diff --git a/app/controllers/hangar/records_controller.rb b/app/controllers/hangar/records_controller.rb
index 0120f40..d7c5fb2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/hangar/records_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/hangar/records_controller.rb
@@ -1,8 +1,11 @@
 module Hangar
   class RecordsController < ActionController::Base
     def delete
-      DatabaseCleaner.clean_with Hangar.clean_strategy, except: Hangar.do_not_delete
-      head :no_content, content_type: "text/html"
+      Hangar.created_data.each do |key, value|
+        value.constantize.delete(key)
+      end
+      Hangar.created_data.clear
+      render json: {"delete": "success"}.to_json, status: 200
     end
   end
 end
diff --git a/app/controllers/hangar/resources_controller.rb b/app/controllers/hangar/resources_controller.rb
index d096bc9..a5a72a2 100644
--- a/app/controllers/hangar/resources_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/hangar/resources_controller.rb
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ class ResourcesController < ActionController::Base
 
     def create
       created = FactoryBot.create resource, *traits, resource_attributes
+      Hangar.created_data[created.id.to_s] = created.model_name.to_s
       render json: created.as_json(include: includes)
     end
 
diff --git a/lib/hangar.rb b/lib/hangar.rb
index 99bc846..fcd190c 100644
--- a/lib/hangar.rb
+++ b/lib/hangar.rb
@@ -6,10 +6,11 @@ module Hangar
   BadEnvironmentError = Class.new(StandardError)
 
   mattr_writer :do_not_delete, :route_namespace
-  mattr_accessor :clean_strategy
+  mattr_accessor :clean_strategy, :created_data
 
   self.clean_strategy = :deletion
   self.route_namespace = nil
+  self.created_data = Hash.new
 
   def self.do_not_delete
     Array.wrap(@@do_not_delete)
@@ -28,7 +29,7 @@ def self.route_namespace
   end
 
   def validate_environment
-    Rails.env.test? or raise BadEnvironmentError, "Hangar should not be used in the #{Rails.env} environment"
+    Rails.env.test? || Rails.env.development? or raise BadEnvironmentError, "Hangar should not be used in the #{Rails.env} environment"
   end
   module_function :validate_environment
 end