diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
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index 0000000..27035da
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+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/HomeController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,23 @@
+<?php
+
+/* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public
+ * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this
+ * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */
+
+namespace App\Http\Controllers;
+
+use CloudObjects\SDK\ObjectRetriever;
+use ML\IRI\IRI;
+
+class HomeController extends Controller
+{    
+    public function index(ObjectRetriever $objectRetriever)
+    {
+        $object = $objectRetriever->getObject(new IRI('coid://cloudobjects.io'));
+        $label = $object->getProperty('http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label')->getValue();
+
+        return view('home', [
+            'label' => $label
+        ]);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/resources/views/home.blade.php b/resources/views/home.blade.php
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+++ b/resources/views/home.blade.php
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html lang="{{ str_replace('_', '-', app()->getLocale()) }}">
+<head>
+    <meta charset="utf-8">
+    <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+    <title>{{ config('app.name') }}</title>
+</head>
+<body>
+    <h1>CloudObjects Demo Application</h1>
+    <p>Here is a test property value retrieved from CloudObjects Core: {{ $label }}</p>
+</body>
+</html>
diff --git a/routes/web.php b/routes/web.php
index 86a06c5..add31b7 100644
--- a/routes/web.php
+++ b/routes/web.php
@@ -1,7 +1,6 @@
 <?php
 
+use App\Http\Controllers\HomeController;
 use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Route;
 
-Route::get('/', function () {
-    return view('welcome');
-});
+Route::get('/', [HomeController::class, 'index']);