diff --git a/src/notifications.js b/src/notifications.js
index e327e4c59f..fe92a1c9ed 100644
--- a/src/notifications.js
+++ b/src/notifications.js
@@ -128,10 +128,19 @@ var RDB = require('./redis.js'),
 		},
 		prune: function(cutoff, callback) {
 			var	today = new Date();
-			if (!cutoff || !(cutoff instanceof Date)) cutoff = new Date(today.getFullYear(), today.getMonth(), today.getDate() - 7);
+			if (!cutoff) cutoff = new Date(today.getFullYear(), today.getMonth(), today.getDate() - 7);
+
+			var	cutoffTime = cutoff.getTime();
 
 			RDB.smembers('notifications', function(err, nids) {
-
+				async.filter(nids, function(nid, next) {
+					RDB.hget('notifications:' + nid, 'datetime', function(err, datetime) {
+						if (parseInt(datetime, 10) < cutoffTime) next(true);
+						else next(false);
+					});
+				}, function(expiredNids) {
+					console.log(expiredNids);
+				});
 			});
 		}
 	}
@@ -141,5 +150,6 @@ module.exports = {
 	create: notifications.create,
 	push: notifications.push,
 	mark_read: notifications.mark_read_multiple,
-	mark_all_read: notifications.mark_all_read
+	mark_all_read: notifications.mark_all_read,
+	prune: notifications.prune
 }
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diff --git a/src/routes/debug.js b/src/routes/debug.js
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..5b9298c42e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/routes/debug.js
@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@
+var	DebugRoute = function(app) {
+		var	Notifications = require('../notifications');
+
+		app.namespace('/debug', function() {
+			app.get('/prune', function(req, res) {
+				Notifications.prune(new Date(), function() {
+					console.log('done');
+				});
+				res.send();
+			});
+		});
+	};
+
+module.exports = DebugRoute;
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diff --git a/src/webserver.js b/src/webserver.js
index e216c6ebfa..b660f34372 100644
--- a/src/webserver.js
+++ b/src/webserver.js
@@ -656,6 +656,10 @@ var express = require('express'),
 			});
 		});
 
+		// Debug routes
+		if (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'development') {
+			require('./routes/debug')(app);
+		}
 
 		var custom_routes = {
 			'routes': [],