diff --git a/lib/acts_as_followable.rb b/lib/acts_as_followable.rb
index 474c2b5..c893046 100644
--- a/lib/acts_as_followable.rb
+++ b/lib/acts_as_followable.rb
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ module ActiveRecord #:nodoc:
       
       module ClassMethods
         def acts_as_followable
-          has_many :follows, :as => :followable, :dependent => :nullify
+          has_many :follows, :as => :followable, :dependent => :destroy
           include ActiveRecord::Acts::Followable::InstanceMethods
         end
       end
diff --git a/test/acts_as_followable_test.rb b/test/acts_as_followable_test.rb
index 47dfefc..f742b69 100644
--- a/test/acts_as_followable_test.rb
+++ b/test/acts_as_followable_test.rb
@@ -24,4 +24,10 @@ class ActsAsFollowableTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_equal false, users(:sam).followed_by?(users(:jon))
   end
   
+  def test_destroyed_followable_should_destroy_related_follows_records
+    assert_difference "Follow.count && users(:sam).all_following.size", -1 do
+      users(:jon).destroy
+    end
+  end
+  
 end
diff --git a/test/acts_as_follower_test.rb b/test/acts_as_follower_test.rb
index 82c408c..c9a6451 100644
--- a/test/acts_as_follower_test.rb
+++ b/test/acts_as_follower_test.rb
@@ -75,4 +75,10 @@ class ActsAsFollowerTest < Test::Unit::TestCase
     assert_raises (NoMethodError){ users(:sam).foobar }
   end
   
+  def test_destroyed_follower_should_nullifys_related_follows_records
+    assert_difference "Follow.count && users(:sam).following_users.size", -1 do
+      users(:jon).destroy
+    end
+  end
+  
 end
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