diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index 2a6db5c..f57bc15 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -3,4 +3,5 @@ links.db
 password.txt
 /.vs
 /.vscode
+data.json
 /links.json
diff --git a/backend/main.py b/backend/main.py
index 6551080..9a6d74b 100644
--- a/backend/main.py
+++ b/backend/main.py
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def get_data_from_query(query):
 
 def regen_JSON():
     """Gets links from DB and outputs them in JSON"""
-    links_list = get_data_from_query('SELECT url, name FROM links ORDER BY position')
+    links_list = get_data_from_query('SELECT url, name FROM links WHERE active=1 ORDER BY position')
     links_json = json.dumps(links_list, indent=4)
     return links_json
 
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def verify_password(username, password):
 
 @app.route('/links', methods = ['GET'])
 def get_links():
-    links_list = get_data_from_query('SELECT name, url FROM links ORDER BY position')
+    links_list = get_data_from_query('SELECT url, name FROM links WHERE active=1 ORDER BY position')
     return jsonify(links_list)
 
 @app.route('/editor/links', methods = ['POST'])
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ def update_links():
 
         links = []
         data = request.json['links']
-        items = 'url', 'name', 'clicks'
+        items = 'url', 'name', 'clicks', 'active'
         for i in range(len(data)):
             if not(all(e in data[i] for e in items)):
                 return "Bad request, some items missing from link object", 400
@@ -63,12 +63,13 @@ def update_links():
             url = data[i]['url']
             name = data[i]['name']
             clicks = data[i]['clicks']
+            active = data[i]['active']
             position = i
 
-            newlink = (url, name, clicks, position)
+            newlink = (url, name, clicks, position, active)
             links.append(newlink)
 
-        cur.executemany('INSERT INTO links VALUES (?,?,?,?)', links)
+        cur.executemany('INSERT INTO links VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)', links)
         con.commit()
         con.close()
         data = regen_JSON()
@@ -82,14 +83,14 @@ def update_links():
         con.close()
         raise e
 
-    links_list = get_data_from_query('SELECT name, url, clicks FROM links ORDER BY position')
+    links_list = get_data_from_query('SELECT name, url, clicks, active FROM links ORDER BY position')
     return jsonify(links_list)
 
 @app.route('/editor/links', methods = ['GET'])
 @auth.login_required
 def get_editor_links():
     """endpoint lists all URLs and clicks, returns json object for editor."""
-    links_list = get_data_from_query('SELECT name, url, clicks FROM links ORDER BY position')
+    links_list = get_data_from_query('SELECT name, url, clicks, active FROM links ORDER BY position')
     return jsonify(links_list)
 
 @app.route('/clicks', methods=['POST'])
diff --git a/backend/setup_db.py b/backend/setup_db.py
index b7ff457..dda91c4 100644
--- a/backend/setup_db.py
+++ b/backend/setup_db.py
@@ -7,11 +7,11 @@ con = sqlite3.connect(DB_PATH)
 
 # array of links to store
 links = [
-  ('http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/','CS Club Website',3,0),
-  ('https://www.instagram.com/uwcsclub/','Instagram',4,1),
-  ('https://www.facebook.com/uw.computerscienceclub','Facebook',5,2),
-  ('http://twitch.tv/uwcsclub','Twitch',6,3),
-  ('http://bit.ly/uwcsclub-yt','YouTube',7,4),
+  ('http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/','CS Club Website',3,0,1),
+  ('https://www.instagram.com/uwcsclub/','Instagram',4,1,1),
+  ('https://www.facebook.com/uw.computerscienceclub','Facebook',5,2,1),
+  ('http://twitch.tv/uwcsclub','Twitch',6,3,1),
+  ('http://bit.ly/uwcsclub-yt','YouTube',7,4,1),
 ]
 
 # SQLite setup
@@ -27,9 +27,10 @@ else:
     name text NOT NULL, 
     clicks int NOT NULL, 
     position int NOT NULL UNIQUE,
+    active int NOT NULL,
     UNIQUE(url, name)
     )''')
-  cur.executemany('INSERT INTO links VALUES (?,?,?,?)', links)
+  cur.executemany('INSERT INTO links VALUES (?,?,?,?,?)', links)
   con.commit()
 
 con.close()
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