diff --git a/src/server/api.coffee b/src/server/api.coffee
index 6bdc0699c4..f337b4964b 100644
--- a/src/server/api.coffee
+++ b/src/server/api.coffee
@@ -60,7 +60,7 @@ validateTask = (req, res, next) ->
   newTask = { type, text, notes, value, up, down, completed } = req.body
 
   # If we're updating, get the task from the user
-  if req.method is 'PUT'
+  if req.method is 'PUT' or req.method is 'DELETE'
     task = req.userObj?.tasks[req.params.id]
     return res.json 400, err: "No task found." if !task || _.isEmpty(task)
     # Strip for now
@@ -90,6 +90,14 @@ router.put '/user/task/:id', auth, validateTask, (req, res) ->
 
   res.json 200, req.task
 
+router.delete '/user/task/:id', auth, validateTask, (req, res) ->
+  taskIds = req.user.get("#{req.task.type}Ids")
+  taskIds.splice(taskIds.indexOf(req.task.id),1)
+  req.user.set "#{req.task.type}Ids", taskIds
+  req.user.del "tasks.#{req.task.id}"
+
+  res.send 204
+
 router.post '/user/task', auth, validateTask, (req, res) ->
   task = req.task
   type = task.type