diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/InterOp/Multiplayer/RoomsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/InterOp/Multiplayer/RoomsController.php
index 27e08dfbb9c..cd317a92077 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/InterOp/Multiplayer/RoomsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/InterOp/Multiplayer/RoomsController.php
@@ -8,7 +8,6 @@
 use App\Http\Controllers\Controller;
 use App\Models\Multiplayer\Room;
 use App\Models\User;
-use App\Transformers\Multiplayer\RoomTransformer;
 
 class RoomsController extends Controller
 {
@@ -20,7 +19,17 @@ public function join(string $id, string $userId)
         $room->assertCorrectPassword(get_string(request('password')));
         $room->join($user);
 
-        return RoomTransformer::createShowResponse($room);
+        return response(null, 204);
+    }
+
+    public function part(string $id, string $userId)
+    {
+        $user = User::findOrFail($userId);
+        $room = Room::findOrFail($id);
+
+        $room->part($user);
+
+        return response(null, 204);
     }
 
     public function store()
@@ -30,6 +39,6 @@ public function store()
 
         $room = (new Room())->startGame($user, $params);
 
-        return RoomTransformer::createShowResponse($room);
+        return $room->getKey();
     }
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/Multiplayer/RoomsController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/Multiplayer/RoomsController.php
index 00d0bdd7c13..d0d8bd748b4 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/Multiplayer/RoomsController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/Multiplayer/RoomsController.php
@@ -138,12 +138,14 @@ public function leaderboard($roomId)
 
     public function part($roomId, $userId)
     {
+        $currentUser = \Auth::user();
         // this allows admins/host/whoever to remove users from games in the future
-        if (get_int($userId) !== auth()->user()->user_id) {
+        if (get_int($userId) !== $currentUser->getKey()) {
             abort(403);
         }
 
-        Room::findOrFail($roomId)->channel->removeUser(auth()->user());
+        $room = Room::findOrFail($roomId);
+        $room->part($currentUser);
 
         return response([], 204);
     }
diff --git a/app/Models/Multiplayer/Room.php b/app/Models/Multiplayer/Room.php
index 47e6dcad85e..15bc27784f5 100644
--- a/app/Models/Multiplayer/Room.php
+++ b/app/Models/Multiplayer/Room.php
@@ -507,6 +507,11 @@ public function join(User $user)
         $this->channel->addUser($user);
     }
 
+    public function part(User $user)
+    {
+        $this->channel->removeUser($user);
+    }
+
     public function participants(): HasMany
     {
         $query = $this->userHighScores();
diff --git a/routes/web.php b/routes/web.php
index b601b239d58..4e86b47085f 100644
--- a/routes/web.php
+++ b/routes/web.php
@@ -604,6 +604,7 @@
 
         Route::group(['as' => 'multiplayer.', 'namespace' => 'Multiplayer', 'prefix' => 'multiplayer'], function () {
             Route::put('rooms/{room}/users/{user}', 'RoomsController@join')->name('rooms.join');
+            Route::delete('rooms/{room}/users/{user}', 'RoomsController@part')->name('rooms.part');
             Route::apiResource('rooms', 'RoomsController', ['only' => ['store']]);
         });