diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 59a4b0b..6d20572 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ Public read actions:
    - `wget http://localhost:8123/object/squashkiwi:latest`
    - `wget http://localhost:8123/object/4528400792837739857`
 
-   - `curl http://loclahost:8123/exists/squashkiwi:latest`
+   - `curl http://localhost:8123/exists/squashkiwi:latest`
    - `curl http://localhost:8123/exists/4528400792837739857`
 
 - You can retrieve the hash for a given label and tag with, e.g.:
diff --git a/src/server.cpp b/src/server.cpp
index 7cf71d9..5a414a8 100644
--- a/src/server.cpp
+++ b/src/server.cpp
@@ -143,6 +143,11 @@ void Server::setup_routes() {
         handle_get_hash(req, res);
     });
 
+    // Check if object exists by hash or label:tag
+    server_.Get("/exists/(.*)", [this](const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response& res) {
+        handle_exists(req, res);
+    });
+
     // Get directory listing
     server_.Get("/dir", [this](const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response& res) {
         handle_get_directory(req, res);
@@ -529,4 +534,48 @@ void Server::handle_append_tag(const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response& r
     res.set_content(response.dump(), "application/json");
 }
 
+void Server::handle_exists(const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response& res) {
+    const auto& key = req.matches[1].str();
+    std::string hash_str = key;
+
+    // Check if the key is a label:tag format
+    dbEntry entry;
+    if (db_->get(key, entry)) {
+        // Got it from label:tag, use the hash
+        hash_str = entry.hash;
+    }
+
+    // If we couldn't determine a hash
+    if (hash_str.empty()) {
+        nlohmann::json response = {{"result", "success"}, {"exists", false}};
+        res.set_content(response.dump(), "application/json");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Try to interpret the key as a hash directly
+    uint64_t hash_value;
+    try {
+        hash_value = std::stoull(hash_str);
+    } catch (const std::invalid_argument& e) {
+        nlohmann::json response = {{"result", "success"}, {"exists", false}};
+        res.set_content(response.dump(), "application/json");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    std::stringstream oss;
+    oss << hash_value;
+    if (oss.str() != hash_str) {
+        nlohmann::json response = {{"result", "success"}, {"exists", false}};
+        res.set_content(response.dump(), "application/json");
+        return;
+    }
+
+    // Hash is valid, check if the file exists
+    std::filesystem::path file_path = config_.object_store_path / oss.str();
+    bool exists = std::filesystem::exists(file_path) && std::filesystem::is_regular_file(file_path);
+
+    nlohmann::json response = {{"result", "success"}, {"exists", exists}};
+    res.set_content(response.dump(), "application/json");
+}
+
 } // namespace simple_object_storage 
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/server.hpp b/src/server.hpp
index ada71f3..57ab08c 100644
--- a/src/server.hpp
+++ b/src/server.hpp
@@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ private:
     void handle_delete_tag(const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response& res);
     void handle_delete_object(const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response& res);
     void handle_append_tag(const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response& res);
+    void handle_exists(const httplib::Request& req, httplib::Response& res);
     std::pair<std::string, std::string> parse_label_tag(const std::string& label_tag) const;
     void add_file_metadata(const std::string &file_path, nlohmann::json &metadata) const;
 
diff --git a/test.sh b/test.sh
index 243dfee..c328612 100755
--- a/test.sh
+++ b/test.sh
@@ -3,9 +3,21 @@
 SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $0)
 SCRIPT_NAME=$(basename $0)
 
+# FUNCTIONS
+function title() {
+    echo "----------------------------------------"
+    # Center the text
+    local text="$1"
+    local line_length=40
+    local text_length=${#text}
+    local padding=$(( (line_length - text_length) / 2 ))
+    printf "%*s%s%*s\n" $padding "" "$text" $padding ""
+    echo "----------------------------------------"
+}   
+
 
 function die() {
-    echo "error: $1"
+    title "error: $1"
     exit 1
 }
 
@@ -54,11 +66,15 @@ echo "md5sum of ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME} is ${MD5SUM}"
 
 # download the object
 echo "downloading ${OBJECT_HASH} to ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded1"
-curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${OBJECT_HASH}" -o ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded1
+if ! curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${OBJECT_HASH}" -o ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded1; then
+    die "failed to download ${OBJECT_HASH}"
+fi
 
 # download the object again via the label:tag
 echo "downloading ${BASE_TAG}:test1 to ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded2"
-curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${BASE_TAG}:test1" -o ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded2
+if ! curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${BASE_TAG}:test1" -o ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded2; then
+    die "failed to download ${BASE_TAG}:test1"
+fi
 
 # get md5sum of the downloaded file
 MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED1=$(md5sum ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded1 | awk '{print $1}')
@@ -84,15 +100,22 @@ fi
 
 # testing we can still download via the hash
 echo "testing we can still download via the hash"
-if ! curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${OBJECT_HASH}" -o ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded3 | jq -r '.result' | grep -q 'success'; then
-    die "failed to download via the hash"
+if ! curl -s "${BASE_URL}/exists/${OBJECT_HASH}" | jq -r '.result' | grep -q 'success'; then
+    die "failed to check exists via the hash"
 fi
 
-MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED3=$(md5sum ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded3 | awk '{print $1}')
-[ "${MD5SUM}" != "${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED3}" ] && die "md5sums do not match"
+# download the object
+echo "downloading ${OBJECT_HASH} to ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded4"
+if ! curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${OBJECT_HASH}" -o ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded4; then
+    die "failed to download ${OBJECT_HASH}"
+fi
+
+MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED4=$(md5sum ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded4 | awk '{print $1}')
+MD5SUM=$(md5sum ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME} | awk '{print $1}')
+[ "${MD5SUM}" != "${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED4}" ] && die "md5sums do not match"
 
 # delete the downloaded file
-rm ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded3
+rm ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded4
 
 # delete the object
 echo "deleting ${OBJECT_HASH}"
@@ -103,9 +126,8 @@ fi
 # verify the object is deleted
 echo "verifying ${OBJECT_HASH} is deleted"
 DELETE_RESPONSE=$(curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${OBJECT_HASH}")
-echo "delete response: ${DELETE_RESPONSE}"
-if ! echo "${DELETE_RESPONSE}" | jq -r '.result' | grep -q 'success'; then
+if ! echo "${DELETE_RESPONSE}" | jq -r '.result' | grep -q 'error'; then
     die "failed to verify ${OBJECT_HASH} is deleted"
 fi
 
-
+title "ALL TESTS PASSED"
diff --git a/test.sh.downloaded b/test.sh.downloaded
deleted file mode 100644
index 14ac425..0000000
--- a/test.sh.downloaded
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,107 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-
-SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $0)
-SCRIPT_NAME=$(basename $0)
-
-
-function die() {
-    echo "error: $1"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-
-# test jq is installed
-if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
-    echo "jq could not be found"
-    echo "sudo apt-get install jq"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# read ~/.config/simple_object_storage/config.json
-CONFIG_PATH="${HOME}/.config/simple_object_storage/config.json"
-if [ ! -f "${CONFIG_PATH}" ]; then
-    echo "config file not found at ${CONFIG_PATH}"
-    exit 1
-fi
-CONFIG=$(cat "${CONFIG_PATH}")
-
-# get the host and port from the config
-HOST=$(echo $CONFIG | jq -r '.host')
-PORT=$(echo $CONFIG | jq -r '.port')
-
-# extract the first write token from the config
-WRITE_TOKEN=$(echo $CONFIG | jq -r '.write_tokens[0]')
-
-BASE_URL="http://${HOST}:${PORT}"
-
-BASE_TAG="autotest"
-
- # test every action in the README.md file, leaving the system in the same state it was found
- # and print the output of each action
-
-# upload this script as an object
-echo "uploading ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME} to ${BASE_TAG}:test1"
-OBJECT_HASH=$(curl -s "${BASE_URL}/upload?token=${WRITE_TOKEN}&labeltag=${BASE_TAG}:test1&filename=${SCRIPT_NAME}" -T ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME} | jq -r '.hash')
-echo "received hash ${OBJECT_HASH}"
-
-# get md5sum of this file
-MD5SUM=$(md5sum ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME} | awk '{print $1}')
-echo "md5sum of ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME} is ${MD5SUM}"
-
-# download the object
-echo "downloading ${OBJECT_HASH} to ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded"
-curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${OBJECT_HASH}" -o ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded
-
-# download the object again via the label:tag
-echo "downloading ${BASE_TAG}:test1 to ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded2"
-curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${BASE_TAG}:test1" -o ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded2
-
-# get md5sum of the downloaded file
-MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED=$(md5sum ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded | awk '{print $1}')
-echo "md5sum of ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded is ${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED}"
-[ "${MD5SUM}" != "${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED}" ] && die "md5sums do not match"
-MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED2=$(md5sum ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded2 | awk '{print $1}')
-[ "${MD5SUM}" != "${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED2}" ] && die "md5sums do not match"
-
-rm ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded1
-rm ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded2
-
-# delete the object tags
-echo "deleting tag ${BASE_TAG}:test1"
-if ! curl -s "${BASE_URL}/deletetag?token=${WRITE_TOKEN}&labeltag=${BASE_TAG}:test1" | jq -r '.result' | grep -q 'success'; then
-    die "failed to delete tag ${BASE_TAG}:test1"
-fi
-
-# testing we CANT download via the label:tag
-echo "testing we CANT download via the label:tag"
-if curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${BASE_TAG}:test1" | jq -r '.result' | grep -q 'success'; then
-    die "downloaded via the label:tag"
-fi
-
-# testing we can still download via the hash
-echo "testing we can still download via the hash"
-if ! curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${OBJECT_HASH}" -o ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded3 | jq -r '.result' | grep -q 'success'; then
-    die "failed to download via the hash"
-fi
-
-MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED3=$(md5sum ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded3 | awk '{print $1}')
-[ "${MD5SUM}" != "${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED3}" ] && die "md5sums do not match"
-
-# delete the downloaded file
-rm ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded3
-
-# delete the object
-echo "deleting ${OBJECT_HASH}"
-if ! curl -s "${BASE_URL}/deleteobject?token=${WRITE_TOKEN}&hash=${OBJECT_HASH}" | jq -r '.result' | grep -q 'success'; then
-    die "failed to delete ${OBJECT_HASH}"
-fi
-
-# verify the object is deleted
-echo "verifying ${OBJECT_HASH} is deleted"
-DELETE_RESPONSE=$(curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${OBJECT_HASH}")
-echo "delete response: ${DELETE_RESPONSE}"
-if ! echo "${DELETE_RESPONSE}" | jq -r '.result' | grep -q 'success'; then
-    die "failed to verify ${OBJECT_HASH} is deleted"
-fi
-
-
diff --git a/test.sh.downloaded3 b/test.sh.downloaded3
deleted file mode 100644
index 243dfee..0000000
--- a/test.sh.downloaded3
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,111 +0,0 @@
-#! /bin/bash
-
-SCRIPT_DIR=$(dirname $0)
-SCRIPT_NAME=$(basename $0)
-
-
-function die() {
-    echo "error: $1"
-    exit 1
-}
-
-
-# test jq is installed
-if ! command -v jq &> /dev/null; then
-    echo "jq could not be found"
-    echo "sudo apt-get install jq"
-    exit 1
-fi
-
-# read ~/.config/simple_object_storage/config.json
-CONFIG_PATH="${HOME}/.config/simple_object_storage/config.json"
-if [ ! -f "${CONFIG_PATH}" ]; then
-    echo "config file not found at ${CONFIG_PATH}"
-    exit 1
-fi
-CONFIG=$(cat "${CONFIG_PATH}")
-
-# get the host and port from the config
-HOST=$(echo $CONFIG | jq -r '.host')
-PORT=$(echo $CONFIG | jq -r '.port')
-
-# extract the first write token from the config
-WRITE_TOKEN=$(echo $CONFIG | jq -r '.write_tokens[0]')
-
-BASE_URL="http://${HOST}:${PORT}"
-
-BASE_TAG="autotest"
-
- # test every action in the README.md file, leaving the system in the same state it was found
- # and print the output of each action
-
-# upload this script as an object
-echo "uploading ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME} to ${BASE_TAG}:test1"
-OBJECT_HASH=$(curl -s "${BASE_URL}/upload?token=${WRITE_TOKEN}&labeltag=${BASE_TAG}:test1&filename=${SCRIPT_NAME}" -T ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME} | jq -r '.hash')
-echo "received hash ${OBJECT_HASH}"
-
-# check the hash matches.
-CHECK_HASH=$(curl -s "${BASE_URL}/hash/${BASE_TAG}:test1" | jq -r '.hash')
-[ "${OBJECT_HASH}" != "${CHECK_HASH}" ] && die "hash does not match"
-
-# get md5sum of this file
-MD5SUM=$(md5sum ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME} | awk '{print $1}')
-echo "md5sum of ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME} is ${MD5SUM}"
-
-# download the object
-echo "downloading ${OBJECT_HASH} to ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded1"
-curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${OBJECT_HASH}" -o ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded1
-
-# download the object again via the label:tag
-echo "downloading ${BASE_TAG}:test1 to ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded2"
-curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${BASE_TAG}:test1" -o ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded2
-
-# get md5sum of the downloaded file
-MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED1=$(md5sum ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded1 | awk '{print $1}')
-echo "md5sum of ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded1 is ${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED1}"
-[ "${MD5SUM}" != "${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED1}" ] && die "md5sums do not match"
-MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED2=$(md5sum ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded2 | awk '{print $1}')
-[ "${MD5SUM}" != "${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED2}" ] && die "md5sums do not match"
-
-rm ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded1
-rm ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded2
-
-# delete the object tags
-echo "deleting tag ${BASE_TAG}:test1"
-if ! curl -s "${BASE_URL}/deletetag?token=${WRITE_TOKEN}&labeltag=${BASE_TAG}:test1" | jq -r '.result' | grep -q 'success'; then
-    die "failed to delete tag ${BASE_TAG}:test1"
-fi
-
-# testing we CANT download via the label:tag
-echo "testing we CANT download via the label:tag"
-if curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${BASE_TAG}:test1" | jq -r '.result' | grep -q 'success'; then
-    die "downloaded via the label:tag"
-fi
-
-# testing we can still download via the hash
-echo "testing we can still download via the hash"
-if ! curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${OBJECT_HASH}" -o ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded3 | jq -r '.result' | grep -q 'success'; then
-    die "failed to download via the hash"
-fi
-
-MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED3=$(md5sum ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded3 | awk '{print $1}')
-[ "${MD5SUM}" != "${MD5SUM_DOWNLOADED3}" ] && die "md5sums do not match"
-
-# delete the downloaded file
-rm ${SCRIPT_DIR}/${SCRIPT_NAME}.downloaded3
-
-# delete the object
-echo "deleting ${OBJECT_HASH}"
-if ! curl -s "${BASE_URL}/deleteobject?token=${WRITE_TOKEN}&hash=${OBJECT_HASH}" | jq -r '.result' | grep -q 'success'; then
-    die "failed to delete ${OBJECT_HASH}"
-fi
-
-# verify the object is deleted
-echo "verifying ${OBJECT_HASH} is deleted"
-DELETE_RESPONSE=$(curl -s "${BASE_URL}/object/${OBJECT_HASH}")
-echo "delete response: ${DELETE_RESPONSE}"
-if ! echo "${DELETE_RESPONSE}" | jq -r '.result' | grep -q 'success'; then
-    die "failed to verify ${OBJECT_HASH} is deleted"
-fi
-
-