diff --git a/ui/__tests__/delete-collection.test.ts b/ui/__tests__/delete-collection.test.ts
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..42f5f6c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/ui/__tests__/delete-collection.test.ts
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+import handler from '@/pages/api/delete-collection';
+
+import { ChromaClient } from 'chromadb';
+import { beforeEach, describe, expect, it, vi } from 'vitest';
+
+vi.mock('chromadb', () => ({
+  ChromaClient: vi.fn(),
+}));
+
+const deleteCollection = vi.fn();
+const ChromaClientMock = vi.mocked(ChromaClient);
+
+function createResponse() {
+  const response = {
+    status: vi.fn(),
+    json: vi.fn(),
+    setHeader: vi.fn(),
+  };
+
+  response.status.mockReturnValue(response);
+  response.json.mockReturnValue(response);
+
+  return response;
+}
+
+describe('delete-collection API', () => {
+  beforeEach(() => {
+    vi.clearAllMocks();
+    delete process.env.CHROMA_PATH;
+    deleteCollection.mockResolvedValue(undefined);
+    ChromaClientMock.mockImplementation(((config: { path: string }) => ({
+      config,
+      deleteCollection,
+    })) as any);
+  });
+
+  it('rejects non-DELETE requests without deleting the collection', async () => {
+    const req = { method: 'GET' };
+    const res = createResponse();
+
+    await handler(req as any, res as any);
+
+    expect(res.setHeader).toHaveBeenCalledWith('Allow', ['DELETE']);
+    expect(res.status).toHaveBeenCalledWith(405);
+    expect(res.json).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      error: 'Method not allowed',
+    });
+    expect(ChromaClientMock).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(deleteCollection).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
+
+  it('deletes the default collection using the configured Chroma path', async () => {
+    process.env.CHROMA_PATH = 'http://chroma.example:8000';
+    const req = { method: 'DELETE' };
+    const res = createResponse();
+
+    await handler(req as any, res as any);
+
+    expect(ChromaClientMock).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      path: 'http://chroma.example:8000',
+    });
+    expect(deleteCollection).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      name: 'default-collection',
+    });
+    expect(res.status).toHaveBeenCalledWith(200);
+    expect(res.json).toHaveBeenCalledWith({
+      message: 'Deleted collection.',
+    });
+  });
+});
diff --git a/ui/pages/api/delete-collection.ts b/ui/pages/api/delete-collection.ts
index 90fb745..746468e 100644
--- a/ui/pages/api/delete-collection.ts
+++ b/ui/pages/api/delete-collection.ts
@@ -1,17 +1,27 @@
-import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from "next";
-import { ChromaClient, TransformersEmbeddingFunction } from "chromadb";
+import type { NextApiRequest, NextApiResponse } from 'next';
 
-export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse) {
+import { ChromaClient } from 'chromadb';
+
+const DEFAULT_COLLECTION_NAME = 'default-collection';
+const DEFAULT_CHROMA_PATH = 'http://chroma-server:8000';
+
+export default async function handler(
+  req: NextApiRequest,
+  res: NextApiResponse,
+) {
   try {
+    if (req.method !== 'DELETE') {
+      res.setHeader('Allow', ['DELETE']);
+      return res.status(405).json({ error: 'Method not allowed' });
+    }
+
     const client = new ChromaClient({
-      path: "http://localhost:8000",
+      path: process.env.CHROMA_PATH || DEFAULT_CHROMA_PATH,
     });
 
+    await client.deleteCollection({ name: DEFAULT_COLLECTION_NAME });
 
-    await client.deleteCollection({name: "default-collection"})
-
-
-    res.status(200).json("Deleted collection.");
+    res.status(200).json({ message: 'Deleted collection.' });
   } catch (error) {
     if (error instanceof Error) {
       console.error('Error message:', error.message);
@@ -21,4 +31,4 @@ export default async function handler(req: NextApiRequest, res: NextApiResponse)
     }
     res.status(500).json({ error: 'An unexpected error occurred :(' });
   }
-}
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+}