diff --git a/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects_controller.rb
index 47809f9a5a0563862feb38b197cd386aed59d2bf..2815773e2accb1338ea36b1db9fea30d046677db 100644
--- a/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/v1/learning_objects_controller.rb
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class V1::LearningObjectsController < ApplicationController
   # DELETE /learning_objects/1
   # DELETE /learning_objects/1.json
   def destroy
-    LearningObject.destroy(@learning_object)
+    @learning_object.destroy
     render status: :ok
   end
 
diff --git a/db/migrate/20170525120237_add_learning_objects_count_to_institutions.rb b/db/migrate/20170525120237_add_learning_objects_count_to_institutions.rb
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..e8f42351b6122341a8a1a3d00fd0860f8405bbc4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/db/migrate/20170525120237_add_learning_objects_count_to_institutions.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+class AddLearningObjectsCountToInstitutions < ActiveRecord::Migration[5.0]
+  def change
+    add_column :institutions, :learning_objects_count, :integer, default: 0
+  end
+end
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