diff --git a/media/src/api/api.methods.js b/media/src/api/api.methods.js
index 6773873c..7ca7f29b 100644
--- a/media/src/api/api.methods.js
+++ b/media/src/api/api.methods.js
@@ -1,5 +1,3 @@
-
-
 /**
  * Perform a jQuery selector action on the table's TR elements (from the tbody) and
  * return the resulting jQuery object.
@@ -566,12 +564,19 @@ this.fnDestroy = function ( bRemove )
 	  oSettings.nTable.style.width = _fnStringToCss(oSettings.sDestroyWidth);
 	}
 	
-	/* If the were originally odd/even type classes - then we add them back here. Note
-	 * this is not fool proof (for example if not all rows as odd/even classes - but 
+	/* If the were originally stripe classes - then we add them back here. Note
+	 * this is not fool proof (for example if not all rows had stripe classes - but
 	 * it's a good effort without getting carried away
 	 */
-	$(nBody).children('tr:even').addClass( oSettings.asDestroyStripes[0] );
-	$(nBody).children('tr:odd').addClass( oSettings.asDestroyStripes[1] );
+	iLen = oSettings.asDestroyStripes.length;
+	if (iLen)
+	{
+		var anRows = $(nBody).children('tr');
+		for ( i=0 ; i<iLen ; i++ )
+		{
+			anRows.filter(':nth-child(' + iLen + 'n + ' + i + ')').addClass( oSettings.asDestroyStripes[i] );
+		}
+	}
 	
 	/* Remove the settings object from the settings array */
 	for ( i=0, iLen=DataTable.settings.length ; i<iLen ; i++ )
diff --git a/media/src/core/core.constructor.js b/media/src/core/core.constructor.js
index beb1aac1..8af48d54 100644
--- a/media/src/core/core.constructor.js
+++ b/media/src/core/core.constructor.js
@@ -1,4 +1,3 @@
-
 var i=0, iLen, j, jLen, k, kLen;
 var sId = this.getAttribute( 'id' );
 var bInitHandedOff = false;
@@ -240,42 +239,29 @@ if ( oInit.asStripeClasses === null )
 }
 
 /* Remove row stripe classes if they are already on the table row */
-var bStripeRemove = false;
-var anRows = $(this).children('tbody').children('tr');
-for ( i=0, iLen=oSettings.asStripeClasses.length ; i<iLen ; i++ )
+iLen=oSettings.asStripeClasses.length;
+oSettings.asDestroyStripes = [];
+if (iLen)
 {
-	if ( anRows.filter(":lt(2)").hasClass( oSettings.asStripeClasses[i]) )
+	var bStripeRemove = false;
+	var anRows = $(this).children('tbody').children('tr:lt(' + iLen + ')');
+	for ( i=0 ; i<iLen ; i++ )
 	{
-		bStripeRemove = true;
-		break;
-	}
-}
-		
-if ( bStripeRemove )
-{
-	/* Store the classes which we are about to remove so they can be re-added on destroy */
-	oSettings.asDestroyStripes = [ '', '' ];
-	if ( $(anRows[0]).hasClass(oSettings.oClasses.sStripeOdd) )
-	{
-		oSettings.asDestroyStripes[0] += oSettings.oClasses.sStripeOdd+" ";
-	}
-	if ( $(anRows[0]).hasClass(oSettings.oClasses.sStripeEven) )
-	{
-		oSettings.asDestroyStripes[0] += oSettings.oClasses.sStripeEven;
-	}
-	if ( $(anRows[1]).hasClass(oSettings.oClasses.sStripeOdd) )
-	{
-		oSettings.asDestroyStripes[1] += oSettings.oClasses.sStripeOdd+" ";
-	}
-	if ( $(anRows[1]).hasClass(oSettings.oClasses.sStripeEven) )
-	{
-		oSettings.asDestroyStripes[1] += oSettings.oClasses.sStripeEven;
+		if ( anRows.hasClass( oSettings.asStripeClasses[i] ) )
+		{
+			bStripeRemove = true;
+			
+			/* Store the classes which we are about to remove so they can be re-added on destroy */
+			oSettings.asDestroyStripes.push( oSettings.asStripeClasses[i] );
+		}
 	}
 	
-	anRows.removeClass( oSettings.asStripeClasses.join(' ') );
+	if ( bStripeRemove )
+	{
+		anRows.removeClass( oSettings.asStripeClasses.join(' ') );
+	}
 }
 
-
 /*
  * Columns
  * See if we should load columns automatically or use defined ones