diff --git a/app/jsonDoc.server.ts b/app/jsonDoc.server.ts
index 813e5ff..336284a 100644
--- a/app/jsonDoc.server.ts
+++ b/app/jsonDoc.server.ts
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ export async function createFromUrlOrRawJson(
 
 export async function createFromUrl(
   url: URL,
-  title?: string
+  title?: string,
+  options?: CreateJsonOptions
 ): Promise<JSONDocument> {
   const docId = createId();
   const doc = {
@@ -47,7 +48,10 @@ export async function createFromUrl(
     title: title ?? url.hostname,
   };
 
-  await DOCUMENTS.put(docId, JSON.stringify(doc));
+  await DOCUMENTS.put(docId, JSON.stringify(doc), {
+    expirationTtl: options?.ttl ?? undefined,
+    metadata: options?.metadata ?? undefined,
+  });
 
   return doc;
 }
diff --git a/app/routes/new.tsx b/app/routes/new.tsx
index 07bb924..fdac9cd 100644
--- a/app/routes/new.tsx
+++ b/app/routes/new.tsx
@@ -1,23 +1,38 @@
 import { LoaderFunction, redirect } from "remix";
 import invariant from "tiny-invariant";
 import { sendEvent } from "~/graphJSON.server";
-import { createFromRawJson, createFromUrl } from "~/jsonDoc.server";
+import {
+  createFromRawJson,
+  createFromUrl,
+  CreateJsonOptions,
+} from "~/jsonDoc.server";
 
 export let loader: LoaderFunction = async ({ request, context }) => {
   const url = new URL(request.url);
   const jsonUrl = url.searchParams.get("url");
   const base64EncodedJson = url.searchParams.get("j");
+  const ttl = url.searchParams.get("ttl");
 
   if (!jsonUrl && !base64EncodedJson) {
     return redirect("/");
   }
 
+  const options: CreateJsonOptions = {};
+
+  if (typeof ttl === "string") {
+    invariant(ttl.match(/^\d+$/), "ttl must be a number");
+
+    options.ttl = parseInt(ttl, 10);
+
+    invariant(options.ttl >= 60, "ttl must be at least 60 seconds");
+  }
+
   if (jsonUrl) {
     const jsonURL = new URL(jsonUrl);
 
     invariant(jsonURL, "url must be a valid URL");
 
-    const doc = await createFromUrl(jsonURL, jsonURL.href);
+    const doc = await createFromUrl(jsonURL, jsonURL.href, options);
 
     context.waitUntil(
       sendEvent({
@@ -33,7 +48,11 @@ export let loader: LoaderFunction = async ({ request, context }) => {
   }
 
   if (base64EncodedJson) {
-    const doc = await createFromRawJson("Untitled", atob(base64EncodedJson));
+    const doc = await createFromRawJson(
+      "Untitled",
+      atob(base64EncodedJson),
+      options
+    );
 
     context.waitUntil(
       sendEvent({