diff --git a/app/main.py b/app/main.py
index 08fa0f1..564d5cf 100644
--- a/app/main.py
+++ b/app/main.py
@@ -155,6 +155,13 @@ async def _origins_delete(request: Request):
     return Response(status_code=201)
 
 
+@app.delete('/-/origins/{origin_ref}', summary='* Origins')
+async def _origins_delete_origin_ref(request: Request, origin_ref: str):
+    if Origin.delete(db, origin_ref) == 1:
+        return Response(status_code=201)
+    raise JSONResponse(status_code=404, content={'status': 404, 'detail': 'lease not found'})
+
+
 @app.get('/-/leases', summary='* Leases')
 async def _leases(request: Request, origin: bool = False):
     session = sessionmaker(bind=db)()
diff --git a/app/static/assets/js/helper.js b/app/static/assets/js/helper.js
index d1fd912..28604d5 100644
--- a/app/static/assets/js/helper.js
+++ b/app/static/assets/js/helper.js
@@ -105,6 +105,16 @@ async function deleteOrigins() {
     await fetchOriginsWithLeases()
 }
 
+async function deleteOrigin(origin_ref) {
+    if (origin_ref === undefined)
+        origin_ref = window.prompt("Please enter 'origin_ref' which should be deleted");
+    if (origin_ref === null || origin_ref === "")
+        return
+    let xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();
+    xhr.open("DELETE", `/-/origins/${origin_ref}`, true);
+    xhr.send();
+}
+
 async function deleteLease(lease_ref) {
     if (lease_ref === undefined)
         lease_ref = window.prompt("Please enter 'lease_ref' which should be deleted");