diff --git a/src/main/java/de/anxietyprime/swajodel/JodelPost.java b/src/main/java/de/anxietyprime/swajodel/JodelPost.java
index 8717ed0..4c464f6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/anxietyprime/swajodel/JodelPost.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/anxietyprime/swajodel/JodelPost.java
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ import java.util.Vector;
 import java.sql.*;
 
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonIgnore;
 import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
 
 public class JodelPost {
@@ -30,6 +31,8 @@ public class JodelPost {
     public Optional<Boolean> reaction;
     // all other reactions
     public Reactions reactions;
+    // Parent id
+    public Optional<Long> parent = Optional.empty();
 
     // anonymize function to recursively anonymize the posts
     public void anonymize(Optional<Vector<Long>> idCache) {
@@ -95,12 +98,19 @@ public class JodelPost {
     @JsonCreator
     public JodelPost(@JsonProperty("title") String title,
 		     @JsonProperty("content") String content,
-		     @JsonProperty("postdate") Timestamp date,
-		     @JsonProperty("location") Location location) {
+		     @JsonProperty("date") Timestamp date,
+		     @JsonProperty("location") Location location,
+             @JsonProperty("parent") Optional<Long> parent) {
 	this.authorID = 10000L; // TODO: getter from Keycloak
 	this.title = title;
 	this.content = content;
 	this.date = date;
-	this.location = location;	
+	this.location = location;
+    this.parent = parent;
+    }
+
+    @JsonIgnore
+    public long getAuthorID() {
+        return authorID;
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/anxietyprime/swajodel/Location.java b/src/main/java/de/anxietyprime/swajodel/Location.java
index addc773..1a077ec 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/anxietyprime/swajodel/Location.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/anxietyprime/swajodel/Location.java
@@ -1,10 +1,14 @@
 package de.anxietyprime.swajodel;
 
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonCreator;
+import com.fasterxml.jackson.annotation.JsonProperty;
+
 public class Location {
     public float longitude;
     public float latitude;
 
-    public Location(float longitude, float latitude) {
+    @JsonCreator
+    public Location(@JsonProperty("longitude") float longitude, @JsonProperty("latitude") float latitude ) {
         this.longitude = longitude;
         this.latitude = latitude;
     }
diff --git a/src/main/java/de/anxietyprime/swajodel/Routes.java b/src/main/java/de/anxietyprime/swajodel/Routes.java
index a6b26e3..5323a00 100644
--- a/src/main/java/de/anxietyprime/swajodel/Routes.java
+++ b/src/main/java/de/anxietyprime/swajodel/Routes.java
@@ -230,8 +230,6 @@ public class Routes {
         Connection c = null;
         PreparedStatement stmt = null;
 
-        System.out.println(post);
-
         // try to get data from db
         try {
             // check for the driver
@@ -245,12 +243,38 @@ public class Routes {
             c.setAutoCommit(false);
 
             // create a new statement
-            stmt = c.prepareStatement("");
+            stmt = c.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO Posts(author, title, content, postdate, postlocation) " +
+                    "VALUES (?, ?, ?, ?, Point(?, ?)) RETURNING id");
 
-            //stmt.setObject();
+            stmt.setObject(1, post.getAuthorID());
+            stmt.setObject(2, post.title);
+            stmt.setObject(3, post.content);
+            stmt.setObject(4, post.date);
+            stmt.setObject(5, post.location.longitude);
+            stmt.setObject(6, post.location.latitude);
 
-            // query recursively for posts inside a 10km radius
-            stmt.execute();
+            // insert post and get its id
+            ResultSet rs = stmt.executeQuery();
+
+            // get the id of the new post
+            rs.next();
+            post.id = rs.getLong("id");
+
+            // check if there is a parent
+            if (post.parent.isPresent()) {
+                // create a new statement
+                stmt = c.prepareStatement("INSERT INTO comments(parent, child) VALUES (?, ?)");
+
+                // fill statement
+                stmt.setObject(1, post.parent.get());
+                stmt.setObject(2, post.id);
+
+                // execute statement
+                stmt.execute();
+            }
+
+            // commit the changes
+            c.commit();
 
             // close all connections to db
             stmt.close();
@@ -265,4 +289,43 @@ public class Routes {
 
         return post;
     }
+
+    @DeleteMapping("/post/{id}")
+    public void deletePost(@PathVariable long id) {
+        // DB connection and statement
+        Connection c = null;
+        PreparedStatement stmt = null;
+
+        // try to get data from db
+        try {
+            // check for the driver
+            Class.forName("org.postgresql.Driver");
+            // get the connection with credentials from env variables
+            c = DriverManager
+                    .getConnection("jdbc:postgresql://"+
+                                    System.getenv("POSTGRES_IP")+"/"+System.getenv("POSTGRES_DB"),
+                            System.getenv("POSTGRES_USER"), System.getenv("POSTGRES_PASSWORD"));
+            // disable auto commits
+            c.setAutoCommit(false);
+
+            // create a new statement
+            stmt = c.prepareStatement("UPDATE Posts SET deleted = now() WHERE id = ? AND deleted IS NULL");
+
+            stmt.setObject(1, id);
+
+            // insert delete time
+            stmt.execute();
+
+            // close all connections to db
+            stmt.close();
+            c.commit();
+            c.close();
+        }
+
+        // else log the error
+        catch ( Exception e ) {
+            System.err.println( e.getClass().getName()+": "+ e.getMessage() );
+            throw new ResponseStatusException(HttpStatus.SERVICE_UNAVAILABLE, "Database is offline");
+        }
+    }
 }