diff --git a/porygon-management.sh b/porygon-management.sh
index 9433fde..c01c755 100644
--- a/porygon-management.sh
+++ b/porygon-management.sh
@@ -133,6 +133,39 @@ echo "making directory for apache"
 cp /root/templates/metrics_page.html /var/www/porygon/"$HOSTNAME"/index.html
 }
 
+remove_server() {
+
+read -p "enter the hostname of the server you would like to remove from porygon management: " HOSTNAME
+
+jq -e --arg host "$HOSTNAME" 'has($host)' "$SERVERS_JSON" >/dev/null || {
+echo "$HOSTNAME not found in servers.json file"
+exit 1
+}
+
+cp "$SERVERS_JSON" "$SERVERS_JSON".old
+
+jq --arg host "$HOSTNAME" 'del(.[$host])' "$SERVERS_JSON" > /tmp/servers.json && mv /tmp/servers.json "$SERVERS_JSON"
+
+ssh -i "$PORYGON_LXC_KEY" root@"$PORYGON_LXC_IP" 'cp /root/servers.json /root/servers.json.old'
+
+ssh -i "$PORYGON_LXC_KEY" root@"$PORYGON_LXC_IP" \
+"jq --arg host '$HOSTNAME' 'del(.[\$host])' /root/servers.json > /tmp/servers.json \
+&& mv /tmp/servers.json /root/servers.json" || {
+    echo "failed to remove $HOSTNAME from porygon lxc"
+    exit 1
+}
+
+rm -rf /var/www/porygon/"$HOSTNAME"
+
+echo -e "\n\nsuccessfully removed $HOSTNAME from porygon monitoring \\(^0^)/\n\n"
+
+TO_ADD=$(sed 's/\$HOSTNAME/'"$HOSTNAME"'/g' /root/templates/main-page-paste.html)
+echo -e "remove the following from /var/www/porygon/index.html\n\n$TO_ADD"
+
+exit 0
+
+}
+
 
 ######RUNNING INTRO###########
 
@@ -165,10 +198,15 @@ while getopts "udkph" flag; do
       ANSIBLE_PORT=(-e ansible_port="$PORT")
       ;;
 
+    r)
+      remove_server
+      ;;
+
     h)
       echo -e "Options:\n-d - DEBUG - runs ansible with verbose (-vvv) flags\n\
 -h - HELP - displays this help page\n-k - KEY - specifies connecting over ssh with a private key\n\
 -p - PORT - specifies which port to connect over ssh with\n\
+-r - REMOVE - specifies which server to remove from porygon monitoring\n\
 -u - USER - specifies a user to connect over ssh and run the ansible playbook with"
       exit 0
       ;;