diff --git a/src/controllers/CacheController.php b/src/controllers/CacheController.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6e9224b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/controllers/CacheController.php
@@ -0,0 +1,35 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * @link http://www.diemeisterei.de/
+ * @copyright Copyright (c) 2020 diemeisterei GmbH, Stuttgart
+ *
+ * For the full copyright and license information, please view the LICENSE
+ * file that was distributed with this source code.
+ */
+
+namespace dmstr\modules\backend\controllers;
+
+
+use yii\web\Controller;
+use Yii;
+
+class CacheController extends Controller
+{
+    /**
+     * flush cache
+     *
+     * if APCu is used as cache we cannot flush cache from cli command
+     * see: https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/issues/8647
+     *
+     * @return \yii\web\Response
+     */
+    public function actionFlush()
+    {
+        if (\Yii::$app->cache->flush()) {
+            \Yii::$app->session->addFlash('success', Yii::t('backend-module','Cache cleared'));
+        } else {
+            \Yii::$app->session->addFlash('error', Yii::t('backend-module','Cannot clear cache'));
+        }
+        return $this->redirect(['default/index']);
+    }
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/src/controllers/DefaultController.php b/src/controllers/DefaultController.php
index 97102d9..5a94263 100644
--- a/src/controllers/DefaultController.php
+++ b/src/controllers/DefaultController.php
@@ -75,22 +75,4 @@ public function renderDashboardMenu($item = [])
         return $menuItems;
     }
 
-    /**
-     * flush cache
-     *
-     * if APCu is used as cache we cannot flush cache from cli command
-     * see: https://github.com/yiisoft/yii2/issues/8647
-     *
-     * @return \yii\web\Response
-     */
-    public function actionCacheFlush()
-    {
-        if (Yii::$app->cache->flush()) {
-            Yii::$app->session->addFlash('success', Yii::t('backend-module','Cache cleared'));
-        } else {
-            Yii::$app->session->addFlash('error', Yii::t('backend-module','Cannot clear cache'));
-        }
-        return $this->goBack(['index']);
-    }
-
 }
diff --git a/src/views/default/index.php b/src/views/default/index.php
index 90b40ec..69ee379 100644
--- a/src/views/default/index.php
+++ b/src/views/default/index.php
@@ -164,7 +164,7 @@
                     <div class="icon">
                         <i class="ion ion-grid"></i>
                     </div>
-                    <a data-confirm="<?=Yii::t('backend-module', 'Are you sure?')?>" href="<?= \yii\helpers\Url::to(['default/cache-flush']) ?>" class="small-box-footer">
+                    <a data-confirm="<?=Yii::t('backend-module', 'Are you sure?')?>" href="<?= \yii\helpers\Url::to(['cache/flush']) ?>" class="small-box-footer">
                         <?=Yii::t('backend-module', 'Flush')?> <i class="fa fa-arrow-circle-right"></i>
                     </a>
                 </div>