diff --git a/src/index.ts b/src/index.ts
index f7a0fb6..266e9db 100644
--- a/src/index.ts
+++ b/src/index.ts
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ const main = async () => {
         port: Number(PORT),
         routes: {
             "/": () => new Response(`title: eussi\ndev-mode: ${DEV}\nport: ${PORT}`),
+            "/issue/create": routes.issueCreate,
             "/issues/:projectId": routes.issues,
         },
     });
diff --git a/src/routes/index.ts b/src/routes/index.ts
index e47145c..3a595e2 100644
--- a/src/routes/index.ts
+++ b/src/routes/index.ts
@@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
+import issueCreate from "./issueCreate"
 import issues from "./issues";
 
 export const routes = {
+    issueCreate,
     issues,
 };
diff --git a/src/routes/issueCreate.ts b/src/routes/issueCreate.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..9596b73
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/issueCreate.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import type { BunRequest } from "bun";
+import { createIssue, getProjectByID, getProjectByBlob } from "../db/queries.js";
+
+// /issue/create?projectId=1&title=Testing&description=Description
+// OR
+// /issue/create?projectBlob=projectBlob&title=Testing&description=Description
+export default async function issueCreate(req: BunRequest) {
+    const url = new URL(req.url);
+    const projectId = url.searchParams.get("projectId");
+    const projectBlob = url.searchParams.get("projectBlob");
+
+    let project = null;
+    if (projectId) {
+        project = await getProjectByID(Number(projectId));
+    } else if (projectBlob) {
+        project = await getProjectByBlob(projectBlob);
+    } else {
+        return new Response("missing project blob or project id", { status: 400 });
+    }
+    if (!project) {
+        return new Response(`project not found: provided ${projectId ?? projectBlob}`, { status: 404 });
+    }
+
+    const title = url.searchParams.get("title") || "Untitled Issue";
+    const description = url.searchParams.get("description") || "";
+
+    const issue = await createIssue(project.id, title, description);
+
+    return Response.json(issue);
+}
+ 
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