diff --git a/data/tasks.txt b/data/tasks.txt
index c7b66d940a..e69de29bb2 100644
--- a/data/tasks.txt
+++ b/data/tasks.txt
@@ -1,2 +0,0 @@
-T | 0 | hi
-D | 0 | hii | Jan 01 2109
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/main/java/TaskList.java b/src/main/java/TaskList.java
index b1c2e1d03a..9b0a30549f 100644
--- a/src/main/java/TaskList.java
+++ b/src/main/java/TaskList.java
@@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ public void addTask(Task t) {
     }
 
     public void deleteTask(int num) {
-        Task re = tasks.remove(num - 1);
+        Task re = tasks.remove(num);
         this.storage.rewriteFile(tasks);
         Ui.deleteTask(re, tasks);
     }