diff --git a/app/controllers/DashboardController.php b/app/controllers/DashboardController.php
index eac65281..976351a0 100644
--- a/app/controllers/DashboardController.php
+++ b/app/controllers/DashboardController.php
@@ -9,6 +9,15 @@ class DashboardController extends Controller {
         return View::make('dashboard.index');
     }
 
+    public function createIncidentAction() {
+        $_incident = Input::get('incident');
+        $_incident['user_id'] = Auth::user()->id;
+
+        $incident = Incident::create($_incident);
+
+        return Redirect::back()->with('incident', $incident);
+    }
+
     /**
      * Shows the components view.
      * @return \Illuminate\View\View
diff --git a/app/database/migrations/2014_12_13_121410_AlterTableIncidentsRemoveDefaultComponent.php b/app/database/migrations/2014_12_13_121410_AlterTableIncidentsRemoveDefaultComponent.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..91d5ad5d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/database/migrations/2014_12_13_121410_AlterTableIncidentsRemoveDefaultComponent.php
@@ -0,0 +1,34 @@
+<?php
+
+use Illuminate\Database\Schema\Blueprint;
+use Illuminate\Database\Migrations\Migration;
+
+class AlterTableIncidentsRemoveDefaultComponent extends Migration {
+
+	/**
+	 * Run the migrations.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function up()
+	{
+		Schema::table('incidents', function(Blueprint $table)
+		{
+			DB::statement("ALTER TABLE `incidents` CHANGE `component_id` `component_id` TINYINT(4)  NOT NULL  DEFAULT '0';");
+		});
+	}
+
+	/**
+	 * Reverse the migrations.
+	 *
+	 * @return void
+	 */
+	public function down()
+	{
+		Schema::table('incidents', function(Blueprint $table)
+		{
+			DB::statement("ALTER TABLE `incidents` CHANGE `component_id` `component_id` TINYINT(4)  NOT NULL  DEFAULT '1';");
+		});
+	}
+
+}
diff --git a/app/models/Incident.php b/app/models/Incident.php
index e8677625..5907bf5e 100644
--- a/app/models/Incident.php
+++ b/app/models/Incident.php
@@ -9,13 +9,13 @@ class Incident extends Eloquent implements \Dingo\Api\Transformer\TransformableI
 
     protected $rules = [
         'user_id'      => 'required|integer',
-        'component_id' => 'required|integer',
+        'component_id' => 'integer',
         'name'         => 'required',
         'status'       => 'required|integer',
         'message'      => 'required',
     ];
 
-    protected $fillable = ['component_id', 'name', 'status', 'message'];
+    protected $fillable = ['user_id', 'component_id', 'name', 'status', 'message'];
 
     protected $appends = ['humanStatus'];
 
diff --git a/app/routes/dashboard.php b/app/routes/dashboard.php
index f90b8eb3..93bc6995 100644
--- a/app/routes/dashboard.php
+++ b/app/routes/dashboard.php
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@
 
 Route::group(['before' => 'auth', 'prefix' => 'dashboard'], function() {
     Route::get('/', ['as' => 'dashboard', 'uses' => 'DashboardController@showDashboard']);
+    Route::post('/', 'DashboardController@createIncidentAction');
+
     Route::get('components', ['as' => 'dashboard.components', 'uses' => 'DashboardController@showComponents']);
     Route::get('incidents', ['as' => 'dashboard.incidents', 'uses' => 'DashboardController@showIncidents']);
     Route::get('metrics', ['as' => 'dashboard.metrics', 'uses' => 'DashboardController@showMetrics']);
diff --git a/app/views/dashboard/index.blade.php b/app/views/dashboard/index.blade.php
index 60fe887c..5b2a62fc 100644
--- a/app/views/dashboard/index.blade.php
+++ b/app/views/dashboard/index.blade.php
@@ -9,14 +9,59 @@
 		<div class="col-sm-12">
 			<div role='tabpanel'>
 				<ul class="nav nav-tabs" role='tablist'>
-					<li role='presentation' class='active'><a data-toggle='tab' role='tab' href="#tab-1">Tab 1</a></li>
-					<li role='presentation'><a data-toggle='tab' role='tab' href="#tab-2">Tab 2</a></li>
-					<li role='presentation'><a data-toggle='tab' role='tab' href="#tab-3">Tab 3</a></li>
+					<li role='presentation' class='active'><a data-toggle='tab' role='tab' href="#create-incident">Create an Incident</a></li>
 				</ul>
 				<div class="tab-content">
-					<div role='tabpanel' class='tab-pane active' id="tab-1">Foo</div>
-					<div role='tabpanel' class='tab-pane' id="tab-2">Bar</div>
-					<div role='tabpanel' class='tab-pane' id="tab-3">Baz</div>
+					<div role='tabpanel' class='tab-pane active' id="create-incident">
+						<div class='row'>
+							<div class='col-md-12'>
+								<h3>Create an Incident</h3>
+							</div>
+						</div>
+
+						<div class='row'>
+							<div class='col-md-12'>
+								@if($incident = Session::get('incident'))
+								<div class='alert alert-{{ $incident->isValid() ? "success" : "error" }}'>
+									@if($incident->isValid())
+									<strong>Awesome.</strong> Incident added.
+									@else
+									<strong>Whoops.</strong> Something went wrong with the incident.
+									@endif
+								</div>
+								@endif
+
+								{{ Form::open(['name' => 'IncidentForm', 'class' => 'form-vertical', 'role' => 'form']) }}
+									<fieldset>
+										<div class='form-group'>
+											<label for='incident-name'>Incident Name</label>
+											<input type='text' class='form-control' name='incident[name]' id='incident-name' required />
+										</div>
+										<div class='form-group'>
+											<label for='incident-name'>Incident Status</label><br />
+											<label class='radio-inline'>
+												<input type='radio' name='incident[status]' value='1' /> {{ Lang::get('cachet.incident.status')[1] }}
+											</label>
+											<label class='radio-inline'>
+												<input type='radio' name='incident[status]' value='2' /> {{ Lang::get('cachet.incident.status')[2] }}
+											</label>
+											<label class='radio-inline'>
+												<input type='radio' name='incident[status]' value='3' /> {{ Lang::get('cachet.incident.status')[3] }}
+											</label>
+											<label class='radio-inline'>
+												<input type='radio' name='incident[status]' value='4' /> {{ Lang::get('cachet.incident.status')[4] }}
+											</label>
+										</div>
+										<div class='form-group'>
+											<label>Message</label>
+											<textarea name='incident[message]' class='form-control' rows='5'></textarea>
+										</div>
+									</fieldset>
+									<button type="submit" class="btn btn-primary">Submit</button>
+								{{ Form::close() }}
+							</div>
+						</div>
+					</div>
 				</div>
 			</div>
 		</div>