diff --git a/src/engine/objects/CharacterItemManager.java b/src/engine/objects/CharacterItemManager.java
index 2905431f..bcd9fe09 100644
--- a/src/engine/objects/CharacterItemManager.java
+++ b/src/engine/objects/CharacterItemManager.java
@@ -1280,8 +1280,11 @@ public class CharacterItemManager {
                 if (ib != null)
                     this.inventoryWeight += ib.getWeight();
             } else{
-                this.inventory.removeAll(purge);
                 i.setNumOfItems(count);
+                for(Item item : purge){
+                    this.delete(item);
+                }
+                this.inventory.removeAll(purge);
                 this.inventory.add(i);
             }
             this.updateInventory();