diff --git a/core/admin/assets/js/blog.js b/core/admin/assets/js/blog.js
index 84a2a199af..ff8d5b872f 100644
--- a/core/admin/assets/js/blog.js
+++ b/core/admin/assets/js/blog.js
@@ -22,6 +22,21 @@
             }
         });
 
+        $('.post-controls .delete').on('click', function (e) {
+            e.preventDefault();
+            var postID = $('.content-list-content').find('li.active').data('id');
+            $.ajax({
+                method: 'DELETE',
+                url: '/api/v0.1/posts/' + postID,
+                success: function (res) {
+                    window.location.reload();
+                },
+                error: function () {
+                    window.alert('Delete failed.');
+                }
+            });
+        });
+
     });
 
 }(jQuery));
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/core/admin/views/blog.hbs b/core/admin/views/blog.hbs
index 730984d3b8..5e114b5304 100644
--- a/core/admin/views/blog.hbs
+++ b/core/admin/views/blog.hbs
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@
         <a class="post-edit" href="#"><span class="hidden">Edit Post</span></a>
         <a class="post-settings" href="#" data-toggle=".menu-drop-right"><span class="hidden">Post Settings</span></a>
         <ul class="menu-drop-right">
-            <li><a href="#">URL</a></li>
-            <li><a href="#">Something</a></li>
-            <li><a href="#">Delete</a></li>
+            <li><a href="#" class="url">URL</a></li>
+            <li><a href="#" class="something">Something</a></li>
+            <li><a href="#" class="delete">Delete</a></li>
         </ul>
     </section>
 </header>
diff --git a/core/shared/api.js b/core/shared/api.js
index db32e6f835..d106280824 100644
--- a/core/shared/api.js
+++ b/core/shared/api.js
@@ -43,8 +43,8 @@
         },
         // takes an identifier (id or slug?)
         // returns a json response with the id of the deleted post
-        destroy: function (id) {
-            return when.call(ghost.dataProvider().posts.destroy, id);
+        destroy: function (args) {
+            return when.call(ghost.dataProvider().posts.destroy, args.id);
         }
     };
 
diff --git a/core/shared/models/dataProvider.bookshelf.js b/core/shared/models/dataProvider.bookshelf.js
index 5abc72d18e..f18cb0fcdd 100644
--- a/core/shared/models/dataProvider.bookshelf.js
+++ b/core/shared/models/dataProvider.bookshelf.js
@@ -81,8 +81,8 @@
 
     DataProvider.prototype.posts.destroy = function (_identifier, callback) {
         models.Post.forge({id: _identifier}).destroy().then(function () {
-            callback(null);
-        });
+            callback(null, 'ok');
+        }, callback);
     };
 
     /**