diff --git a/server/api/documents.js b/server/api/documents.js
index 36770588..47bcd3af 100644
--- a/server/api/documents.js
+++ b/server/api/documents.js
@@ -149,22 +149,26 @@ router.post('documents.delete', auth(), async (ctx) => {
 
   if (!document) throw httpErrors.BadRequest();
 
-  // TODO: handle sub documents
-
-  // Don't allow deletion of root docs
-  if (atlas.type === 'atlas' && !document.parentDocumentId) {
-    throw httpErrors.BadRequest('Unable to delete atlas\'s root document');
-  }
-
-  try {
-    await document.destroy();
-
-    if (atlas.type === 'atlas') {
-      await atlas.updateNavigationTree();
+  if (atlas.type === 'atlas') {
+    // Don't allow deletion of root docs
+    if(!document.parentDocumentId) {
+      throw httpErrors.BadRequest('Unable to delete atlas\'s root document');
     }
-  } catch (e) {
-    throw httpErrors.BadRequest('Error while deleting');
-  };
+
+    // Delete all chilren
+    try {
+      await atlas.deleteDocument(document);
+      await atlas.save();
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw httpErrors.BadRequest('Error while deleting');
+    };
+  } else {
+    try {
+      await document.destroy();
+    } catch (e) {
+      throw httpErrors.BadRequest('Error while deleting');
+    };
+  }
 
   ctx.body = {
     ok: true,
diff --git a/server/models/Atlas.js b/server/models/Atlas.js
index 98405fa5..39b5c6d5 100644
--- a/server/models/Atlas.js
+++ b/server/models/Atlas.js
@@ -148,6 +148,30 @@ const Atlas = sequelize.define('atlas', {
       };
 
       this.navigationTree = insertNode(this.navigationTree);
+    },
+    async deleteDocument(document) {
+      const deleteNodeAndDocument = async (node, documentId, shouldDelete = false) => {
+        if (document.id === node.id) {
+          shouldDelete = true;
+        }
+        const newChildren = [];
+        node.children.map(async childNode => {
+          const child = await deleteNodeAndDocument(childNode, documentId, shouldDelete);
+          if (child) {
+            newChildren.push(child);
+          }
+        });
+        node.children = newChildren;
+
+        if (shouldDelete) {
+          const document = await Document.findById(node.id);
+          await document.destroy();
+        }
+
+        return shouldDelete ? null : node;
+      };
+
+      this.navigationTree = await deleteNodeAndDocument(this.navigationTree, document.id);
     }
   }
 });
diff --git a/src/scenes/DocumentScene/DocumentScene.js b/src/scenes/DocumentScene/DocumentScene.js
index 30a5ae31..cfbf5f33 100644
--- a/src/scenes/DocumentScene/DocumentScene.js
+++ b/src/scenes/DocumentScene/DocumentScene.js
@@ -66,7 +66,14 @@ class DocumentScene extends React.Component {
   }
 
   onDelete = () => {
-    if (confirm("Are you sure you want to delete this document?")) {
+    let msg;
+    if (this.store.document.atlas.type === 'atlas') {
+      msg = 'Are you sure you want to delete this document and all it\'s child documents (if any)?'
+    } else {
+      msg = "Are you sure you want to delete this document?";
+    }
+
+    if (confirm(msg)) {
       this.store.deleteDocument();
     };
   }