diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 233aef6..a540b14 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -30,5 +30,6 @@ These services may need to be configured in order to enable mu-cache support. Ch
 ## Debugging
 Debugging of cache keys is helped by following environment variables:
 
+  - `LOG_CACHE_CLEAR_EVENT`: Store cache clear events in the database
   - `LOG_CACHE_KEYS`: Logs received cache key to a response
   - `LOG_CLEAR_KEYS`: Logs received clear keys either as a response, or explicitly received through ./mu/delta.
diff --git a/config/config.exs b/config/config.exs
index 7e440ca..b777a4e 100644
--- a/config/config.exs
+++ b/config/config.exs
@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ end
 # 3rd-party users, it should be done in your "mix.exs" file.
 
 config :mu_cache,
+  log_cache_clear_event: CH.system_boolean("LOG_CACHE_CLEAR_EVENT"),
   log_cache_keys: CH.system_boolean("LOG_CACHE_KEYS"),
   log_clear_keys: CH.system_boolean("LOG_CLEAR_KEYS")
 
diff --git a/lib/cache/cache.ex b/lib/cache/cache.ex
index 201360e..7c2ad22 100644
--- a/lib/cache/cache.ex
+++ b/lib/cache/cache.ex
@@ -93,13 +93,18 @@ defmodule Cache.Registry do
     # We have multiple clear_keys and need to update the state for it.
     %{cache: cache, caches_by_key: caches_by_key} = state
 
+    # IO.inspect(clear_keys, label: "Clearing these keys")
+    # IO.inspect(cache, label: "Cache before clearing the keys")
+
     cache =
       Enum.reduce(clear_keys, cache, fn clear_key, cache ->
         keys_to_remove = Map.get(caches_by_key, clear_key, [])
+        maybe_send_cleared_key_to_database!(keys_to_remove)
         cache = Map.drop(cache, keys_to_remove)
         cache
       end)
 
+    # IO.inspect(cache, label: "Cache after clearing the keys")
     caches_by_key = Map.drop(caches_by_key, clear_keys)
 
     %{state | cache: cache, caches_by_key: caches_by_key}
@@ -135,4 +140,31 @@ defmodule Cache.Registry do
 
     %{state | cache: cache}
   end
+
+  defp maybe_send_cleared_key_to_database!(request_key_to_remove) do
+    # Write to the database when a cache for a url is cleared
+    if Application.get_env(:mu_cache, :log_cache_clear_event) do
+        Enum.map(request_key_to_remove, fn req_key ->
+            {method, path, query, auth} = req_key
+            uuid = Support.generate_uuid()
+            auth_escaped = Support.sparql_escape(auth)
+            query = """
+            PREFIX mu: <http://mu.semte.ch/vocabularies/core/>
+            PREFIX mucache: <http://mu.semte.ch/vocabularies/cache/>
+            INSERT DATA {
+                GRAPH<http://mu.semte.ch/application> {
+                    <http://semte.baert.jp.net/cache-clear/v0.1/#{uuid}>    a mucache:CacheClear ;
+                                                                            mu:uuid "#{uuid}";
+                                                                            mucache:path "#{path}";
+                                                                            mucache:method "#{method}";
+                                                                            mucache:query "#{query}";
+                                                                            mucache:muAuthAllowedGroups \"\"\"#{auth_escaped}\"\"\";
+                                                                            mucache:muAuthUsedGroups \"\"\"#{auth_escaped}\"\"\".
+                }
+            }
+            """
+            Support.update(query)
+        end)
+    end
+  end
 end
diff --git a/lib/manipulators/cache_key_logger.ex b/lib/manipulators/cache_key_logger.ex
index cdc5e54..7f35965 100644
--- a/lib/manipulators/cache_key_logger.ex
+++ b/lib/manipulators/cache_key_logger.ex
@@ -38,7 +38,9 @@ defmodule Manipulators.CacheKeyLogger do
   end
 
   defp header_value(headers, header_name) do
-    header = Enum.find(headers, header_name)
+    header =
+      headers
+      |> Enum.find({nil, "[]"}, &match?({header_name, _}, &1))
 
     if header do
       elem(header, 1)
diff --git a/lib/support.ex b/lib/support.ex
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..75e40fa
--- /dev/null
+++ b/lib/support.ex
@@ -0,0 +1,63 @@
+# Note: this is copied from https://github.com/mu-semtech/mu-elixir-template should be replaced by integrating the template
+defmodule Support do
+  # environment variables
+  def sparql_endpoint() do
+    System.get_env("MU_SPARQL_ENDPOINT")
+  end
+  def application_graph() do
+    System.get_env("MU_APPLICATION_GRAPH")
+  end
+  def sparql_timeout() do
+    System.get_env("MU_SPARQL_TIMEOUT")
+  end
+  def log_level() do
+    System.get_env("LOG_LEVEL")
+  end
+
+  # uuid helper
+  def generate_uuid() do
+    UUID.uuid4()
+  end
+
+  # graph helper
+  def graph() do
+    application_graph()
+  end
+
+  # query helper
+  def _query_get_URL(escaped_query_string) do
+    if sparql_timeout() > 0 do
+      "#{sparql_endpoint()}?query=#{escaped_query_string}&timeout=#{sparql_timeout()}"
+    else
+      "#{sparql_endpoint()}?query=#{escaped_query_string}"
+    end
+  end
+
+  def query(query_string) do
+    query_string
+    |> URI.encode
+    |> _query_get_URL
+    |> HTTPoison.get!([{"Accept", "application/json"}])
+    |> ( &( &1.body ) ).()
+    |> Poison.decode!
+  end
+
+  def update(query_string) do
+    HTTPoison.post!(
+      sparql_endpoint(),
+      [
+        "query=" <>
+        URI.encode_www_form(query_string) <>
+        "&format=" <> URI.encode_www_form("application/sparql-results+json")
+      ],
+      ["Content-Type": "application/x-www-form-urlencoded"],
+      []
+    )
+    |> ( &( &1.body ) ).()
+    |> Poison.decode!
+  end
+
+  def sparql_escape(value) do
+    String.replace(value, "\"", "\\\"")
+  end
+end
diff --git a/mix.exs b/mix.exs
index 41e47b0..8103c71 100644
--- a/mix.exs
+++ b/mix.exs
@@ -48,7 +48,9 @@ defmodule UsePlugProxy.Mixfile do
       {:plug_cowboy, "~> 2.4.1"},
       {:dialyxir, "~> 1.0", only: [:dev], runtime: false},
       {:credo, "~> 1.5", only: [:dev, :test], runtime: false},
-      {:poison, "~> 2.0"}
+      {:poison, "~> 2.0"},
+      {:uuid, "~> 1.1"},
+      {:httpoison, "~> 1.5"}
     ]
   end
 end