diff --git a/src/index.js b/src/index.js
index 683e2be..e04b2ee 100644
--- a/src/index.js
+++ b/src/index.js
@@ -19,8 +19,8 @@ export default class Elastique extends events.EventEmitter {
       timeout: 10000,
     }, omit(options, [ 'client' ]));
     this.client = createClient(options.client || {});
-    this.workers = [];
 
+    this._workers = [];
     this._initTasks().catch((err) => this.emit('error', err));
   }
 
@@ -48,11 +48,16 @@ export default class Elastique extends events.EventEmitter {
 
   registerWorker(type, workerFn, opts) {
     const worker = new Worker(this, type, workerFn, opts);
-    this.workers.push(worker);
+    this._workers.push(worker);
     return worker;
   }
 
+  getWorkers() {
+    return this._workers.map((fn) => fn);
+  }
+
   destroy() {
-    this.workers.forEach((worker) => worker.destroy());
+    const workers = this._workers.filter((worker) => worker.destroy());
+    this._workers = workers;
   }
 }
diff --git a/test/src/index.js b/test/src/index.js
index 093f78e..e007b59 100644
--- a/test/src/index.js
+++ b/test/src/index.js
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 import events from 'events';
 import expect from 'expect.js';
 import sinon from 'sinon';
-import { noop } from 'lodash';
+import { noop, times } from 'lodash';
 import elasticsearchMock from '../fixtures/elasticsearch';
 import Elastique from '../../lib/index';
 
@@ -51,13 +51,26 @@ describe('Elastique class', function () {
   describe('Registering workers', function () {
     it('should keep track of workers', function () {
       const queue = new Elastique('elastique', { client });
-      expect(queue.workers).to.eql([]);
-      expect(queue.workers).to.have.length(0);
+      expect(queue.getWorkers()).to.eql([]);
+      expect(queue.getWorkers()).to.have.length(0);
 
       queue.registerWorker('test', noop);
       queue.registerWorker('test', noop);
       queue.registerWorker('test2', noop);
-      expect(queue.workers).to.have.length(3);
+      expect(queue.getWorkers()).to.have.length(3);
+    });
+  });
+
+  describe('Destroy', function () {
+    it('should destroy workers', function () {
+      const queue = new Elastique('elastique', { client });
+      const stubs = times(3, () => { return { destroy: sinon.stub() }; });
+      stubs.forEach((stub) => queue._workers.push(stub));
+      expect(queue.getWorkers()).to.have.length(3);
+
+      queue.destroy();
+      stubs.forEach((stub) => sinon.assert.calledOnce(stub.destroy));
+      expect(queue.getWorkers()).to.have.length(0);
     });
   });