diff --git a/app/(screens)/_layout.tsx b/app/(screens)/_layout.tsx
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+import React, { useEffect } from 'react';
+import { View, StyleSheet, TouchableOpacity } from 'react-native';
+import { useFonts } from 'expo-font';
+import * as SplashScreen from 'expo-splash-screen';
+import { ThemeProvider, DarkTheme, DefaultTheme, NavigationContainer } from '@react-navigation/native';
+import Settings from '@/components/Settings';
+import { createNativeStackNavigator } from '@react-navigation/native-stack';
+import HomeScreen from '.';
+import { LanguageSelection } from '@/components/LanguageSelection';
+import { language_matrix_entry } from '../i18n/api';
+import ConversationThread from '@/components/ConversationThread';
+
+
+const Stack = createNativeStackNavigator();
+
+export default function _layout() {
+  const [loaded] = useFonts({
+    SpaceMono: require('../assets/fonts/SpaceMono-Regular.ttf'),
+  });
+
+  useEffect(() => {
+    if (loaded) {
+      SplashScreen.hideAsync();
+    }
+  }, [loaded]);
+
+  if (!loaded) {
+    return null;
+  }
+
+  return (
+    <NavigationContainer>
+      <Stack.Navigator>
+        <Stack.Screen
+          name="Home"
+          component={HomeScreen}
+          options={{title: 'Welcome'}}
+        />
+        <Stack.Screen
+          name="LanguageSelection"
+          component={LanguageSelection}
+        />
+        <Stack.Screen
+          name="Conversation"
+          component={ConversationThread}
+        />
+        <Stack.Screen name="Settings" component={Settings} />
+      </Stack.Navigator>
+    </NavigationContainer>
+  );
+}
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  settingsIconContainer: {
+    marginLeft: 16,
+  },
+});
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diff --git a/app/(screens)/index.tsx b/app/(screens)/index.tsx
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+import { LanguageSelection } from '@/components/LanguageSelection';
+import { useState } from 'react';
+import { Button, Text, View } from 'react-native';
+import { Image, StyleSheet, Platform } from 'react-native';
+import { Conversation, Speaker } from '../lib/conversation';
+import { language_matrix_entry, Translator } from '../i18n/api';
+import ConversationThread from '@/components/ConversationThread';
+import { NavigationContainerProps, NavigationProp, ParamListBase } from '@react-navigation/native';
+
+export default function HomeScreen({navigation} : {navigation: NavigationProp<ParamListBase>}) {
+
+  const [language, setLanguage] = useState<language_matrix_entry | undefined>()
+  const [conversation, setConversation] = useState<Conversation | undefined>();
+
+  return (
+    conversation ? <ConversationThread conversation={conversation} /> :
+      <View>
+        <Button
+          title="Settings"
+          onPress={() =>
+            navigation.navigate('Settings')
+          }
+        />
+      </View>
+  );
+}
+
+const styles = StyleSheet.create({
+  titleContainer: {
+    flexDirection: 'row',
+    alignItems: 'center',
+    gap: 8,
+  },
+  stepContainer: {
+    gap: 8,
+    marginBottom: 8,
+  },
+  reactLogo: {
+    height: 178,
+    width: 290,
+    bottom: 0,
+    left: 0,
+    position: 'absolute',
+  },
+});
diff --git a/app/(screens)/settings.tsx b/app/(screens)/settings.tsx
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diff --git a/app/lib/__tests__/settings.spec.ts b/app/lib/__tests__/settings.spec.ts
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+import {describe, expect, beforeEach} from '@jest/globals';
+import {Settings} from '@/app/lib/settings';
+import { getDb } from '@/app/lib/db';
+
+describe('Settings', () => {
+    let settings: Settings;
+
+    beforeEach(async () => {
+        // Initialize your Settings class here with a fresh database instance
+        settings = new Settings(await getDb());
+    });
+
+    afterEach(async () => {
+        // Clean up the database after each test
+        await settings.db.executeSql('DELETE FROM settings');
+    });
+
+    describe('setHostLanguage', () => {
+        it('should set the host language in the database', async () => {
+            const value = 'en';
+            await settings.setHostLanguage(value);
+
+            const result = await settings.getHostLanguage();
+            expect(result).toEqual(value);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('getHostLanguage', () => {
+        it('should return the host language from the database', async () => {
+            const value = 'fr';
+            await settings.db.executeSql(
+                `INSERT INTO settings (host_language) VALUES (?)`,
+                [value]
+            );
+
+            const result = await settings.getHostLanguage();
+            expect(result).toEqual(value);
+        });
+
+        it('should return null if the host language is not set', async () => {
+            const result = await settings.getHostLanguage();
+            expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('setLibretranslateBaseUrl', () => {
+        it('should set the LibreTranslate base URL in the database', async () => {
+            const value = 'https://example.com';
+            await settings.setLibetransalteBaseUrl(value);
+
+            const result = await settings.getLibretranslateBaseUrl();
+            expect(result).toEqual(value);
+        });
+    });
+
+    describe('getLibretranslateBaseUrl', () => {
+        it('should return the LibreTranslate base URL from the database', async () => {
+            const value = 'https://another-example.com';
+            await settings.db.executeSql(
+                `INSERT INTO settings (libetransalte_base_url) VALUES (?)`,
+                [value]
+            );
+
+            const result = await settings.getLibretranslateBaseUrl();
+            expect(result).toEqual(value);
+        });
+
+        it('should return null if the LibreTranslate base URL is not set', async () => {
+            const result = await settings.getLibretranslateBaseUrl();
+            expect(result).not.toBeNull();
+        });
+    });
+});
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diff --git a/app/lib/settings.ts b/app/lib/settings.ts
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+import { SQLiteDatabase } from "react-native-sqlite-storage";
+
+export class Settings {
+
+    constructor(public db: SQLiteDatabase) {
+
+    }
+
+    private async getValue(key: string) {
+        const query = `
+SELECT ${key}
+FROM settings
+LIMIT 1`
+        const result = await this.db.executeSql(
+            query
+        );
+        
+        result[0].rows.item(0).host_language;
+    }
+
+    private async setValue(key: string, value: any) {
+        const statement = `INSERT INTO settings (${key})
+SELECT '?'
+ON CONFLICT DO UPDATE SET ${key} = ?`
+        await this.db.transaction(async (tx) => {
+            await tx.executeSql(statement, [value, value]);
+        })
+    }
+
+    async setHostLanguage(value: string) {
+        await this.setValue("host_language", value);
+    }
+
+    async getHostLanguage() {
+        return await this.getValue("host_language")
+    }
+
+    async setLibetransalteBaseUrl(value : string) {
+        await this.setValue("libetransalte_base_url", value)
+    }
+
+    async getLibretranslateBaseUrl() {
+        await this.getValue("libtretranslate_base_url")
+    }
+
+}
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diff --git a/babel.config.js b/babel.config.js
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+module.exports = {
+    presets: [
+      ['@babel/preset-env', {targets: {node: 'current'}}],
+      '@babel/preset-typescript',
+    ],
+  };
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