diff --git a/src/Server.zig b/src/Server.zig
index a943678..1ccdf34 100644
--- a/src/Server.zig
+++ b/src/Server.zig
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@ cursor: Cursor,
 
 // Lua data
 keymaps: std.AutoHashMap(u64, Keymap),
-hooks: std.ArrayList(*Hook),
+hooks: std.AutoHashMap(i32, *Hook),
 events: Events,
 remote_lua_clients: std.DoublyLinkedList,
 
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ pub fn init(self: *Server) void {
     .cursor = undefined,
     .remote_lua_manager = RemoteLuaManager.init() catch Utils.oomPanic(),
     .keymaps = .init(gpa),
-    .hooks = try .initCapacity(gpa, 10), // TODO: choose how many slots to start with
+    .hooks = .init(gpa),
     .events = try .init(gpa),
     .remote_lua_clients = .{},
   };
diff --git a/src/lua/Hook.zig b/src/lua/Hook.zig
index e128c27..1969021 100644
--- a/src/lua/Hook.zig
+++ b/src/lua/Hook.zig
@@ -5,54 +5,70 @@ const zlua = @import("zlua");
 
 const THook = @import("../types/Hook.zig");
 const Utils = @import("../Utils.zig");
+const LuaUtils = @import("LuaUtils.zig");
 
 const gpa = std.heap.c_allocator;
 const server = &@import("../main.zig").server;
 
 /// ---Create a new hook on an event
-/// ---@param string|string[] event(s)
-/// ---@param table options
+/// ---@param events string|string[]
+/// ---@param options table
+/// ---@return number id
 pub fn add(L: *zlua.Lua) i32 {
   L.checkType(2, .table);
 
-  errdefer Utils.oomPanic();
-  var hook: *THook = try gpa.create(THook);
-  hook.events = try std.ArrayList([]const u8).initCapacity(gpa, 1);
+  var hook: *THook = gpa.create(THook) catch Utils.oomPanic();
 
   // We support both a string and a table of strings as the first value of
   // add. Regardless of which type is passed in we create an arraylist of
   // []const u8's
   if (L.isTable(1)) {
+    hook.events = gpa.alloc(comptime []const u8, L.objectLen(1)) catch Utils.oomPanic();
+    var i: u32 = 0;
     L.pushNil();
     while (L.next(1)) {
       if (L.isString(-1)) {
         const s = L.checkString(-1);
-        try hook.events.append(gpa, s);
+        hook.events[i] = gpa.dupe(u8, s) catch Utils.oomPanic();
+        i += 1;
       }
       L.pop(1);
     }
   } else if (L.isString(1)) {
+    hook.events = gpa.alloc(comptime []const u8, 1) catch Utils.oomPanic();
     const s = L.checkString(1);
-    try hook.events.append(gpa, s);
+    hook.events[0] = gpa.dupe(u8, s) catch Utils.oomPanic();
   }
 
   _ = L.pushString("callback");
   _ = L.getTable(2);
   if (L.isFunction(-1)) {
-    hook.options.lua_cb_ref_idx = try L.ref(zlua.registry_index);
+    hook.options.lua_cb_ref_idx = L.ref(zlua.registry_index) catch Utils.oomPanic();
   }
 
-  try server.hooks.append(gpa, hook);
+  // TEST: this should be safe as the lua_cb_ref_idx's should never be the same
+  // but that all really depends on the implementation of the hashmap
+  server.hooks.put(hook.options.lua_cb_ref_idx, hook) catch Utils.oomPanic();
 
-  for (hook.events.items) |value| {
-    try server.events.put(value, hook);
+  for (hook.events) |value| {
+    server.events.put(value, hook) catch Utils.oomPanic();
   }
 
-  return 0;
+  L.pushInteger(hook.options.lua_cb_ref_idx);
+  return 1;
 }
 
+/// ---Create an existing hook
+/// ---@param id number
+/// ---@return boolean has it been deleted
 pub fn del(L: *zlua.Lua) i32 {
-  // TODO: impl
-  _ = L;
-  return 0;
+  const hook_id = LuaUtils.coerceInteger(i32, L.checkInteger(1)) catch L.raiseErrorStr("hook id must be a valid number", .{});
+  const hook = server.hooks.get(hook_id);
+  if (hook == null) L.raiseErrorStr("hook {} does not exist", .{hook_id});
+
+  for (hook.?.events) |value| {
+    server.events.del(value, hook.?);
+  }
+  L.pushBoolean(server.hooks.remove(hook_id));
+  return 1;
 }
diff --git a/src/types/Events.zig b/src/types/Events.zig
index 02a69b4..f437856 100644
--- a/src/types/Events.zig
+++ b/src/types/Events.zig
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ const std = @import("std");
 
 const Hook = @import("Hook.zig");
 
+const server = &@import("../main.zig").server;
+
 const Node = struct {
   hook: *const Hook,
   node: std.SinglyLinkedList.Node,
@@ -36,8 +38,15 @@ pub fn put(self: *Events, key: []const u8, hook: *const Hook) !void {
   ll.prepend(&data.node);
 }
 
-// TODO: figure out deletion
-// pub fn del(self: *Events, key: ???) !void {}
+pub fn del(self: *Events, key: []const u8, hook: *const Hook) void {
+  if (self.events.get(key)) |e| {
+    var node = e.first;
+    while (node) |n| : (node = n.next) {
+      const data: *Node = @fieldParentPtr("node", n);
+      if (data.hook.options.lua_cb_ref_idx == hook.options.lua_cb_ref_idx) e.remove(n);
+    }
+  }
+}
 
 pub fn exec(self: *Events, event: []const u8, args: anytype) void {
   if (self.events.get(event)) |e| {
diff --git a/src/types/Hook.zig b/src/types/Hook.zig
index 364f29c..6c6a155 100644
--- a/src/types/Hook.zig
+++ b/src/types/Hook.zig
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ const Event = @import("Events.zig");
 const RemoteLua = @import("../RemoteLua.zig");
 const Lua = &@import("../main.zig").lua;
 
-events: std.ArrayList([]const u8), // a list of events
+events: [][]const u8, // a list of events
 options: struct {
   // group: []const u8, // TODO: do we need groups?
   /// This is the location of the callback lua function in the lua registry