diff --git a/src/reqwest.js b/src/reqwest.js
index a20c9d4..da9f09f 100644
--- a/src/reqwest.js
+++ b/src/reqwest.js
@@ -187,7 +187,7 @@
 
     // if we're working on a GET request and we have data then we should append
     // query string to end of URL and not post data
-    if ((o['type'] == 'jsonp' || method == 'GET') && data) {
+    if ((o['type'] == 'jsonp' || method == 'GET' || method == 'DELETE') && data) {
       url = urlappend(url, data)
       data = null
     }
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@
 
     function timedOut() {
       self._timedOut = true
-      self.request.abort()      
+      self.request.abort()
     }
 
     function error(resp, msg, t) {