diff --git a/main.js b/main.js
index a92770e..25c3b06 100644
--- a/main.js
+++ b/main.js
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@ import { Map, View } from "ol";
 import OSM from "ol/source/OSM.js";
 import projectionBNG from "./projection";
 import TileLayer from "ol/layer/Tile";
+import getWMTSLayer from "./wmts";
+
+// Create layer from imported functions
+const mastermapWMTS = await getWMTSLayer("os_licensed_background_colour");
 
 // Set up a new Tile Layer
 const openStreetMap = new TileLayer({
@@ -15,7 +19,8 @@ const map = new Map({
   // This is the HTML element we will target to render our map
   target: "map",
   layers: [
-    openStreetMap,
+    // openStreetMap,
+    mastermapWMTS,
   ],
   // A View object represents a simple 2D view of the map.
   // This is the object to act upon to change the center, resolution, and rotation of the map
diff --git a/wmts.js b/wmts.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9534d62
--- /dev/null
+++ b/wmts.js
@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+import TileLayer from "ol/layer/Tile";
+import WMTSCapabilities from "ol/format/WMTSCapabilities";
+import WMTS, { optionsFromCapabilities } from "ol/source/WMTS";
+
+// Helper function to get a WMTS layer from theMapCloud
+const getWMTSLayer = async (layerName) => {
+  // The first step is to fetch the GetCapabilities document
+  const response = await fetch("https://api.themapcloud.com/maps/wmts?" + new URLSearchParams({
+    request: "GetCapabilities",
+    service: "WMTS",
+    token: import.meta.env.VITE_TMC_TOKEN,
+  }));
+  // We then parse this...
+  const parser = new WMTSCapabilities();
+  const capabilities = parser.read(await response.text());
+  //...so that OL can create a WMTS Options object to configure the layer
+  const options = optionsFromCapabilities(capabilities, {
+    layer: layerName,
+  });
+
+  // Create the WMTS layer
+  const wmtsLayer = new TileLayer({
+    source: new WMTS(options),
+  });
+
+  return wmtsLayer;
+};
+
+export default getWMTSLayer;
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