diff --git a/TODO.md b/TODO.md
index 79520a37..13c276c5 100644
--- a/TODO.md
+++ b/TODO.md
@@ -33,10 +33,12 @@
 - ~~Desc/Asc ordering with tests~~
 - ~~Found count is wrong~~
 - ~~Filter query in the API~~
+- Handle store-get() not finding a key
 - Fix API response codes
 - Test for search without any sort_by given
 - Test for asc/desc upper/lower casing
 - Test for collection creation validation
+- Test for delete document
 - Proper pagination
 - Deprecate old split function
 - Prevent string copy during indexing
diff --git a/include/collection.h b/include/collection.h
index d3717cd6..24c39ce2 100644
--- a/include/collection.h
+++ b/include/collection.h
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ public:
                           const std::vector<sort_field> & sort_fields, const int num_typos,
                           const size_t num_results, const token_ordering token_order = FREQUENCY, const bool prefix = false);
 
-    void remove(std::string id);
+    Option<std::string> remove(std::string id);
 
     void score_results(const std::vector<sort_field> & sort_fields, const int & token_rank, Topster<100> &topster,
                        const std::vector<art_leaf *> & query_suggestion, const uint32_t *result_ids,
diff --git a/include/http_server.h b/include/http_server.h
index 79e3514c..03d39f81 100644
--- a/include/http_server.h
+++ b/include/http_server.h
@@ -47,6 +47,11 @@ struct http_res {
         status_code = 500;
         body = res_body;
     }
+
+    void send(uint32_t code, const std::string & message) {
+        status_code = code;
+        body = "{\"message\": \"" + message + "\"}";
+    }
 };
 
 struct http_req {
@@ -97,7 +102,7 @@ public:
 
     void put(const std::string & path, void (*handler)(http_req &, http_res &));
 
-    void del();
+    void del(const std::string & path, void (*handler)(http_req &, http_res &));
 
     int run();
 };
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diff --git a/include/store.h b/include/store.h
index fc58e821..da801488 100644
--- a/include/store.h
+++ b/include/store.h
@@ -24,6 +24,13 @@ public:
     }
 };
 
+enum StoreStatus {
+    FOUND,
+    OK,
+    NOT_FOUND,
+    ERROR
+};
+
 /*
  *  Abstraction for underlying KV store (RocksDB)
  */
@@ -72,9 +79,18 @@ public:
         return status.ok() && !status.IsNotFound();
     }
 
-    bool get(const std::string& key, std::string& value) {
+    StoreStatus get(const std::string& key, std::string& value) {
         rocksdb::Status status = db->Get(rocksdb::ReadOptions(), key, &value);
-        return status.ok();
+
+        if(status.IsNotFound()) {
+            return StoreStatus::NOT_FOUND;
+        }
+
+        if(!status.ok()) {
+            return StoreStatus::ERROR;
+        }
+
+        return StoreStatus::FOUND;
     }
 
     bool remove(const std::string& key) {
diff --git a/src/api.cpp b/src/api.cpp
index d347a071..ce2285db 100644
--- a/src/api.cpp
+++ b/src/api.cpp
@@ -194,47 +194,27 @@ void post_add_document(http_req & req, http_res & res) {
 
     Option<std::string> inserted_id_op = collection->add(req.body);
 
-    nlohmann::json json_response;
-    static h2o_generator_t generator = {NULL, NULL};
-
     if(!inserted_id_op.ok()) {
-        json_response["message"] = inserted_id_op.error();
-        res.send_500(json_response.dump());
-
+        res.send(inserted_id_op.code(), inserted_id_op.error());
     } else {
+        nlohmann::json json_response;
         json_response["id"] = inserted_id_op.get();
         res.send_201(json_response.dump());
     }
 }
 
-/*
-int del_remove_document(h2o_handler_t *self, h2o_req_t *req) {
-    h2o_iovec_t query = req->query_at != SIZE_MAX ?
-                        h2o_iovec_init(req->path.base + req->query_at, req->path.len - req->query_at) :
-                        h2o_iovec_init(H2O_STRLIT(""));
-
-    std::string query_str(query.base, query.len);
-    std::map<std::string, std::string> req.params = parse_query(query_str);
-
+void del_remove_document(http_req & req, http_res & res) {
     std::string doc_id = req.params["id"];
 
-    auto begin = std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now();
-    collection->remove(doc_id);
-    long long int time_micro = std::chrono::duration_cast<std::chrono::microseconds>(
-            std::chrono::high_resolution_clock::now() - begin).count();
-    std::cout << "Time taken: " << time_micro << "us" << std::endl;
+    CollectionManager & collectionManager = CollectionManager::get_instance();
+    Collection* collection = collectionManager.get_collection(req.params["collection"]);
+    Option<std::string> deleted_id_op = collection->remove(doc_id);
 
-    nlohmann::json json_response;
-    json_response["id"] = doc_id;
-    json_response["status"] = "SUCCESS";
-
-    static h2o_generator_t generator = {NULL, NULL};
-    req->res.status = 200;
-    req->res.reason = "OK";
-    h2o_add_header(&req->pool, &req->res.headers, H2O_TOKEN_CONTENT_TYPE, H2O_STRLIT("application/json; charset=utf-8"));
-    h2o_start_response(req, &generator);
-    h2o_iovec_t body = h2o_strdup(&req->pool, json_response.dump().c_str(), SIZE_MAX);
-    h2o_send(req, &body, 1, 1);
-    return 0;
-}
-*/
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+    if(!deleted_id_op.ok()) {
+        res.send(deleted_id_op.code(), deleted_id_op.error());
+    } else {
+        nlohmann::json json_response;
+        json_response["id"] = deleted_id_op.get();
+        res.send_200(json_response.dump());
+    }
+}
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diff --git a/src/collection.cpp b/src/collection.cpp
index d4d479ab..7b3e2a21 100644
--- a/src/collection.cpp
+++ b/src/collection.cpp
@@ -1002,9 +1002,15 @@ void Collection::remove_and_shift_offset_index(sorted_array &offset_index, const
     delete[] new_array;
 }
 
-void Collection::remove(std::string id) {
+Option<std::string> Collection::remove(std::string id) {
+    nlohmann::json result = nlohmann::json::object();
+
     std::string seq_id_str;
-    store->get(get_doc_id_key(id), seq_id_str);
+    StoreStatus status = store->get(get_doc_id_key(id), seq_id_str);
+
+    if(status == StoreStatus::NOT_FOUND) {
+        return Option<std::string>(404, "Could not find a document with id: " + id);
+    }
 
     uint32_t seq_id = (uint32_t) std::stol(seq_id_str);
 
@@ -1052,6 +1058,8 @@ void Collection::remove(std::string id) {
 
     store->remove(get_doc_id_key(id));
     store->remove(get_seq_id_key(seq_id));
+
+    return Option<std::string>(id);
 }
 
 std::string Collection::get_next_seq_id_key(std::string collection_name) {
diff --git a/src/http_server.cpp b/src/http_server.cpp
index bdb28b60..aed2eeb1 100644
--- a/src/http_server.cpp
+++ b/src/http_server.cpp
@@ -203,8 +203,11 @@ void HttpServer::put(const std::string & path, void (*handler)(http_req &, http_
     routes.push_back(rpath);
 }
 
-void HttpServer::del() {
-
+void HttpServer::del(const std::string & path, void (*handler)(http_req &, http_res &)) {
+    std::vector<std::string> path_parts;
+    StringUtils::split(path, path_parts, "/");
+    route_path rpath = {"DELETE", path_parts, handler};
+    routes.push_back(rpath);
 }
 
 HttpServer::~HttpServer() {
diff --git a/src/main/typesense_server.cpp b/src/main/typesense_server.cpp
index d04e66b2..e5f74926 100644
--- a/src/main/typesense_server.cpp
+++ b/src/main/typesense_server.cpp
@@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) {
     server.post("/collection", post_create_collection);
     server.post("/collection/:collection", post_add_document);
     server.get("/collection/:collection/search", get_search);
+    server.del("/collection/:collection/:id", del_remove_document);
 
     server.run();
     return 0;