diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go
index 0166510..9445631 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/src/srnd/daemon.go
@@ -488,6 +488,12 @@ func (self *NNTPDaemon) syncPull(proxy_type, proxy_addr, remote_addr string) {
 	}
 }
 
+func (self *NNTPDaemon) ExpireAll() {
+	log.Println("expiring all orphans")
+	self.expire = createExpirationCore(self.database, self.store, self.informHooks)
+	self.expire.ExpireOrphans()
+}
+
 // run daemon
 func (self *NNTPDaemon) Run() {
 
diff --git a/contrib/backends/srndv2/srnd.go b/contrib/backends/srndv2/srnd.go
index d2cbc23..f8c5848 100644
--- a/contrib/backends/srndv2/srnd.go
+++ b/contrib/backends/srndv2/srnd.go
@@ -94,6 +94,9 @@ func main() {
 					} else {
 						fmt.Fprintf(os.Stdout, "usage: %s tool mod [[add|del] pubkey]|[do modactiongoeshere]\n", os.Args[0])
 					}
+				} else if tool == "expire" {
+					daemon.Setup()
+					daemon.ExpireAll()
 				} else if tool == "rethumb" {
 					if len(os.Args) >= 4 {
 						threads := runtime.NumCPU()