diff --git a/src/Collector.php b/src/Collector.php
index c704e9a..d60a8df 100644
--- a/src/Collector.php
+++ b/src/Collector.php
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ public function batch()
         if(!config('beacon.enabled') || empty(config('beacon.api_key')))
             return;
 
-        Cache::put(config('beacon.cache_key') . $this->metric->type.microtime(true), $this->metric);
+        Cache::put(config('beacon.cache_key') . $this->metric->type.microtime(true), $this->metric, 1800);
 
     }
 }
diff --git a/src/CollectorServiceProvider.php b/src/CollectorServiceProvider.php
index 4e848b2..f52a309 100644
--- a/src/CollectorServiceProvider.php
+++ b/src/CollectorServiceProvider.php
@@ -2,12 +2,13 @@
 
 namespace Turbo124\Beacon;
 
-use Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule;
-use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 use Turbo124\Beacon\Collector;
+use Turbo124\Beacon\Jobs\BatchMetrics;
+use Illuminate\Support\ServiceProvider;
 use Turbo124\Beacon\Commands\ForceSend;
+use Turbo124\Beacon\Commands\CountMetrics;
+use Illuminate\Console\Scheduling\Schedule;
 use Turbo124\Beacon\Commands\PurgeAnalytics;
-use Turbo124\Beacon\Jobs\BatchMetrics;
 
 class CollectorServiceProvider extends ServiceProvider
 {
@@ -28,6 +29,7 @@ public function boot()
             $this->commands([
                 ForceSend::class,
                 PurgeAnalytics::class,
+                CountMetrics::class,
             ]);
         }
     }
@@ -40,11 +42,6 @@ public function register()
         // Automatically apply the package configuration
         $this->mergeConfigFrom(__DIR__.'/../config/beacon.php', 'beacon');
 
-        // Register the main class to use with the facade
-        // $this->app->singleton('collector', function () {
-        //     return new Collector;
-        // });
-
         $this->app->bind('collector', function (){
            return new Collector; 
         });
diff --git a/src/Commands/CountMetrics.php b/src/Commands/CountMetrics.php
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..057ef20
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Commands/CountMetrics.php
@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+<?php
+
+namespace Turbo124\Beacon\Commands;
+
+use App;
+use Illuminate\Console\Command;
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades;
+
+class CountMetrics extends Command
+{
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $name = 'beacon:count';
+
+    /**
+     * @var string
+     */
+    protected $description = 'Counting any analytics in the cache';
+
+    protected $log = '';
+
+    public function handle()
+    {
+        $this->logMessage('Counting metrics');
+            
+        $metric_types = ['counter', 'gauge', 'multi_metric', 'mixed_metric'];
+
+        foreach ($metric_types as $type) {
+
+            
+            $redis = Facades\Redis::connection(config('beacon.cache_connection',''));
+
+            $prefix = config('cache.prefix').':'.config('beacon.cache_key').$type.'*';
+
+            $keys = $redis->keys($prefix);
+
+            $this->logMessage("{$type} - ".count($keys)." keys");
+
+        }
+
+        $this->logMessage('Finished Counting metrics');
+
+    }
+
+    private function logMessage($str)
+    {
+        $str = date('Y-m-d h:i:s') . ' ' . $str;
+        $this->info($str);
+        $this->log .= $str . " \n";
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Commands/PurgeAnalytics.php b/src/Commands/PurgeAnalytics.php
index ded9c2d..a5b6647 100644
--- a/src/Commands/PurgeAnalytics.php
+++ b/src/Commands/PurgeAnalytics.php
@@ -4,9 +4,7 @@
 
 use App;
 use Illuminate\Console\Command;
-use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Cache;
-use Turbo124\Beacon\Jobs\BatchMetrics;
-
+use Illuminate\Support\Facades;
 
 class PurgeAnalytics extends Command
 {
@@ -26,19 +24,30 @@ public function handle()
     {
         $this->logMessage('Purging Data');
             
-            $metric_types = ['counter', 'gauge', 'multi_metric', 'mixed_metric'];
+        $metric_types = ['counter', 'gauge', 'multi_metric', 'mixed_metric'];
+
+        foreach ($metric_types as $type) {
 
-            foreach($metric_types as $type)
-            {
+            $this->logMessage("purging {$type}");
+            
+            $redis = Facades\Redis::connection(config('beacon.cache_connection',''));
 
-                $this->logMessage("purging {$type}");
+            $prefix = config('cache.prefix').':'.config('beacon.cache_key').$type.'*';
 
-                Cache::forget(config('beacon.cache_key') . '_' . $type);
+            $keys = $redis->keys($prefix);
+
+            if (count($keys) > 0) {
+                $redis->pipeline(function ($pipe) use ($keys) {
+                    foreach ($keys as $key) {
+                        $pipe->del($key);
+                    }
+                });
             }
 
+        }
+
         $this->logMessage('Finished Purging Data');
 
-        
     }
 
     private function logMessage($str)