diff --git a/internal/pastes/paste.go b/internal/pastes/paste.go
index 9f83034..4b3a08a 100644
--- a/internal/pastes/paste.go
+++ b/internal/pastes/paste.go
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ type Paste struct {
 	ID                  string `json:"id" bson:"_id"`
 	Content             string `json:"content" bson:"content"`
 	SuggestedSyntaxType string `json:"suggestedSyntaxType" bson:"suggestedSyntaxType"`
-	DeletionToken       string `json:"deletionToken" bson:"deletionToken"`
+	DeletionToken       string `json:"deletionToken" bson:"deletionToken,omitempty"`
 	Created             int64  `json:"created" bson:"created"`
 	AutoDelete          bool   `json:"autoDelete" bson:"autoDelete"`
 }
diff --git a/internal/web/controllers/v1/pastes.go b/internal/web/controllers/v1/pastes.go
index f8f7171..ed25f10 100644
--- a/internal/web/controllers/v1/pastes.go
+++ b/internal/web/controllers/v1/pastes.go
@@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ func v1GetPaste(ctx *fasthttp.RequestCtx) {
 		ctx.SetBodyString("paste not found")
 		return
 	}
+	paste.DeletionToken = ""
 
 	// Respond with the paste
 	jsonData, err := json.Marshal(paste)