diff --git a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinImplementation.java b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinImplementation.java
index 96f58901..c450c2b6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinImplementation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinImplementation.java
@@ -5,11 +5,14 @@ import java.io.Serializable;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
 import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.DeleteAction;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.InsertAction;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.MetaDataAction;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.QueryAction;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.actions.TableMetaDataAction;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.exceptions.QUserFacingException;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.DeleteRequest;
+import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.DeleteResult;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.InsertRequest;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.InsertResult;
 import com.kingsrook.qqq.backend.core.model.actions.MetaDataRequest;
@@ -137,7 +140,25 @@ public class QJavalinImplementation
     *******************************************************************************/
    private static void dataDelete(Context context)
    {
-      context.result("{\"deleteResult\":{}}");
+      try
+      {
+         String table = context.pathParam("table");
+         List<Serializable> primaryKeys = new ArrayList<>();
+         primaryKeys.add(context.pathParam("id"));
+
+         DeleteRequest deleteRequest = new DeleteRequest(qInstance);
+         deleteRequest.setTableName(table);
+         deleteRequest.setPrimaryKeys(primaryKeys);
+
+         DeleteAction deleteAction = new DeleteAction();
+         DeleteResult deleteResult = deleteAction.execute(deleteRequest);
+
+         context.result(JsonUtils.toJson(deleteResult));
+      }
+      catch(Exception e)
+      {
+         handleException(context, e);
+      }
    }
 
 
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinImplementationTest.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinImplementationTest.java
index 83bc87fe..52d0031d 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinImplementationTest.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/QJavalinImplementationTest.java
@@ -16,6 +16,8 @@ import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeAll;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.BeforeEach;
 import org.junit.jupiter.api.Test;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertEquals;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertFalse;
+import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertNotNull;
 import static org.junit.jupiter.api.Assertions.assertTrue;
 
 
@@ -98,6 +100,7 @@ class QJavalinImplementationTest
    }
 
 
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -106,7 +109,7 @@ class QJavalinImplementationTest
    {
       HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.get(BASE_URL + "/metaData/notAnActualTable").asString();
 
-      assertEquals(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_500, response.getStatus());
+      assertEquals(HttpStatus.INTERNAL_SERVER_ERROR_500, response.getStatus()); // todo 404?
       JSONObject jsonObject = JsonUtils.toJSONObject(response.getBody());
       assertEquals(1, jsonObject.keySet().size(), "Number of top-level keys");
       String error = jsonObject.getString("error");
@@ -137,6 +140,7 @@ class QJavalinImplementationTest
    }
 
 
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/
@@ -186,4 +190,33 @@ class QJavalinImplementationTest
       assertTrue(values0.has("firstName"));
       assertEquals("Bobby", values0.getString("firstName"));
    }
+
+
+
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   @Test
+   public void test_dataDelete() throws Exception
+   {
+      HttpResponse<String> response = Unirest.delete(BASE_URL + "/data/person/3")
+         .header("Content-Type", "application/json")
+         .asString();
+
+      assertEquals(200, response.getStatus());
+
+      JSONObject jsonObject = JsonUtils.toJSONObject(response.getBody());
+      assertNotNull(jsonObject);
+      assertEquals(1, jsonObject.getJSONArray("records").length());
+      assertEquals(3, jsonObject.getJSONArray("records").getJSONObject(0).getInt("primaryKey"));
+      TestUtils.runTestSql("SELECT id FROM person", (rs -> {
+         int rowsFound = 0;
+         while(rs.next())
+         {
+            rowsFound++;
+            assertFalse(rs.getInt(1) == 3);
+         }
+         assertEquals(4, rowsFound);
+      }));
+   }
 }
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/TestUtils.java b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/TestUtils.java
index 5074661b..6d8df0a8 100644
--- a/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/TestUtils.java
+++ b/src/test/java/com/kingsrook/qqq/backend/javalin/TestUtils.java
@@ -41,6 +41,18 @@ public class TestUtils
 
 
 
+   /*******************************************************************************
+    **
+    *******************************************************************************/
+   public static void runTestSql(String sql, QueryManager.ResultSetProcessor resultSetProcessor) throws Exception
+   {
+      ConnectionManager connectionManager = new ConnectionManager();
+      Connection connection = connectionManager.getConnection(new RDBSMBackendMetaData(defineBackend()));
+      QueryManager.executeStatement(connection, sql, resultSetProcessor);
+   }
+
+
+
    /*******************************************************************************
     **
     *******************************************************************************/