diff --git a/src/controllers/RunnerController.ts b/src/controllers/RunnerController.ts
index 96853cc..0c49bea 100644
--- a/src/controllers/RunnerController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/RunnerController.ts
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ export class RunnerController {
 	@ResponseSchema(RunnerNotFoundError, { statusCode: 404 })
 	@OpenAPI({ description: 'Delete a specified runner (if it exists).' })
 	async remove(@Param('id') id: number, @QueryParam("force") force: boolean) {
-		let runner = await this.runnerRepository.findOne({ id: id });
+		const runner = await this.runnerRepository.findOne({ id: id });
 
 		if (!runner) {
 			throw new RunnerNotFoundError();
diff --git a/src/controllers/RunnerTeamController.ts b/src/controllers/RunnerTeamController.ts
index 6103083..8abc0ff 100644
--- a/src/controllers/RunnerTeamController.ts
+++ b/src/controllers/RunnerTeamController.ts
@@ -4,7 +4,6 @@ import { getConnectionManager, Repository } from 'typeorm';
 import { EntityFromBody } from 'typeorm-routing-controllers-extensions';
 import { RunnerTeamHasRunnersError, RunnerTeamIdsNotMatchingError, RunnerTeamNotFoundError } from '../errors/RunnerTeamErrors';
 import { CreateRunnerTeam } from '../models/creation/CreateRunnerTeam';
-import { Runner } from '../models/entities/Runner';
 import { RunnerTeam } from '../models/entities/RunnerTeam';
 import { ResponseRunnerTeam } from '../models/responses/ResponseRunnerTeam';
 import { RunnerController } from './RunnerController';
@@ -89,21 +88,20 @@ export class RunnerTeamController {
 	@ResponseSchema(RunnerTeamHasRunnersError, { statusCode: 406 })
 	@OpenAPI({ description: 'Delete a specified runnerTeam (if it exists).' })
 	async remove(@Param('id') id: number, @QueryParam("force") force: boolean) {
-		let runnerTeam = await this.runnerTeamRepository.findOne({ id: id }, { relations: ['parentGroup', 'contact'] });
+		let runnerTeam = await this.runnerTeamRepository.findOne({ id: id }, { relations: ['parentGroup', 'contact', 'runners'] });
 
 		if (!runnerTeam) {
 			throw new RunnerTeamNotFoundError();
 		}
 
-		let runners: Runner[] = await runnerTeam.getRunners()
 		if (!force) {
-			if (runners.length != 0) {
+			if (runnerTeam.runners.length != 0) {
 				throw new RunnerTeamHasRunnersError();
 			}
 		}
 		const runnerController = new RunnerController()
-		runners.forEach(runner => {
-			runnerController.remove(runner.id, true)
+		await runnerTeam.runners.forEach(async runner => {
+			await runnerController.remove(runner.id, true);
 		});
 
 		const responseTeam = new ResponseRunnerTeam(runnerTeam);