diff --git a/lib/schedulable/acts_as_schedulable.rb b/lib/schedulable/acts_as_schedulable.rb
index 504990a..9bf0bef 100644
--- a/lib/schedulable/acts_as_schedulable.rb
+++ b/lib/schedulable/acts_as_schedulable.rb
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ def acts_as_schedulable(name, options = {})
           end
           options[:occurrences][:class_name] = occurrences_association.to_s.classify
           options[:occurrences][:as]||= :schedulable
-          options[:occurrences][:dependent]||:destroy
+          options[:occurrences][:dependent]||= :destroy
           options[:occurrences][:autosave]||= true
           
           has_many occurrences_association, options[:occurrences]