diff --git a/checkAndPublish.mjs b/checkAndPublish.mjs
index 8159361..ef39f4c 100644
--- a/checkAndPublish.mjs
+++ b/checkAndPublish.mjs
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ import createNote from "./firefish-calls/createNote.mjs"
 import makeText from "./makeText.mjs"
 import insertPublished from "./database-calls/insertPublished.mjs"
 import logger from "./logger.mjs"
-import {todaysPromptAlreadyPublished, tableIsNotEmpty, getPromptFromBuffer} from "./database-calls/db.mjs"
+import {deleteFromBuffer, todaysPromptAlreadyPublished, tableIsNotEmpty, getPromptFromBuffer} from "./database-calls/db.mjs"
 
 
 export default  async function checkAndPublish () {
@@ -19,7 +19,7 @@ export default  async function checkAndPublish () {
                     const note = await createNote(text)
                     logger.trace("createNote successful!")
                     try {
-                        //DELETE FROM BUFFER
+                        await deleteFromBuffer(prompt.word)
                         await insertPublished(note, prompt.word)
                         logger.trace("insertPublished successful!")
                     } catch (error) {
diff --git a/database-calls/db.mjs b/database-calls/db.mjs
index 80713ef..a754cd8 100644
--- a/database-calls/db.mjs
+++ b/database-calls/db.mjs
@@ -98,3 +98,15 @@ export const getPromptFromBuffer = async () => {
   }
 }
 
+export const deleteFromBuffer = async (word) => {
+  logger.trace(`deleteFromBuffer called for word ${word}!`)
+  try {
+    return db('buffer')
+    .where('word', word)
+    .del()
+  } catch (error) {
+    logger.error("deleteFromBuffer failed!")
+  }
+}
+
+console.dir(await deleteFromBuffer('incapacity'))
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