diff --git a/gulp/res/js/live.js b/gulp/res/js/live.js
index 481a4b71..c444aa71 100644
--- a/gulp/res/js/live.js
+++ b/gulp/res/js/live.js
@@ -27,14 +27,23 @@ window.addEventListener('settingsReady', function(event) { //after domcontentloa
 	}
 
 	//add "deleted" title text to posts to show it was deleted
-	const deletePost = (data) {
+	const deletePost = (data) => {
 		console.log('got delete post message', data);
 		const anchor = document.getElementById(data.postId);
 		const postContainer = anchor.nextSibling;
 		postContainer.classList.add('deleted');
 		if (postContainer.classList.contains('op')) {
-			//OP was deleted, os every post in the thread is "deleted". hide new reply buttons (and disconnect socket)
-			//todo...
+			//OP was deleted, so every post in the thread is "deleted".
+			const postContainers = document.getElementsByClassName('post-container');
+			Array.from(postContainers).forEach(e => e.classList.add('deleted'));
+			//remove new reply buttons and postform
+			document.getElementById('postform').remove();
+			const postButtons = document.getElementsByClassName('post-button');
+			Array.from(postButtons).forEach(e => e.remove());
+			//and disconnect socket
+			if (socket.connected === true) {
+				socket.disconnect();
+			}
 		}
 	};
 
diff --git a/models/forms/deletepost.js b/models/forms/deletepost.js
index 030df902..77665922 100644
--- a/models/forms/deletepost.js
+++ b/models/forms/deletepost.js
@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ const uploadDirectory = require(__dirname+'/../../helpers/files/uploadDirectory.
 	, { remove } = require('fs-extra')
 	, Mongo = require(__dirname+'/../../db/db.js')
 	, { Posts, Files } = require(__dirname+'/../../db/')
+	, Socketio = require(__dirname+'/../../socketio.js')
 	, quoteHandler = require(__dirname+'/../../helpers/posting/quotes.js')
 	, { markdown } = require(__dirname+'/../../helpers/posting/markdown.js')
 	, config = require(__dirname+'/../../config.js')
@@ -18,13 +19,15 @@ module.exports = async (posts, board, all=false) => {
 	//filter to threads
 	const threads = posts.filter(x => x.thread == null);
 
-	if (threads.length > 0) {
-		//delete the html/json for threads
-		await Promise.all(threads.map(thread => {
-			remove(`${uploadDirectory}/html/${thread.board}/thread/${thread.postId}.html`)
-			remove(`${uploadDirectory}/json/${thread.board}/thread/${thread.postId}.json`)
-		}));
-	}
+	//emits not including the fetched posts from next block because those are based on threads being selected
+	//and we dont need to send delete message for every reply in a thread when the OP gets deleted.
+	const deleteEmits = posts.reduce((acc, post) => {
+		acc.push({
+			room: `${post.board}-${post.thread || post.postId}`,
+			postId: post.postId,
+		});
+		return acc;
+	}, []);
 
 	//get posts from all threads
 	let threadPosts = []
@@ -113,7 +116,9 @@ module.exports = async (posts, board, all=false) => {
 	//deleting before remarkup so quotes are accurate
 	const deletedPosts = await Posts.deleteMany(postMongoIds).then(result => result.deletedCount);
 	//emit the deletes to thread sockets (not recent sockets [yet?])
-	//Socketio.emitRoom(`board-thread`, 'deletePost', {postId:xxx});
+	for (let i = 0; i < deleteEmits.length; i++) {
+		Socketio.emitRoom(deleteEmits[i].room, 'deletePost', { postId: deleteEmits[i].postId });
+	}
 
 	if (all === false) {
 		//get posts that quoted deleted posts so we can remarkup them
@@ -149,6 +154,14 @@ module.exports = async (posts, board, all=false) => {
 		await Posts.db.bulkWrite(bulkWrites);
 	}
 
+	if (threads.length > 0) {
+		//delete the html/json for threads
+		await Promise.all(threads.map(thread => {
+			remove(`${uploadDirectory}/html/${thread.board}/thread/${thread.postId}.html`)
+			remove(`${uploadDirectory}/json/${thread.board}/thread/${thread.postId}.json`)
+		}));
+	}
+
 	//hooray!
 	return { action: deletedPosts > 0, message:`Deleted ${threads.length > 0 ? (threads.length + ' thread' + (threads.length > 1 ? 's' : '')) : ''} ${threads.length > 0 && deletedPosts-threads.length > 0 ? 'and' : ''} ${deletedPosts-threads.length > 0 ? (deletedPosts-threads.length + ' post' + (deletedPosts-threads.length > 1 ? 's' : '')) : ''}` };
 
diff --git a/views/includes/postform.pug b/views/includes/postform.pug
index a5cd99e1..78d37b76 100644
--- a/views/includes/postform.pug
+++ b/views/includes/postform.pug
@@ -81,4 +81,4 @@ section.form-wrapper.flex-center
 			else
 				include ./captchaexpand.pug
 		input#submitpost(type='submit', value=`New ${isThread ? 'Reply' : 'Thread'}`)
-	a.collapse.no-decoration(href='#postform') [#{isThread ? 'New Reply' : 'New Thread'}]
+	a.collapse.no-decoration.post-button(href='#postform') [#{isThread ? 'New Reply' : 'New Thread'}]
diff --git a/views/pages/thread.pug b/views/pages/thread.pug
index 99c57a68..d1261f71 100644
--- a/views/pages/thread.pug
+++ b/views/pages/thread.pug
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@ block content
 			for post in thread.replies
 				- uids && post.userId && uids.add(post.userId)
 				+post(post)
-		a.bottom-reply.no-decoration(href='#postform') [New Reply]
+		a.bottom-reply.no-decoration.post-button(href='#postform') [New Reply]
 		hr(size=1)
 		.wrapbar
 			if modview