diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
index a4a4579c3..afe97b1e0 100644
--- a/.gitignore
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 .DS_Store
 phpunit.phar
 /vendor
+/.settings
 composer.phar
 composer.lock
 *.sublime-project
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ce88b8144..88f7370fb 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -78,6 +78,7 @@ If you are using a different database driver as the default one, you will need t
 Everything else works just like the original Eloquent model. Read more about the Eloquent on http://laravel.com/docs/eloquent
 
 ### Optional: Alias
+-------------------
 
 You may also register an alias for the MongoDB model by adding the following to the alias array in `app/config/app.php`:
 
@@ -367,4 +368,4 @@ By default, Laravel keeps a log in memory of all queries that have been run for
 
     DB::connection()->disableQueryLog();
 
-*From: http://laravel.com/docs/database#query-logging*
+*From: http://laravel.com/docs/database#query-logging*
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Relations/BelongsToMany.php b/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Relations/BelongsToMany.php
index 58ba8e58f..4a1dd3a14 100644
--- a/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Relations/BelongsToMany.php
+++ b/src/Jenssegers/Mongodb/Relations/BelongsToMany.php
@@ -167,9 +167,16 @@ protected function createAttachRecords($ids, array $attributes)
 	public function detach($ids = array(), $touch = true)
 	{
 		if ($ids instanceof Model) $ids = (array) $ids->getKey();
-
+	
+		// Generate a new parent query
 		$query = $this->newParentQuery();
-
+		
+		// Generate a new related query instance
+		$related = $this->related->newInstance();
+		
+		// Remove the relation from the related model
+		$related->pull($this->foreignKey, $this->parent->getKey());
+		
 		// If associated IDs were passed to the method we will only delete those
 		// associations, otherwise all of the association ties will be broken.
 		// We'll return the numbers of affected rows when we do the deletes.
diff --git a/tests/RelationsTest.php b/tests/RelationsTest.php
index 6492ecf33..c6b16fbfa 100644
--- a/tests/RelationsTest.php
+++ b/tests/RelationsTest.php
@@ -190,8 +190,8 @@ public function testHasManyAndBelongsToAttachesExistingModels()
         );
 
         $moreClients = array(
-            Client::create(array('name' => 'Boloni Ltd.'))->_id,
-            Client::create(array('name' => 'Meatballs Inc.'))->_id
+            Client::create(array('name' => 'synced Boloni Ltd.'))->_id,
+            Client::create(array('name' => 'synced Meatballs Inc.'))->_id
         );
 
         // Sync multiple records
@@ -209,7 +209,9 @@ public function testHasManyAndBelongsToAttachesExistingModels()
 
         $user = User::with('clients')->find($user->_id);
 
-        // Assert there are now 4 client objects in the relationship
-        $this->assertCount(4, $user->clients);
+        // Assert there are now still 2 client objects in the relationship
+        $this->assertCount(2, $user->clients);
+		$this->assertStringStartsWith('synced', $user->clients[0]->name);
+		$this->assertStringStartsWith('synced', $user->clients[1]->name);
     }
 }