diff --git a/cmd/rm.go b/cmd/rm.go
index 9b6b049..ba0b494 100644
--- a/cmd/rm.go
+++ b/cmd/rm.go
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
 package cmd
 
 import (
-	"fmt"
+	"strconv"
 
 	"github.com/spf13/cobra"
 )
@@ -32,8 +32,11 @@ and usage of using your command. For example:
 Cobra is a CLI library for Go that empowers applications.
 This application is a tool to generate the needed files
 to quickly create a Cobra application.`,
+	Args: cobra.MinimumNArgs(1),
 	Run: func(cmd *cobra.Command, args []string) {
-		fmt.Println("rm called")
+		id, err := strconv.ParseUint(args[0], 10, 0)
+		errPanic(err, "failed to parse uint")
+		deleteTodo(id)
 	},
 }
 
diff --git a/cmd/todo.go b/cmd/todo.go
index 5e03ade..8e8de08 100644
--- a/cmd/todo.go
+++ b/cmd/todo.go
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ func createTodo(desc string, date string) {
 	db.Create(&t)
 }
 
-func updateTodo(id uint, new Todo) {
+func updateTodo(id uint64, new Todo) {
 	db := openDB()
 	var t Todo
 	res := db.First(&t, id)
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ func updateTodo(id uint, new Todo) {
 	db.Model(&t).Updates(new)
 }
 
-func deleteTodo(id uint) {
+func deleteTodo(id uint64) {
 	db := openDB()
 	db.Delete(&Todo{}, id)
 }