diff --git a/app/repositories/orient_db/user_repository.rb b/app/repositories/orient_db/user_repository.rb
index 8068a3f257520146b9ee68607ad1773452c4dca3..d7f3a8787b62443349b0bc558e49d391acded544 100644
--- a/app/repositories/orient_db/user_repository.rb
+++ b/app/repositories/orient_db/user_repository.rb
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ module OrientDb
     end
 
     def destroy_graph_node(user)
-      connection.command sprintf("destroy vertex User WHERE p_id = %d", user.id)
+      connection.command sprintf("delete vertex User WHERE p_id = %d", user.id)
     end
 
     def get_graph_id(user)