-function Board() {
-  const WIDTH = 10
-  const HEIGHT = 10
-  let key = 0
-
-  const board: string[][] = new Array(HEIGHT).fill(Array(WIDTH).fill("a"))
-
-  return (
-    <>
-      {
-        /* PRINT GRID */
-        board.map((row): JSX.Element => {
-          return (
-            <Grid key={key++} container columns={WIDTH} spacing={1} rowSpacing={1}>
-              {row.map((element): JSX.Element => {
-                return (
-                  <Card key={key++} sx={{ height: "5rem", width: "5rem", margins: "10px" }}>
-                    <CardContent>
-                      <Typography variant="body1">{element}</Typography>
-                    </CardContent>
-                  </Card>
-                )
-              })}
-            </Grid>
-          )
-        })
-      }
-    </>
-  )
-}
-
-export default Board
diff --git a/src/components/Board.tsx b/src/components/Board.tsx
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..be5a1fd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/components/Board.tsx
@@ -0,0 +1,75 @@
+import React, { useState } from "react"
+import { Card, CardContent, Grid, Typography } from "@mui/material"
+import instructions, { Instruction } from "../Instructions"
+
+interface Tile {
+  pointedAt: boolean
+  instruction: Instruction
+}
+
+function Board() {
+  const WIDTH = 10
+  const HEIGHT = 10
+  let key = 0
+
+  const [board, setBoard] = useState<Tile[][]>(
+    new Array(HEIGHT).fill(0).map(() =>
+      new Array(WIDTH).fill(0).map((): Tile => {
+        return { pointedAt: false, instruction: structuredClone(instructions[0]) }
+      })
+    )
+  )
+  //.map(() => ({pointedAt: false, value: " ")}
+  const handleDrop = (
+    col: number,
+    row: number,
+    event: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement> | undefined
+  ): void => {
+    if (event === undefined) {
+      console.log("invalid drop target")
+      return
+    }
+
+    const data = event.dataTransfer.getData("text/plain")
+    console.log(data, row, col)
+    const x = [...board]
+    x[row][col].instruction.symbol = data
+    console.log(x)
+    setBoard(x)
+  }
+
+  const handleOnDragOver = (event: React.DragEvent<HTMLDivElement> | undefined) => {
+    event?.preventDefault()
+    return false
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <>
+      {
+        /* PRINT GRID */
+        board.map((row, rowNo): JSX.Element => {
+          return (
+            <Grid key={key++} container columns={WIDTH} spacing={1} rowSpacing={1}>
+              {row.map((element, colNo): JSX.Element => {
+                return (
+                  <div
+                    key={key++}
+                    onDragOver={handleOnDragOver}
+                    onDrop={(event) => handleDrop(colNo, rowNo, event)}>
+                    <Card sx={{ height: "5rem", width: "5rem", margins: "10px" }}>
+                      <CardContent>
+                        <Typography variant="body1">{element.instruction.symbol}</Typography>
+                      </CardContent>
+                    </Card>
+                  </div>
+                )
+              })}
+            </Grid>
+          )
+        })
+      }
+    </>
+  )
+}
+
+export default Board
diff --git a/src/index.tsx b/src/index.tsx
index a0f59c4..fed4bbb 100644
--- a/src/index.tsx
+++ b/src/index.tsx
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import React from "react"
 import ReactDOM from "react-dom/client"
 import "./index.css"
-import Board from "./Board"
+import Board from "./components/Board"
 import reportWebVitals from "./reportWebVitals"
 import InstructionMenu from "./InstructionMenu"