diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index af06c2b..b5e7f3a 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ resolver = "2"
 members = ["server", "smoltable"]
 
 [workspace.package]
-version = "1.0.0"
+version = "0.0.1"
 edition = "2021"
 license = "MIT OR Apache-2.0"
 rust-version = "1.74.0"
diff --git a/server/src/api/delete_row.rs b/server/src/api/delete_row.rs
index 7c9876a..24979cb 100644
--- a/server/src/api/delete_row.rs
+++ b/server/src/api/delete_row.rs
@@ -11,12 +11,12 @@ use actix_web::{
 };
 use serde::Deserialize;
 use serde_json::json;
-use smoltable::TableWriter;
+use smoltable::{ColumnFilter, TableWriter};
 
 #[derive(Debug, Deserialize)]
 pub struct Input {
     row_key: String,
-    // column_filter: Option<ColumnKey>,
+    column_filter: Option<ColumnFilter>,
 }
 
 // TODO: change input format to Vec, atomic multi-row deletes...?
@@ -51,13 +51,17 @@ pub async fn handler(
         ));
     }
 
+    let req_body = req_body.into_inner();
+
     if let Some(table) = tables.get(&table_name) {
         let count = {
             let table = table.clone();
 
-            tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || table.delete_row(req_body.row_key.clone()))
-                .await
-                .expect("should join")
+            tokio::task::spawn_blocking(move || {
+                table.delete_row(req_body.row_key, req_body.column_filter)
+            })
+            .await
+            .expect("should join")
         }?;
 
         let micros_total = before.elapsed().as_micros();
diff --git a/smoltable/src/table/mod.rs b/smoltable/src/table/mod.rs
index 6bfd52a..1b54fde 100644
--- a/smoltable/src/table/mod.rs
+++ b/smoltable/src/table/mod.rs
@@ -7,7 +7,8 @@ use self::row_reader::SingleRowReader;
 use crate::{
     query::{
         row::{
-            Input as QueryRowInput, Output as QueryRowOutput, RowOptions as QueryRowInputRowOptions,
+            ColumnOptions as QueryRowColumnOptions, Input as QueryRowInput,
+            Output as QueryRowOutput, RowOptions as QueryRowInputRowOptions,
         },
         scan::{Input as QueryPrefixInput, Output as QueryPrefixOutput, ScanMode},
     },
@@ -444,7 +445,11 @@ impl Smoltable {
     // TODO: delete row thrashes block cache
 
     // TODO: allow deleting specific columns -> DeleteRowInput, also batch + limit it?
-    pub fn delete_row(&self, row_key: String) -> crate::Result<u64> {
+    pub fn delete_row(
+        &self,
+        row_key: String,
+        column_filter: Option<ColumnFilter>,
+    ) -> crate::Result<u64> {
         let mut count = 0;
 
         let mut reader = SingleRowReader::new(
@@ -455,7 +460,10 @@ impl Smoltable {
                     key: row_key,
                     cell_limit: None,
                 },
-                column: None,
+                column: column_filter.map(|cf| QueryRowColumnOptions {
+                    cell_limit: None,
+                    filter: Some(cf),
+                }),
             },
         )?;
 
diff --git a/smoltable/tests/write_count_after_delete.rs b/smoltable/tests/write_count_after_delete.rs
index 5f409af..0192708 100644
--- a/smoltable/tests/write_count_after_delete.rs
+++ b/smoltable/tests/write_count_after_delete.rs
@@ -55,19 +55,19 @@ pub fn write_count_after_delete() -> smoltable::Result<()> {
     assert_eq!(2, row_count);
     assert_eq!(4, cell_count);
 
-    table.delete_row("test".to_string())?;
+    table.delete_row("test".to_string(), None)?;
 
     let (row_count, cell_count) = table.count()?;
     assert_eq!(1, row_count);
     assert_eq!(2, cell_count);
 
-    table.delete_row("test".to_string())?;
+    table.delete_row("test".to_string(), None)?;
 
     let (row_count, cell_count) = table.count()?;
     assert_eq!(1, row_count);
     assert_eq!(2, cell_count);
 
-    table.delete_row("test2".to_string())?;
+    table.delete_row("test2".to_string(), None)?;
 
     let (row_count, cell_count) = table.count()?;
     assert_eq!(0, row_count);