diff --git a/app/assets/templates/header_tpl.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/header_tpl.jst.hbs
index dc713f535..9733982ed 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/header_tpl.jst.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/templates/header_tpl.jst.hbs
@@ -98,7 +98,7 @@
     {{#if current_user.admin}}
       <li><a href="/admins/user_search">{{t "header.admin"}}</a></li>
     {{/if}}
-    <li><a href="/users/sign_out">{{t "header.log_out"}}</a></li>
+    <li><a href="/users/sign_out" data-method="delete">{{t "header.log_out"}}</a></li>
   </ul>
 
 
diff --git a/app/assets/templates/stream_tpl.jst.hbs b/app/assets/templates/stream_tpl.jst.hbs
index cccb849a1..c3fb636a8 100644
--- a/app/assets/templates/stream_tpl.jst.hbs
+++ b/app/assets/templates/stream_tpl.jst.hbs
@@ -27,7 +27,7 @@
                     </span>
                 </a>
 
-                <a href="/users/sign_out" title="Log out" id="logout-button">
+                <a href="/users/sign_out" data-method="delete" title="Log out" id="logout-button">
                     <span class="label label-inverse">
                         <i class="icon-off icon-white"></i>
                     </span>
@@ -72,4 +72,4 @@
             </div>
         </div>
     </div>
-</div>
\ No newline at end of file
+</div>
diff --git a/app/views/shared/_footer.mobile.haml b/app/views/shared/_footer.mobile.haml
index a35b88cdf..a6cb9e83f 100644
--- a/app/views/shared/_footer.mobile.haml
+++ b/app/views/shared/_footer.mobile.haml
@@ -3,4 +3,4 @@
     = link_to current_user.name, current_user.person
   = link_to t('layouts.header.settings'), users_edit_path
   = link_to t('layouts.application.toggle'), toggle_mobile_path
-  = link_to t('layouts.header.logout'), destroy_user_session_path
+  = link_to t('layouts.header.logout'), destroy_user_session_path, method: :delete
diff --git a/config/initializers/devise.rb b/config/initializers/devise.rb
index 0ce5acae5..0f238c1d1 100644
--- a/config/initializers/devise.rb
+++ b/config/initializers/devise.rb
@@ -159,5 +159,8 @@ Devise.setup do |config|
   #   end
   #   manager.default_strategies(:scope => :user).unshift :twitter_oauth
   # end
+  
+  # Sign out via a DELETE request
+  config.sign_out_via = :delete
 end