diff --git a/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/block.json b/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/block.json
index 9492bd4..d61a997 100644
--- a/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/block.json
+++ b/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/block.json
@@ -8,9 +8,25 @@
     "foreground": "#f58762"
   },
   "description": "A wrapper to contain core blocks",
+  "attributes": {
+    "container_width": {
+      "type": "string",
+      "default": 0
+    },
+    "alignment": {
+      "type": "string"
+    },
+    "padding_top": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": true
+    },
+    "padding_bottom": {
+      "type": "boolean",
+      "default": true
+    }
+  },
   "supports": {
     "html": true,
-    "align": ["wide", "full"],
     "color": {
       "background": true,
       "text": false
diff --git a/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/index.jsx b/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/index.jsx
index 4d7f2dc..1c7849c 100644
--- a/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/index.jsx
+++ b/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/index.jsx
@@ -1,17 +1,93 @@
 // block.json's editorScript, loaded only in the block editor
 
+import { __ } from '@wordpress/i18n';
 import { registerBlockType } from '@wordpress/blocks';
-import { InnerBlocks, useBlockProps } from '@wordpress/block-editor';
+
+import {
+  useBlockProps,
+  InnerBlocks,
+  InspectorControls,
+  BlockControls,
+  AlignmentToolbar,
+} from '@wordpress/block-editor';
+
+import {
+  Panel,
+  PanelBody,
+  PanelRow,
+  SelectControl,
+  ToggleControl,
+} from '@wordpress/components';
+import { useState, useEffect } from '@wordpress/element';
+import apiFetch from '@wordpress/api-fetch';
 import metadata from './block.json';
 import allowedBlocks from '../../../json/core-block-whitelist.json';
 
 registerBlockType(metadata.name, {
   edit({ attributes, setAttributes }) {
     const blockProps = useBlockProps();
+    const [ isLoading, setIsLoading ] = useState( true );
+
+    const {
+      container_width,
+      alignment,
+      padding_top,
+      padding_bottom,
+    } = attributes;
+
+    const [
+      containerWidthOptions, setContainerWidthOptions,
+    ] = useState( [] );
+
+    useEffect( () => {
+        apiFetch( { path: '/badegg/v1/blocks/container_width' } )
+            .then( ( data ) => {
+                setContainerWidthOptions( data );
+                setIsLoading( false );
+            } )
+            .catch( () => {
+                setContainerWidthOptions( [] );
+                setIsLoading( false );
+            } );
+    }, [] );
+
+    console.log(attributes);
 
     return (
       <div { ...blockProps }>
-        <div className="container">
+        <BlockControls>
+          <AlignmentToolbar
+            value={ alignment }
+            onChange={(value) => setAttributes({alignment: value})}
+          />
+        </BlockControls>
+        <InspectorControls>
+          <Panel>
+            <PanelBody title={ __("Settings", "badegg") }>
+              <SelectControl
+                label={ __("Container Width", "badegg") }
+                value={ container_width }
+                options={ containerWidthOptions }
+                onChange={ (value) => setAttributes({ container_width: value }) }
+                __next40pxDefaultSize={ true }
+                __nextHasNoMarginBottom={ true }
+              />
+              <ToggleControl
+                label={ __('Top Padding', 'badegg') }
+                checked={ padding_top }
+                onChange={(value) => setAttributes({ padding_top: value }) }
+                __nextHasNoMarginBottom
+              />
+              <ToggleControl
+                label={ __('Bottom Padding', 'badegg') }
+                checked={ padding_bottom }
+                onChange={(value) => setAttributes({ padding_bottom: value }) }
+                __nextHasNoMarginBottom
+              />
+            </PanelBody>
+          </Panel>
+        </InspectorControls>
+        <div className={`container container-${ attributes.container_width } align-${ attributes.alignment }`}>
           <InnerBlocks
             allowedBlocks={ allowedBlocks }
             defaultBlock={
@@ -27,10 +103,10 @@ registerBlockType(metadata.name, {
       </div>
     );
   },
-  save() {
+  save({ attributes }) {
     return (
       <div { ...useBlockProps.save() }>
-        <div className="container">
+        <div className={`container container-${attributes.container_width} align-${ attributes.alignment }`}>
           <InnerBlocks.Content />
         </div>
       </div>
diff --git a/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/script.js b/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/script.js
index 40c4c04..0f76297 100644
--- a/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/script.js
+++ b/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/script.js
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 // block.json's script, loaded in block editor and front end
-console.log('loaded: resources/views/blocks/article/script.js')
diff --git a/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/view.js b/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/view.js
index 2f523f1..521ab06 100644
--- a/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/view.js
+++ b/web/app/themes/badegg/resources/views/blocks/article/view.js
@@ -1,2 +1 @@
 // block.json's viewScript, applied on front end only
-console.log('loaded: resources/views/blocks/article/view.js')