diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 64d0c1e..9a0b0cb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -97,7 +97,7 @@ Instead, the web interface can be locked behind a password set via `intake passw
 Parity features
 
 * [x] web feed supports item TTS
-* [ ] item punt
+* [x] item punt
 * [ ] web feed paging
 * [ ] web fetch
 * [ ] set a working directory for item actions
diff --git a/web/html/item.html b/web/html/item.html
index 248339b..193401e 100644
--- a/web/html/item.html
+++ b/web/html/item.html
@@ -9,6 +9,10 @@
 <button
 	class="item-button"
 	title="Punt {{ .Source }}/{{ .Id }}"
+	hx-target="closest article"
+	hx-select="article"
+    hx-disabled-elt="this"
+	hx-patch="/item/{{ .Source }}/{{ .Id }}/punt"
 >&#8631;</button>
 {{- if .Link }}<a class="item-link" href="{{ .Link }}" target="_blank">&#8663;</a>
 {{ end -}}
diff --git a/web/item.go b/web/item.go
index 82cbd7f..ccd7b2e 100644
--- a/web/item.go
+++ b/web/item.go
@@ -40,6 +40,30 @@ func (env *Env) deleteItem(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	html.Item(writer, html.ItemData{Item: item})
 }
 
+func (env *Env) puntItem(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
+	source := req.PathValue("source")
+	id := req.PathValue("id")
+
+	item, err := core.GetItem(env.db, source, id)
+	if err != nil {
+		http.Error(writer, err.Error(), 500)
+		return
+	}
+
+	now := time.Now()
+	tomorrow := now.Add(time.Hour * 60)
+	morning := time.Date(tomorrow.Year(), tomorrow.Month(), tomorrow.Day(), 6, 0, 0, 0, time.UTC)
+	til_then := int(morning.Unix()) - item.Created
+	item.Tts = til_then
+
+	if err := core.UpdateItems(env.db, []core.Item{item}); err != nil {
+		http.Error(writer, err.Error(), 500)
+		return
+	}
+
+	html.Item(writer, html.ItemData{Item: item})
+}
+
 func (env *Env) doAction(writer http.ResponseWriter, req *http.Request) {
 	source := req.PathValue("source")
 	id := req.PathValue("id")
diff --git a/web/main.go b/web/main.go
index 637f025..bf058f8 100644
--- a/web/main.go
+++ b/web/main.go
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@ func RunServer(db core.DB, addr string, port string) {
 	handleFunc("GET    /item/{source}/{id}", env.getItem, env.authed, logged)
 	handleFunc("DELETE /item/{source}/{id}", env.deleteItem, env.authed, logged)
 	handleFunc("POST   /item/{source}/{id}/action/{action}", env.doAction, env.authed, logged)
+	handleFunc("PATCH  /item/{source}/{id}/punt", env.puntItem, env.authed, logged)
 	handleFunc("POST   /mass-deactivate", env.massDeactivate, env.authed, logged)
 
 	log.Fatal(http.ListenAndServe(bind, nil))