Summary: find(:all, :with_deleted => true) broken (at least in version 0.3.1/July-2006) The with_deleted option is being rejected by ActiveRecord::Base.validate_find_options. This patch adds :with_deleted to the VALID_FIND_OPTIONS constant. It's three lines, so here's the patch: --- paranoid.rb (revision 314) +++ paranoid.rb (working copy) @@ -48,6 +48,9 @@ module ClassMethods def acts_as_paranoid