diff --git a/minerva/athena.py b/minerva/athena.py
index 0a316e4..0062341 100644
--- a/minerva/athena.py
+++ b/minerva/athena.py
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ class Athena:
     def __init__(self, handler, output=None):
         self.handler = handler
         self.client  = handler.session.client("athena")
+        self.glue    = handler.session.client('glue')
         self.output  = output
 
 
@@ -40,20 +41,38 @@ class Athena:
         p = Parallelize(self, *args, **kwargs)
         return p
 
-    def delete_table(self, table, join=True):
-        e = Execute(self, f"drop table {table}")
+    def delete_table(self, db_name, table, join=True):
+        table = table.split(".")[-1]
+        e = Execute(self, f"drop table {db_name}.{table}")
         e.run()
 
         if join:
             e.finish()
 
+        resp = self.glue.batch_delete_table(DatabaseName   = db_name,
+                                     TablesToDelete = [table])
+
         s3_uri = os.path.join(self.output, table, "")
+        #print(f"deleting {s3_uri}")
         self.handler.s3.rm(s3_uri)
 
         return e
 
+    def delete_tables(self, db_name, tables):
+        e = Execute(self, f"drop table {', '.join(tables)}")
+        e.run()
+        e.finish()
+
+        self.glue.batch_delete_table(DatabaseName   = db_name,
+                                     TablesToDelete = tables)
+
+        for table in tables:
+            s3_uri = os.path.join(self.output, table, "")
+            #print(f"deleting {s3_uri}")
+            self.handler.s3.rm(s3_uri)
+
     def cancel(self, query_id):
-        return self.client.stop_query_execution(QueryExecutionId=query_id)
+        return self.client.stop_query_execution(QueryExecutionId = query_id)
 
 
 class Execute:
@@ -227,6 +246,7 @@ class Parallelize:
     def __init__(self, athena, dest=None, data=[], n=1):
         self.athena  = athena
         self.dest    = dest
+        self.db      = dest and dest.split('.')[0]
         self.n       = n
         self.tables  = []
         self.queries = []
@@ -235,7 +255,7 @@ class Parallelize:
 
         if type(data) == type(1):
             self.data = list(range(data))
-        elif type(data) == type([]) or data.__iter__:
+        elif type(data) == type([]) or hasattr(data, '__iter__'):
             self.data = list(data)
         else:
             raise Exception(f"Passed in {type(data)}, expected list-like or integer")
@@ -262,19 +282,23 @@ class Parallelize:
                 self.clear_temp_tables()
             raise StopIteration
 
-        # temp table name, in case it's needed
-        tmp = "temp_" + str(round(random.random() * 10_000_000))
-        self.tables.append(tmp)
-
         obj = self.groups[self.current]
         self.current += 1
 
-        return tmp, obj
+        if self.dest:
+            # temp table name, in case it's needed
+            tmp = "temp_" + str(round(random.random() * 10_000_000))
+            self.tables.append(tmp)
+
+            return tmp, obj
+        else:
+            return obj
 
 
     # runs the SQL and removes the S3 data
     def clear_temp_tables(self):
-        qs = [self.athena.delete_table(table, join=False) for table in self.tables]
+        #pp.pprint(self.tables)
+        qs = [self.athena.delete_table(self.db, table, join=False) for table in self.tables]
         for q in qs:
             q.finish()
 
@@ -286,10 +310,13 @@ class Parallelize:
         self.cost    = sum([q.cost for q in self.queries])
         self.runtime = max([q.runtime for q in self.queries])
 
+    def files(self):
+        return [f for q in self.queries for f in q.results().files]
+
     def results(self):
         self.finish()
 
-        return pa.dataset.dataset([f for q in self.queries for f in q.results().files])
+        return pa.dataset.dataset(self.files())
 
 
     def union_tables(self, dest):
diff --git a/pyproject.toml b/pyproject.toml
index 5061d4b..72eceb8 100644
--- a/pyproject.toml
+++ b/pyproject.toml
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 [tool.poetry]
 name = "minerva"
-version = "0.7.6"
+version = "0.7.7"
 description = "Easier access to AWS Athena and Redshift"
 authors = [
   "Ari Brown <ari@airintech.com>",