diff --git a/eprints1.pl b/eprints1.pl
index 3e5b9527a3a9def6e015613804afd80b636ba7cb..0f92a207b1a81003736e7e41b70d9277883ba3ad 100755
--- a/eprints1.pl
+++ b/eprints1.pl
@@ -4580,6 +4580,7 @@ sub export_redirect
 
   my $fnm_redis= 'utheses_redirect_' . $ot2ut_context .'.redis';
   open (REDIS, '>:utf8', $fnm_redis) or die "can't write to [$fnm_redis]";
+  print REDIS "FLUSHDB\n";
   my $cnt= 0;
   for(my $i= 0; $i <= $max_eprint_id; $i++)
   {