diff --git a/htroot/IndexControlURLs_p.java b/htroot/IndexControlURLs_p.java
index 48da0982c..6141c9557 100644
--- a/htroot/IndexControlURLs_p.java
+++ b/htroot/IndexControlURLs_p.java
@@ -34,6 +34,8 @@ import java.util.List;
 import java.util.Map;
 import java.util.Set;
 
+import org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCache;
+
 import net.yacy.cora.date.GenericFormatter;
 import net.yacy.cora.document.encoding.ASCII;
 import net.yacy.cora.document.id.DigestURL;
@@ -292,6 +294,7 @@ public class IndexControlURLs_p {
 
         if (post.containsKey("rebootsolr")) {
             segment.fulltext().rebootSolr();
+            FieldCache.DEFAULT.purgeAllCaches();
             sb.tables.recordAPICall(post, "IndexControlURLs_p.html", WorkTables.TABLE_API_TYPE_STEERING, "solr reboot");
         }
 
diff --git a/source/net/yacy/search/Switchboard.java b/source/net/yacy/search/Switchboard.java
index f618481ef..279a3076b 100644
--- a/source/net/yacy/search/Switchboard.java
+++ b/source/net/yacy/search/Switchboard.java
@@ -82,6 +82,7 @@ import java.util.zip.GZIPOutputStream;
 import java.util.zip.ZipEntry;
 import java.util.zip.ZipInputStream;
 
+import org.apache.lucene.search.FieldCache;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrDocument;
 import org.apache.solr.common.SolrInputDocument;
 
@@ -2027,7 +2028,8 @@ public final class Switchboard extends serverSwitch {
             // clear caches
             if (WordCache.sizeCommonWords() > 1000) WordCache.clearCommonWords();
             Word.clearCache();
-            // Domains.clear();
+            // Domains.clear();            
+            FieldCache.DEFAULT.purgeAllCaches();
             
             // clean up image stack
             ResultImages.clearQueues();