diff --git a/invokeai/app/api/routers/boards.py b/invokeai/app/api/routers/boards.py
index 310f45b739..94d8667ae4 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/api/routers/boards.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/api/routers/boards.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from invokeai.app.services.board_record_storage import BoardChanges
 from invokeai.app.services.image_record_storage import OffsetPaginatedResults
 from invokeai.app.services.models.board_record import BoardDTO
 
+
 from ..dependencies import ApiDependencies
 
 boards_router = APIRouter(prefix="/v1/boards", tags=["boards"])
@@ -71,17 +72,17 @@ async def update_board(
 @boards_router.delete("/{board_id}", operation_id="delete_board")
 async def delete_board(
     board_id: str = Path(description="The id of board to delete"),
-    include_images: bool = Path(
+    include_images: Optional[bool] = Query(
         description="Permanently delete all images on the board", default=False
     ),
 ) -> None:
     """Deletes a board"""
-
     try:
-        if include_images:
+        if include_images is True:
             ApiDependencies.invoker.services.images.delete_images_on_board(
                 board_id=board_id
             )
+            ApiDependencies.invoker.services.boards.delete(board_id=board_id)
         else:
             ApiDependencies.invoker.services.boards.delete(board_id=board_id)
     except Exception as e:
diff --git a/invokeai/app/services/image_record_storage.py b/invokeai/app/services/image_record_storage.py
index 3bf931e852..066e6f8d5f 100644
--- a/invokeai/app/services/image_record_storage.py
+++ b/invokeai/app/services/image_record_storage.py
@@ -397,10 +397,10 @@ class SqliteImageRecordStorage(ImageRecordStorageBase):
             self._lock.acquire()
 
             # Construct the SQLite query with the placeholders
-            query = f"DELETE FROM images WHERE id_column IN ({placeholders})"
+            query = f"DELETE FROM images WHERE image_name IN ({placeholders})"
 
             # Execute the query with the list of IDs as parameters
-            self._cursor.execute(query, placeholders)
+            self._cursor.execute(query, image_names)
 
             self._conn.commit()
         except sqlite3.Error as e: