diff --git a/index.js b/index.js
index 005de42..56d693a 100644
--- a/index.js
+++ b/index.js
@@ -139,7 +139,6 @@ const binarySearchTree = () => {
   /**
    * inserts a node by a given value into the tree
    * @param {(string|number)} value
-   * @param {object} node
    */
   const insert = (value) => {
     const insertFn = (currentNode) => {
@@ -192,7 +191,9 @@ const binarySearchTree = () => {
             nodesCount -= 1;
           } else if (right === null) {
             // remove a node with a left child
-            if (currentNode.getValue() > parent.getValue()) {
+            if (parent === null) {
+              rootNode = left;
+            } else if (currentNode.getValue() > parent.getValue()) {
               parent.setRight(left);
             } else {
               parent.setLeft(left);
@@ -201,7 +202,9 @@ const binarySearchTree = () => {
             nodesCount -= 1;
           } else if (left === null) {
             // remove a node with a right child
-            if (currentNode.getValue() > parent.getValue()) {
+            if (parent === null) {
+              rootNode = right;
+            } else if (currentNode.getValue() > parent.getValue()) {
               parent.setRight(right);
             } else {
               parent.setLeft(right);
diff --git a/index.spec.js b/index.spec.js
index ace31d3..379cc27 100644
--- a/index.spec.js
+++ b/index.spec.js
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@ describe('binarySearchTree tests', () => {
       expect(bst.max().getValue(90))));
 
   describe('.root()', () =>
-    it('should get the node with min value', () =>
+    it('should get the root node', () =>
       expect(bst.root().getValue(50))));
 
   describe('.find(value)', () =>
@@ -79,7 +79,6 @@ describe('binarySearchTree tests', () => {
       expect(bst.count()).to.equal(5);
     });
 
-
     it('should remove a node with a left child only', () => {
       bst.insert(30);
       bst.remove(40);
@@ -96,6 +95,30 @@ describe('binarySearchTree tests', () => {
       expect(bst.find(90).getLeft().getValue()).to.equal(60);
       expect(bst.count()).to.equal(4);
     });
+
+    it('should remove root node with right child', () => {
+      bst.insert(100);
+      bst.remove(60);
+      bst.remove(90);
+      bst.remove(30);
+      bst.remove(50);
+      expect(bst.root().getValue()).to.equal(100);
+    });
+
+    it('should remove root node with left child', () => {
+      bst.insert(20);
+      bst.insert(30);
+      bst.insert(25);
+      bst.remove(30);
+      bst.remove(25);
+      bst.remove(100);
+      expect(bst.root().getValue()).to.equal(20);
+    });
+
+    it('should remove root node', () => {
+      bst.remove(20);
+      expect(bst.root()).to.equal(null);
+    });
   });
 
   describe('.clear()', () => {
diff --git a/package.json b/package.json
index bbc5305..b55b498 100644
--- a/package.json
+++ b/package.json
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 {
   "name": "@datastructures-js/binary-search-tree",
-  "version": "1.0.2",
+  "version": "1.0.3",
   "description": "binary search tree implementation in javascript",
   "main": "index.js",
   "scripts": {