diff --git a/routes/routes.go b/routes/routes.go
index 1c1c87c..8e8f73f 100755
--- a/routes/routes.go
+++ b/routes/routes.go
@@ -106,15 +106,14 @@ func SetupRoutes(app *fiber.App, db *badger.DB) {
 			}
 
 			queries := c.Queries()
-			potentialLang := ""
 			if len(queries) == 1 {
-				potentialLang = slices.Collect(maps.Keys(queries))[0]
-				fmt.Println(potentialLang)
+				lang := slices.Collect(maps.Keys(queries))[0]
+
 				var outputHtml bytes.Buffer
-				err = quick.Highlight(&outputHtml, string(itemValue), potentialLang, "html", "gruvbox")
+				err = quick.Highlight(&outputHtml, string(itemValue), lang, "html", "gruvbox")
 				handleErr(err, fmt.Sprintf("unable to syntax highlight %s\n", id))
 
-				cfmt.Infof("👀 [info] reading %s with '%s' syntax\n", id, potentialLang)
+				cfmt.Infof("👀 [info] reading %s with '%s' syntax\n", id, lang)
 				return c.Render("render_syntax", fiber.Map{
 					"Code": outputHtml.String(),
 				})
@@ -124,7 +123,6 @@ func SetupRoutes(app *fiber.App, db *badger.DB) {
 					"Code": string(itemValue),
 				})
 			}
-
 		} else {
 			ua := useragent.Parse(string(c.Context().UserAgent()))
 			if ua.IsUnknown() {
@@ -142,6 +140,56 @@ https://sr.ht/~seraphimrp/bingo`)
 			return c.Render("index", nil)
 		}
 	})
+
+	app.Delete(("/:id"), func(c *fiber.Ctx) error {
+		id := c.Params("id")
+		idNotFound := false
+
+		var itemValue []byte
+
+		err := db.View(func(txn *badger.Txn) error {
+			item, err := txn.Get([]byte(c.Params("id")))
+			if err != nil && err != badger.ErrKeyNotFound {
+				return err
+			} else if err == badger.ErrKeyNotFound {
+				idNotFound = true
+				return nil
+			}
+
+			itemValue, err = item.ValueCopy(nil)
+			return err
+		})
+		handleErr(err, fmt.Sprintf("unable to fetch %s from db", id))
+
+		if idNotFound {
+			c.SendStatus(404)
+			return c.SendString("did not receive valid parameter")
+		}
+
+		ua := useragent.Parse(string(c.Context().UserAgent()))
+		if ua.IsUnknown() {
+			return c.SendString(string(itemValue))
+		}
+
+		queries := c.Queries()
+		if len(queries) == 1 {
+			lang := slices.Collect(maps.Keys(queries))[0]
+
+			var outputHtml bytes.Buffer
+			err = quick.Highlight(&outputHtml, string(itemValue), lang, "html", "gruvbox")
+			handleErr(err, fmt.Sprintf("unable to syntax highlight %s\n", id))
+
+			cfmt.Infof("👀 [info] reading %s with '%s' syntax\n", id, lang)
+			return c.Render("render_syntax", fiber.Map{
+				"Code": outputHtml.String(),
+			})
+		} else {
+			cfmt.Infof("👀 [info] reading %s\n", id)
+			return c.Render("render", fiber.Map{
+				"Code": string(itemValue),
+			})
+		}
+	})
 }
 
 func generateId() string {