diff --git a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
index c189b519..231960ef 100644
--- a/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
+++ b/app/controllers/projects_controller.rb
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class ProjectsController < ApplicationController
 
   # DELETE /projects/1 or /projects/1.json
   def destroy
-    @project.destroy!
+    Projects::DestroyJob.perform_later(@project)
     respond_to do |format|
       format.html { redirect_to projects_url, status: :see_other, notice: "Project was successfully destroyed." }
       format.json { head :no_content }
diff --git a/app/jobs/projects/destroy_job.rb b/app/jobs/projects/destroy_job.rb
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..54757b17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/jobs/projects/destroy_job.rb
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+
+class Projects::DestroyJob < ApplicationJob
+
+  def perform(project)
+    kubeconfig = project.cluster.kubeconfig
+    kubectl = K8::Kubectl.new(kubeconfig)
+
+    kubectl.call("delete namespace #{project.name}")
+
+    project.destroy!
+  end
+end