diff --git a/static/comments/getcomments.php b/static/comments/getcomments.php
index 998bcc5..dfaa684 100644
--- a/static/comments/getcomments.php
+++ b/static/comments/getcomments.php
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ $instance = $config['mastodon-instance'];
 $uid = $config['user-id'];
 $searchurl = $config['search-url'];
 $search = isset($_GET['search']) ? strtolower($_GET['search']) : '';
+$force_refresh = isset($_GET['force_refresh']) && $_GET['force_refresh'] == '1';
 $debug_on = $config['debug'];
 /* cache files */
 $ctt = $config['cache_toots'];
@@ -17,6 +18,19 @@ $dbt = "cache-toots.json";
 $ctc = $config['cache_comments'];
 $dbc = "cache-comments_%id.json";
 
+/* Force cache refresh if requested */
+if ($force_refresh) {
+  debug("Force refresh requested - clearing toot cache");
+  if (file_exists($dbt)) {
+    unlink($dbt);
+  }
+  // Also clear all comment cache files
+  foreach (glob("cache-comments_*.json") as $cache_file) {
+    unlink($cache_file);
+    debug("Deleted cache file: $cache_file");
+  }
+}
+
 /* Exit if search empty */
 if (empty($search)) {
   debug("No proper search given");
@@ -158,7 +172,7 @@ function tootContextAndStats($instance, $id, &$result) {
 
 /* check whether the cached file containing all toots is older than max. cache time */
 // this at the same time loads the cached DB, either way
-$cachebreak = false;
+$cachebreak = $force_refresh; // Force cache break if requested
 read_db($dbt, $toots, $ctt, $cachebreak, false);
 
 if ($cachebreak) {