diff --git a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
index cbd8300d..77eee354 100644
--- a/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/admin/users_controller.rb
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ module Admin
 
     def destroy
       @user = User.find(params[:id])
+      @user.events.destroy_all
       @user.destroy
       redirect_to admin_users_path, notice: 'User got deleted'
     end
diff --git a/app/models/user.rb b/app/models/user.rb
index afcce0b4..cd0037cc 100644
--- a/app/models/user.rb
+++ b/app/models/user.rb
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ class User < ActiveRecord::Base
                   :name, :email_public, :biography, :nickname, :affiliation
 
   has_many :event_users, dependent: :destroy
-  has_many :events, -> { uniq }, through: :event_users
+  has_many :events, -> { uniq }, through: :event_users, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :registrations, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :votes, dependent: :destroy
   has_many :voted_events, through: :votes, source: :events
diff --git a/app/views/admin/users/index.html.haml b/app/views/admin/users/index.html.haml
index d66a475d..b7c5e7ea 100644
--- a/app/views/admin/users/index.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/admin/users/index.html.haml
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@
               - if current_user.id == user.id or user.role_ids.include? 3
                 =link_to 'Delete',admin_user_path(user), :method => :delete , :data => {:confirm => 'Are you sure ?'}, :disabled => true,:class => "btn btn-primary disabled btn-danger",:role => "button"
               - else
-                =link_to 'Delete',admin_user_path(user), :method=> :delete , :data=> {:confirm => 'Are you sure ?'},:class => "btn btn-primary btn-danger"
+                =link_to 'Delete',admin_user_path(user), :method=> :delete , :data=> {:confirm => 'Are you sure ?'},:class => "btn btn-primary btn-danger", id: "user-delete-#{user.id}"
 
 
 :javascript
diff --git a/spec/features/user_spec.rb b/spec/features/user_spec.rb
index 5e5a57df..8c2e2b8f 100644
--- a/spec/features/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/features/user_spec.rb
@@ -9,15 +9,13 @@ feature User do
   shared_examples 'admin ability' do
     scenario 'deletes a user', feature: true, js: true do
       sign_in(admin)
+      @user = create(:user)
       visit admin_users_path
       expected_count = User.count - 1
-      page.all('btn btn-primary btn-danger') do
-        click_link 'Delete'
-        page.evaluate_script('window.confirm = function() { return true; }')
-        page.click('OK')
-        expect(flash).to eq('User got deleted')
-        expect(User.count).to eq(expected_count)
-      end
+      find("#user-delete-#{@user.id}").click
+      page.evaluate_script('window.confirm = function() { return true; }')
+      expect(flash).to eq('User got deleted')
+      expect(User.count).to eq(expected_count)
       sign_out
     end
     scenario 'can modify roles', feature: true, js: true do
diff --git a/spec/models/user_spec.rb b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
index ffbcb1c4..ad2eeb26 100644
--- a/spec/models/user_spec.rb
+++ b/spec/models/user_spec.rb
@@ -26,6 +26,11 @@ describe User do
     expect(user_with_all_roles.roles[2]).to eq(admin_role)
   end
 
+  it { should have_many(:events).dependent(:destroy) }
+  it { should have_many(:event_users).dependent(:destroy) }
+  it { should have_many(:registrations).dependent(:destroy) }
+  it { should have_many(:votes).dependent(:destroy) }
+
   describe '#role?' do
     shared_examples '#role?' do |user, role, expected|
       it "returns #{expected} for #{role}" do