diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index ea61ede..06b9b4b 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ To make this bot run at first you need to have a Python interpreter and git. Goo
 Of course bot also has them. You can perform some actions with them.  
 * `--move-sent` - allows you to move all sent files from queue to sent directories
 * `--cleanup` - purge files in both `queue` and `sent` folders if they're sent. Requires `--confirm` argument
+* `--cleanup-index` - purge all sent entries from index. Requires `--confirm` argument
 * `--norun` - allows you to execute above arguments without tiggering the bot start itself
 
 Examples:  
diff --git a/main.py b/main.py
index 15aeda6..0fcd6b4 100644
--- a/main.py
+++ b/main.py
@@ -36,8 +36,6 @@ if "--cleanup" in sys.argv:
                     os.remove(configGet("sent", "locations")+os.sep+entry)
                 except FileNotFoundError:
                     pass
-                if "--cleanup-index" in sys.argv:
-                    del index[entry]
             except Exception as exp:
                 logWrite(f"Could not remove '{entry}' due to {exp}")
             jsonSave(index, jsonLoad(configGet("index", "locations")))
@@ -45,6 +43,15 @@ if "--cleanup" in sys.argv:
     else:
         logWrite(f"Requested cleanup of sent files but not authorized. Please pass '--confirm' to perform that")
 
+if "--cleanup-index" in sys.argv:
+    if "--confirm" in sys.argv:
+        index = jsonLoad(configGet("index", "locations"))
+        index["sent"] = []
+        jsonSave(index, jsonLoad(configGet("index", "locations")))
+        logWrite(f"Performed cleanup of sent files index")
+    else:
+        logWrite(f"Requested cleanup of sent files index but not authorized. Please pass '--confirm' to perform that")
+
 if "--norun" in sys.argv:
     logWrite("Argument --norun passed, not running the main script")
     sys.exit()