diff --git a/src/auth/session.go b/src/auth/session.go
index fb8e1307..4a9c9e45 100644
--- a/src/auth/session.go
+++ b/src/auth/session.go
@@ -64,6 +64,17 @@ func CreateSession(ctx context.Context, conn *pgxpool.Pool, username string) (*m
 	return &session, nil
 }
 
+// Deletes a session by id. If no session with that id exists, no
+// error is returned.
+func DeleteSession(ctx context.Context, conn *pgxpool.Pool, id string) error {
+	_, err := conn.Exec(ctx, "DELETE FROM sessions WHERE id = $1", id)
+	if err != nil {
+		return oops.New(err, "failed to delete session")
+	}
+
+	return nil
+}
+
 func NewSessionCookie(session *models.Session) *http.Cookie {
 	return &http.Cookie{
 		Name:  SessionCookieName,
@@ -77,3 +88,9 @@ func NewSessionCookie(session *models.Session) *http.Cookie {
 		SameSite: http.SameSiteDefaultMode,
 	}
 }
+
+var DeleteSessionCookie = &http.Cookie{
+	Name:   SessionCookieName,
+	Domain: config.Config.Auth.CookieDomain,
+	MaxAge: -1,
+}
diff --git a/src/templates/src/include/header.html b/src/templates/src/include/header.html
index d4c295ef..83677be1 100644
--- a/src/templates/src/include/header.html
+++ b/src/templates/src/include/header.html
@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@
                 <a class="admin-panel" href="{{ url "/admin_panel" }}"><span class="icon-settings"> Admin</span></a>
             {{ end }}
             <a class="username settings" href="{{ url "/member_settings" }}"><span class="icon-settings"></span> {{ .User.Username }}</a>
-            <a class="logout" href="{{ url "/member_logout" }}"><span class="icon-logout"></span> Logout</a>
+            <a class="logout" href="{{ url "/logout" }}"><span class="icon-logout"></span> Logout</a>
         {{ else }}
             <a class="register" id="register-link" href="{{ url "/member_register" }}">Register</a>
             <a class="login" id="login-link" href="{{ projecturl "/login" }}">Log in</a>
diff --git a/src/website/routes.go b/src/website/routes.go
index 4201fd6d..be500ca6 100644
--- a/src/website/routes.go
+++ b/src/website/routes.go
@@ -38,6 +38,7 @@ func NewWebsiteRoutes(conn *pgxpool.Pool) http.Handler {
 	mainRoutes.GET("/assets/project.css", routes.ProjectCSS)
 
 	routes.POST("/login", routes.Login)
+	routes.GET("/logout", routes.Logout)
 
 	routes.ServeFiles("/public/*filepath", http.Dir("public"))
 
@@ -197,6 +198,20 @@ func (s *websiteRoutes) Login(c *RequestContext, p httprouter.Params) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (s *websiteRoutes) Logout(c *RequestContext, p httprouter.Params) {
+	sessionCookie, err := c.Req.Cookie(auth.SessionCookieName)
+	if err == nil {
+		// clear the session from the db immediately, no expiration
+		err := auth.DeleteSession(c.Context(), s.conn, sessionCookie.Value)
+		if err != nil {
+			logging.Error().Err(err).Msg("failed to delete session on logout")
+		}
+	}
+
+	c.SetCookie(auth.DeleteSessionCookie)
+	c.Redirect("/", http.StatusSeeOther) // TODO: Redirect to the page the user was currently on, or if not authorized to view that page, immediately to the home page.
+}
+
 func ErrorLoggingWrapper(h HMNHandler) HMNHandler {
 	return func(c *RequestContext, p httprouter.Params) {
 		h(c, p)