diff --git a/src/items/items.model.ts b/src/items/items.model.ts
index e837a05..b583259 100644
--- a/src/items/items.model.ts
+++ b/src/items/items.model.ts
@@ -19,6 +19,6 @@ export class ItemModel {
   @Field((type) => [ItemModel])
   children: ItemModel[];
 
-  @Field((type) => [ItemModel], { deprecationReason: 'typeorm issues' })
+  @Field((type) => [ItemModel])
   descendents: ItemModel[];
 }
diff --git a/src/items/items.service.ts b/src/items/items.service.ts
index 8a70f95..5d1de00 100644
--- a/src/items/items.service.ts
+++ b/src/items/items.service.ts
@@ -40,7 +40,8 @@ export class ItemsService {
     const parentItem = await this.itemRepository.findOneOrFail(item.id, {
       relations: ['parent'],
     });
-    return this.treeRepository.findDescendants(parentItem);
+    // TreeRepository.findDescendants()[0] is always the parent item
+    return (await this.treeRepository.findDescendants(parentItem)).slice(1);
   }
 
   async createItem(input: NewItemInput): Promise<Item> {