diff --git a/dpaste/handlers.py b/dpaste/handlers.py
deleted file mode 100644
index bb22588..0000000
--- a/dpaste/handlers.py
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,22 +0,0 @@
-import datetime
-from piston.utils import rc
-from piston.handler import AnonymousBaseHandler
-from dpaste.models import Snippet
-
-class SnippetHandler(AnonymousBaseHandler):
-    allowed_methods = ('POST',)
-    fields = ('content',)
-    model = Snippet
-
-    def create(self, request):
-        content = request.POST.get('content', '').strip()
-
-        if not content:
-            return rc.BAD_REQUEST
-
-        s = Snippet.objects.create(
-            content=content,
-            expires=datetime.datetime.now()+datetime.timedelta(seconds=60*60*24*30)
-        )
-        s.save()
-        return 'http://dpaste.de%s' % s.get_absolute_url()
diff --git a/dpaste/urls/dpaste_api.py b/dpaste/urls/dpaste_api.py
index ae02f14..67447b2 100644
--- a/dpaste/urls/dpaste_api.py
+++ b/dpaste/urls/dpaste_api.py
@@ -1,9 +1,6 @@
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import url, patterns
-from piston.resource import Resource
-from ..handlers import SnippetHandler
-
-snippet_resource = Resource(handler=SnippetHandler)
+from ..views import snippet_api
 
 urlpatterns = patterns('',
-    url(r'^api/$', snippet_resource, name='dpaste_api_create_snippet'),
+    url(r'^api/$', snippet_api, name='dpaste_api_create_snippet'),
 )
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/dpaste/views.py b/dpaste/views.py
index ef15c72..ce13db0 100644
--- a/dpaste/views.py
+++ b/dpaste/views.py
@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+import datetime
+
 from django.shortcuts import render_to_response, get_object_or_404, get_list_or_404
 from django.template.context import RequestContext
 from django.http import Http404, HttpResponseRedirect, HttpResponseBadRequest, \
@@ -54,6 +56,23 @@ def snippet_new(request, template_name='dpaste/snippet_new.html'):
     )
 
 
+def snippet_api(request, enclose_quotes=True):
+    content = request.POST.get('content', '').strip()
+
+    if not content:
+        return HttpResponseBadRequest()
+
+    s = Snippet.objects.create(
+        content=content,
+        expires=datetime.datetime.now()+datetime.timedelta(seconds=60*60*24*30)
+    )
+    s.save()
+
+    response = 'http://dpaste.de%s' % s.get_absolute_url()
+    if enclose_quotes:
+        return HttpResponse('"%s"' % response)
+    return HttpResponse(response)
+
 def snippet_details(request, snippet_id, template_name='dpaste/snippet_details.html', is_raw=False):
 
     try:
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
index dc84690..356d21d 100644
--- a/requirements.txt
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
 django==1.5
 django-mptt==0.4.2
-django-piston==0.2.3
 pygments==1.6
 south==0.7.6