diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index b8dd982..c3e1b94 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@ const main = async () => {
             "/": () => new Response(`title: eussi\ndev-mode: ${DEV}\nport: ${PORT}`),
             "/issue/create": routes.issueCreate,
             "/issue/update": routes.issueUpdate,
+            "/issue/delete": routes.issueDelete,
             "/issues/:projectId": routes.issues,
         },
     });
diff --git a/src/routes/index.ts b/src/routes/index.ts
index 4d7ab14..8513cde 100644
--- a/src/routes/index.ts
+++ b/src/routes/index.ts
@@ -1,9 +1,11 @@
 import issueCreate from "./issueCreate";
+import issueDelete from "./issueDelete";
 import issues from "./issues";
 import issueUpdate from "./issueUpdate";
 
 export const routes = {
     issueCreate,
+    issueDelete,
     issues,
     issueUpdate,
 };
diff --git a/src/routes/issueDelete.ts b/src/routes/issueDelete.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..e1cc6bc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/issueDelete.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,18 @@
+import type { BunRequest } from "bun";
+import { deleteIssue } from "../db/queries.js";
+
+// /issue/delete?id=1
+export default async function issueDelete(req: BunRequest) {
+    const url = new URL(req.url);
+    const id = url.searchParams.get("id");
+    if (!id) {
+        return new Response("missing issue id", { status: 400 });
+    }
+
+    const result = await deleteIssue(Number(id));
+    if (result.rowCount === 0) {
+        return new Response(`no issue with id ${id} found`, { status: 404 });
+    }
+
+    return new Response(`issue with id ${id} deleted`, { status: 200 });
+}