diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index 85b4739..90cf5b1 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 // cargo shuttle resource list --show-secrets
 
 use axum::{
-    routing::{get, post},
+    routing::{get, post, delete},
     Router,
 };
 use axum::http::Method;
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ async fn main(#[shuttle_shared_db::Postgres] pool: PgPool) -> shuttle_axum::Shut
         // teavail-device
         .route("/tea-by-rfid/:rfid", get(retrieve_tea_by_rfid))
         .route("/add-tea", post(add_tea))
-        .route("/delete-tea/:id", get(delete_tea_by_id))
+        .route("/delete-tea/:id", delete(delete_tea_by_id))
         //.route("/update-tea", post(update_tea_by_rfid)) // probably already covered by "update_tea_by_id"
         .with_state(state)
         .layer(tower_http::cors::CorsLayer::new()