diff --git a/pandora/annotation/views.py b/pandora/annotation/views.py
index c60266c0..20a6938b 100644
--- a/pandora/annotation/views.py
+++ b/pandora/annotation/views.py
@@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
 # vi:si:et:sw=4:sts=4:ts=4
 from __future__ import division
 
+import ox
 from ox.utils import json
 from ox.django.decorators import login_required_json
 from ox.django.shortcuts import render_to_json_response, get_object_or_404_json, json_response
@@ -81,19 +82,30 @@ actions.register(addAnnotation, cache=False)
 
 
 @login_required_json
-def removeAnnotation(request):
+def removeAnnotations(request):
     '''
         param data {
-            id:
+            ids: []
         }
         return {'status': {'code': int, 'text': string},
                 'data': {
                 }
         }
     '''
-    response = {'status': {'code': 501, 'text': 'not implemented'}}
+    response = json_response({})
+    data = json.loads(request.POST['data'])
+    ids = map(ox.from32, data['ids'])
+    failed = []
+    for a in models.Annotation.objects.filter(id__in=ids):
+        if a.editable(request.user):
+            a.delete()
+        else:
+            failed.append(a.get_id)
+    if failed:
+        response = json_response(status=403, text='permission denied')
+        response['data']['ids'] = failed
     return render_to_json_response(response)
-actions.register(removeAnnotation, cache=False)
+actions.register(removeAnnotations, cache=False)
 
 
 @login_required_json
@@ -112,7 +124,7 @@ def editAnnotation(request):
     '''
     response = json_response({})
     data = json.loads(request.POST['data'])
-    a = get_object_or_404_json(models.Annotation, pk=data['id'])
+    a = get_object_or_404_json(models.Annotation, pk=ox.from32(data['id']))
     if a.editable(request.user):
         a.value = data['value']
         a.start = data['in']
diff --git a/static/js/pandora.js b/static/js/pandora.js
index edd7c6ac..2ccf8e1d 100755
--- a/static/js/pandora.js
+++ b/static/js/pandora.js
@@ -1824,6 +1824,20 @@
 						togglesize: function(event, data) {
 						    UI.set({videoSize: data.size});
 						},
+                        addAnnotation: function(event, data) {
+                            Ox.print('addAnnotation', data);
+                            data.item = app.user.ui.item;
+                            data.value = 'Click to change text';
+                            pandora.api.addAnnotation(data, function(result) {
+                                app.$ui.editor.addAnnotation(data.layer, result.data.annotation);
+                            });
+                        },
+                        removeAnnotations: function(event, data) {
+                            pandora.api.removeAnnotations(data, function(result) {
+                                //fixme: check for errors
+                                app.$ui.editor.removeAnnotations(data.layer, data.ids);
+                            });
+                        },
                         updateAnnotation: function(event, data) {
                             //fixme: check that edit was successfull
                             Ox.print('updateAnnotation', data);