diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 3579563..41edfdd 100755
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,12 @@
             <groupId>com.datastax.cassandra</groupId>
             <artifactId>cassandra-driver-core</artifactId>
             <version>3.0.0</version>
+            <exclusions>
+                <exclusion>
+                    <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
+                    <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
+                </exclusion>
+            </exclusions>
         </dependency>
         <dependency>
             <groupId>junit</groupId>
@@ -124,8 +130,7 @@
         <dependency>
             <groupId>com.google.guava</groupId>
             <artifactId>guava</artifactId>
-            <version>18.0</version>
-            <scope>test</scope>
+            <version>19.0</version>
         </dependency>
     </dependencies>
 
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/CassandraMigration.java b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/CassandraMigration.java
index 043b956..e7c1043 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/CassandraMigration.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/CassandraMigration.java
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration;
 
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.action.Clear;
 import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.action.Initialize;
 import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.action.Migrate;
 import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.action.Validate;
@@ -108,6 +109,15 @@ public String execute(Session session) {
     		throw new CassandraMigrationException("Validation failed. " + validationError);
     	}
     }
+
+    public Boolean clear() {
+        return execute(new Action<Boolean>() {
+            public Boolean execute(Session session) {
+                Clear clear = new Clear(session, keyspace);
+                return clear.run();
+            }
+        });
+    }
     
     public void baseline() {
         //TODO
@@ -162,8 +172,9 @@ <T> T execute(Action<T> action) {
                 throw new IllegalArgumentException("Keyspace not specified.");
             List<KeyspaceMetadata> keyspaces = metadata.getKeyspaces();
             boolean keyspaceExists = false;
+            String keyspaceName = keyspace.getName().replace("\"", ""); //remove quotation marks
             for (KeyspaceMetadata keyspaceMetadata : keyspaces) {
-                if (keyspaceMetadata.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(keyspace.getName()))
+                if (keyspaceMetadata.getName().equalsIgnoreCase(keyspaceName))
                     keyspaceExists = true;
             }
             if (keyspaceExists)
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/CommandLine.java b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/CommandLine.java
index 782b526..4ff4523 100644
--- a/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/CommandLine.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/CommandLine.java
@@ -21,6 +21,11 @@ public class CommandLine {
 	 */
 	public static final String VALIDATE = "validate";
 
+	/**
+	 * command to trigger clear action
+	 */
+	public static final String CLEAR = "clear";
+
 	/**
 	 * logging support
 	 */
@@ -45,10 +50,16 @@ public static void main(String[] args) {
 		CassandraMigration cm = new CassandraMigration();
 		Keyspace ks = new Keyspace();
 		cm.setKeyspace(ks);
-		if (MIGRATE.equalsIgnoreCase(operation)) {
-			cm.migrate();
-		} else if (VALIDATE.equalsIgnoreCase(operation)) {
-			cm.validate();
+		switch (operation.toLowerCase()) {
+			case MIGRATE:
+				cm.migrate();
+				break;
+			case VALIDATE:
+				cm.validate();
+				break;
+			case CLEAR:
+				cm.clear();
+				break;
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -92,6 +103,7 @@ private static void printUsage() {
 		LOG.info("========");
 		LOG.info("migrate  : Migrates the database");
 		LOG.info("validate : Validates the applied migrations against the available ones");
+		LOG.info("clear : Clears the whole database");
 		LOG.info("");
 		LOG.info("Add -X to print debug output");
 		LOG.info("Add -q to suppress all output, except for errors and warnings");
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/action/Clear.java b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/action/Clear.java
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..568fd69
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/action/Clear.java
@@ -0,0 +1,77 @@
+package com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.action;
+
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.config.Keyspace;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.logging.Log;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.logging.LogFactory;
+import com.contrastsecurity.cassandra.migration.utils.StopWatch;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.ResultSet;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.Row;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.Session;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.querybuilder.QueryBuilder;
+import com.datastax.driver.core.querybuilder.Select;
+
+import static com.datastax.driver.core.querybuilder.QueryBuilder.eq;
+
+public class Clear {
+    private static final Log LOG = LogFactory.getLog(Clear.class);
+
+    private final Session session;
+    private final Keyspace keyspace;
+
+    public Clear(Session session, Keyspace keyspace) {
+        this.session = session;
+        this.keyspace = keyspace;
+    }
+
+    public boolean run() {
+        StopWatch stopWatch = new StopWatch();
+        stopWatch.start();
+
+        for (ObjectType objectType : ObjectType.values()) {
+            clearObjects(objectType);
+        }
+
+        stopWatch.stop();
+        LOG.info("CLEARED ALL OBJECTS");
+        LOG.info(String.format("CLEARING TOOK %d ms", stopWatch.getTotalTimeMillis()));
+
+        return true;
+    }
+
+    public void clearObjects(ObjectType objectType) {
+        Select.Where objectsQuery = QueryBuilder.select(objectType.getSchemaColumnName()).from("system_schema", objectType.getSchemaTable()).where(eq("keyspace_name", keyspace.getName()));
+        ResultSet objects = session.execute(objectsQuery);
+        for (Row object : objects) {
+            LOG.info(String.format("Clearing %s of type %s", object.getString(objectType.getSchemaColumnName()), objectType.queryFormat()));
+            session.execute(String.format("DROP %s IF EXISTS %s",
+                    objectType.queryFormat(),
+                    object.getString(objectType.getSchemaColumnName())));
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public enum ObjectType {
+        MATERIALIZED_VIEW("views", "view_name"),
+        TABLE("tables", "table_name");
+
+        private final String schemaTable;
+        private final String schemaColumnName;
+
+        ObjectType(String schemaTable, String schemaColumnName) {
+            this.schemaTable = schemaTable;
+            this.schemaColumnName = schemaColumnName;
+        }
+
+        public String queryFormat() {
+            return name().replace("_", " ").toUpperCase();
+        }
+
+        public String getSchemaTable() {
+            return schemaTable;
+        }
+
+        public String getSchemaColumnName() {
+            return schemaColumnName;
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/dao/SchemaVersionDAO.java b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/dao/SchemaVersionDAO.java
index 9027474..bae1797 100755
--- a/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/dao/SchemaVersionDAO.java
+++ b/src/main/java/com/contrastsecurity/cassandra/migration/dao/SchemaVersionDAO.java
@@ -203,7 +203,7 @@ private int calculateInstalledRank() {
         Statement statement = new SimpleStatement(
                 "UPDATE " + keyspace.getName() + "." + tableName + COUNTS_TABLE_NAME_SUFFIX +
                         " SET count = count + 1" +
-                        "WHERE name = 'installed_rank';");
+                        " WHERE name = 'installed_rank';");
         session.execute(statement);
         Select select = QueryBuilder
                 .select("count")