diff --git a/docs/changelog.rst b/docs/changelog.rst
index 64047c38..3bca6a17 100644
--- a/docs/changelog.rst
+++ b/docs/changelog.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,9 @@ Changelog
 
 Changes in 0.7.X
 =================
+- Embedded Documents dont care about inheritance
+
+
 - Use weakref proxies in base lists / dicts (MongoEngine/mongoengine#74)
 - Improved queryset filtering (hmarr/mongoengine#554)
 - Fixed Dynamic Documents and Embedded Documents (hmarr/mongoengine#561)
diff --git a/mongoengine/base.py b/mongoengine/base.py
index 6c86506d..a05403db 100644
--- a/mongoengine/base.py
+++ b/mongoengine/base.py
@@ -17,6 +17,12 @@ import pymongo
 from bson import ObjectId
 from bson.dbref import DBRef
 
+ALLOW_INHERITANCE = True
+
+_document_registry = {}
+_class_registry = {}
+
+
 class NotRegistered(Exception):
     pass
 
@@ -111,16 +117,13 @@ class ValidationError(AssertionError):
         return ' '.join(["%s: %s" % (k, v) for k, v in error_dict.iteritems()])
 
 
-_document_registry = {}
-_module_registry = {}
-
-
 def get_document(name):
     doc = _document_registry.get(name, None)
     if not doc:
         # Possible old style names
         end = ".%s" % name
-        possible_match = [k for k in _document_registry.keys() if k.endswith(end)]
+        possible_match = [k for k in _document_registry.keys()
+                          if k.endswith(end)]
         if len(possible_match) == 1:
             doc = _document_registry.get(possible_match.pop(), None)
     if not doc:
@@ -153,7 +156,8 @@ class BaseField(object):
 
     def __init__(self, db_field=None, name=None, required=False, default=None,
                  unique=False, unique_with=None, primary_key=False,
-                 validation=None, choices=None, verbose_name=None, help_text=None):
+                 validation=None, choices=None, verbose_name=None,
+                 help_text=None):
         self.db_field = (db_field or name) if not primary_key else '_id'
         if name:
             msg = "Fields' 'name' attribute deprecated in favour of 'db_field'"
@@ -237,11 +241,15 @@ class BaseField(object):
             value_to_check = value.__class__ if is_cls else value
             err_msg = 'an instance' if is_cls else 'one'
             if isinstance(self.choices[0], (list, tuple)):
-                option_keys = [option_key for option_key, option_value in self.choices]
+                option_keys = [k for k, v in self.choices]
                 if value_to_check not in option_keys:
-                    self.error('Value must be %s of %s' % (err_msg, unicode(option_keys)))
+                    msg = ('Value must be %s of %s' %
+                           (err_msg, unicode(option_keys)))
+                    self.error(msg)
             elif value_to_check not in self.choices:
-                self.error('Value must be %s of %s' % (err_msg, unicode(self.choices)))
+                msg = ('Value must be %s of %s' %
+                       (err_msg, unicode(self.choices)))
+                self.error()
 
         # check validation argument
         if self.validation is not None:
@@ -286,7 +294,8 @@ class ComplexBaseField(BaseField):
         value = super(ComplexBaseField, self).__get__(instance, owner)
 
         # Convert lists / values so we can watch for any changes on them
-        if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)) and not isinstance(value, BaseList):
+        if (isinstance(value, (list, tuple)) and
+            not isinstance(value, BaseList)):
             value = BaseList(value, instance, self.name)
             instance._data[self.name] = value
         elif isinstance(value, dict) and not isinstance(value, BaseDict):
@@ -328,7 +337,8 @@ class ComplexBaseField(BaseField):
                 return value
 
         if self.field:
-            value_dict = dict([(key, self.field.to_python(item)) for key, item in value.items()])
+            value_dict = dict([(key, self.field.to_python(item))
+                                for key, item in value.items()])
         else:
             value_dict = {}
             for k, v in value.items():
@@ -345,7 +355,8 @@ class ComplexBaseField(BaseField):
                     value_dict[k] = self.to_python(v)
 
         if is_list:  # Convert back to a list
-            return [v for k, v in sorted(value_dict.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(0))]
+            return [v for k, v in sorted(value_dict.items(),
+                                         key=operator.itemgetter(0))]
         return value_dict
 
     def to_mongo(self, value):
@@ -368,7 +379,8 @@ class ComplexBaseField(BaseField):
                 return value
 
         if self.field:
-            value_dict = dict([(key, self.field.to_mongo(item)) for key, item in value.items()])
+            value_dict = dict([(key, self.field.to_mongo(item))
+                                for key, item in value.items()])
         else:
             value_dict = {}
             for k, v in value.items():
@@ -381,8 +393,11 @@ class ComplexBaseField(BaseField):
                     # If its a document that is not inheritable it won't have
                     # _types / _cls data so make it a generic reference allows
                     # us to dereference
-                    meta = getattr(v, 'meta', getattr(v, '_meta', {}))
-                    if meta and not meta.get('allow_inheritance', True) and not self.field:
+                    meta = getattr(v, '_meta', {})
+                    allow_inheritance = (
+                        meta.get('allow_inheritance', ALLOW_INHERITANCE)
+                        == False)
+                    if allow_inheritance and not self.field:
                         from fields import GenericReferenceField
                         value_dict[k] = GenericReferenceField().to_mongo(v)
                     else:
@@ -394,7 +409,8 @@ class ComplexBaseField(BaseField):
                     value_dict[k] = self.to_mongo(v)
 
         if is_list:  # Convert back to a list
-            return [v for k, v in sorted(value_dict.items(), key=operator.itemgetter(0))]
+            return [v for k, v in sorted(value_dict.items(),
+                                         key=operator.itemgetter(0))]
         return value_dict
 
     def validate(self, value):
@@ -479,77 +495,25 @@ class DocumentMetaclass(type):
     """
 
     def __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
-
-        def _get_mixin_fields(base):
-            attrs = {}
-            attrs.update(dict([(k, v) for k, v in base.__dict__.items()
-                               if issubclass(v.__class__, BaseField)]))
-
-            # Handle simple mixin's with meta
-            if hasattr(base, 'meta') and not isinstance(base, DocumentMetaclass):
-                meta = attrs.get('meta', {})
-                meta.update(base.meta)
-                attrs['meta'] = meta
-
-            for p_base in base.__bases__:
-                #optimize :-)
-                if p_base in (object, BaseDocument):
-                    continue
-
-                attrs.update(_get_mixin_fields(p_base))
-            return attrs
-
-        metaclass = attrs.get('my_metaclass')
+        bases = cls._get_bases(bases)
         super_new = super(DocumentMetaclass, cls).__new__
+
+        # If a base class just call super
+        metaclass = attrs.get('my_metaclass')
         if metaclass and issubclass(metaclass, DocumentMetaclass):
             return super_new(cls, name, bases, attrs)
 
+        attrs['_is_document'] = attrs.get('_is_document', False)
+
+        # Handle document Fields
+
+        # Merge all fields from subclasses
         doc_fields = {}
-        class_name = [name]
-        superclasses = {}
-        simple_class = True
-        for base in bases:
-            # Include all fields present in superclasses
+        for base in bases[::-1]:
             if hasattr(base, '_fields'):
                 doc_fields.update(base._fields)
-                # Get superclasses from superclass
-                superclasses[base._class_name] = base
-                superclasses.update(base._superclasses)
-            else:  # Add any mixin fields
-                attrs.update(_get_mixin_fields(base))
 
-            if hasattr(base, '_meta') and not base._meta.get('abstract'):
-                # Ensure that the Document class may be subclassed -
-                # inheritance may be disabled to remove dependency on
-                # additional fields _cls and _types
-                class_name.append(base._class_name)
-                if not base._meta.get('allow_inheritance_defined', True):
-                    warnings.warn(
-                        "%s uses inheritance, the default for allow_inheritance "
-                        "is changing to off by default.  Please add it to the "
-                        "document meta." % name,
-                        FutureWarning
-                    )
-                if base._meta.get('allow_inheritance', True) == False:
-                    raise ValueError('Document %s may not be subclassed' %
-                                     base.__name__)
-                else:
-                    simple_class = False
-
-        doc_class_name = '.'.join(reversed(class_name))
-        meta = attrs.get('_meta', {})
-        meta.update(attrs.get('meta', {}))
-
-        if 'allow_inheritance' not in meta:
-            meta['allow_inheritance'] = True
-
-        # Only simple classes - direct subclasses of Document - may set
-        # allow_inheritance to False
-        if not simple_class and not meta['allow_inheritance'] and not meta['abstract']:
-            raise ValueError('Only direct subclasses of Document may set '
-                             '"allow_inheritance" to False')
-
-        # Add the document's fields to the _fields attribute
+        # Discover any document fields
         field_names = {}
         for attr_name, attr_value in attrs.iteritems():
             if not isinstance(attr_value, BaseField):
@@ -559,69 +523,93 @@ class DocumentMetaclass(type):
                 attr_value.db_field = attr_name
             doc_fields[attr_name] = attr_value
 
-            field_names[attr_value.db_field] = field_names.get(attr_value.db_field, 0) + 1
+            # Count names to ensure no db_field redefinitions
+            field_names[attr_value.db_field] = field_names.get(
+                                                    attr_value.db_field, 0) + 1
 
+        # Ensure no duplicate db_fields
         duplicate_db_fields = [k for k, v in field_names.items() if v > 1]
         if duplicate_db_fields:
-            raise InvalidDocumentError("Multiple db_fields defined for: %s " % ", ".join(duplicate_db_fields))
+            msg = ("Multiple db_fields defined for: %s " %
+                   ", ".join(duplicate_db_fields))
+            raise InvalidDocumentError(msg)
+
+        # Set _fields and db_field maps
         attrs['_fields'] = doc_fields
-        attrs['_db_field_map'] = dict([(k, v.db_field) for k, v in doc_fields.items() if k != v.db_field])
-        attrs['_reverse_db_field_map'] = dict([(v, k) for k, v in attrs['_db_field_map'].items()])
-        attrs['_meta'] = meta
-        attrs['_class_name'] = doc_class_name
+        attrs['_db_field_map'] = dict(
+            ((k, v.db_field) for k, v in doc_fields.items()
+             if k != v.db_field))
+        attrs['_reverse_db_field_map'] = dict(
+                (v, k) for k, v in attrs['_db_field_map'].iteritems())
+
+        #
+        # Set document hierarchy
+        #
+        superclasses = {}
+        class_name = [name]
+        for base in bases:
+            if (not getattr(base, '_is_base_cls', True) and
+                not getattr(base, '_meta', {}).get('abstract', True)):
+                # Collate heirarchy for _cls and _types
+                class_name.append(base.__name__)
+
+                # Get superclasses from superclass
+                superclasses[base._class_name] = base
+                superclasses.update(base._superclasses)
+
+        attrs['_class_name'] = '.'.join(reversed(class_name))
         attrs['_superclasses'] = superclasses
 
-        if 'Document' not in _module_registry:
-            from mongoengine.document import Document, EmbeddedDocument
-            from mongoengine.fields import DictField
-            _module_registry['Document'] = Document
-            _module_registry['EmbeddedDocument'] = EmbeddedDocument
-            _module_registry['DictField'] = DictField
-        else:
-            Document = _module_registry.get('Document')
-            EmbeddedDocument = _module_registry.get('EmbeddedDocument')
-            DictField = _module_registry.get('DictField')
-
+        # Create the new_class
         new_class = super_new(cls, name, bases, attrs)
 
+        # Handle delete rules
+        Document, EmbeddedDocument, DictField = cls._import_classes()
         for field in new_class._fields.itervalues():
-            field.owner_document = new_class
-
-            delete_rule = getattr(field, 'reverse_delete_rule', DO_NOTHING)
             f = field
+            f.owner_document = new_class
+            delete_rule = getattr(f, 'reverse_delete_rule', DO_NOTHING)
             if isinstance(f, ComplexBaseField) and hasattr(f, 'field'):
-                delete_rule = getattr(f.field, 'reverse_delete_rule', DO_NOTHING)
+                delete_rule = getattr(f.field,
+                                      'reverse_delete_rule',
+                                      DO_NOTHING)
                 if isinstance(f, DictField) and delete_rule != DO_NOTHING:
-                    raise InvalidDocumentError("Reverse delete rules are not supported for %s (field: %s)" % (field.__class__.__name__, field.name))
+                    msg = ("Reverse delete rules are not supported "
+                           "for %s (field: %s)" %
+                           (field.__class__.__name__, field.name))
+                    raise InvalidDocumentError(msg)
+
                 f = field.field
 
             if delete_rule != DO_NOTHING:
                 if issubclass(new_class, EmbeddedDocument):
-                    raise InvalidDocumentError("Reverse delete rules are not supported for EmbeddedDocuments (field: %s)" % field.name)
-                f.document_type.register_delete_rule(new_class, field.name, delete_rule)
+                    msg = ("Reverse delete rules are not supported for "
+                           "EmbeddedDocuments (field: %s)" % field.name)
+                    raise InvalidDocumentError(msg)
+                f.document_type.register_delete_rule(new_class,
+                                                     field.name, delete_rule)
 
-            if (field.name and
-                hasattr(Document, field.name) and
+            if (field.name and hasattr(Document, field.name) and
                 EmbeddedDocument not in new_class.mro()):
-                raise InvalidDocumentError("%s is a document method and not a valid field name" % field.name)
+                msg = ("%s is a document method and not a valid "
+                       "field name" % field.name)
+                raise InvalidDocumentError(msg)
 
+        # Merge in exceptions with parent hierarchy
+        exceptions_to_merge = (DoesNotExist, MultipleObjectsReturned)
         module = attrs.get('__module__')
+        for exc in exceptions_to_merge:
+            name = exc.__name__
+            parents = tuple(getattr(base, name) for base in bases
+                         if hasattr(base, name)) or (exc,)
+            # Create new exception and set to new_class
+            exception = type(name, parents, {'__module__': module})
+            setattr(new_class, name, exception)
 
-        base_excs = tuple(base.DoesNotExist for base in bases
-                          if hasattr(base, 'DoesNotExist')) or (DoesNotExist,)
-        exc = subclass_exception('DoesNotExist', base_excs, module)
-        new_class.add_to_class('DoesNotExist', exc)
+        # Add class to the _document_registry
+        _document_registry[new_class._class_name] = new_class
 
-        base_excs = tuple(base.MultipleObjectsReturned for base in bases
-                          if hasattr(base, 'MultipleObjectsReturned'))
-        base_excs = base_excs or (MultipleObjectsReturned,)
-        exc = subclass_exception('MultipleObjectsReturned', base_excs, module)
-        new_class.add_to_class('MultipleObjectsReturned', exc)
-
-        global _document_registry
-        _document_registry[doc_class_name] = new_class
-
-        # in Python 2, User-defined methods objects have special read-only
+        # In Python 2, User-defined methods objects have special read-only
         # attributes 'im_func' and 'im_self' which contain the function obj
         # and class instance object respectively.  With Python 3 these special
         # attributes have been replaced by __func__ and __self__.  The Blinker
@@ -633,15 +621,40 @@ class DocumentMetaclass(type):
                 if isinstance(val, classmethod):
                     f = val.__get__(new_class)
                     if hasattr(f, '__func__') and not hasattr(f, 'im_func'):
-                        f.__dict__.update({'im_func':getattr(f, '__func__')})
+                        f.__dict__.update({'im_func': getattr(f, '__func__')})
                     if hasattr(f, '__self__') and not hasattr(f, 'im_self'):
-                        f.__dict__.update({'im_self':getattr(f, '__self__')})
+                        f.__dict__.update({'im_self': getattr(f, '__self__')})
 
         return new_class
 
     def add_to_class(self, name, value):
         setattr(self, name, value)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def _get_bases(cls, bases):
+        if isinstance(bases, BasesTuple):
+            return bases
+        seen = []
+        bases = cls.__get_bases(bases)
+        unique_bases = (b for b in bases if not (b in seen or seen.append(b)))
+        return BasesTuple(unique_bases)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def __get_bases(cls, bases):
+        for base in bases:
+            if base is object:
+                continue
+            yield base
+            for child_base in cls.__get_bases(base.__bases__):
+                yield child_base
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _import_classes(cls):
+        Document = _import_class('Document')
+        EmbeddedDocument = _import_class('EmbeddedDocument')
+        DictField = _import_class('DictField')
+        return (Document, EmbeddedDocument, DictField)
+
 
 class TopLevelDocumentMetaclass(DocumentMetaclass):
     """Metaclass for top-level documents (i.e. documents that have their own
@@ -649,125 +662,157 @@ class TopLevelDocumentMetaclass(DocumentMetaclass):
     """
 
     def __new__(cls, name, bases, attrs):
+
+        bases = cls._get_bases(bases)
         super_new = super(TopLevelDocumentMetaclass, cls).__new__
-        # Classes defined in this package are abstract and should not have
-        # their own metadata with DB collection, etc.
-        # __metaclass__ is only set on the class with the __metaclass__
-        # attribute (i.e. it is not set on subclasses). This differentiates
-        # 'real' documents from the 'Document' class
-        #
-        # Also assume a class is abstract if it has abstract set to True in
-        # its meta dictionary. This allows custom Document superclasses.
-        if (attrs.get('my_metaclass') == TopLevelDocumentMetaclass or
-            ('meta' in attrs and attrs['meta'].get('abstract', False))):
-            # Make sure no base class was non-abstract
-            non_abstract_bases = [b for b in bases
-                if hasattr(b, '_meta') and not b._meta.get('abstract', False)]
-            if non_abstract_bases:
-                raise ValueError("Abstract document cannot have non-abstract base")
+
+        # Set default _meta data if base class, otherwise get user defined meta
+        if (attrs.get('my_metaclass') == TopLevelDocumentMetaclass):
+            # defaults
+            attrs['_meta'] = {
+                'abstract': True,
+                'max_documents': None,
+                'max_size': None,
+                'ordering': [],  # default ordering applied at runtime
+                'indexes': [],  # indexes to be ensured at runtime
+                'id_field': None,
+                'index_background': False,
+                'index_drop_dups': False,
+                'index_opts': None,
+                'delete_rules': None,
+                'allow_inheritance': None,
+            }
+            attrs['_is_base_cls'] = True
+            attrs['_meta'].update(attrs.get('meta', {}))
+        else:
+            attrs['_meta'] = attrs.get('meta', {})
+            # Explictly set abstract to false unless set
+            attrs['_meta']['abstract'] = attrs['_meta'].get('abstract', False)
+            attrs['_is_base_cls'] = False
+
+        # Set flag marking as document class - as opposed to an object mixin
+        attrs['_is_document'] = True
+
+        # Ensure queryset_class is inherited
+        if 'objects' in attrs:
+            manager = attrs['objects']
+            if hasattr(manager, 'queryset_class'):
+                attrs['_meta']['queryset_class'] = manager.queryset_class
+
+        # Clean up top level meta
+        if 'meta' in attrs:
+            del(attrs['meta'])
+
+        # Find the parent document class
+        parent_doc_cls = [b for b in bases
+                        if b.__class__ == TopLevelDocumentMetaclass]
+        parent_doc_cls = None if not parent_doc_cls else parent_doc_cls[0]
+
+        # Prevent classes setting collection different to their parents
+        # If parent wasn't an abstract class
+        if (parent_doc_cls and 'collection' in attrs.get('_meta', {})
+            and not parent_doc_cls._meta.get('abstract', True)):
+                msg = "Trying to set a collection on a subclass (%s)" % name
+                warnings.warn(msg, SyntaxWarning)
+                del(attrs['_meta']['collection'])
+
+        # Ensure abstract documents have abstract bases
+        if attrs.get('_is_base_cls') or attrs['_meta'].get('abstract'):
+            if (parent_doc_cls and
+                not parent_doc_cls._meta.get('abstract', False)):
+                msg = "Abstract document cannot have non-abstract base"
+                raise ValueError(msg)
             return super_new(cls, name, bases, attrs)
 
-        collection = ''.join('_%s' % c if c.isupper() else c for c in name).strip('_').lower()
+        # Merge base class metas.
+        # Uses a special MetaDict that handles various merging rules
+        meta = MetaDict()
+        for base in bases[::-1]:
+            # Add any mixin metadata from plain objects
+            if hasattr(base, 'meta'):
+                meta.merge(base.meta)
+            elif hasattr(base, '_meta'):
+                # Warn if allow_inheritance isn't set and prevent
+                # inheritance of classes where inheritance is set to False
+                allow_inheritance = base._meta.get('allow_inheritance',
+                                                    ALLOW_INHERITANCE)
+                if not base._is_base_cls and allow_inheritance is None:
+                    warnings.warn(
+                        "%s uses inheritance, the default for "
+                        "allow_inheritance is changing to off by default. "
+                        "Please add it to the document meta." % name,
+                        FutureWarning
+                    )
+                elif (allow_inheritance == False and
+                      not base._meta.get('abstract')):
+                    raise ValueError('Document %s may not be subclassed' %
+                                      base.__name__)
+                meta.merge(base._meta)
 
-        id_field = None
-        abstract_base_indexes = []
-        base_indexes = []
-        base_meta = {}
+            # Set collection in the meta if its callable
+            if (getattr(base, '_is_document', False) and
+                not base._meta.get('abstract')):
+                collection = meta.get('collection', None)
+                if callable(collection):
+                    meta['collection'] = collection(base)
 
-        # Subclassed documents inherit collection from superclass
-        for base in bases:
-            if hasattr(base, '_meta'):
-                if 'collection' in attrs.get('meta', {}) and not base._meta.get('abstract', False):
-                    import warnings
-                    msg = "Trying to set a collection on a subclass (%s)" % name
-                    warnings.warn(msg, SyntaxWarning)
-                    del(attrs['meta']['collection'])
-                if base._get_collection_name():
-                    collection = base._get_collection_name()
+            # Standard object mixin - merge in any Fields
+            if not hasattr(base, '_meta'):
+                attrs.update(dict([(k, v) for k, v in base.__dict__.items()
+                               if issubclass(v.__class__, BaseField)]))
 
-                # Propagate inherited values
-                keys_to_propogate = (
-                    'index_background', 'index_drop_dups', 'index_opts',
-                    'allow_inheritance', 'queryset_class', 'db_alias',
-                    'shard_key'
-                )
-                for key in keys_to_propogate:
-                    if key in base._meta:
-                        base_meta[key] = base._meta[key]
+        meta.merge(attrs.get('_meta', {}))  # Top level meta
 
-                id_field = id_field or base._meta.get('id_field')
-                if base._meta.get('abstract', False):
-                    abstract_base_indexes += base._meta.get('indexes', [])
-                else:
-                    base_indexes += base._meta.get('indexes', [])
-            try:
-                base_meta['objects'] = base.__getattribute__(base, 'objects')
-            except TypeError:
-                pass
-            except AttributeError:
-                pass
+        # Only simple classes (direct subclasses of Document)
+        # may set allow_inheritance to False
+        simple_class = all([b._meta.get('abstract')
+                            for b in bases if hasattr(b, '_meta')])
+        if (not simple_class and meta['allow_inheritance'] == False and
+            not meta['abstract']):
+            raise ValueError('Only direct subclasses of Document may set '
+                             '"allow_inheritance" to False')
 
-        # defaults
-        meta = {
-            'abstract': False,
-            'collection': collection,
-            'max_documents': None,
-            'max_size': None,
-            'ordering': [],  # default ordering applied at runtime
-            'indexes': [],  # indexes to be ensured at runtime
-            'id_field': id_field,
-            'index_background': False,
-            'index_drop_dups': False,
-            'index_opts': {},
-            'queryset_class': QuerySet,
-            'delete_rules': {},
-            'allow_inheritance': True
-        }
-
-        allow_inheritance_defined = ('allow_inheritance' in base_meta or
-                                     'allow_inheritance'in attrs.get('meta', {}))
-        meta['allow_inheritance_defined'] = allow_inheritance_defined
-        meta.update(base_meta)
-
-        # Apply document-defined meta options
-        meta.update(attrs.get('meta', {}))
+        # Set default collection name
+        if 'collection' not in meta:
+            meta['collection'] = ''.join('_%s' % c if c.isupper() else c
+                                         for c in name).strip('_').lower()
         attrs['_meta'] = meta
 
-        # Set up collection manager, needs the class to have fields so use
-        # DocumentMetaclass before instantiating CollectionManager object
+        # Call super and get the new class
         new_class = super_new(cls, name, bases, attrs)
 
-        collection = attrs['_meta'].get('collection', None)
-        if callable(collection):
-            new_class._meta['collection'] = collection(new_class)
-
-        # Provide a default queryset unless one has been manually provided
-        manager = attrs.get('objects', meta.get('objects', QuerySetManager()))
-        if hasattr(manager, 'queryset_class'):
-            meta['queryset_class'] = manager.queryset_class
-        new_class.objects = manager
-
-        indicies = list(meta['indexes']) + abstract_base_indexes
-        user_indexes = [QuerySet._build_index_spec(new_class, spec)
-                        for spec in indicies] + base_indexes
-        new_class._meta['indexes'] = user_indexes
+        meta = new_class._meta
 
+        # Set index specifications
+        meta['index_specs'] = [QuerySet._build_index_spec(new_class, spec)
+                           for spec in meta['indexes']]
         unique_indexes = cls._unique_with_indexes(new_class)
         new_class._meta['unique_indexes'] = unique_indexes
 
+        # If collection is a callable - call it and set the value
+        collection = meta.get('collection')
+        if callable(collection):
+            new_class._meta['collection'] = collection(new_class)
+
+        # Provide a default queryset unless one has been set
+        manager = attrs.get('objects', QuerySetManager())
+        new_class.objects = manager
+
+        # Validate the fields and set primary key if needed
         for field_name, field in new_class._fields.iteritems():
-            # Check for custom primary key
             if field.primary_key:
-                current_pk = new_class._meta['id_field']
+                # Ensure only one primary key is set
+                current_pk = new_class._meta.get('id_field')
                 if current_pk and current_pk != field_name:
                     raise ValueError('Cannot override primary key field')
 
+                # Set primary key
                 if not current_pk:
                     new_class._meta['id_field'] = field_name
-                    # Make 'Document.id' an alias to the real primary key field
                     new_class.id = field
 
-        if not new_class._meta['id_field']:
+        # Set primary key if not defined by the document
+        if not new_class._meta.get('id_field'):
             new_class._meta['id_field'] = 'id'
             new_class._fields['id'] = ObjectIdField(db_field='_id')
             new_class.id = new_class._fields['id']
@@ -776,6 +821,9 @@ class TopLevelDocumentMetaclass(DocumentMetaclass):
 
     @classmethod
     def _unique_with_indexes(cls, new_class, namespace=""):
+        """
+        Find and set unique indexes
+        """
         unique_indexes = []
         for field_name, field in new_class._fields.items():
             # Generate a list of indexes needed by uniqueness constraints
@@ -801,18 +849,34 @@ class TopLevelDocumentMetaclass(DocumentMetaclass):
                     unique_fields += unique_with
 
                 # Add the new index to the list
-                index = [("%s%s" % (namespace, f), pymongo.ASCENDING) for f in unique_fields]
+                index = [("%s%s" % (namespace, f), pymongo.ASCENDING)
+                         for f in unique_fields]
                 unique_indexes.append(index)
 
             # Grab any embedded document field unique indexes
-            if field.__class__.__name__ == "EmbeddedDocumentField" and field.document_type != new_class:
+            if (field.__class__.__name__ == "EmbeddedDocumentField" and
+                field.document_type != new_class):
                 field_namespace = "%s." % field_name
                 unique_indexes += cls._unique_with_indexes(field.document_type,
-                                    field_namespace)
+                                                           field_namespace)
 
         return unique_indexes
 
 
+class MetaDict(dict):
+    """Custom dictionary for meta classes.
+    Handles the merging of set indexes
+    """
+    _merge_options = ('indexes',)
+
+    def merge(self, new_options):
+        for k, v in new_options.iteritems():
+            if k in self._merge_options:
+                self[k] = self.get(k, []) + v
+            else:
+                self[k] = v
+
+
 class BaseDocument(object):
 
     _dynamic = False
@@ -877,10 +941,11 @@ class BaseDocument(object):
                 self._data[name] = value
                 if hasattr(self, '_changed_fields'):
                     self._mark_as_changed(name)
-
-        if not self._created and name in self._meta.get('shard_key', tuple()):
-            from queryset import OperationError
-            raise OperationError("Shard Keys are immutable. Tried to update %s" % name)
+        if (self._is_document and not self._created and
+            name in self._meta.get('shard_key', tuple())):
+            OperationError = _import_class('OperationError')
+            msg = "Shard Keys are immutable. Tried to update %s" % name
+            raise OperationError(msg)
 
         super(BaseDocument, self).__setattr__(name, value)
 
@@ -912,7 +977,8 @@ class BaseDocument(object):
             value = data
 
         # Convert lists / values so we can watch for any changes on them
-        if isinstance(value, (list, tuple)) and not isinstance(value, BaseList):
+        if (isinstance(value, (list, tuple)) and
+            not isinstance(value, BaseList)):
             value = BaseList(value, self, name)
         elif isinstance(value, dict) and not isinstance(value, BaseDict):
             value = BaseDict(value, self, name)
@@ -953,7 +1019,7 @@ class BaseDocument(object):
                 data[field.db_field] = field.to_mongo(value)
         # Only add _cls and _types if allow_inheritance is not False
         if not (hasattr(self, '_meta') and
-                self._meta.get('allow_inheritance', True) == False):
+           self._meta.get('allow_inheritance', ALLOW_INHERITANCE) == False):
             data['_cls'] = self._class_name
             data['_types'] = self._superclasses.keys() + [self._class_name]
         if '_id' in data and data['_id'] is None:
@@ -1012,9 +1078,11 @@ class BaseDocument(object):
                     changed_fields.append(field_name)
 
         if errors_dict:
-            errors = "\n".join(["%s - %s" % (k, v) for k, v in errors_dict.items()])
-            raise InvalidDocumentError("""
-Invalid data to create a `%s` instance.\n%s""".strip() % (cls._class_name, errors))
+            errors = "\n".join(["%s - %s" % (k, v)
+                     for k, v in errors_dict.items()])
+            msg = ("Invalid data to create a `%s` instance.\n%s"
+                   % (cls._class_name, errors))
+            raise InvalidDocumentError(msg)
 
         if PY25:
             data = dict([(str(k), v) for k, v in data.items()])
@@ -1029,7 +1097,8 @@ Invalid data to create a `%s` instance.\n%s""".strip() % (cls._class_name, error
         if not key:
             return
         key = self._db_field_map.get(key, key)
-        if hasattr(self, '_changed_fields') and key not in self._changed_fields:
+        if (hasattr(self, '_changed_fields') and
+            key not in self._changed_fields):
             self._changed_fields.append(key)
 
     def _get_changed_fields(self, key='', inspected=None):
@@ -1059,9 +1128,14 @@ Invalid data to create a `%s` instance.\n%s""".strip() % (cls._class_name, error
                     continue
                 inspected.add(field.id)
 
-            if isinstance(field, (EmbeddedDocument, DynamicEmbeddedDocument)) and db_field_name not in _changed_fields:  # Grab all embedded fields that have been changed
-                _changed_fields += ["%s%s" % (key, k) for k in field._get_changed_fields(key, inspected) if k]
-            elif isinstance(field, (list, tuple, dict)) and db_field_name not in _changed_fields:  # Loop list / dict fields as they contain documents
+            if (isinstance(field, (EmbeddedDocument, DynamicEmbeddedDocument))
+               and db_field_name not in _changed_fields):
+                 # Find all embedded fields that have been changed
+                changed = field._get_changed_fields(key, inspected)
+                _changed_fields += ["%s%s" % (key, k) for k in changed if k]
+            elif (isinstance(field, (list, tuple, dict)) and
+                    db_field_name not in _changed_fields):
+                # Loop list / dict fields as they contain documents
                 # Determine the iterator to use
                 if not hasattr(field, 'items'):
                     iterator = enumerate(field)
@@ -1071,7 +1145,9 @@ Invalid data to create a `%s` instance.\n%s""".strip() % (cls._class_name, error
                     if not hasattr(value, '_get_changed_fields'):
                         continue
                     list_key = "%s%s." % (key, index)
-                    _changed_fields += ["%s%s" % (list_key, k) for k in value._get_changed_fields(list_key, inspected) if k]
+                    changed = value._get_changed_fields(list_key, inspected)
+                    _changed_fields += ["%s%s" % (list_key, k)
+                                        for k in changed if k]
         return _changed_fields
 
     def _delta(self):
@@ -1113,7 +1189,8 @@ Invalid data to create a `%s` instance.\n%s""".strip() % (cls._class_name, error
 
             # If we've set a value that ain't the default value dont unset it.
             default = None
-            if self._dynamic and len(parts) and parts[0] in self._dynamic_fields:
+            if (self._dynamic and len(parts) and
+                parts[0] in self._dynamic_fields):
                 del(set_data[path])
                 unset_data[path] = 1
                 continue
@@ -1126,7 +1203,8 @@ Invalid data to create a `%s` instance.\n%s""".strip() % (cls._class_name, error
                 for p in parts:
                     if p.isdigit():
                         d = d[int(p)]
-                    elif hasattr(d, '__getattribute__') and not isinstance(d, dict):
+                    elif (hasattr(d, '__getattribute__') and
+                          not isinstance(d, dict)):
                         real_path = d._reverse_db_field_map.get(p, p)
                         d = getattr(d, real_path)
                     else:
@@ -1172,7 +1250,8 @@ Invalid data to create a `%s` instance.\n%s""".strip() % (cls._class_name, error
         return geo_indices
 
     def __getstate__(self):
-        removals = ["get_%s_display" % k for k, v in self._fields.items() if v.choices]
+        removals = ("get_%s_display" % k
+                    for k, v in self._fields.items() if v.choices)
         for k in removals:
             if hasattr(self, k):
                 delattr(self, k)
@@ -1183,9 +1262,12 @@ Invalid data to create a `%s` instance.\n%s""".strip() % (cls._class_name, error
         self.__set_field_display()
 
     def __set_field_display(self):
+        """Dynamically set the display value for a field with choices"""
         for attr_name, field in self._fields.items():
-            if field.choices:  # dynamically adds a way to get the display value for a field with choices
-                setattr(self, 'get_%s_display' % attr_name, partial(self.__get_field_display, field=field))
+            if field.choices:
+                setattr(self,
+                        'get_%s_display' % attr_name,
+                        partial(self.__get_field_display, field=field))
 
     def __get_field_display(self, field):
         """Returns the display value for a choice field"""
@@ -1257,6 +1339,11 @@ Invalid data to create a `%s` instance.\n%s""".strip() % (cls._class_name, error
             return hash(self.pk)
 
 
+class BasesTuple(tuple):
+    """Special class to handle introspection of bases tuple in __new__"""
+    pass
+
+
 class BaseList(list):
     """A special list so we can watch any changes
     """
@@ -1378,5 +1465,18 @@ class BaseDict(dict):
             self._instance._mark_as_changed(self._name)
 
 
-def subclass_exception(name, parents, module):
-    return type(name, parents, {'__module__': module})
+def _import_class(cls_name):
+    """Cached mechanism for imports"""
+    if cls_name in _class_registry:
+        return _class_registry.get(cls_name)
+    if cls_name == 'Document':
+        from mongoengine.document import Document as cls
+    elif cls_name == 'EmbeddedDocument':
+        from mongoengine.document import EmbeddedDocument as cls
+    elif cls_name == 'DictField':
+        from mongoengine.fields import DictField as cls
+    elif cls_name == 'OperationError':
+        from queryset import OperationError as cls
+
+    _class_registry[cls_name] = cls
+    return cls
diff --git a/mongoengine/document.py b/mongoengine/document.py
index 46111be8..f6b0b511 100644
--- a/mongoengine/document.py
+++ b/mongoengine/document.py
@@ -360,7 +360,9 @@ class Document(BaseDocument):
         """This method registers the delete rules to apply when removing this
         object.
         """
-        cls._meta['delete_rules'][(document_cls, field_name)] = rule
+        delete_rules = cls._meta.get('delete_rules') or {}
+        delete_rules[(document_cls, field_name)] = rule
+        cls._meta['delete_rules'] = delete_rules
 
     @classmethod
     def drop_collection(cls):
@@ -392,6 +394,7 @@ class DynamicDocument(Document):
     __metaclass__ = TopLevelDocumentMetaclass
 
     _dynamic = True
+    meta = {'abstract': True}
 
     def __delattr__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         """Deletes the attribute by setting to None and allowing _delta to unset
diff --git a/mongoengine/fields.py b/mongoengine/fields.py
index 448b0c6a..42025134 100644
--- a/mongoengine/fields.py
+++ b/mongoengine/fields.py
@@ -747,7 +747,6 @@ class ReferenceField(BaseField):
     def prepare_query_value(self, op, value):
         if value is None:
             return None
-
         return self.to_mongo(value)
 
     def validate(self, value):
diff --git a/mongoengine/queryset.py b/mongoengine/queryset.py
index dbd8ad46..446a42ab 100644
--- a/mongoengine/queryset.py
+++ b/mongoengine/queryset.py
@@ -352,7 +352,7 @@ class QuerySet(object):
 
         # If inheritance is allowed, only return instances and instances of
         # subclasses of the class being used
-        if document._meta.get('allow_inheritance'):
+        if document._meta.get('allow_inheritance') != False:
             self._initial_query = {'_types': self._document._class_name}
             self._loaded_fields = QueryFieldList(always_include=['_cls'])
         self._cursor_obj = None
@@ -442,7 +442,7 @@ class QuerySet(object):
         """
         background = self._document._meta.get('index_background', False)
         drop_dups = self._document._meta.get('index_drop_dups', False)
-        index_opts = self._document._meta.get('index_opts', {})
+        index_opts = self._document._meta.get('index_opts') or {}
         index_types = self._document._meta.get('index_types', True)
 
         # determine if an index which we are creating includes
@@ -450,6 +450,7 @@ class QuerySet(object):
         # an extra index on _type, as mongodb will use the existing
         # index to service queries against _type
         types_indexed = False
+
         def includes_types(fields):
             first_field = None
             if len(fields):
@@ -466,8 +467,8 @@ class QuerySet(object):
                 background=background, drop_dups=drop_dups, **index_opts)
 
         # Ensure document-defined indexes are created
-        if self._document._meta['indexes']:
-            for spec in self._document._meta['indexes']:
+        if self._document._meta['index_specs']:
+            for spec in self._document._meta['index_specs']:
                 types_indexed = types_indexed or includes_types(spec['fields'])
                 opts = index_opts.copy()
                 opts['unique'] = spec.get('unique', False)
@@ -498,7 +499,10 @@ class QuerySet(object):
 
         index_list = []
         direction = None
-        use_types = doc_cls._meta.get('allow_inheritance', True)
+
+        allow_inheritance = doc_cls._meta.get('allow_inheritance') != False
+        use_types = allow_inheritance
+
         for key in spec['fields']:
             # Get ASCENDING direction from +, DESCENDING from -, and GEO2D from *
             direction = pymongo.ASCENDING
@@ -516,7 +520,8 @@ class QuerySet(object):
                 key = '_id'
             else:
                 fields = QuerySet._lookup_field(doc_cls, parts)
-                parts = [field if field == '_id' else field.db_field for field in fields]
+                parts = [field if field == '_id' else field.db_field
+                         for field in fields]
                 key = '.'.join(parts)
             index_list.append((key, direction))
 
@@ -530,8 +535,9 @@ class QuerySet(object):
 
         # If _types is being used, prepend it to every specified index
         index_types = doc_cls._meta.get('index_types', True)
-        allow_inheritance = doc_cls._meta.get('allow_inheritance')
-        if spec.get('types', index_types) and allow_inheritance and use_types and direction is not pymongo.GEO2D:
+
+        if (spec.get('types', index_types) and allow_inheritance and use_types
+            and direction is not pymongo.GEO2D):
             index_list.insert(0, ('_types', 1))
 
         spec['fields'] = index_list
@@ -1329,9 +1335,10 @@ class QuerySet(object):
         """
         doc = self._document
 
+        delete_rules = doc._meta.get('delete_rules') or {}
         # Check for DENY rules before actually deleting/nullifying any other
         # references
-        for rule_entry in doc._meta['delete_rules']:
+        for rule_entry in delete_rules:
             document_cls, field_name = rule_entry
             rule = doc._meta['delete_rules'][rule_entry]
             if rule == DENY and document_cls.objects(**{field_name + '__in': self}).count() > 0:
@@ -1339,12 +1346,14 @@ class QuerySet(object):
                         (document_cls.__name__, field_name)
                 raise OperationError(msg)
 
-        for rule_entry in doc._meta['delete_rules']:
+        for rule_entry in delete_rules:
             document_cls, field_name = rule_entry
             rule = doc._meta['delete_rules'][rule_entry]
             if rule == CASCADE:
                 ref_q = document_cls.objects(**{field_name + '__in': self})
-                if doc != document_cls or (doc == document_cls and ref_q.count() > 0):
+                ref_q_count = ref_q.count()
+                if (doc != document_cls and ref_q_count > 0
+                    or (doc == document_cls and ref_q_count > 0)):
                     ref_q.delete(safe=safe)
             elif rule == NULLIFY:
                 document_cls.objects(**{field_name + '__in': self}).update(
@@ -1915,7 +1924,7 @@ class QuerySetManager(object):
             return self
 
         # owner is the document that contains the QuerySetManager
-        queryset_class = owner._meta['queryset_class'] or QuerySet
+        queryset_class = owner._meta.get('queryset_class') or QuerySet
         queryset = queryset_class(owner, owner._get_collection())
         if self.get_queryset:
             arg_count = self.get_queryset.func_code.co_argcount
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index f28e6687..d95a9176 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 [nosetests]
-verbosity = 2
+verbosity = 3
 detailed-errors = 1
 #with-coverage = 1
 #cover-erase = 1
@@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ detailed-errors = 1
 #cover-package = mongoengine
 py3where = build
 where = tests
-#tests = test_bugfix.py
\ No newline at end of file
+#tests =  test_bugfix.py
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tests/test_django.py b/tests/test_django.py
index 678d7cfe..398fd3e0 100644
--- a/tests/test_django.py
+++ b/tests/test_django.py
@@ -18,8 +18,8 @@ try:
     from mongoengine.django.sessions import SessionStore, MongoSession
 except Exception, err:
     if PY3:
-        SessionTestsMixin = type #dummy value so no error
-        SessionStore = None #dummy value so no error
+        SessionTestsMixin = type  # dummy value so no error
+        SessionStore = None  # dummy value so no error
     else:
         raise err
 
diff --git a/tests/test_document.py b/tests/test_document.py
index 8654e3f8..da329ca5 100644
--- a/tests/test_document.py
+++ b/tests/test_document.py
@@ -387,19 +387,6 @@ class DocumentTest(unittest.TestCase):
                 meta = {'allow_inheritance': False}
         self.assertRaises(ValueError, create_employee_class)
 
-        # Test the same for embedded documents
-        class Comment(EmbeddedDocument):
-            content = StringField()
-            meta = {'allow_inheritance': False}
-
-        def create_special_comment():
-            class SpecialComment(Comment):
-                pass
-        self.assertRaises(ValueError, create_special_comment)
-
-        comment = Comment(content='test')
-        self.assertFalse('_cls' in comment.to_mongo())
-        self.assertFalse('_types' in comment.to_mongo())
 
     def test_allow_inheritance_abstract_document(self):
         """Ensure that abstract documents can set inheritance rules and that
@@ -491,9 +478,20 @@ class DocumentTest(unittest.TestCase):
         """Ensure that a document superclass can be marked as abstract
         thereby not using it as the name for the collection."""
 
+        defaults = {'index_background': True,
+                    'index_drop_dups': True,
+                    'index_opts': {'hello': 'world'},
+                    'allow_inheritance': True,
+                    'queryset_class': 'QuerySet',
+                    'db_alias': 'myDB',
+                    'shard_key': ('hello', 'world')}
+
+        meta_settings = {'abstract': True}
+        meta_settings.update(defaults)
+
         class Animal(Document):
             name = StringField()
-            meta = {'abstract': True}
+            meta = meta_settings
 
         class Fish(Animal): pass
         class Guppy(Fish): pass
@@ -502,6 +500,10 @@ class DocumentTest(unittest.TestCase):
             meta = {'abstract': True}
         class Human(Mammal): pass
 
+        for k, v in defaults.iteritems():
+            for cls in [Animal, Fish, Guppy]:
+                self.assertEqual(cls._meta[k], v)
+
         self.assertFalse('collection' in Animal._meta)
         self.assertFalse('collection' in Mammal._meta)
 
@@ -564,6 +566,7 @@ class DocumentTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         class Drink(Document):
             name = StringField()
+            meta = {'allow_inheritance': True}
 
         class Drinker(Document):
             drink = GenericReferenceField()
@@ -799,7 +802,6 @@ class DocumentTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
             user_guid = StringField(required=True)
 
-
         class Person(UserBase):
             meta = {
                 'indexes': ['name'],
@@ -1325,7 +1327,6 @@ class DocumentTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         self.assertTrue('content' in Comment._fields)
         self.assertFalse('id' in Comment._fields)
-        self.assertFalse('collection' in Comment._meta)
 
     def test_embedded_document_validation(self):
         """Ensure that embedded documents may be validated.
@@ -2504,32 +2505,24 @@ class DocumentTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
     def test_mixins_dont_add_to_types(self):
 
-        class Bob(Document): name = StringField()
-
-        Bob.drop_collection()
-
-        p = Bob(name="Rozza")
-        p.save()
-        Bob.drop_collection()
+        class Mixin(object):
+            name = StringField()
 
         class Person(Document, Mixin):
             pass
 
         Person.drop_collection()
 
-        p = Person(name="Rozza")
-        p.save()
-        self.assertEqual(p._fields.keys(), ['name', 'id'])
+        self.assertEqual(Person._fields.keys(), ['name', 'id'])
+
+        Person(name="Rozza").save()
 
         collection = self.db[Person._get_collection_name()]
         obj = collection.find_one()
         self.assertEqual(obj['_cls'], 'Person')
         self.assertEqual(obj['_types'], ['Person'])
 
-
-
         self.assertEqual(Person.objects.count(), 1)
-        rozza = Person.objects.get(name="Rozza")
 
         Person.drop_collection()
 
@@ -2668,16 +2661,18 @@ class DocumentTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(len(BlogPost.objects), 0)
 
     def test_reverse_delete_rule_cascade_and_nullify_complex_field(self):
-        """Ensure that a referenced document is also deleted upon deletion.
+        """Ensure that a referenced document is also deleted upon deletion for
+        complex fields.
         """
 
-        class BlogPost(Document):
+        class BlogPost2(Document):
             content = StringField()
             authors = ListField(ReferenceField(self.Person, reverse_delete_rule=CASCADE))
             reviewers = ListField(ReferenceField(self.Person, reverse_delete_rule=NULLIFY))
 
         self.Person.drop_collection()
-        BlogPost.drop_collection()
+
+        BlogPost2.drop_collection()
 
         author = self.Person(name='Test User')
         author.save()
@@ -2685,18 +2680,19 @@ class DocumentTest(unittest.TestCase):
         reviewer = self.Person(name='Re Viewer')
         reviewer.save()
 
-        post = BlogPost(content= 'Watched some TV')
+        post = BlogPost2(content='Watched some TV')
         post.authors = [author]
         post.reviewers = [reviewer]
         post.save()
 
+        # Deleting the reviewer should have no effect on the BlogPost2
         reviewer.delete()
-        self.assertEqual(len(BlogPost.objects), 1)  # No effect on the BlogPost
-        self.assertEqual(BlogPost.objects.get().reviewers, [])
+        self.assertEqual(len(BlogPost2.objects), 1)
+        self.assertEqual(BlogPost2.objects.get().reviewers, [])
 
         # Delete the Person, which should lead to deletion of the BlogPost, too
         author.delete()
-        self.assertEqual(len(BlogPost.objects), 0)
+        self.assertEqual(len(BlogPost2.objects), 0)
 
     def test_two_way_reverse_delete_rule(self):
         """Ensure that Bi-Directional relationships work with
@@ -3074,7 +3070,7 @@ class DocumentTest(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual('testdb-1', B._meta.get('db_alias'))
 
     def test_db_ref_usage(self):
-        """ DB Ref usage in __raw__ queries """
+        """ DB Ref usage  in dict_fields"""
 
         class User(Document):
             name = StringField()
@@ -3216,7 +3212,6 @@ class ValidatorErrorTest(unittest.TestCase):
         one = Doc.objects.filter(**{'hello world': 1}).count()
         self.assertEqual(1, one)
 
-
     def test_fields_rewrite(self):
         class BasePerson(Document):
             name = StringField()
@@ -3226,7 +3221,6 @@ class ValidatorErrorTest(unittest.TestCase):
         class Person(BasePerson):
             name = StringField(required=True)
 
-
         p = Person(age=15)
         self.assertRaises(ValidationError, p.validate)
 
diff --git a/tests/test_queryset.py b/tests/test_queryset.py
index 979dc6f1..591a82ac 100644
--- a/tests/test_queryset.py
+++ b/tests/test_queryset.py
@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ class QuerySetTest(unittest.TestCase):
             name = StringField()
             age = IntField()
             meta = {'allow_inheritance': True}
+
+        Person.drop_collection()
         self.Person = Person
 
     def test_initialisation(self):