diff --git a/config.ini.php b/config.ini.php
index d0f9ca7..842cb98 100644
--- a/config.ini.php
+++ b/config.ini.php
@@ -8,14 +8,14 @@
 DEBUG_MODE = ON
 
 [SERVER]
-SERVER = 127.0.0.1
+SERVER = localhost
 PORT = 11211
 
 [AUTH]
 PASSWORD = 81b637d8fcd2c6da6359e6963113a1170de795e4b725b84d1e0b4cfd9ec58ce9
 
 [MISC]
-PHP_TIMEZONE = Europe/London
+PHP_TIMEZONE = UTC
 
 
 
diff --git a/delete.php b/delete.php
index 3ccec78..46a9c2f 100644
--- a/delete.php
+++ b/delete.php
@@ -11,19 +11,9 @@
 
 	$config = parse_ini_file('config.ini.php', true);
 
-	/*
-	 * Because of an API change on Memcache's side, the PHP module's 'delete'
-	 * doesn't work (it hasn't been updated). I've used raw sockets instead.
-	 *
-	 * See http://pecl.php.net/bugs/bug.php?id=16927 for bug report.
-	 */
-
-	$fs = fsockopen($config['SERVER']['SERVER'], $config['SERVER']['PORT']);
-
-	fwrite($fs, 'delete ' . $_GET['delete_item'] . "\r\n");
-
-	fclose($fs);
-
+	$MEMCACHE = new Memcache();
+	$MEMCACHE->connect($config['SERVER']['SERVER'], $config['SERVER']['PORT']);
+	$MEMCACHE->delete($_GET['delete_item']);
 }
 
 header("Location: index.php");
diff --git a/scripts/reload.js b/scripts/reload.js
index 73f45bf..e7a82cc 100644
--- a/scripts/reload.js
+++ b/scripts/reload.js
@@ -13,10 +13,14 @@ function setRefreshInterval(){
 	interval = setInterval('pageReload()', 1000 * document.getElementById('refresh_rate').value);
 }
 
-function pageReload(){
+function pageReload(flush){
 
 	$("img#loading_gif").removeClass("hidden");
-	$("div#content").load("viewer.php", colourExpired);
+	if (flush)
+		$("div#content").load("viewer.php?flush=1", colourExpired);
+	else
+		$("div#content").load("viewer.php", colourExpired);
+
 	setTimeout(function(){$("img#loading_gif").addClass("hidden")}, 100);
 
 }
diff --git a/template/header.html b/template/header.html
index 58235aa..8dcfd5d 100644
--- a/template/header.html
+++ b/template/header.html
@@ -19,6 +19,7 @@ <h1>MemcacheViewer</h1>
 	<input type="button" onclick="location.href='logout.php'" value="Logout" />
 	<div id="settings">
 		<label for="refresh_rate">Refresh Rate (secs)</label><input type="text" onchange="setRefreshInterval()" value="1" id="refresh_rate" name="refresh_rate" />
+		<a href="javascript:pageReload(1)">Flush entries</a>
 	</div>
 </div>
 
diff --git a/viewer.php b/viewer.php
index fb041b3..bcedc8d 100644
--- a/viewer.php
+++ b/viewer.php
@@ -29,7 +29,7 @@
 	or die('Memcache PHP module doesn\'t appear to be installed. It is needed.');
 
 $MEMCACHE = new Memcache();
-$MEMCACHE->pconnect(SERVER, PORT);
+$MEMCACHE->connect(SERVER, PORT);
 
 //set timezone
 date_default_timezone_set(isset($config['MISC']['PHP_TIMEZONE'])
@@ -60,6 +60,12 @@
 
 }
 
+if (isset($_GET['flush']) && $_GET['flush'] == 1) {
+	// $MEMCACHE->flush() does not work in the windows memcached-driver implementation I found ...
+	foreach(array_keys($items) as $item_key) {
+		$MEMCACHE->delete($item_key);
+	}
+}
 
 /*
  * Time to display some output.