diff --git a/packages/blog/blog.go b/packages/blog/blog.go
index 3292467..e12d2f5 100644
--- a/packages/blog/blog.go
+++ b/packages/blog/blog.go
@@ -80,16 +80,16 @@ func Routes() *chi.Mux {
 	})
 	r.Get("/", getBlogPosts)
 	r.Get("/{slug}", getBlogPostBySlug)
-	r.Get("/by-tag/{tag}", getBlogPostByTag)
 	r.Get("/by-id/{id}", getBlogPostById)
-	r.Get("/by-author/{author}", getBlogPostByAuthor)
+	r.Get("/by-tag/{tag}", getBlogPostsByTag)
+	r.Get("/by-author/{author}", getBlogPostsByAuthor)
 	return r
 }
 
 func createBlogPost(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	returnError := ReturnError{}
 	newBlogPost := &NewBlogPost{}
-    // basic checks
+	// basic checks
 	_, claims, _ := jwtauth.FromContext(r.Context())
 	username := claims["username"].(string)
 	err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(newBlogPost)
@@ -113,7 +113,7 @@ func createBlogPost(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	as := slug.Make(newBlogPost.Title)
 	slugCheck := DB.QueryRow("SELECT id FROM posts WHERE slug=$1", as)
 	// wow this is ugly. someone pls send help.
-    // checking to ensure the same slug doesn't exist...
+	// checking to ensure the same slug doesn't exist...
 	scr := 0
 	err = slugCheck.Scan(&scr)
 	if err == nil {
@@ -133,7 +133,7 @@ func createBlogPost(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
             VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7)
             RETURNING id`
 	article_id := 0
-    // write the row and get back the id
+	// write the row and get back the id
 	err = DB.QueryRow(s, newBlogPost.Title, as, username, newBlogPost.Content, time.Now().UTC(), false, time.Now().UTC()).Scan(&article_id)
 	if err != nil {
 		if err == sql.ErrNoRows {
@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ func createBlogPost(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		render.JSON(w, r, returnError)
 		return
 	}
-    // if the article has tags
+	// if the article has tags
 	if newBlogPost.Tags != "" {
 		t := `INSERT INTO tags (tag, article_id)
                 VALUES ($1, $2)`
@@ -190,7 +190,7 @@ func updateBlogPostById(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusUnauthorized)
 		return
 	}
-    // update the post struct
+	// update the post struct
 	err = json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&post)
 	s := `
     UPDATE posts SET
@@ -199,8 +199,8 @@ func updateBlogPostById(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
     updated = $3,
     update_time = $4
     WHERE id = $5`
-    // write the row update
-	_ , err = DB.Exec(s, post.Title, post.Content, true, time.Now().UTC(), post.ID)
+	// write the row update
+	_, err = DB.Exec(s, post.Title, post.Content, true, time.Now().UTC(), post.ID)
 	if err != nil {
 		returnError.Message = "something is super broken..."
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
@@ -217,14 +217,14 @@ func getBlogPosts(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	return
 }
 
-func getBlogPostById(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
-    returnError := ReturnError{}
-	id := chi.URLParam(r, "id")
-	result := DB.QueryRow("SELECT id, title, slug, author, content, date, updated, update_time FROM posts WHERE id=$1", id)
-    post := BlogPost{}
+func getBlogPostBySlug(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	returnError := ReturnError{}
+	slug := chi.URLParam(r, "slug")
+	result := DB.QueryRow("SELECT id, title, slug, author, content, date, updated, update_time FROM posts WHERE slug=$1", slug)
+	post := BlogPost{}
 	err := result.Scan(&post.ID, &post.Title, &post.Slug, &post.Author, &post.Content, &post.DatePublished, &post.Updated, &post.UpdateTime)
 	if err != nil {
-	    fmt.Println(err)
+		fmt.Println(err)
 		returnError.Message = "post not found"
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
 		render.JSON(w, r, returnError)
@@ -235,15 +235,29 @@ func getBlogPostById(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	return
 }
 
-func getBlogPostBySlug(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func getBlogPostById(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	returnError := ReturnError{}
+	id := chi.URLParam(r, "id")
+	result := DB.QueryRow("SELECT id, title, slug, author, content, date, updated, update_time FROM posts WHERE id=$1", id)
+	post := BlogPost{}
+	err := result.Scan(&post.ID, &post.Title, &post.Slug, &post.Author, &post.Content, &post.DatePublished, &post.Updated, &post.UpdateTime)
+	if err != nil {
+		fmt.Println(err)
+		returnError.Message = "post not found"
+		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
+		render.JSON(w, r, returnError)
+		return
+	}
+	w.WriteHeader(http.StatusOK)
+	render.JSON(w, r, post)
 	return
 }
 
-func getBlogPostByTag(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func getBlogPostsByTag(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	return
 }
 
-func getBlogPostByAuthor(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+func getBlogPostsByAuthor(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	return
 }