diff --git a/docsys/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/docsys/api/WebServiceObject.java b/docsys/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/docsys/api/WebServiceObject.java
index 26b440aca..ab244294b 100644
--- a/docsys/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/docsys/api/WebServiceObject.java
+++ b/docsys/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/docsys/api/WebServiceObject.java
@@ -11,6 +11,9 @@ package io.nosqlbench.docsys.api;
  * .io/documentation/latest/jaxrs-resources.html#d0e2040">Jersey jax-rs
  * resources documentation</A>
  *
+ * @see <A href="https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/org/glassfish/jersey/jersey-documentation/2.5
+ * .1/jersey-documentation-2.5.1-user-guide.pdf">Jersey 2.5.1 user guide</a>
+ *
  * @see <A href="https://github.com/jax-rs/spec/blob/master/spec
  * .pdf">JAX-RS: Java™ API for RESTful Web Services Version 2.1
  * Proposed Final Draft June 9, 2017</A>
diff --git a/docsys/src/main/node/docsys/components/WorkspaceSelector.vue b/docsys/src/main/node/docsys/components/WorkspaceSelector.vue
index 836bbb6b6..294d3ef3f 100644
--- a/docsys/src/main/node/docsys/components/WorkspaceSelector.vue
+++ b/docsys/src/main/node/docsys/components/WorkspaceSelector.vue
@@ -1,22 +1,77 @@
 <template>
-  <v-container fluid>
-    <v-select :items="workspaces" label="default workspace"></v-select>
+  <v-container>
+    <v-text-field dense
+                  label="Name of new workspace"
+                  v-if="mode=='adding'"
+                  v-model="new_workspace"
+                  ref="new_workspace_input"
+                  hint="workspace name"
+                  @blur="commitWorkspace(new_workspace)"
+                  @keydown.enter="commitWorkspace(new_workspace)"
+    ></v-text-field>
+    <v-select dense
+              label="workspace"
+              v-if="mode=='showing'"
+              v-model="workspace"
+              :items="workspaces"
+              item-text="name"
+              item-value="name"
+    >
+      <template v-slot:append-item>
+        <v-list-item>
+          <v-btn @click="addWorkspace()">+ Add Workspace</v-btn>
+        </v-list-item>
+      </template>
+    </v-select>
   </v-container>
 </template>
 <script>
 
 export default {
-  name: 'WorkspaceSelector',
+  name: 'workspace-selector',
   data(context) {
     let data = {
-      workspaces: [],
-      workspace: 'default',
+      new_workspace: "",
+      mode: "showing",
+      workspaces: [{name: 'default'}],
+      workspace: {name: 'default'},
       enabled: false
     };
     return data;
   },
+  methods: {
+    addWorkspace: function (evt) {
+      this.mode = "adding";
+      setTimeout(() => {
+        this.$refs.new_workspace_input.$el.focus()
+      });
+      console.log("add evt:" + JSON.stringify(evt));
+    },
+    commitWorkspace: function (evt) {
+      console.log("commit evt:" + JSON.stringify(evt));
+      let committed = this.$axios.$get("/services/workspaces/" + evt)
+          .then(res => {
+            return res;
+          })
+          .catch((e) => {
+            console.log("create: error: " + e)
+          });
+      console.log("committed: " + JSON.stringify(committed))
+      this.workspaces = this.$axios.$get("/services/workspaces/")
+          .then(res => {
+            console.log("workspaces async:" + JSON.stringify(res));
+            return res;
+          })
+          .catch((e) => {
+            console.log("refresh error: " + e)
+          });
+      this.workspace = evt;
+      this.mode = "showing"
+      this.$forceUpdate();
+    }
+  },
   async asyncData({$axios, store}) {
-    let enabled = await $axios.$get("/services/nb/enabled")
+    let enabled = await $axios.$get("/services/status")
         .then(res => {
           return res
         })
diff --git a/docsys/src/main/node/docsys/pages/ui/build/index.vue b/docsys/src/main/node/docsys/pages/ui/build/index.vue
index 6b1646ba1..77627bd8c 100644
--- a/docsys/src/main/node/docsys/pages/ui/build/index.vue
+++ b/docsys/src/main/node/docsys/pages/ui/build/index.vue
@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
       justify-center
       align-center>
 
-    <v-content>
+    <v-main>
         <v-container fluid>
             <v-layout row>
                 <v-flex>
@@ -53,7 +53,7 @@
 
         </v-container>
 
-    </v-content>
+    </v-main>
     </v-layout>
 
       <v-footer app dark color="secondary">
@@ -251,7 +251,7 @@
             return data;
         },
         async asyncData({ $axios, store }) {
-            let enabled = await $axios.$get("/services/nb/enabled")
+            let enabled = await $axios.$get("/services/status")
                     .then(res => {
                         return res
                     })
diff --git a/docsys/src/main/node/docsys/pages/ui/workspaces/index.vue b/docsys/src/main/node/docsys/pages/ui/workspaces/index.vue
index ba741f022..d2ae54f1a 100644
--- a/docsys/src/main/node/docsys/pages/ui/workspaces/index.vue
+++ b/docsys/src/main/node/docsys/pages/ui/workspaces/index.vue
@@ -4,7 +4,9 @@
       <v-toolbar-title>NoSQLBench - Workspaces</v-toolbar-title>
       <v-spacer></v-spacer>
       <v-toolbar-items>
-        <v-btn title="start a new workspace">
+        <workspace-selector></workspace-selector>
+
+        <v-btn title="start a new workspace" @click="startNewWorkspace()">
           <v-icon>mdi-folder-plus-outline</v-icon>
         </v-btn>
         <v-btn title="upload a workspace zip file">
@@ -35,9 +37,9 @@
     ]
     -->
 
-    <v-main justify-start align-start class="pa-4">
+    <v-main justify-start align-start class="d-flex pa-4 ma-4">
       <v-main>
-        <v-card max-width="344" v-for="(workspace,w) in workspaces" :key="w" class="pa-4">
+        <v-card max-width="344" v-for="(workspace,w) in workspaces" :key="w" class="pa-4 ma-4">
           <v-card-title title="workspace name">{{ workspace.name }}</v-card-title>
           <v-card-subtitle title="last change">{{ abbrev(workspace.summary.last_changed_filename) }}</v-card-subtitle>
           <v-divider></v-divider>
@@ -51,6 +53,10 @@
             <v-divider></v-divider>
 
             <v-list-item>
+              <v-btn title="view details of workspace">
+                <v-icon>mdi-magnify</v-icon>
+              </v-btn>
+
               <v-btn title="use this workspace">
                 <v-icon>mdi-play</v-icon>
               </v-btn>
@@ -58,12 +64,13 @@
               <v-btn title="download zipped workspace">
                 <v-icon>mdi-folder-download</v-icon>
               </v-btn>
-              <v-btn title="add one or more files">
-                <v-icon>mdi-file-plus</v-icon>
-              </v-btn>
-              <v-btn title="view details of workspace">
-                <v-icon>mdi-magnify</v-icon>
+
+              <v-spacer></v-spacer>
+
+              <v-btn title="purge workspace">
+                <v-icon @click="purgeWorkspace(workspace.name)">mdi-trash-can</v-icon>
               </v-btn>
+
             </v-list-item>
           </v-list>
         </v-card>
@@ -74,8 +81,14 @@
 </template>
 
 <script>
+
+import WorkspaceSelector from "~/components/WorkspaceSelector";
+
 export default {
   name: "workspaces.vue",
+  components: {
+    WorkspaceSelector
+  },
   data(context) {
     let data = {
       workspaces: [
@@ -89,10 +102,22 @@ export default {
   methods: {
     abbrev(name) {
       return name;
+    },
+    purgeWorkspace: function(ws) {
+      console.log("purging " + ws);
+      this.$axios.$delete("/services/workspaces/" + ws)
+      .then(res => { return res })
+      .catch((e) => {
+        console.log("error: " + e)
+      });
+      this.$forceUpdate();
+    },
+    startNewWorkspace() {
+      console.log("starting new workspace");
     }
   },
   async asyncData({$axios, store}) {
-    let enabled = await $axios.$get("/services/nb/enabled")
+    let enabled = await $axios.$get("/services/status")
         .then(res => {
           return res
         })
diff --git a/engine-rest/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/rest/resources/ScenarioExecutorEndpoint.java b/engine-rest/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/rest/resources/ScenarioExecutorEndpoint.java
index 5afb4c265..d73c6e761 100644
--- a/engine-rest/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/rest/resources/ScenarioExecutorEndpoint.java
+++ b/engine-rest/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/rest/resources/ScenarioExecutorEndpoint.java
@@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ import io.nosqlbench.engine.rest.services.WorkspaceService;
 import io.nosqlbench.engine.rest.transfertypes.RunScenarioRequest;
 import io.nosqlbench.engine.rest.transfertypes.ScenarioInfo;
 import io.nosqlbench.nb.annotations.Service;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 import javax.inject.Singleton;
 import javax.ws.rs.*;
@@ -27,6 +29,7 @@ import java.util.*;
 @Singleton
 @Path("/services/executor/")
 public class ScenarioExecutorEndpoint implements WebServiceObject {
+    private final static Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(ScenarioExecutorEndpoint.class);
 
     private ScenariosExecutor executor = new ScenariosExecutor("executor-service", 1);
 
diff --git a/engine-rest/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/rest/resources/WorkspacesEndpoint.java b/engine-rest/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/rest/resources/WorkspacesEndpoint.java
index e90bea944..13926e6ff 100644
--- a/engine-rest/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/rest/resources/WorkspacesEndpoint.java
+++ b/engine-rest/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/rest/resources/WorkspacesEndpoint.java
@@ -39,12 +39,30 @@ public class WorkspacesEndpoint implements WebServiceObject {
         return Response.ok(wsviews).build();
     }
 
+    @DELETE
+    @Path("{workspace}")
+    @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
+    public Response deleteWorkspace(@PathParam("workspace") String workspace,
+                                    @QueryParam("deleteCount") String deleteCount) {
+        try {
+            int dc = deleteCount!=null ? Integer.valueOf(deleteCount):0;
+            getSvc().purgeWorkspace(workspace,dc);
+            return Response.ok("removed workspace " + workspace).build();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            return Response.serverError().entity(e.getMessage()).build();
+        }
+    }
+
     @GET
     @Path("{workspace}")
     @Produces(MediaType.APPLICATION_JSON)
     public Response getWorkspaceInfo(@PathParam("workspace") String workspace) {
-        WorkspaceView workpaceView = getSvc().getWorkspaceView(workspace);
-        return Response.ok(workpaceView).build();
+        try {
+            WorkspaceView workpaceView = getSvc().getWorkspaceView(workspace);
+            return Response.ok(workpaceView).build();
+        } catch (Exception e) {
+            return Response.serverError().entity(e.getMessage()).build();
+        }
     }
 
     @POST
diff --git a/engine-rest/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/rest/services/WorkspaceService.java b/engine-rest/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/rest/services/WorkspaceService.java
index 0ef1dc1c9..bc2c82d67 100644
--- a/engine-rest/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/rest/services/WorkspaceService.java
+++ b/engine-rest/src/main/java/io/nosqlbench/engine/rest/services/WorkspaceService.java
@@ -2,6 +2,8 @@ package io.nosqlbench.engine.rest.services;
 
 import io.nosqlbench.engine.rest.domain.WorkSpace;
 import io.nosqlbench.engine.rest.transfertypes.WorkspaceView;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.LogManager;
+import org.apache.logging.log4j.Logger;
 
 import javax.ws.rs.core.Configuration;
 import javax.ws.rs.core.MediaType;
@@ -9,9 +11,13 @@ import java.io.IOException;
 import java.nio.ByteBuffer;
 import java.nio.file.*;
 import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Comparator;
 import java.util.List;
+import java.util.stream.Stream;
 
 public class WorkspaceService {
+    private final static Logger logger = LogManager.getLogger(WorkspaceService.class);
+
     private final Path root;
     public static String DEFAULT = "default";
     public static final String WORKSPACE_ROOT = "workspaces_root";
@@ -65,13 +71,12 @@ public class WorkspaceService {
 
     public WorkSpace getWorkspace(String workspaceName) {
         assertLegalWorkspaceName(workspaceName);
-        return new WorkSpace(this.root,workspaceName);
+        return new WorkSpace(this.root, workspaceName);
     }
 
     public static void assertLegalWorkspaceName(String workspaceName) {
-        if (!workspaceName.matches("[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9]+")) {
-            throw new RuntimeException("Workspaces must start with an alphabetic" +
-                " character, and contain only letters and numbers.");
+        if (!workspaceName.matches("[a-zA-Z0-9]+")) {
+            throw new RuntimeException("Workspace names must contain only letters and numbers.");
         }
     }
 
@@ -114,6 +119,47 @@ public class WorkspaceService {
         return root.resolve(workspaceName);
     }
 
+    public void purgeWorkspace(String workspaceName, int deleteCount) {
+        assertLegalWorkspaceName(workspaceName);
+        Path path = workspacePath(workspaceName);
+        if (Files.exists(path)) {
+            try (Stream<Path> counter = Files.walk(path)) {
+                long foundFiles = counter.count();
+                if (foundFiles > 100 && deleteCount != foundFiles) {
+                    throw new RuntimeException(
+                        "To delete " + foundFiles + " files, you must provide a deleteCount=<count> " +
+                            "parameter that matches. This is a safety mechanism."
+                    );
+                }
+                logger.debug("found " + foundFiles + " to delete.");
+            } catch (Exception e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+
+            Path relativize = root.relativize(path);
+            if (relativize.toString().contains("..")) {
+                throw new RuntimeException("Illegal path to delete: " + path.toString());
+            }
+
+
+            try (Stream<Path> walk = Files.walk(path)) {
+                walk.sorted(Comparator.reverseOrder())
+                    .map(Path::toFile)
+//                    .peek(System.out::println)
+                    .forEach(f -> {
+                        logger.debug("deleting '" + f.toString() + "'");
+                        if (!f.delete()) {
+                            throw new RuntimeException("Unable to delete " + f.toString());
+                        };
+                    });
+
+            } catch (IOException e) {
+                throw new RuntimeException(e);
+            }
+
+        }
+    }
+
     public final static class FileInfo {
         private final Path path;