diff --git a/app/Container.php b/app/Container.php
index f51791c..3d961e2 100644
--- a/app/Container.php
+++ b/app/Container.php
@@ -22,5 +22,5 @@ class Container extends Model
      *
      * @var array
      */
-    protected $hidden = ['created_at','updated_at'];
+    protected $hidden = ['created_at', 'deleted_at', 'updated_at'];
 }
diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php
index 91f4eed..57b3ff6 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/ItemController.php
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 namespace App\Http\Controllers;
 
 use App\Item;
+use App\Event;
 use Illuminate\Http\Request;
 
 class ItemController extends Controller
@@ -15,12 +16,14 @@ class ItemController extends Controller
 
     public function showByEvent($event)
     {
-        return response()->json(Item::byEvent($event));
+        $eid = Event::where('slug','=',$event)->first()->eid;
+        return response()->json(Item::where('eid','=',$eid)->get());
     }
 
     public function searchByEvent($event, $query)
     {
-        return response()->json(Item::byEvent($event)); //TODO actually search
+        $eid = Event::where('slug','=',$event)->first()->eid;
+        return response()->json(Item::where('eid','=',$eid)->get()); //TODO actually search
     }
 
     public function showOneItem($event, $id)
diff --git a/app/Item.php b/app/Item.php
index 9e4d42f..c2d2be8 100644
--- a/app/Item.php
+++ b/app/Item.php
@@ -23,9 +23,6 @@ class Item extends Model
      *
      * @var array
      */
-    protected $hidden = ['created_at','updated_at'];
+    protected $hidden = ['created_at','updated_at', 'deleted_at', 'eid'];
 
-    public static function byEvent($event){
-        return DB::table('users')->join('events', 'users.eid', '=', 'events.eid')->get();
-    }
 }