diff --git a/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/server/server.go b/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/server/server.go
index ef75a9f..91df9c9 100644
--- a/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/server/server.go
+++ b/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/server/server.go
@@ -312,7 +312,7 @@ func (server *Server) uiSubTemplates() (*template.Template, error) {
 }
 
 func (server *Server) rootHandler(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) error {
-	http.Redirect(w, r, "/ui/files/"+uuid.New().String()[:5], 301)
+	http.Redirect(w, r, "/ui/files/"+uuid.New().String()[:5], 302)
 	return nil
 }
 
diff --git a/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/server/todo.yaml b/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/server/todo.yaml
index c6e1892..a4be8bf 100644
--- a/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/server/todo.yaml
+++ b/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/server/todo.yaml
@@ -1,12 +1,9 @@
 todo:
-- hide checkbox for tree
-- delete button does nothing
 - do not rewrite .md title vs. link cause hrefs to ./gobs.md wont work
-- https://codepen.io/bisserof/pen/nrMveb
 - alert box; https://concisecss.com/documentation/ui
 - scrape odo
-- only one scroll bar
 - scrape gdoc
+- hide checkbox for tree
 - scrape gsheet
 - scrape gslide
 - anchor links work
@@ -14,6 +11,9 @@ todo:
 - ui; last updated; 2022.02.01T12:34:56
 - mark generated via meta so other files in the dir can be created, deleted, replaced safely
 done:
+- only one scroll bar
+- https://codepen.io/bisserof/pen/nrMveb
+- delete button does nothing
 - search page tree is empty
 - highlight current page
 - fix links
diff --git a/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/ui/templates/_editor.ctmpl b/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/ui/templates/_editor.ctmpl
index c612f1c..5f7e35e 100644
--- a/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/ui/templates/_editor.ctmpl
+++ b/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/ui/templates/_editor.ctmpl
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
 	function pushFile() {
 		const title = document.getElementById("title").innerHTML ? document.getElementById("title").innerHTML : ""
 		const body = easyMDE.value() ? easyMDE.value() : ""
-		const id = window.location.pathname.includes("/ui/files/") ? window.location.pathname.split("/ui/files/")[1] : ""
+		const id = {{ js .This.ID }}
 		headers = {}
 		if (title)
 			headers["Title"] = title
@@ -59,6 +59,17 @@
 			saveFeedbackInterval = setTimeout(() => {document.getElementById("saveFeedback").innerHTML = ""}, 5000)
 		}, body, headers)
 	}
+	function deleteFile() {
+		const id = {{ js .This.ID }}
+		const pid = {{ js .This.PID }}
+		http("DELETE", "/api/v0/files/" + id, (body, status) => {
+			if (status != 200) {
+				alert(`failed to delete file ${id}: ${status}: ${body}`)
+				throw `failed to delete file ${id}: ${status}: ${body}`
+			}
+			window.location.href = `${window.location.protocol}\/\/${window.location.host}/ui/files/${pid}`
+		})
+	}
 </script>
 <div class="fullscreen tb_fullscreen">
 	<article id="article">
@@ -76,8 +87,8 @@
 	      </span>
 			<span id="title" class="thic_flex" contenteditable>{{ .This.Title }}</span>
 			<span class="l_buffer">
-	         <form action="" method="delete" onsubmit="return confirm('are you sure?');"> <!-- TODO -->
-				   <input class="button-error lil_btn" type="submit" value="DELETE"/>
+	         <form onsubmit="deleteFile(); return false;"> <!-- TODO -->
+				   <input class="button-error lil_btn" type="submit" onclick="confirm('are you sure?');" value="DELETE"/>
 	         </form>
 			</span>
 		</div>
diff --git a/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/ui/templates/_filetree.ctmpl b/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/ui/templates/_filetree.ctmpl
index 649ecd4..d8350bf 100644
--- a/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/ui/templates/_filetree.ctmpl
+++ b/spike/review/reinvent/ezmded/ui/templates/_filetree.ctmpl
@@ -52,12 +52,14 @@
 	function branchesHTML(id, branches) {
 		if (!branchesHaveContent(branches))
 			return ""
+		var html = []
 		var out = ``
 		for(var i in branches) {
-			out += `<details open>`
-			out += branchHTML(i, branches[i])
-			out += `</details>`
+			html.push([branches[i].Leaf.Title, `<details open>` + branchHTML(i, branches[i]) + `</details>`])
 		}
+		html.sort()
+		for(var i in html)
+			out += html[i][1]
 		return out
 	}
 	function branchesHaveContent(branches) {