diff --git a/pub/api/classes/API_servers.php b/pub/api/classes/API_servers.php
index d0f3662..082a0df 100644
--- a/pub/api/classes/API_servers.php
+++ b/pub/api/classes/API_servers.php
@@ -48,6 +48,18 @@ class API_servers extends API
     public function updateServer()
     {
 
+        # if the server_state that is posted is 'deleted' check if the current server state is 'new' if so, delete it perm.
+        if ($this->data['server_state'] == 'deleted') {
+            $stmt = $GLOBALS['pdo']->prepare("SELECT server_state FROM servers WHERE server_vm_id = ? AND server_state = 'new'");
+            $stmt->execute([$this->data['server_vm_id']]);
+
+            if ($stmt->fetch()) {
+                $deleteStmt = $GLOBALS['pdo']->prepare("DELETE FROM servers WHERE server_vm_id = ? AND server_state = 'new'");
+                $deleteStmt->execute([$this->data['server_vm_id']]);
+                return;
+            }
+        }
+
         if (isset($this->data['company_uuid'])) {
             if (strlen($this->data['company_uuid']) == 0) {
                 $this->data['company_uuid'] = NULL;
@@ -84,7 +96,7 @@ class API_servers extends API
             if (array_key_exists($field, $this->data)) {
                 $insertFields[] = $field;
                 $insertValues[] = ":$field";
-                $bindParams[":$field"] = $this->data[$field]; // can be NULL
+                $bindParams[":$field"] = $this->data[$field];
             }
         }
 
@@ -115,8 +127,6 @@ class API_servers extends API
         if (!$stmt->execute($bindParams)) {
             $this->apiOutput(400, ['error' => "Failed to insert server into database"]);
         }
-
-
     }
 
     private function validateLicenseData($server_vm_id, $server_licenses)
@@ -255,15 +265,4 @@ class API_servers extends API
 
         $this->updateServer();
     }
-
-    public function deleteServer()
-    {
-        $query = "DELETE FROM servers WHERE server_uuid = ?";
-        $stmt = $this->prepareStatement($query);
-        $stmt->bind_param('s', $this->data['server_uuid']);
-        $this->executeStatement($stmt);
-        $stmt->close();
-
-        $this->apiOutput(200, ['success' => 'Server removed']);
-    }
 }
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