diff --git a/cmd/web.go b/cmd/web.go
index 8a87f86bb..fc417618e 100644
--- a/cmd/web.go
+++ b/cmd/web.go
@@ -345,6 +345,7 @@ func runWeb(*cli.Context) {
 		r.Get("/pulls", repo.Pulls)
 		r.Get("/branches", repo.Branches)
 		r.Get("/archive/*", repo.Download)
+		r.Get("/issues2/",repo.Issues2)
 	}, ignSignIn, middleware.RepoAssignment(true))
 
 	m.Group("/:username/:reponame", func(r *macaron.Router) {
diff --git a/routers/repo/issue.go b/routers/repo/issue.go
index f854a22bb..e611032e3 100644
--- a/routers/repo/issue.go
+++ b/routers/repo/issue.go
@@ -1119,3 +1119,9 @@ func IssueGetAttachment(ctx *middleware.Context) {
 	// We must put the name in " manually.
 	ctx.ServeFile(attachment.Path, "\""+attachment.Name+"\"")
 }
+
+// testing route handler for new issue ui page
+// todo : move to Issue() function
+func Issues2(ctx *middleware.Context){
+	ctx.HTML(200,"repo/issue2/list")
+}
diff --git a/templates/repo/issue2/list.tmpl b/templates/repo/issue2/list.tmpl
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9616199e1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/templates/repo/issue2/list.tmpl
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{{template "ng/base/head" .}}
+{{template "ng/base/header" .}}
+<div id="repo-wrapper">
+    {{template "repo/header" .}}
+</div>
+{{template "ng/base/footer" .}}
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