diff --git a/src/main/controllers/invites.zig b/src/main/controllers/invites.zig
index 8d5ce25..d8d6ef5 100644
--- a/src/main/controllers/invites.zig
+++ b/src/main/controllers/invites.zig
@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
 const root = @import("root");
+const std = @import("std");
 const http = @import("http");
 const Uuid = @import("util").Uuid;
 
 const utils = @import("../controllers.zig").utils;
-const InviteRequest = @import("../api.zig").InviteRequest;
 
 const RequestServer = root.RequestServer;
 const RouteArgs = http.RouteArgs;
@@ -12,25 +12,30 @@ pub const create = struct {
     pub const path = "/invites";
     pub const method = .POST;
     pub fn handler(srv: *RequestServer, ctx: *http.server.Context, _: RouteArgs) !void {
+        // TODO: get rid of this temporary struct, find json library that lets me extend
+        // it to parse UUIDs/etc in place
+        const InviteRequest = struct {
+            const Kind = @import("../api.zig").InviteRequest.Kind;
+
+            name: ?[]const u8 = null,
+
+            // admin only options
+            kind: Kind = .user,
+            to_community: ?[]const u8 = null,
+        };
+
         const opt = try utils.parseRequestBody(InviteRequest, ctx);
         defer utils.freeRequestBody(opt, ctx.alloc);
 
         var api = try utils.getApiConn(srv, ctx);
         defer api.close();
 
-        const invite = try api.createInvite(opt);
+        const invite = try api.createInvite(.{
+            .name = opt.name,
+            .kind = opt.kind,
+            .to_community = if (opt.to_community) |id| try Uuid.parse(id) else null,
+        });
 
         try utils.respondJson(ctx, .created, invite);
     }
 };
-
-pub fn get(srv: *RequestServer, ctx: *http.server.Context, args: RouteArgs) !void {
-    const id_str = args.get("id") orelse return error.NotFound;
-    const id = Uuid.parse(id_str) catch return utils.respondError(ctx, .bad_request, "Invalid UUID");
-    var api = try utils.getApiConn(srv, ctx);
-    defer api.close();
-
-    const invite = (try api.getInvite(id)) orelse return utils.respondError(ctx, .not_found, "Invite not found");
-
-    try utils.respondJson(ctx, .ok, invite);
-}