diff --git a/app/crawler/notea_test.sh b/app/crawler/.notea_test.sh
similarity index 100%
rename from app/crawler/notea_test.sh
rename to app/crawler/.notea_test.sh
diff --git a/app/crawler/notnotea.sh b/app/crawler/notnotea.sh
index facd131..476760a 100644
--- a/app/crawler/notnotea.sh
+++ b/app/crawler/notnotea.sh
@@ -22,9 +22,6 @@ notnotea() (
 	}
 
 	_recurse_ids() {
-		_echo() {
-			echo "$*" || true
-		}
 		local prefix="$1"
 		local json="$2"
 		local b64lines="$(echo "$json" | jq -r '.Branches | keys[]' | base64)"
@@ -35,31 +32,31 @@ notnotea() (
 			line="$(echo "$line" | base64 --decode)"
 			local subfix="$(printf "%s/%s" "$prefix" "$line")"
 			subfix="${subfix#/}"
-			_echo "$subfix"
+			if ! _is_deleted "$subfix"; then
+				echo "$subfix"
+			fi
 			_recurse_ids "$subfix" "$(echo "$json" | jq ".Branches.$line")"
 		done
 	}
 
    meta() {
-		local key="$1"
-		key="${key//\//.Branches.}"
-		_tree | jq -c ".Branches.$key.Leaf"
+		local id="$1"
+		id="${id//\//.Branches.}"
+		_tree | jq -c ".Branches.$id.Leaf"
    }
 
    _is_deleted() {
-      local id="$1"
-      if [ "$id" == "root" ] || [ "$id" == "null" ]; then
-         return 1
-      fi
-      local meta="$(meta "$id")"
-      if echo "$meta" | jq .deleted | grep -q 1; then
-         return 0
-      fi
-      local pid="$(echo "$meta" | jq -r .pid)"
-      if [ -z "$pid" ]; then
-         return 0
-      fi
-      _is_deleted "$pid"
+		local id="$1"
+		while [ -n "$id" ]; do
+			if meta "$id" | jq .Deleted | grep -q true; then
+				return 0
+			fi
+			if [ "$id" == "${id%/*}" ]; then
+				return 1
+			fi
+			id="${id%/*}"
+		done
+		return 1
    }
 
    _tree_ids() {
diff --git a/app/crawler/notnotea_test.sh b/app/crawler/notnotea_test.sh
index 9241630..0dce194 100644
--- a/app/crawler/notnotea_test.sh
+++ b/app/crawler/notnotea_test.sh
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #! /bin/bash
 
-test__recurse_ids() {
+test_ids() {
 	local two_levels='{
 		"Branches": {
 			"id": {
@@ -12,9 +12,13 @@ test__recurse_ids() {
 			}
 		}
 	}'
-	(notnotea _recurse_ids "" "$two_levels"; true) | grep -q '^id$' || return 101
-	(notnotea _recurse_ids "" "$two_levels"; true) | tail -n 1 | grep -q '^id\/subid$' || return 102
-	notnotea _recurse_ids "" "$two_levels" | wc -l | grep -q 2 || return 103
+	notnotea eval "$(cat <<EOF
+		_tree() { echo '$two_levels'; true; }
+		(ids; true) | grep '^id$' > /dev/null || return 101
+		(ids; true) | grep '^id\/subid$' > /dev/null || return 102
+		ids | wc -l | grep 2 > /dev/null || return 103
+EOF
+)"
 }
 
 test_meta() {
@@ -33,8 +37,30 @@ test_meta() {
 	}'
    notnotea eval "$(cat <<EOF
 		_tree() { echo '$two_levels'; }
-		meta id | jq .Title | grep -q top.level || return 101
-		meta id/subid | jq .Title | grep -q sub.level || return 102
+		meta id | jq .Title | grep -q top.level || return 201
+		meta id/subid | jq .Title | grep -q sub.level || return 202
+EOF
+	)"
+}
+
+test__is_deleted() {
+	local two_levels='{
+		"Branches": {
+			"id": {
+				"Leaf": {"Title": "top level", "Deleted": true},
+				"Branches": {
+					"subid": {
+						"Leaf": {"Title": "sub level"},
+						"Branches": {}
+					}
+				}
+			}
+		}
+	}'
+   notnotea eval "$(cat <<EOF
+		_tree() { echo '$two_levels'; }
+		_is_deleted id || return 301
+		_is_deleted id/subid || return 302
 EOF
 	)"
 }