diff --git a/booking.register.inc b/booking.register.inc
index bcb3dba..f5266c7 100644
--- a/booking.register.inc
+++ b/booking.register.inc
@@ -1324,7 +1324,7 @@ function booking_load($nodes) {
 		}
 	}
 	
-  	watchdog('booking', 'Final loaded node: @info', array('@info' => var_export($nodes, TRUE)));			
+  	//watchdog('booking', 'Final loaded node: @info', array('@info' => var_export($nodes, TRUE)));			
   // no return necessary since $nodes array members reference objects global to this function
 }
 
@@ -1755,6 +1755,11 @@ function _booking_delete($node) {
 	$last = $node->booking_lastname;
 	$first = $node->booking_firstname;
 	
+	//clean up other tables first
+	_booking_person_rooms_cleanup($node->nid);
+	_booking_person_studygroups_cleanup($node->nid);
+	
+	//then clean up primary table
 	$num_deleted = db_delete('booking_person')
 	  ->condition('nid', $node->nid)
 	  ->execute();