diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Controller.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Controller.php
index f71a5b90..ec7b8efc 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Controller.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Admin/Controller.php
@@ -7,18 +7,11 @@ use App\Http\Requests;
 
 abstract class Controller extends BaseController
 {
-    /**
-     * @var
-     */
-    protected $menu;
-
     /**
      * Controller constructor.
      */
     public function __construct()
     {
-        $this->menu = Menu::instance('navbar');
 
-        var_dump($this->menu);
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Providers/AdminProvider.php b/app/Providers/AdminProvider.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..95a024e6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/Providers/AdminProvider.php
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace App\Providers;
+
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
+
+class AdminProvider extends ServiceProvider
+{
+    /**
+     * Bootstrap the application services.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function boot()
+    {
+        // create instance of main menu
+        \Menu::create('mainMenu', function ($menu) {
+            /**
+             * @var $menu \Pingpong\Menus\MenuBuilder
+             */
+
+            // create menu entries
+
+            /*
+             * WARNING: MenuBuilder::route() does not seem to work,
+             * nor route() helper function. We need to use action() helper instaed.
+            */
+            $menu->url(action('Admin\\Dashboard@getIndex'), trans('admin/mainMenu.dashboard'));
+        });
+
+        // create menu with user profile
+        \Menu::create('profileMenu', function ($menu) {
+            // @todo add profile menu
+        });
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Register the application services.
+     *
+     * @return void
+     */
+    public function register()
+    {
+    }
+}
diff --git a/config/app.php b/config/app.php
index ce43f3b2..30e18278 100644
--- a/config/app.php
+++ b/config/app.php
@@ -148,6 +148,7 @@ return [
         App\Providers\EventServiceProvider::class,
         App\Providers\RouteServiceProvider::class,
         App\Providers\GlobalViewDataProvider::class,
+        App\Providers\AdminProvider::class,
 
     ],
     /*
diff --git a/resources/lang/en/admin/mainMenu.php b/resources/lang/en/admin/mainMenu.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..56ff81db
--- /dev/null
+++ b/resources/lang/en/admin/mainMenu.php
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<?php
+
+return [
+    'dashboard' => 'Dashboard'
+];
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/resources/views/admin/layout.blade.php b/resources/views/admin/layout.blade.php
index b95026d2..247435c0 100644
--- a/resources/views/admin/layout.blade.php
+++ b/resources/views/admin/layout.blade.php
@@ -12,6 +12,10 @@
 </head>
 <body>
 
+<div class="row">
+    {!! Menu::render('mainMenu') !!}
+</div>
+
 @yield('content')
 
 <script src="{{asset('../resources/assets/js/vendor/jquery.min.js')}}"></script>