diff --git a/graph/bolt/bolt_test.go b/graph/bolt/bolt_test.go
index e72d514..b02a8bd 100644
--- a/graph/bolt/bolt_test.go
+++ b/graph/bolt/bolt_test.go
@@ -465,3 +465,43 @@ func TestOptimize(t *testing.T) {
 		t.Errorf("Discordant tag results, new:%v old:%v", newResults, oldResults)
 	}
 }
+
+func TestDeletedFromIterator(t *testing.T) {
+
+	tmpFile, _ := ioutil.TempFile(os.TempDir(), "cayley_test")
+	t.Log(tmpFile.Name())
+	defer os.RemoveAll(tmpFile.Name())
+	err := createNewBolt(tmpFile.Name(), nil)
+	if err != nil {
+		t.Fatalf("Failed to create working directory")
+	}
+
+	qs, err := newQuadStore(tmpFile.Name(), nil)
+	if qs == nil || err != nil {
+		t.Error("Failed to create leveldb QuadStore.")
+	}
+	defer qs.Close()
+
+	w, _ := writer.NewSingleReplication(qs, nil)
+	w.AddQuadSet(makeQuadSet())
+
+	expect := []quad.Quad{
+		{"E", "follows", "F", ""},
+	}
+	sort.Sort(ordered(expect))
+
+	// Subject iterator.
+	it := qs.QuadIterator(quad.Subject, qs.ValueOf("E"))
+
+	if got := iteratedQuads(qs, it); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, expect) {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to get expected results, got:%v expect:%v", got, expect)
+	}
+	it.Reset()
+
+	w.RemoveQuad(quad.Quad{"E", "follows", "F", ""})
+	expect = nil
+
+	if got := iteratedQuads(qs, it); !reflect.DeepEqual(got, expect) {
+		t.Errorf("Failed to get expected results, got:%v expect:%v", got, expect)
+	}
+}
diff --git a/graph/bolt/iterator.go b/graph/bolt/iterator.go
index 4604531..f732572 100644
--- a/graph/bolt/iterator.go
+++ b/graph/bolt/iterator.go
@@ -135,13 +135,15 @@ func (it *Iterator) Next() bool {
 			b := tx.Bucket(it.bucket)
 			cur := b.Cursor()
 			if last == nil {
-				k, _ := cur.Seek(it.checkID)
+				k, v := cur.Seek(it.checkID)
 				if bytes.HasPrefix(k, it.checkID) {
-					var out []byte
-					out = make([]byte, len(k))
-					copy(out, k)
-					it.buffer = append(it.buffer, out)
-					i++
+					if it.isLiveValue(v) {
+						var out []byte
+						out = make([]byte, len(k))
+						copy(out, k)
+						it.buffer = append(it.buffer, out)
+						i++
+					}
 				} else {
 					it.buffer = append(it.buffer, nil)
 					return errNotExist