diff --git a/mongoengine/document.py b/mongoengine/document.py
index e26c5ed0..d7154404 100644
--- a/mongoengine/document.py
+++ b/mongoengine/document.py
@@ -67,8 +67,6 @@ class Document(BaseDocument):
     def reload(self):
         """Reloads all attributes from the database.
         """
-        #object_id = self._fields['id'].to_mongo(self.id)
-        #obj = self.__class__.objects(id=object_id).first()
         obj = self.__class__.objects(id=self.id).first()
         for field in self._fields:
             setattr(self, field, getattr(obj, field))
diff --git a/mongoengine/queryset.py b/mongoengine/queryset.py
index 75a92751..96c23594 100644
--- a/mongoengine/queryset.py
+++ b/mongoengine/queryset.py
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ class QuerySet(object):
             self._query = {'_types': self._document._class_name}
         self._cursor_obj = None
         
-    def ensure_index(self, key_or_list, direction=None):
+    def ensure_index(self, key_or_list):
         """Ensure that the given indexes are in place.
         """
         if isinstance(key_or_list, basestring):
diff --git a/tests/document.py b/tests/document.py
index 47d9c5c4..a6abca89 100644
--- a/tests/document.py
+++ b/tests/document.py
@@ -221,6 +221,32 @@ class DocumentTest(unittest.TestCase):
 
         Log.drop_collection()
 
+    def test_indexes(self):
+        """Ensure that indexes are used when meta[indexes] is specified.
+        """
+        class BlogPost(Document):
+            date = DateTimeField(default=datetime.datetime.now)
+            category = StringField()
+            meta = {
+                'indexes': [
+                    '-date', 
+                    ('category', '-date')
+                ],
+            }
+
+        BlogPost.drop_collection()
+
+        info = BlogPost.objects._collection.index_information()
+        self.assertEqual(len(info), 0)
+
+        BlogPost.objects()
+        info = BlogPost.objects._collection.index_information()
+        self.assertTrue([('category', 1), ('date', -1)] in info.values())
+        # Even though descending order was specified, single-key indexes use 1
+        self.assertTrue([('date', 1)] in info.values())
+
+        BlogPost.drop_collection()
+
     def test_creation(self):
         """Ensure that document may be created using keyword arguments.
         """