diff --git a/R4CouchDB/R/cdbIni.R b/R4CouchDB/R/cdbIni.R
index 43cec1c..bfc4bdd 100644
--- a/R4CouchDB/R/cdbIni.R
+++ b/R4CouchDB/R/cdbIni.R
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ cdbIni <- function(){
                 port = "5984",
                 DBName="",
                 newDBName="",
+                removeDBName="",
                 id="",
                 rev="",
                 dataList=list(),
diff --git a/R4CouchDB/R/cdbListDB.R b/R4CouchDB/R/cdbListDB.R
index fd89354..de04c73 100644
--- a/R4CouchDB/R/cdbListDB.R
+++ b/R4CouchDB/R/cdbListDB.R
@@ -1,17 +1,17 @@
 cdbListDB <- function(cdb){
- 
+
  if(cdb$serverName == ""){
-    cdb$error <- paste(cdb$error," no cdb$serverName given")
-  }
-  if(cdb$error == ""){
-    adrString <- paste("http://",
-                       cdb$serverName,":",
-                       cdb$port, "/_all_dbs",
-                       sep="")
+   cdb$error <- paste(cdb$error," no cdb$serverName given")
+ }
+ if(cdb$error == ""){
+   adrString <- paste("http://",
+                      cdb$serverName,":",
+                      cdb$port, "/_all_dbs",
+                      sep="")
 
-    res <- getURL(adrString)
-    cdb$res <- fromJSON(res)
-    return( cdb )
+   res <- getURL(adrString)
+   cdb$res <- fromJSON(res)
+   return( cdb )
   }else{
     print(cdb$error)
     return( cdb )
diff --git a/R4CouchDB/R/cdbRemoveDB.R b/R4CouchDB/R/cdbRemoveDB.R
index 7cbe816..2e2b77c 100644
--- a/R4CouchDB/R/cdbRemoveDB.R
+++ b/R4CouchDB/R/cdbRemoveDB.R
@@ -1,25 +1,45 @@
 cdbRemoveDB <- function(cdb){
+
+  if(cdb$serverName == ""){
+    cdb$error <- paste(cdb$error," no cdb$serverName given")
+  }
+
+  if(cdb$removeDBName == ""){
+    cdb$error <- paste(cdb$error, "no cdb$removeDBName given")
+  }else{
+
+    DBNames <- cdbListDB(cdb)$res
+    DBexists <- which(DBNames == cdb$removeDBName)
+
+    if(length(DBexists) == 0){
+
+      cdb$error <- paste(cdb$error,
+                         " there is no cdb$removeDBName  to delete")
+
+    }
+  }
+
   if( cdb$error == ""){
 
-    if(cdb$DBName == ""){
+    adrString <- paste("http://",
+                       cdb$serverName,":",
+                       cdb$port,"/",
+                       cdb$removeDBName,
+                       sep="")
 
-      cdb$error <- "no  cdb$DBName to remove"
-      return(cdb)
-    }else{
+    res <- getURLContent(adrString,
+                         .opts = list(customrequest = "DELETE")
+                         )
 
-      adrString <- paste("http://",
-                         cdb$serverName,":",
-                         cdb$port,"/",
-                         cdb$DBName,
-                         sep="")
+    cdb$res <- fromJSON(res)
 
-      res <- getURLContent(adrString, .opts = list(customrequest = "DELETE"))
-      cdb$res <- fromJSON(res)
-      cdb$DBName <- ""
+    ## the DB should be history
+    cdb$removeDBName <- ""
       return( cdb )
 
-    }
+
   }else{
-    return(cdb)
-  }
+      print(cdb$error)
+      return(cdb)
+    }
 }