diff --git a/app/Http/Controllers/TaskStatusController.php b/app/Http/Controllers/TaskStatusController.php
index 4751ee9d0d5a..f83851c9d8f8 100644
--- a/app/Http/Controllers/TaskStatusController.php
+++ b/app/Http/Controllers/TaskStatusController.php
@@ -399,10 +399,10 @@ class TaskStatusController extends BaseController
      */
     public function destroy(DestroyTaskStatusRequest $request, TaskStatus $task_status)
     {
-
-        $this->task_status_repo->delete($task_status);
+        
+        $task_status = $this->task_status_repo->delete($task_status);
      
-        return $this->itemResponse($task_status->fresh());
+        return $this->itemResponse($task_status);
     }
 
     /**
diff --git a/app/Repositories/TaskStatusRepository.php b/app/Repositories/TaskStatusRepository.php
index 6d083fb70804..f1b9d826860e 100644
--- a/app/Repositories/TaskStatusRepository.php
+++ b/app/Repositories/TaskStatusRepository.php
@@ -22,10 +22,10 @@ class TaskStatusRepository extends BaseRepository
 
 	public function delete($task_status)
 	{
-        $task_status = TaskStatus::where('company_id', $task_status->company_id)
+        $ts = TaskStatus::where('company_id', $task_status->company_id)
                                  ->first();
 
-        $new_status = $task_status ? $task_status->id : null;
+        $new_status = $ts ? $ts->id : null;
 
         Task::where('status_id', $task_status->id)
         ->where('company_id', $task_status->company_id)
diff --git a/tests/Feature/TaskStatusApiTest.php b/tests/Feature/TaskStatusApiTest.php
index c93b28d7e346..09f8e0a418c1 100644
--- a/tests/Feature/TaskStatusApiTest.php
+++ b/tests/Feature/TaskStatusApiTest.php
@@ -135,7 +135,7 @@ class TaskStatusApiTest extends TestCase
             ])->delete('/api/v1/task_statuses/'.$this->encodePrimaryKey($this->task_status->id));
 
         $arr = $response->json();
-
+nlog($arr);
         $this->assertTrue($arr['data']['is_deleted']);
     }