diff --git a/app/assets/javascripts/answerbox/destroy.coffee b/app/assets/javascripts/answerbox/destroy.coffee
index 4e161823..111d3743 100644
--- a/app/assets/javascripts/answerbox/destroy.coffee
+++ b/app/assets/javascripts/answerbox/destroy.coffee
@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
-$(document).on "click", "button[name=ab-destroy]", ->
+$(document).on "click", "a[data-action=ab-destroy]", (ev) ->
+  ev.preventDefault()
   if confirm 'Are you sure?'
     btn = $(this)
     btn.button "loading"
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_answerbox_buttons.html.haml b/app/views/shared/_answerbox_buttons.html.haml
index 38c7a0ee..11add7d0 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_answerbox_buttons.html.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_answerbox_buttons.html.haml
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     %ul.dropdown-menu.dropdown-menu-right{role: :menu}
       - if privileged? a.user
         %li.text-danger
-          %a{href: '#', name: 'ab-destroy', data: { a_id: a.id }}
+          %a{href: '#', data: { a_id: a.id, action: 'ab-destroy' }}
             %i.fa.fa-trash-o
             Delete
         %li