diff --git a/packages/blog/blog.go b/packages/blog/blog.go
index a08612a..3292467 100644
--- a/packages/blog/blog.go
+++ b/packages/blog/blog.go
@@ -94,6 +94,7 @@ func createBlogPost(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 	username := claims["username"].(string)
 	err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(newBlogPost)
 	if err != nil {
+		returnError.Message = "unknown error, try again later"
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusBadRequest)
 		return
 	}
@@ -128,12 +129,12 @@ func createBlogPost(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
 			return
 		}
 	}
-	s := `INSERT INTO posts (title, slug, author, content, date)
-            VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5)
+	s := `INSERT INTO posts (title, slug, author, content, date, updated, update_time)
+            VALUES ($1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6, $7)
             RETURNING id`
 	article_id := 0
     // write the row and get back the id
-	err = DB.QueryRow(s, newBlogPost.Title, as, username, newBlogPost.Content, time.Now().UTC()).Scan(&article_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 {
 			returnError.Message = "something is super broken..."
@@ -201,7 +202,6 @@ func updateBlogPostById(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
     // write the row update
 	_ , err = DB.Exec(s, post.Title, post.Content, true, time.Now().UTC(), post.ID)
 	if err != nil {
-        fmt.Println(err)
 		returnError.Message = "something is super broken..."
 		w.WriteHeader(http.StatusInternalServerError)
 		render.JSON(w, r, returnError)
@@ -218,6 +218,20 @@ func getBlogPosts(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
 }