diff --git a/Dockerfile-backend b/Dockerfile-backend
index 5fe5e19..f26b358 100644
--- a/Dockerfile-backend
+++ b/Dockerfile-backend
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM ubuntu:15.10
+FROM ubuntu:16.04
 RUN apt-get update
 RUN apt-get install -y postgresql-server-dev-all
 RUN apt-get install -y python3-dev
diff --git a/backend.py b/backend.py
index c413bee..106e8d9 100644
--- a/backend.py
+++ b/backend.py
@@ -186,6 +186,19 @@ WHERE events_id=%s;""", (id,))
     def on_put(self, req, resp, id):
         self.insert_or_update(req, resp, id, """UPDATE events SET ( events_type, events_what, events_when, events_tags, events_geo) = (%s, %s, tstzrange(%s,%s,%s) , %s, %s) WHERE events_id = %s RETURNING events_id;""")
 
+    def on_delete(self, req, resp, id):
+        standard_headers(resp)
+        db = db_connect()
+        cur = db.cursor()
+        cur.execute("""DELETE FROM events WHERE events_id = %s;""",(id,));
+        db.commit()
+        cur.close()
+        db.close()
+        if cur.rowcount:
+            resp.status = falcon.HTTP_204
+        else:
+            resp.status = falcon.HTTP_404
+
 # falcon.API instances are callable WSGI apps
 app = falcon.API()